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This year’s Wharton EMBA recommendation form is now available for recommendation writers. When you fill in the name and email address on your Wharton EMBA application form, Wharton’s system will send a link to your rec writer, where they will gain access to their online recommendation form. Curious about what Wharton asks in the rec form? We have pasted the questions below. But first, some important insights.
Because you have highly limited essay space in this year's Wharton EMBA application, the recommendations are of greater importance. The rec form allows your writer to submit up to 1750 words! That is far more than the 350 words you have in your one required Wharton EMBA essay question. So, make sure to maximize the impact of the recommendation. Help your rec writer to weave in important professional stories or personal/extracurricular background information that you cannot get into your online application.
Unlike most past years, this year’s recommendation form does not offer an option for your writer to upload a PDF, so the responses should be input directly into the online recommendation fields. Ideally, your writer should prepare their responses in a Word document so they can see and correct any typos, maximize the word count, and save a copy.
Here are the questions:
From the Wharton EMBA 2026-2027 Recommendation Form
Please look at this list of personality characteristics and choose up to two traits that you feel best represent the candidate you are recommending to the Wharton MBA Program for Executives. (TIP - You do not have to choose two, only up to two.)
Determined
Humble
Disciplined
Engaged
Intellectually Curious
Analytical
Flexible
Persistent
Conscientious
Results Oriented
Please look at this list of personality characteristics and choose up to two traits that you feel best represent the candidate you are recommending to the Wharton MBA Program for Executives. (TIP - You do not have to choose two, only up to two.)
Collaborative
Persuasive
Innovative
Confident
Self-Aware
Professional
Resilient
Energetic
Emotionally Stable
Agreeable
Applicant Assessment Portion of the Wharton EMBA Recommendation Form
Please respond to the following questions using the fields provided.
What is your relationship to the applicant, and how long have you known him/her? (250 words or less)
How has the applicant's career progressed during the time you have known or worked with him/her? Please be as specific as possible. (250 words or less)
In your opinion, what is the applicant's most outstanding quality? What makes this applicant an exceptional colleague or employee? Please use specific examples to demonstrate these qualities. (250 words or less)
Please discuss the applicant's weaknesses and the efforts, if any, the applicant has made to improve in these areas. (No stated word limit, but field restricts writer to 250 words)
Please discuss your observations concerning the applicant's leadership skills. Please cite specific situations that demonstrate the applicant's leadership abilities. (No stated word limit, but field restricts writer to 250 words)
What is your impression of the candidate's ability to work closely with others? Please describe a specific situation that illustrates the candidate's ability to work in group project environments. No stated word limit, but field restricts writer to 250 words)
(Optional) Is there anything else we should know? (No stated word limit, but field restricts writer to 250 words)
Recommendations can make or break a candidacy, so make sure to help maximize their impact so they enhance your odds of admissions success!
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