IN AT WHARTON !!!!!

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i am sooooooooo happy.....

a couple of hours ago the PhD coordinator called me to tell me that i'm in (!!!). they will email the official offer in a day or two (and send a hardcopy as well...)... but i'm in.... can't believe it. 
they also invited me to visit the school, meet the faculty and other students next month.... 

wow.....

(and still waiting to hear from other schools.....)

kevincan · Answer

Congratulations! You made it!

I want to thank you for all the wonderful contributions you have made to this forum, and I am glad that you decided to stick with us after a rough start. People like you make this forum a success!

Best of luck at Wharton (if that's where you end up going)

Kevin Armstrong

P.S. Keep contributing whenever when you have time to do so

tkkoh · Answer

Congrats!!

gmat_06 · Answer

Congratulations!!! Now you can wait comfortably for other schools' decisions. :-D

hsudk · Answer

Congratulations!!

happy_v · Answer

Dear Hobbit,

Congratulations to your success at Wharton!! 

Happy_v

robbie1981 · Answer

Congrats!!! Now you can pack your suitcase... :-)

sm176811 · Answer

Congratulations! What a news!

hobbit · Answer

thanks everybody....

i hope everybody hear their personal good news soon.

buckeyeTD · Answer

Congrats! I guess Wharton likes people to have high GMAT. Is Wharton XYZ as you described in another post? Thanks.

"a faculty from XYZ (one that i specifically mentioned in my SOP) surprisingly (i.e. not scheduled) called me today for a brief chat over the phone. we talked about the regular stuff... why phd, why OB, why now,why XYZ + i had to explain my unique and unconventional career path and choices. she was very familiar with my application material. "

hobbit · Answer

wharton was indeed XYZ as i already mentioned later in that thread...

while i'm not sure if GMAT score did the trick (i think other parts of my application are as strong as my gmat), i think it did play a role in differentiating my applications from others...

themmie · Answer

Congratulations!! 

Wharton is my dream!!

trivikram · Answer

Congrats hobbit....Your score is awesome and so it might have the best indicator in your case...Whatever it is Wharton is the school many of us dream of...Well done and my Good wishes to you :-D

amoon · Answer

congrats!! did you have your "profile" posted somewhere? as an applicant-to-be i was just curious

hobbit · Answer

i posted it long time ago... here is a brief summary - 

36y/o israeli male. B.Sc. math (93/100), M.A. musicology (95/100)
780 gmat (51q/45v) , toefl ibt 107. about 6 years WE in the IT industry of which 4 as a manager. some research and some university-level teaching experience.

ale2007 · Answer

hobbit, we are potential colleagues! I received today the "good" news from wharton phd coordinator (management)..... now waiting for the other answers....but 99% I'll choose philly!!!!

bauble · Answer

Ale,

Nice job and congratulations.

I'll save someone else another post by asking: what's your profile?

hobbit · Answer

congrats!!!
give me more details!!!

do you plan to come to the school for the planned visit?

ale2007 · Answer

32y/o italian male about 6 years research/teaching in Bocconi University. (five publications).

I don't know about the visit.....I visited the campus and met some faculties last november.... 

did you plan to go?

tkkoh · Answer

ale - Congrats!

Seems like Wharton is very friendly to mature (> 30 y.o.) international students. With strong profile.

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