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/

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Hi I'm new here. Thought I'll join you guys for the wait as well. Thanks to those who have posted updates. Good luck everyone!

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If you include both the Delhi and Mumbai Hubs, the total number of interview slots is around 48. Considering that Wharton has over 70/80 Indians in each batch, this number seems to be a bit on the lower side. Are there candidates opting for a phone interview as well?

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Guys, i prolly know the answer to this already.... but i'm gonna ask nevertheless..

To all of you who've received your invites so far... did all of you apply early enough, or were you guys close enough to the deadline?

* mine went out a day before ( 23hours to be precise) the deadline!*

I had submitted mine on 28/09. Doesn't seem like there's any correlation between submission date and invites.

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01 Nov 2011, 22:44

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Congrats to all those who got invited.

Can anyone check how many interview slots are remaining, especially in Dubai? Just trying to estimate the number of pending invites.

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Does Wharton only conduct hub interview via Adcoms for Indian candidates or do they also have Alumni interviews ?
Does anyone have more colour on this?

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Does Wharton only conduct hub interview via Adcoms for Indian candidates or do they also have Alumni interviews ?
Does anyone have more colour on this?

Apparently this year they are not using alumni at all. All interviews at hubs are conducted by adcom members and on-campus by 2nd year students.

Hope that helps.

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Are you sure that's the correct number?? 70/80?? I think acceptance for international students would be higher if its that number, which doesn't make sense..

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Ironhide

Hey guys,

I have registered for a HUB interview through the portal. I also received an email confirming the same. Under my events, it says "Interview date" and then "RSVP by". Do I need to contact the adcom or is this it? What is this RSVP meant for?

Thanks...

I too was wondering the same thing. I feel it is just some generic field that appears for all events.

I am more worried about whether they will change the interview pattern once again. Am little sceptical whether the "6" behavioral questions from last time will spill over to this year as well.

Apparently all Indian slots are full (based on azmodeus' reply somewhere). Does anyone else know the reply to our confusion??

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Apparently all Indian slots are full (based on azmodeus' reply somewhere). Does anyone else know the reply to our confusion??

Well, when I registered yesterday, there were several slots available for Delhi (20 or so) and just 3 for Mumbai.

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Thanks shek!

So there is still some hope.

Congratulations for the invite and all the very best for interview prep.

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Are you sure that's the correct number?? 70/80?? I think acceptance for international students would be higher if its that number, which doesn't make sense..

Yeah, that number does seem high. Besides, number of Indian candidates interviewed is not the same as number of candidates interviewed in India. There are several Indian citizens applying from the States and around the world...

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Businessweek has put up a region-wise split of the current MBA batch at Wharton. As per this data, 16 percent of the current batch is from Asia (I'm not sure if that means Asian origin). That is approximately 130+ students from Asia. And if I'm not mistaken, over half the Asian students tend to be from India. Not sure if this has any bearing on the interviews - just idle speculation at this stage.

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More idle speculation... So people who have received interviews already have said that interview slots for Philly are only open until November 11th. Nov. 11 also happens to be the last day to hear back about interview invites. Does this mean bad news for candidates who live closest to Philly compared to all of the interview cities offered if you haven't already gotten an invite? Wow this wait really is brutal.

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More speculation on top of your speculation, but they said that interviews will extend into the very beginning of December. With that, I imagine that they will open up more slots as they send out more interview invites. Reason being; if they opened all slots now many people with early invites would pick the latest dates and they would fill before some people would even receive their invites. This could end with people who received their invites later not having any slots to choose from.

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I like your speculation much better!

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This is exactly what HBS does logistically so I don't see why Wharton wouldn't do the same thing. Pretty sure they'll open more slots up after 11/11/.

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Any invites or online status changes reported today?

The staggered invite schedule makes sense at least in Wharton's case... The Round 1 confirmation email said "you must complete your interview by December 2nd" so I'm sure they'll open up more slots as they send out more invites...

I haven't seen any estimates on how many they might have sent out in the past 2 waves (Thursday and yesterday)... but that's probably because NOBODY KNOWS!

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Hey guys - figured I'd say hi. I'm a reapplicant playing the waiting game as well... (gah)

Quick ques. for those people who will be interviewing on campus who received an invite yesterday - were there slots open after 11/11? if so, how late? Thanks!

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Nope, 11/11 was the latest. I'm sure they will open up slots for the following week later. As people have said, it's to ensure there are slots for those who get their invites at the end.

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does anyone know the policy for releasing invites? are they sending them out on a rolling basis or can I wait for an invite any day during this timeframe? or is it like HBS where they only release invites on wednesdays until the last wednesday where everyone hears something wether it is a release, invite or waitlist?