Wharton Full Time MBA 2012 Wharton Business School Guide Wharton Applicant Summary (Real Time) Quick Glance: GMAT Club vs. Latest Intake (Class of 2013) Real Time App Tracker Feed Detailed Applicant List: Add Yourself to This List (add Wharton to your profile) GMAT Club's Real-time Admissions Statistics Add Your Profile to This List Questions about this Roll Call ? Members Invited to Interview List of Those Invited to Interview at Wharton Today: Eaglesadam22 RAS2012 hogwarts Irukandji504 tompomm (to be verified) saydogdu carro103 (HCM) sergiod15 gauravd Fall 2011 application deadlines and decision release dates: MBA Program Application Deadline Decision Release Date Round 1 October 3, 2011 December 20, 2011 Round 2 January 4, 2012 March 30, 2012 Round 3 March 5, 2012 May 8, 2012 Round1 interview invites will be released between Thursday, October 27 and Friday, November 11. Fall 2012 Wharton Essays Essays • First-time applicants and reapplicants are required to complete the same set of essay questions. REQUIRED QUESTION: What are your professional objectives? RESPOND TO 2 OF THE FOLLOWING 3 QUESTIONS: 1. 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? 2. Discuss a time when you faced a challenging interpersonal experience. How did you navigate the situation and what did you learn from it? 3. "Innovation is central to our culture at Wharton. It is a mentality that must encompass every aspect of the School - whether faculty research, teaching or alumni outreach." - Thomas S. Robertson, Dean, The Wharton School Keeping this component of our culture in mind, discuss a time when you have been innovative in your personal or professional life. ADDITIONAL QUESTION FOR REAPPLICANTS: All reapplicants to Wharton are required to complete the Optional Essay. Please use this space to explain how you have reflected on the previous decision on your application and to discuss any updates to your candidacy (e.g., changes in your professional life, additional coursework, extracurricular/volunteer engagements). You may also use this section to address any extenuating circumstances. (250 words) If you are applying to Wharton this fall, now is just the right time to start working on the applications for R1. I am a Wharton alum, and I would be happy to answer questions and help. Essay Analysis & Comments I have been approached by quite a few prospective candidates asking for advice on "what's best to write for Wharton", i.e. what would the school want to hear. My personal view, reinforced by what has worked for me is to decide on what parts of YOURSELF and YOUR story you want to showcase the most, i.e. what makes you unique and valuable, and deliver that using some creative writing. The question then becomes not that of execution, because good execution does not stand in the way. The only thing that matters is then whether YOU are indeed valuable and unique. What makes you valuable and unique? My personal agenda during school visit would've always been "schmooze till you drop" in all the buildings there are. Have a plan before you go: names, classes, visits, conversations, meetings, coffee, events after classes, etc. I have been reviewing alot of veteran candidate essays and I think the key to essays is to keep things simple, honest, and compelling. There is no magic formula and the more "consultants" tell us to sprinkle in examples here and there, the more of the human element you lose. I agree it is important to show the diversity of your experiences, but I believe is is most important to reveal the person you are, your core values, and how you interact with people, resolve conflict, improve, and work to help others. After being here for nearly 2 months, I can already tell how the admissions process reflects the learning team model. Of course they want great candidates, but they are evaluating your leadership charactertistics - how do you resolve conflict, handle intense emotional events? are you conscientious aka do you step up for your team and help to resolve interpersonal disputes? are you comfortable in a variety of roles from leading to filling a supporting role? how far will you go to help your team achieve their goals? do your goals spring from your personal story and values? have your past actions matched up with your goals? what kind of personal impact do you bring here. it is alot less about filling out a formula and a lot more about openness, integrity, and telling your compelling personal story rather than impressing the committee with accomplishments i firmly believe the class is not selected solely according to accomplishments, but by selecting the best people who will create the strongest community/environment with the best possible longevity aka alumni network i know the process sucks, and you guys/girls are stressed but after you craft your essays, take a second and look at how those essays reveal who you are, what makes you tick, focus on leadership but remember leadership has many components liek the ones i referred to - openness, conscientiousness, emotional reactivity, etc PM me if you need any help, I was in your shoes last year, i definitely didnt have the most impressive stats but used my experiences to create a brand around leadership and values and it paid off Application Submission Confirmation Text Last interview questions : https://poetsandquants.com/2010/11/21/l ... al-issues/

Definitely not a rockstar or on crack as I was dinged across the board last year. alokchaks- Yes, I am a reapplicant

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Any re-applicant got an interview invite?

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past 6 years was a serial entrepreneur. Most successful biz did ~ 2 mil USD in revenue

Not a rockstar? Are you on crack or do you simply not know what B-schools value? Starting a biz w/ $2 mil revenue trumps a 780 gmat my friend.

Definitely not a rockstar or on crack :-D

as I was dinged across the board last year.

alokchaks- Yes, I am a reapplicant

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Thanks to JohnyMac - for posting the summary stats. There is hope out there until we get a rejection letter.

Looks like the majority of interviews calls have gone to students who are living overseas. Makes sense.

On an another note, Interviews based on starting companies etc - depends on how one spins the story. So, if you have not started a company yet, don't worry. One of the questions I got from an Admission Director was that if a person has created many companies in the past, then why waste time on an MBA ?

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I got an invitation to interview. I signed up for a campus visit on Feb 20th and received a confirmation email. Afterward. I realized that Feb 20th is a U.S. holiday. Does anyone know if Wharton would continue the regular campus visit program on that day (i.e.: including class visits, lunch with students, etc)? Thanks.

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I signed up for Feb 20 school visit too, with my Wharton and Lauder interviews on that day as well. When communicating with the ad com, seems like classes are in session. I also checked the Wharton academic calendar, and Feb 20 appears to be a regular class day: https://spike.wharton.upenn.edu/mbaprogram/calendars/academic_calendar_full1112.cfm

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11 Feb 2012, 18:40

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Can a campus visit after getting interview invitation help? Can anyone explain how this works?

Thanks.

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Good luck to everyone still waiting for invites this week!

Congrats to those who have already received them - please keep posting your stats and whether you are a dual degree applicant - really helpful!

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I'm 2 hours south of Philadelphia and still waiting, as well. As for February 20th being a holiday, I wouldn't sweat it. The holiday, President's Day, is not widely celebrated and few places have off outside of the Federal government, post office, etc.

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hey guys,
so we could expect invites to be sent:
Thurs 17th
Thurs 24th

What about Friday 25th and Monday 27th?

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I am also curious about the same. How did the R1 go? I say it's reasonable to assume just two Thursdays, but you never know...

Don't get your hopes now but I just spoke with an international applicant who got his interview invite 15 min to deadline last year. Any news/ stories/ observations from anyone else?

toiysam

hey guys,
so we could expect invites to be sent:
Thurs 17th
Thurs 24th

What about Friday 25th and Monday 27th?

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Can a campus visit after getting interview invitation help? Can anyone explain how this works?

Thanks.

If you're going to do a campus visit, I'd recommend doing your interview on campus and doing a tour and sit in on a class while you're here. Recommend Thursday cause then you can also go to pub afterwards. It might not "help" your interview directly, but if you get pumped up about the school while you're here, that enthusiasm will most likely come through in your interview. Good luck and feel free to pm if you have any questions.

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For those that have invites, is anyone noticing a very slim selection of dates from which to choose?

For me, I can select any date this week or Monday or Tuesday of next week. This week is out because of work and I already have an interview on the 20th, which basically leaves Tuesday the 21st. I was hoping Wharton would add more dates but am starting to get a bit nervous. Worst comes to worst I could fly out on the 20th after my other interview, but doing so would prevent me from touring the campus, not to mention flights are running at about $600 right now, opposed to under $300 later in the week. Part of me is hoping they open up some more times with the next wave of invites, but I also don't want to be stuck if that doesn't happen. Would it be worthwhile calling the Admissions Office on this?

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I would call. They're pretty accommodating if they can be, especially it you're traveling. Can't hurt in this case

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Using beatthegmat stats to estimate:

R1: 84 invites of 301 applicants ~ 28%

R2: 54 invites SO FAR of 393 applicants ~ 13.7%

So probably 50% of invites are left based on my analysis, this makes sense considering we are about halfway through the interview invite period. I expect the statisticians out their to give me some grief about sample size, etc but at least we have a general idea.

Congrats to the first 50%!

So roughly what percentage of the domestic invites are yet to go out do you think? Cause we know that all/most internationals were in the first 50%.

Say the first 50% was half US and half International (a conservative guess I'd say).....that would mean approximately 66% of US invites still haven't gone out,...which would be great news of us American applicants.

Question is,..what is the proportion of International vs. US in the first 50%.

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Cause we know that all/most internationals were in the first 50%......

@ Mooze,

"All/most" - Really? Who told you that? I know it's good to be optimistic but is it okay to do so at the cost of others?

Do u know how many internationals (your future classmates) would have become nervous after reading ur post coz they would have been already anxious, having not got the invite till date!?!?!

I am confident that about 40-50% invites (at least) are left and when converted in sheer numbers, it translates to a whole lot! So keep the faith brother - And keep up the hopes of others also. I am sure there are many US as well as Int'ls who will get their interviews in the coming weeks.

Best of luck,
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OK, let's just say since for Wharton a whole lot of invites are coming at the end - this "estimation" excercise might be fairly useless. Not that I wouldn't want to know. On another note, as i have previously mentioned, a current 1st year student (international) got his invite on the last day last year.

Can someone answer this please: How does Wharton inform you of the interview - is it an e-mail that says you have an interview or HBS-style e-mail that tells you need to check the changed status of your application on the website? Thank you.

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Cause we know that all/most internationals were in the first 50%......

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Cause we know that all/most internationals were in the first 50%......

Sorry man, I can see how my post was somewhat callous toward the emotions of the International folks,..didn't mean anything by it. I thought it was an accepted observation. Excuse me if i was mistaken.

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Now now, gentlemen.

From what we know having seen the posts on GMATClub, we can't say that most/all international applications have been read. So there's no need to be pessimistic if you are international. However, from this small sample, we do know that VERY FEW domestic applicants have received invitations, meaning that no one should be sweating it just yet.

I think that's the best way to describe the cadence of R2 invites from the (albeit biased and small) sample that we have. And it allows domestic applicants to be optimistic without having to take it away from internationals.

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Why exactly are you applying to B-School? Clearly you should be a lawyer!!

But seriously, I think you got to the crux of my intent more efficiently than I did. Which is that the majority of US invites have yet to be released.

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im thinking applying to wharton in round 3...what do you think? is it worthy or beeter wait for next year...are their stats regarding r3 acceptance rates?

would love your feedback