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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saritalr

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19 Mar 2011, 09:28

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we cant let the wharton thread slip to page 3. 5 days to go.

I agree completely - the action on this thread is not representative of the % of my thoughts dedicated to Wharton admissions!

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19 Mar 2011, 18:18

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we cant let the wharton thread slip to page 3. 5 days to go.

I agree completely - the action on this thread is not representative of the % of my thoughts dedicated to Wharton admissions!

Noo... now I have to think about it more!

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Few questions for the thread readers

1) Have a lot of waitlisters from R1 taken their name off the waitlist for Wharton or is it still about the same size? What's everyone's sense on this?

2) After the 'PE bloodbath' at Harvard, are those folks likely applying to Wharton?

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19 Mar 2011, 20:37

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1. Unlikely.
2. Yes.

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i love the school and it is truly my dream school,

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i love the school and it is truly my dream school,

I do, too. It has been engraved on my mind since my undergraduate days that " If you do Finance, you must go to Wharton".

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I am not a finance professional, but Wharton remains one the top BSchool for other career paths too. W is more than just a one trick pony as it is well balanced. Academics, students, clubs, recruiters offer development & opportunities in other careers.

I am surprised by the low level of traffic at W thread compared to CBS, Booth, Ross or Kellogg. So no correlation between applicant numbers and GC posts.

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Speaking as someone who was participating in the CBS thread up until quite recently - my impression is that the length of the thread (in comparison to this one) has to do with the rolling admissions process that started very early in the fall. There's only so much we can speculate about until Thursday regarding the Wharton decision. In contrast, on the CBS thread, applicants have been sending in applications, interviewing, and hearing back every week for the past 8 months.

Not sure about Booth/Ross/Kellogg though!

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Agreed - it's an amazing school.

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I am surprised by the low level of traffic at W thread compared to CBS, Booth, Ross or Kellogg. So no correlation between applicant numbers and GC posts.

This is probably because Wharton has clear deadlines in contrast with some other schools (NYU, CBS, etc.). During the weekends it's also slower. I'm sure that as of Monday lurkers, trolls, new conspiracies and analyses based on historic trends etc. will emerge. Can't wait! :p

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20 Mar 2011, 11:52

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lol definitely hoping for some conspiracies

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Wharton is my dream school for the Healthcare program!

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In fairness, Booth, Kellogg and Ross released their R2 decisions and there has been a burst of posts as a result of admits or dings. But even prior to release, there were more posts on these threads, just an observation. I think K interviews more applicants from its pool.

I expect more activities at the W thread once R2 decisions are released. But then admitted folks tend to migrate to FB or W S2S threads. the W behavioural questions don't really invite to interview summary and feedback.

Agree that the CBS application cycle (ED, Jan) is a different story, didn't apply to CBS, so no expert here.

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Wharton had 2 interview release days and 1 decision date per round. K and B take multiple days for each. Which means people keep talking about B and K far longer than W. Wharton also has a separate Waitlist thread on the forum which means less posts on the main tread. No need for conspiracies. More posts on top 5school threads other than Harvard usually mean more anxiety with the admissions process, which is not necessarily good.

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Anyone know the process for Thursday? If you don't get a call during the day is that bad news, or not necessarily? Also what time is the e-mail likely to come in- same time as interview invites (~5pm ET)?

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They started doing calls in the morning on the decision day for the first round (morning ET). I didn't get a call but still got in. Most people I know who got in though did get a call.

For first round, the email didn't go out until like 9pm that night. Around 730, extra boxes showed up on the mywharton pages for those who did get in (labeled official transcript and deposit received).

Hope that helps.

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I agree. In Booth's thread, those waitlisted keep pouring in and discussing. People kept guessing on why Booth waitlisted more applicants than normal this year. Besides, the number of posts during the 27 days that Booth released interview invites were massive :-D

. The anxiety level in Booth thread, IMO, was higher than in this thread.

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I came away from my interview feeling like it could not have gone any better. When I got home and told people about it, I got a couple weird reactions that went something like this:

"Well, they are a world class school...they prob want to make every candidate feel good about their interview so that the candidate always correlates that positive experience with Wharton."

Talk about debbie downer. Anyone else have an opinion on this one? Good luck to everybody on Thursday. I said it after the interview and I have to repeat it now, "I put forward my best possible application, and now it's out of my hands."

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does anyone know if wharton calls internationals or not..
I live in Europe and dont want to stay awake till 4 in the morning (9pm US time) to receive the decision..

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Sounds like that person is jealous or something

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does anyone know if wharton calls internationals or not..
I live in Europe and dont want to stay awake till 4 in the morning (9pm US time) to receive the decision..

I'm in Europe. Wharton calls some people (also international), but this is probably a minority of all admitted students. I wouldn't wait by the phone all day.

The email should be sent by 5 pm EST at the latest. In R1 it was 9pm EST but this was an exception as something likely went wrong.