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/

Imagine what real life at Wharton is like! WWW is considered to be a relaxing past-time, after all. Aghhh, if only I could do it once more: I so want to be in your shoes right now.

so guys..let us know of your Wharton Welcome Weekend experience...

I too would be interested in what people's impressions were. Also, as a wait listed candidate, any intelligence regarding number of people at the event and general impressions regarding whether people there where still contemplating other offers or were generally already decided on matriculating would be helpful.

I'm not fully recovered from the weekend yet (low grade headache). My overall impression is that MBA students don't sleep. They just keep going and going and going and going and going... Admitted students were divided up into 6 cohorts of about 60-70 students each. There were student panels, a mock class, career services panels by industry, and team building exercises (build a statue that represents Wharton using Tinker Tailor toy parts). We got some speeches from the deans of student life and curriculum or something and Ankur welcomed us as well (can I just say that woman is gorgeous and has awesome shoes). The social events provided some good eats. I especially liked the spring rolls at Pub. Day 2 there were a ton of early evening happy hours around different Center City restaurants. Spring Soiree was a good time as well. However, CRACKERS ARE NOT FOOD!!! I got fed better at Kellogg's Saturday night cocktail party. I will say that Wharton has better DJs than Kellogg because Wharton's kept the untz, untz, untz dance music to measured levels. Unfortunately Spring Soiree got shut down early when someone stole a bottle of rum and wouldn't return it. As for the people...I was pleasantly surprised. My biggest worry about attending Wharton was the douchebag factor. Wharton has a rep for having more than its fair share of them. I was almost taken aback by how genuinely nice and easy to get along with everyone was. Wharton students are really good at poking fun at themselves. We got to see the Follies and one segment was a game show entitled "Name that Douche" where they called specific people out by name for douchebag behavior such as macking on undergrads, racist/sexist emails, and self righteous asshole-ness. It was all in good fun and it's good to see that the student body kind of self polices. As for the other admitted students, they were awesome sauce. woggy987 turned out to be one of my section mates so it was really cool to put a face with the GC screen name. A lot of people were definitely decided on Wharton but there were many who are still up in the air. Most of the people I met are choosing between Wharton and Kellogg or Booth. I think for the Wharton vs. Kellogg people the biggest issue is FIT. They are very different schools and while they do get many of the same applicants many prefer one environment over the other. One thing I was blown away by was the emphasis Wharton places on teamwork and leadership. I thought that this was Kellogg's domain, but Wharton is no joke in the leadership opportunities it offers and the amount of "playing nicely with others" that it requires. I'm still undecided, but Welcome Weekend did a great deal to allay many of my reservations about Wharton.

hey anyone invited to interview in r3?? Did anyone get the the additional invite to the business case group, that will work as a pilot for future admission processes??

hey cheetarah definitely curious about where you end up going. i was also at welcome weekend and loved it. philly/center city did not fail to impress me, the douche factor was low, i had an awesome time with other admits, there are impressive peers who would surround you, the school is FUN, the number of former finance professionals looking to get into entrepreneurship (such as myself) was surprisingly high, and i know i'd have a great time there and get where i want to be career-wise. also agree that i met a lot of people mostly set on wharton but also a few with tough wharton/kellogg/haas decisions and a couple with stanford decisions to make. i'm going to DAK next weekend and hope to decide. i prefer the east coast and really like the idea of going to wharton but i am getting no aid and kellogg has given me a nice scholarship package. how would you further characterize the differences and what's going to ultimately impact your decision? cheers

Thanks I appreciate it!..by the way i read your blog, was fun to read....im visiting wharton next week for the first time for my interview..any tips?? cheers