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From Dr. Shelle (Shel Leanne), http://www.mbaadmit.com, email: [email protected]
Sign up for a FREE Profile Evaluation directly from Dr. Shelle Leanne, a Harvard and Oxford graduate with Harvard admissions experience and over 30 years of work with MBA applicants. Send your inquiry, LinkedIn profile, or resume to us at [email protected].
MBA Admit.com: Excellence at an Affordable Price!
If you are a candidate with a notable weakness to overcome in order to gain admission to the Wharton EMBA program, the good news is that Wharton’s application form and recommendation letter requirements give you more room than you might have initially thought to present extra information that might sway the admissions committee.
Recognizing the often-overlooked sections of the application is key, as is the strategy beneath your application. You should identify the factors that help offset your weak spot(s) and take opportunities to shine a bright light on those factors. Key ways to integrate this crucial information into your application include:
Your resume
Your recommendations
The descriptive parts of your application form (where you describe your job responsibilities, extracurricular activities, and awards)
Fields in the application form where you can present additional information.
Be mindful of these opportunities outlined below. (The wording directly from the Wharton EMBA application form appears in blue italics below.)
Please share your LinkedIn URL
Use your LinkedIn profile masterfully. Hone each section of information, and make sure your posts reflect favorably on you.
Application Section: RESUME
You should upload a current 1-2 page, resume that highlights your functional job skills, breadth and depth of experience, leadership and management skills, and your potential for growth. Your resume should be uploaded as a PDF document with the proper 3-letter extension, and should not include a password protection or macros which will cause the upload to fail. Your file size should not exceed 10 MB.
Additional Wharton Advice
One-Two Page Format: We expect your resume to be one-two page. A one-page two page resume is easier to read, allows you to narrow down and highlight your most important qualifications, and demonstrates your critical-thinking skills. If you’re struggling to edit your resume enough to fit, try reducing the page margins, inserting bullet points, or eliminating any objective or summary statements.
Bullet Points: The bullet points for each role should not read like a basic job description. We are looking at your resume to identify growth, progression of responsibilities, accomplishments, and proof of analytical skills, communication skills, teamwork, collaboration, leadership, and impact. Quantify the outcomes or impacts of key projects with metrics: team size, increased revenue, costs saved, valuations, project timelines and budgets, returns on investments, deals closed, etc.
Work Experience: When listing the employers you’ve worked for, don’t assume that we know every single company and what they do. If your employer is not a household name, please provide a brief 1-2 sentence company description
At MBAAdmit.com, we encourage Wharton EMBA applicants to present two-page resumes, because they can use the extra page to go in depth in areas that matter to the admission committee—including presenting extra information about their impressive professional roles and responsibilities, and given more details about their extracurricular leadership and awards. This is an application resume, not a job resume, and two-page resumes are fine for the Wharton EMBA process.
Application Section: EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Description of job
There are 550 characters available for each job description. This can be approximately 100 words. Maximize what you write about in each, focusing on high-impact responsibilities and skills.
Application Section: EDUCATION HISTORY
Do you feel your college grades reflect your academic abilities? If no, please explain.
Importantly, this section does not appear to have a word limit! Therefore, if you need 500-750 words to state your case, it currently appears you can present an essay that provides a good explanation about your grades if they were not ideal. You can also include information that shows the admissions committee that you have gained excellent skills and demonstrated strong academic, analytical, quantitative, and integrative reasoning skills since college. For those whose college grades were not ideal, it is very important you take great advantage of this section.
Please upload any additional educational history you may have. (e.g. certificates, professional leadership programming or other non-degree programs.)
If you have an alternative transcript post-college or certifications, you should provide those documents here.
Application Section: ACTIVITIES
In this section, you may share up to three (3) meaningful activities or involvements you have participated in after completing college. If you have been involved in more than 3 activities, we recommend prioritizing those that are most meaningful to you. List your involvements in order of importance to you, with '1' representing the highest level of importance and '3' representing the lowest, using the "Order of Importance" field.
You can provide 50 words to detail these activities, so make good use of that concise space. But, many applicants have more than three meaningful activities to write about! So, you should give good thought to which are the most important from an admissions perspective. First impressions matter, so choose well. What you present in this section can have an impact on whether you receive a scholarship offer. Highlight your activities here and know that you can still use your resume to draw attention to activities not included on the application.
Application Section: AWARDS
Share up to three (3) of your most valued awards, honors, or recognition (academic, professional, or community focused). Include a brief description for each one.
Application Section: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please use this space to share any additional information about yourself that cannot be found elsewhere in your application. This space should be used to clarify information provided in the application or address extenuating circumstances (e.g., unexplained gaps or inconsistent performance in academic career, choice of recommender, areas of weakness, etc.) that you would like the Admissions Committee to consider. Please note that this section is not intended to be an additional essay. (500 words)
The admissions committee does not want you to write about an essay topic of your choice that is not helping to clarify information. For example, you should not simply add an essay about how you will enrich the Wharton EMBA class, taking the opportunity to elaborate on great experiences you have had in the extracurricular and professional realms. But if you would like to explain something important, you are free to then use the space to add information that is strategically important for you. For example, if you are a teacher who is applying to Wharton, the admissions committee will naturally wonder why you are applying since you have a nontraditional background. They may also wonder whether you will have enough to share in their classroom (they want students to learn from each other as well as the faculty). Given the open-ended nature of this question, you can write a concise essay about your career goals, how Wharton will contribute to them, and what skills and experiences you have that will enhance your peers. In our experience at MBA Admit.com, when a candidate presents an excellent written essay of this nature that addresses something the admissions committee would have wanted more information about, it works in their favor in the admissions process.
Application Component: RECOMMENDATIONS
Because you have limited essay space in this year’s Wharton EMBA application, your recommendation will take on greater importance. Work with your recommendation writer so they weave in some important professional stories or personal/extracurricular background information that you cannot get into your online application. The recommendation form allows for 1750 words of content. That is a lot! So, make sure the recommendations are used excellently.
Curious about the specific questions in the Wharton EMBA recommendation form? We provide those questions in our blog entitled “Wharton EMBA 2026-2027: Rec Questions – 1750 words!” which you can access here: https://gmatclub.com/forum/wharton-emba ... 59555.html
"EMBA Return on Investment" Webinar, presented in the GMAT Club YouTube Channel -- 8500+ views!
https://youtu.be/O57P2DmNcRc
"Applying for an EMBA: 8 Mistakes to Avoid" Webinar, presented in the GMAT Club YouTube Channel -- 8000+ views!
https://youtu.be/g_mjjUD5-vk
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/drshelle
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrShelle
MBA Admit.com was established in 2001 by Dr. Shelle Leanne, a graduate of Harvard and Oxford who has experience with Harvard admissions and served in Stanford University’s Office of the President. Dr. Shelle, who has over 30 years of admissions advising experience, works one-to-one with clients. She is an accomplished writer whose works have been translated into 25 languages worldwide, and she has previous work experience with McKinsey & Company and Morgan Stanley. Her clients rave about her services.
Sign up for a FREE Profile Evaluation directly from Dr. Shelle Leanne, a Harvard and Oxford graduate with Harvard admissions experience and over 30 years of work with MBA applicants. Send your inquiry, LinkedIn profile, or resume to us at [email protected].
MBA Admit.com: Excellence at an Affordable Price!
Wharton EMBA: Overlooked Application Elements for Long-Shot Success
If you are a candidate with a notable weakness to overcome in order to gain admission to the Wharton EMBA program, the good news is that Wharton’s application form and recommendation letter requirements give you more room than you might have initially thought to present extra information that might sway the admissions committee.
Recognizing the often-overlooked sections of the application is key, as is the strategy beneath your application. You should identify the factors that help offset your weak spot(s) and take opportunities to shine a bright light on those factors. Key ways to integrate this crucial information into your application include:
Your resume
Your recommendations
The descriptive parts of your application form (where you describe your job responsibilities, extracurricular activities, and awards)
Fields in the application form where you can present additional information.
Be mindful of these opportunities outlined below. (The wording directly from the Wharton EMBA application form appears in blue italics below.)
Opportunities in the Application Form
Application Section: PERSONAL DEMOGRAPHICSPlease share your LinkedIn URL
Use your LinkedIn profile masterfully. Hone each section of information, and make sure your posts reflect favorably on you.
Application Section: RESUME
You should upload a current 1-2 page, resume that highlights your functional job skills, breadth and depth of experience, leadership and management skills, and your potential for growth. Your resume should be uploaded as a PDF document with the proper 3-letter extension, and should not include a password protection or macros which will cause the upload to fail. Your file size should not exceed 10 MB.
Additional Wharton Advice
One-Two Page Format: We expect your resume to be one-two page. A one-page two page resume is easier to read, allows you to narrow down and highlight your most important qualifications, and demonstrates your critical-thinking skills. If you’re struggling to edit your resume enough to fit, try reducing the page margins, inserting bullet points, or eliminating any objective or summary statements.
Bullet Points: The bullet points for each role should not read like a basic job description. We are looking at your resume to identify growth, progression of responsibilities, accomplishments, and proof of analytical skills, communication skills, teamwork, collaboration, leadership, and impact. Quantify the outcomes or impacts of key projects with metrics: team size, increased revenue, costs saved, valuations, project timelines and budgets, returns on investments, deals closed, etc.
Work Experience: When listing the employers you’ve worked for, don’t assume that we know every single company and what they do. If your employer is not a household name, please provide a brief 1-2 sentence company description
At MBAAdmit.com, we encourage Wharton EMBA applicants to present two-page resumes, because they can use the extra page to go in depth in areas that matter to the admission committee—including presenting extra information about their impressive professional roles and responsibilities, and given more details about their extracurricular leadership and awards. This is an application resume, not a job resume, and two-page resumes are fine for the Wharton EMBA process.
Application Section: EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Description of job
There are 550 characters available for each job description. This can be approximately 100 words. Maximize what you write about in each, focusing on high-impact responsibilities and skills.
Application Section: EDUCATION HISTORY
Do you feel your college grades reflect your academic abilities? If no, please explain.
Please upload any additional educational history you may have. (e.g. certificates, professional leadership programming or other non-degree programs.)
If you have an alternative transcript post-college or certifications, you should provide those documents here.
Application Section: ACTIVITIES
In this section, you may share up to three (3) meaningful activities or involvements you have participated in after completing college. If you have been involved in more than 3 activities, we recommend prioritizing those that are most meaningful to you. List your involvements in order of importance to you, with '1' representing the highest level of importance and '3' representing the lowest, using the "Order of Importance" field.
You can provide 50 words to detail these activities, so make good use of that concise space. But, many applicants have more than three meaningful activities to write about! So, you should give good thought to which are the most important from an admissions perspective. First impressions matter, so choose well. What you present in this section can have an impact on whether you receive a scholarship offer. Highlight your activities here and know that you can still use your resume to draw attention to activities not included on the application.
Application Section: AWARDS
Share up to three (3) of your most valued awards, honors, or recognition (academic, professional, or community focused). Include a brief description for each one.
Please use this space to share any additional information about yourself that cannot be found elsewhere in your application. This space should be used to clarify information provided in the application or address extenuating circumstances (e.g., unexplained gaps or inconsistent performance in academic career, choice of recommender, areas of weakness, etc.) that you would like the Admissions Committee to consider. Please note that this section is not intended to be an additional essay. (500 words)
Application Component: RECOMMENDATIONS
Because you have limited essay space in this year’s Wharton EMBA application, your recommendation will take on greater importance. Work with your recommendation writer so they weave in some important professional stories or personal/extracurricular background information that you cannot get into your online application. The recommendation form allows for 1750 words of content. That is a lot! So, make sure the recommendations are used excellently.
Curious about the specific questions in the Wharton EMBA recommendation form? We provide those questions in our blog entitled “Wharton EMBA 2026-2027: Rec Questions – 1750 words!” which you can access here: https://gmatclub.com/forum/wharton-emba ... 59555.html
Do you need assistance with your EMBA application or scholarship essays? Feel free to reach out to Dr. Shelle at [email protected].
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"EMBA Return on Investment" Webinar, presented in the GMAT Club YouTube Channel -- 8500+ views!
https://youtu.be/O57P2DmNcRc
"Applying for an EMBA: 8 Mistakes to Avoid" Webinar, presented in the GMAT Club YouTube Channel -- 8000+ views!
https://youtu.be/g_mjjUD5-vk
About Dr. Shelle and MBA Admit.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/drshelle
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrShelle
MBA Admit.com was established in 2001 by Dr. Shelle Leanne, a graduate of Harvard and Oxford who has experience with Harvard admissions and served in Stanford University’s Office of the President. Dr. Shelle, who has over 30 years of admissions advising experience, works one-to-one with clients. She is an accomplished writer whose works have been translated into 25 languages worldwide, and she has previous work experience with McKinsey & Company and Morgan Stanley. Her clients rave about her services.
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