https://rankings.r.ftdata.co.uk/lib/img/logos/entity/university-of-pennsylvania-wharton Business School Guide: https://gmatclub.com/forum/penn-wharton-103701.html This thread is for the Wharton 2011 Application Year, meaning applicants that are starting School in the Fall of 2011. Please direct all of your questions for this year into the 2012 thread calling-wharton-fall-2012-applicants-113014.html Current Students and Admits, please continue your discussions here: admitted-to-wharton-class-of-2013-thread-107439.html Please use the following form to add your stats to the spreadsheet Form link Edit link: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArkyKRSo74XNdHJDT0RoNUFqYWhyQ0c2aVV3TDV2WHc&hl=en&authkey=CPS16ccG Spreadsheet 0ArkyKRSo74XNdHJDT0RoNUFqYWhyQ0c2aVV3TDV2WHc Add your name to the list https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/evolvelearning/assets/huntsman_at_night.jpg MBA Program Application Deadline Decision Release Date Round 1 October 4, 2010 December 17, 2010 Round 2 January 4, 2011 March 24, 2011 Round 3 March 3, 2011 May 12, 2011 The Admissions Committee will release interview invitations on Friday, October 29th and again on Friday, November 5th . Due to the nature and complexity associated with the admissions process there is no particular order in which invitations are released. Also on November 5th , the Committee will release all final admissions decisions to candidates that are not being invited for an interview and therefore no longer being considered for admission . If you are invited for an interview, you will need to complete your interview by Friday, December 3rd . Interviews will be available on campus with second-year Wharton MBA Students who are full members of the Admissions Committee, off campus with alumni, and off campus in various "Hubs" around the world by Admissions staff members. All interview options are equally considered within the admissions process. Essays Required Question (same for first-time and reapplicants): What are your professional objectives? (300 words) Respond to 3 of the following 4 questions: Student and alumni engagement has at times led to the creation of innovative classes. For example, through extraordinary efforts, a small group of current students partnered with faculty to create a timely course entitled, “Disaster Response: Haiti and Beyond,” empowering students to leverage the talented Wharton community to improve the lives of the Haiti earthquake victims. Similarly, Wharton students and alumni helped to create the “Innovation and the Indian Healthcare Industry” which took students to India where they studied the full range of healthcare issues in India. If you were able to create a Wharton course on any topic, what would it be? (700 words) Reflect on a time when you turned down an opportunity. What was the thought process behind your decision? Would you make the same decision today? (600 words) Describe a failure that you have experienced. What role did you play, and what did you learn about yourself? How did this experience help to create your definition of failure? (600 words) Discuss a time when you navigated a challenging experience in either a personal or professional relationship. (600 words) Stats, rankings and other relevant links FT: https://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-pennsylvania-wharton BW: https://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/full_time_mba_profiles/wharton.html Career report: https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/your-career/career-trends.cfm Great resource to get questions answered by current students: https://engage.wharton.upenn.edu/MBA/forums/ Quick facts: https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/admissions/quick-facts-and-dates.cfm Wharton vs. Booth: https://gmatclub.com/forum/chicago-vs-wharton-74034.html Previous Threads Class of 2010 Thread - calling-all-wharton-fall-2010-candidates-78775.html Class of 2009 Thread - calling-all-wharton-fall-09-applicants-66548.html Class of 2008 Thread - calling-all-wharton-2008-applicants-50294.html

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I don't think the interview is the final differentiator. I was a round one applicant to W and was accepted despite my interview experience being a complete nightmare. I did a Hub interview and was asked the 3 standard questions. The interviewer interrupted me several times while answering one of the questions to say that I wasn't really answering the question. I had to explain that I was getting to the point. It was so bad that at one point, I had to ask if I could re-do that question over. The whole interview took only 15 minutes and in the end, the interviewer didn't seem enthusiastic about answering my questions. So for those who had terrible interviews, don't give up. I think the adcom does review the apps one more time after the interview so continue to reiterate your interest in the school after your interview. Goodluck all and looking forward to being your classmates!

How do you continue to reiterate your interest. Kindly advise. Do you suggest emailing adcom, or other students you interacted with?

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I'm not sure which if either of you interviewed with adcom, but I did one with an alumni and while we did go through the standard behavioral questions (he chose 3), there would be a lot of back and forth throughout my story as he asked for specific details or follow up questions about my thought process at various decision points in the story. By the end of it - we had gone into far more detail than in my essays (I had one new story, and two existing).

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how much weight does wharrton put into interview?

given that most applicants knew the interview questions, I think it should not be a that critical decision making criteria?

I'm not so sure about that. I get the feeling that adcom didn't really care that the questions leaked. If they had they could have taken measures to switch questions up. I don't know about everyone else, but for me, even though i knew the questions and had several days to prepare, Wharton was by far my most difficult interview to prepare for. I felt like it was less of preparing for an interview, and more of preparing 6 new essays. Rehearsing them so that they sounded natural took a lot of work as well. I gotta think they're going to weight this interview pretty heavily...

I thought this was actually the easiest interview by far. Knowing the questions ahead of time makes it so there are almost no surprises and it does not require much thinking or quick reaction. It seems like the interview would probably have little weight in the overall scheme, especially since some of the first rounders didn't have the same advantage.

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Oh no! Good luck! I bought the interview guide from Stacy Blackman and did mock interviews with my friends which really helped. The guide recommended using the STAR method for answers to help people get to the point and avoid nervous babble. STAR = Situation Task Action Result. Hope that helps for your other interviews.

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Thanks for sharing your experience punkie. This definitely made my day. I was worried about that aspect of the interview too.

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Hi - I had an interview on Sunday. Lots of questions, only one or two behavioral ones. If anyone gets an official response from the Wharton blog as to whether that's normal, please let me know!

Do you think interviews are a great differentiator, or rather apps are still reviewed and compared afterwards and rated on the overall submission. I didn't feel like I shone at my best; now that there's nothing to do, I'm getting really impatient!

I had similar experience. So they must give them some level of flexibility in what questions they get to ask. Don't despair and think you did poorly. Sometimes our perception of our performance is way worse than how we actually performed in the interviewers eyes. Not sure if you're religious or anything but I believe what God has planned for you will come to fruition no matter what. Even if you're not, think positively! Nevertheless, I definitely think Adcoms reviews apps holistically after the interviews.

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I interviewed about a week ago (on campus with a student) and completely forgot to write a thank-you note. How bad do y'all think that is?

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I interviewed about a week ago (on campus with a student) and completely forgot to write a thank-you note. How bad do y'all think that is?

If the interviewer didn't give you a card or an email address to contact them - I don't think they are expecting a thank you note, and won't be miffed that you didn't send one. I wouldn't worry about it.

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I interviewed about a week ago (on campus with a student) and completely forgot to write a thank-you note. How bad do y'all think that is?

I never wrote one...can't imagine anyone caring...

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I interviewed about a week ago (on campus with a student) and completely forgot to write a thank-you note. How bad do y'all think that is?

I never wrote one...can't imagine anyone caring...

Send one immediately, sending a thank you note demonstrates that you know best practices for conducting business. Same goes for jobs, some people get passed over for forgetting to send at least a thank you email. I emailed and plan on sending a card tomorrow.

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I interviewed about a week ago (on campus with a student) and completely forgot to write a thank-you note. How bad do y'all think that is?

I never wrote one...can't imagine anyone caring...

Well, might be a bit late given that I interviewed in round 1 and have since been accepted and put down my deposit for next year....

Also, might be obsessing a little bit there...I've interviewed a lot of people for work and I've never missed a thank you note when someone didn't send one...I have, however, made fun of a poorly worded one or one that is too sycophantic...it might be polite, but not a lot to gain...

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If it was an alum interview I would send one. Mostly because you have their contact information and its polite. But based on my own on-campus interview experience - I don't think one is expected if no information/cards are exchanged.

Maybe your on-campus interview was different?

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So you send an email AND a thank you card each time there is similar business correspondence? I think this is going a bit far.

Agreed. An e-mail AND a card is a bit too much.

This is the electronic age. I stick with sending thank you e-mails. I think they are the polite and professional thing to do.

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I don't think thank you letters matter much, especially for Wharton's interview format this year. However, I still sent a thank you letter just to be polite and be on the safe side.

I personally don't care whether I get a thank you letter whenever I interview people. There are people out there who care a lot or even too much though. My wife's coworker didn't like a candidate just because he sent a thank you letter 1 minute after the interview via his blackberry (she thought he was insincere). Another one, who was an English major, was making a big fuss about misplaced punctuation marks on a thank you letter. And yes, of course I've heard of complaints where interviewers weren't getting thank you letters when they expected to get one.

Conclusion: to be on the safe side, write one and make sure it's written well. But again, I don't think you should stress out if you didn't write one after your Wharton interview.

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I interviewed on campus and sent a thank you e-mail later that day. My interview replied almost immediately, giving me the impression that e-mail was good enough!

Thank you cards would take too long to reach your interviewer and would probably have already filed your interview report (of course, this is assuming that you are writing to positively influence the interviewer's perception of you in the first place :wink:

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Best of luck to all.

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Best of luck to all.

This brings about an interesting question - is the thank you e-mail even something that can work for you in the overall admissions process (I am assuming this is what you are looking for)?

Chronologically, if the interviewer submits their report immediately after the interview (which they might - maybe someone can clarify this) then the thank you letter becomes moot and the person worrying about it is in the clear :-)

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To be honest, I send the e-mail just to be polite. Since a "thank you" really has no substantive information to boost your candidacy I really see the email having potential to do more harm than good.

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I assumed my interviewer receives hundreds of (more important) emails a day, so I wrote an extremely short, but sincere, thank you email.

The next day, he replied with an email saying it was much appreciated and thanking me for sharing my work and experiences.

All things considered, a thank you note isn't significant, but (in my opinion) it's good professional practice.

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So you send an email AND a thank you card each time there is similar business correspondence? I think this is going a bit far.

I've heard job recruiters who specifically cited the fact that they got a hand written thank you card as a factor that put a maybe applicant into a yes since handwritten as opposed to email is not commonplace and shows that you'll go the distance. I've also seen it first hand when my supervisors were hiring. I think its the mere fact that a thank you email takes two seconds so not doing it can seem lazy to some.

When it comes to MBAs, I don't think sending a thank you card will get you an admit alone but if there was any question about your maturity or your ability to handle the biz world because you're say non traditional, it helps. Some MBA consultants even have posts about thank you notes. I think it really helps when it comes to financial aid time, getting the extra $$ is really about charming adcomm because there are so many talented admits.

I applied via Consortium to some schools and they actually put in your interview directions to thank your interviewer.

Just google thank you note after interview and you can see for yourself.

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On the note of thank you emails, I did not get a response from my interviewer. I interviewed on-campus. And for those wondering if probing questions are asked on your examples, I would say Yes in my case. I had atleast 2-3 probing questions in each of my examples.