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Inside Wharton's Admissions Office - What happens once applications are submitted?

Ankur Kumar, deputy director of MBA admissions at Wharton - First of all, our process of evaluation is very holistic. We ask a lot of information about applicants – we want to know about their academic achievements, their professional development, the way they think about the world, how they present themselves...read more

An extract from the article reads [highlight]"We do our best to get to people as quickly as we can. Our goal is to get to them by phone or even email if we can. Our students help as well. If they’re accepted, we want to give that personal welcome."[/highlight]

Do you guys think we can hope to hear from Wharton sooner than the decision release date?
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If you get accepted, yes. If not, the results will probably show on the final release date.
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Wharton 2012 - Calling All Applicants Updated on: 06 Dec 2011, 06:36
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Now begins the second part of the wait. I wonder if someone knows the conversion rate for R1 applicants.
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100 per cent of the people I encountered at the interview were from consulting and finance. I felt like a fish out of water not being from those industries. Everyone seemed very nice and chatty though. I def. don't think the interview plays a huge part on deciding who gets admitted because I felt like it was a very informal and laidback process, specially with the 2nd year students. They only scribbled a little on the A4 paper and my interviewer definitely didn't seem like she was that 'passionate" about the interview. It felt more like a 'mundane' activity which makes me think that the interviews are only to screen out people with behavorial issues and that the application package determines the admission decision a lot more.

Anybody felt similar about this?

I did not feel like the interview would help my case but more like it would be another data point that I "passed".

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100 per cent of the people I encountered at the interview were from consulting and finance. I felt like a fish out of water not being from those industries. Everyone seemed very nice and chatty though. I def. don't think the interview plays a huge part on deciding who gets admitted because I felt like it was a very informal and laidback process, specially with the 2nd year students. They only scribbled a little on the A4 paper and my interviewer definitely didn't seem like she was that 'passionate" about the interview. It felt more like a 'mundane' activity which makes me think that the interviews are only to screen out people with behavorial issues and that the application package determines the admission decision a lot more.

Anybody felt similar about this?

I did not feel like the interview would help my case but more like it would be another data point that I "passed".

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oh i fully agree with you. even for me the interview felt as though the student was only in there to do a job and was not looking to connect with the applicants. i tried to make some small talk but he kept giving one word answers instead of engaging in a conversation. so i dropped the idea of trying to connect with him.

i also think the interview is more useful in trying to weed out 'stray' applications and it was only used to corroborate the other parts of the application instead of playing a big role.
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100 per cent of the people I encountered at the interview were from consulting and finance. I felt like a fish out of water not being from those industries. Everyone seemed very nice and chatty though. I def. don't think the interview plays a huge part on deciding who gets admitted because I felt like it was a very informal and laidback process, specially with the 2nd year students. They only scribbled a little on the A4 paper and my interviewer definitely didn't seem like she was that 'passionate" about the interview. It felt more like a 'mundane' activity which makes me think that the interviews are only to screen out people with behavorial issues and that the application package determines the admission decision a lot more.

Anybody felt similar about this?

I did not feel like the interview would help my case but more like it would be another data point that I "passed".

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I didn't apply in R1, but I did visit Wharton in September for the Explore Wharton diversity event. We did a mock admissions committee session and went over 2 real applications.

Although the interviews are blind, admissions is definitely looking for specific things from the interview especially if they liked your app but have concerns about potential red flags they may have found.

The case that we were given at the mock committee session was of a girl in consulting. She had a really good GPA from MIT, great work experience, solid ECs and interests, and a good GMAT score. However, her essays and recommendations gave the admissions committee the impression that she may overrun people when working in teams. They really liked her so they wanted to get to the bottom of it and she was invited for an interview. They didn't say the applicant had a bad interview. What they did say was that during the interview she never addressed her interpersonal skills as a development area. Because she wasn't self-aware enough to know that that is an area in which she can improve they ultimately decided to waitlist her.

So while sometimes behaviorial issues may be raised during a bad interview, many times there were red flags raised prior to the interview that the adcom is hoping the interview will shed some light on. It may not seem as though the interviews are intensely evaluative but indeed they are, for reasons you may not initially suspect. Not to say all this to worry you, but just to shed some light on what the adcom may be looking to get from interviewing a candidate.
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just my two cents
i do agree that they use the interview to address the weak areas. however i do wonder if there is any communication with the student to let him/her know which areas to explore during the interview. i dont think that happens because the student said that he hadnt heard of me prior to the start of the interview and hence had no idea of my application. it would be good if the adcom identified areas of concern for each applicant so that it could be investigated in more detail during the interview. else the blind spot remains and the adcom never knows if the applicant is really weak in those areas of if she/he simply did not bring it up anywhere.
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i do agree that they use the interview to address the weak areas. however i do wonder if there is any communication with the student to let him/her know which areas to explore during the interview. i dont think that happens because the student said that he hadnt heard of me prior to the start of the interview and hence had no idea of my application. it would be good if the adcom identified areas of concern for each applicant so that it could be investigated in more detail during the interview. else the blind spot remains and the adcom never knows if the applicant is really weak in those areas of if she/he simply did not bring it up anywhere.
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I agree with mrpr0072 - how would they know about an applicant's weak areas if the interviewer doesn't know them in the first place. You cannot expect the candidate to be so self-aware that he/she will bring up the weak area by himself/herself during the interview. If he/she thought it was so critical to the application then it would have been addressed in the essays itself.

I really think 75% purpose of the interview is to screen out bad candidates; maybe 25% is to look for additional information that might help the decision making process - or at least that's what I hope !
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Inside Wharton's Admissions Office - What happens once applications are submitted?

Ankur Kumar, deputy director of MBA admissions at Wharton - First of all, our process of evaluation is very holistic. We ask a lot of information about applicants – we want to know about their academic achievements, their professional development, the way they think about the world, how they present themselves...read more

An extract from the article reads [highlight]"We do our best to get to people as quickly as we can. Our goal is to get to them by phone or even email if we can. Our students help as well. If they’re accepted, we want to give that personal welcome."[/highlight]

Do you guys think we can hope to hear from Wharton sooner than the decision release date?
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Just a note. I have a timing conflict, and asked if there's any way to have a decision rendered sooner, or at least some sort of a hint dropped my way. I was told by adcom, very inflexibly, that it's the 20th and there's no way around it.

Therefore, I would take it to the bank to watch your phone/email on the 20th, because that is when you're probably going to hear. Ugh!
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just my two cents
i do agree that they use the interview to address the weak areas. however i do wonder if there is any communication with the student to let him/her know which areas to explore during the interview. i dont think that happens because the student said that he hadnt heard of me prior to the start of the interview and hence had no idea of my application. it would be good if the adcom identified areas of concern for each applicant so that it could be investigated in more detail during the interview. else the blind spot remains and the adcom never knows if the applicant is really weak in those areas of if she/he simply did not bring it up anywhere.

I agree with mrpr0072 - how would they know about an applicant's weak areas if the interviewer doesn't know them in the first place. You cannot expect the candidate to be so self-aware that he/she will bring up the weak area by himself/herself during the interview. If he/she thought it was so critical to the application then it would have been addressed in the essays itself.

I really think 75% purpose of the interview is to screen out bad candidates; maybe 25% is to look for additional information that might help the decision making process - or at least that's what I hope !
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A sincere applicant would have spend months crafting the application, taking utmost care that the essays potray him in the best possible light, coaching recommenders on 'must-haves' in the reco, etc. Since there is no way to predict what happens in an Interview, Wharton can get the answer to the ONE question that can not be addressed in any other part - How does the applicant handle the unknown?

This is Wharton's chance to see you in flesh, and decide whether you are good enough to carry the Wharton Alumni tag.
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Hi there,
I saw in a forum that Wharton cannot provide hub interviews for applicants. So, even some applicants should fly to U.S. How is that possible ?
I knew some japanese applicants invited to interview on campus :?
Has anyone heard about that, or knows something ?
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As I read in their S2S forum, beginning from this year wharton will not provide alumni interviews only hub or on campus interviews. There are many students who cannot find a slot in hub interview locations; however, some new slots are opening as some students say

Mann, what a stress
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I saw in a forum that Wharton cannot provide hub interviews for applicants. So, even some applicants should fly to U.S. How is that possible ?
I knew some japanese applicants invited to interview on campus :?
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Hi there,
I was invited on the last day of the interview notification window, and there was zero slot at international locations at least a week before that.

They offered me a phone interview as I'm unlikely to get my visa in time (I'm working in Hong Kong on an employment visa - trying to apply for a US visa in a country where you're not citizen or permanent resident is super complicated). Not ideal but there isn't other alternative.

I agree that it's a mess!
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Hi all,

Is there a recommended time frame from which examples to answer the behavorial questions should be drawn from, e.g. past 3 years, 5 years? I assume examples from college days should be minimized?
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Is there a recommended time frame from which examples to answer the behavorial questions should be drawn from, e.g. past 3 years, 5 years? I assume examples from college days should be minimized?
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I guess I am the official forum stalker. Anyways trying to do my bid to help prospective classmates:

In my experience, the interviewer will ask you a behavioral question in a particular context. For example, I see (looking at your resume) that you have worked on several projects involving blah blah blah can you tell me a time when you worked on a project where blah blah blah.

Since the interview for me and most others interviewed so far is driven by the Resume, I think that the reply should be work related. Also assuming your current role is the most challenging so far (no one should know you are a current slacker even if you are), you should use the most recent experiences. Only one caveat, you should know all the stories you want to use before you get to the interview.

Just relax, be yourself and appear poised and self-assured. It will be crucial for the 2 years of MBA.
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Is there a recommended time frame from which examples to answer the behavorial questions should be drawn from, e.g. past 3 years, 5 years? I assume examples from college days should be minimized?

I guess I am the official forum stalker. Anyways trying to do my bid to help prospective classmates:

In my experience, the interviewer will ask you a behavioral question in a particular context. For example, I see (looking at your resume) that you have worked on several projects involving blah blah blah can you tell me a time when you worked on a project where blah blah blah.

Since the interview for me and most others interviewed so far is driven by the Resume, I think that the reply should be work related. Also assuming your current role is the most challenging so far (no one should know you are a current slacker even if you are), you should use the most recent experiences. Only one caveat, you should know all the stories you want to use before you get to the interview.

Just relax, be yourself and appear poised and self-assured. It will be crucial for the 2 years of MBA.
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This is very helpful. Thank you very much!

"No one should know you are a current slacker even if you are" <-- my favorite line in this response! :D
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Hi all,

Is there a recommended time frame from which examples to answer the behavorial questions should be drawn from, e.g. past 3 years, 5 years? I assume examples from college days should be minimized?

I guess I am the official forum stalker. Anyways trying to do my bid to help prospective classmates:

In my experience, the interviewer will ask you a behavioral question in a particular context. For example, I see (looking at your resume) that you have worked on several projects involving blah blah blah can you tell me a time when you worked on a project where blah blah blah.

Since the interview for me and most others interviewed so far is driven by the Resume, I think that the reply should be work related. Also assuming your current role is the most challenging so far (no one should know you are a current slacker even if you are), you should use the most recent experiences. Only one caveat, you should know all the stories you want to use before you get to the interview.

Just relax, be yourself and appear poised and self-assured. It will be crucial for the 2 years of MBA.
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Just to point out something different - a lot of people who interviewed with 2nd year students had a different experience. My interview, for example, was not driven by my resume. Not at all. She just randomly asked me the 3 behavorial questions and not in any context. I had just to tell stories and I guess it didn't really matter when/where they happened.

Of course it is always best to talk about recent/work related scenarios. But I just want to emphasize that not all interviews were resume driven.

I think the adcoms are more resume driven while 2nd year students seem to be more random on their aproach. Probably because they are not as experienced in interviewing as the adcom.
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Did anyone else on this forum (from those who were invited to the interview) receive an e-mail today from the admissions office recommending strengthening one's quantitative preparation should he or she be admitted to Wharton, suggesting to take some quantitative courses, "a continuing education class in Calculus or Statistics, or retaking the GMAT/GRE, with a focus on the quantitative section"? The e-mail suggests to send the updates to a certain e-mail address.
Well, although I did major in a language in college, I have been working in Financial Services consluting and passed all 3 CFA exams since that time. And with the score 49 (85%) in the quantitative part on the GMAT, I do not really feel that I am on the weaker side there.... Or am I not right? Any suggestions out there as to how I can improve my "quantitative preparation"? Should I try to act before the decisions come out?
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I also received this email. Have you contacted Admissions to ask what it is referring to yet?
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I also received this email. Have you contacted Admissions to ask what it is referring to yet?
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Here is a link to the Poets and Quants article about it - hopefully this will help you shed some light on things

https://poetsandquants.com/2011/11/15/wh ... pplicants/
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Just curious - but wouldn't it be expected that a higher % of internationals receive invites than domestic applicants? Wharton is a very diverse school and I have to think it receives more domestic applications than international - thus yielding a higher % of invitations among international candidates.

Could be way off but just a thought.

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True, whether the 36/74 distribution of the Wharton intake is roughly represented in the applicant pool is an unknown.

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https://poetsandquants.com/2011/11/19/indian-chinese-mba-applicants-face-higher-rejection/
Although not from Wharton, we now have quantitative evidence that international applicants outnumber domestic applicants in most top 20 B-schools. So a 10% acceptance rate at Harvard or Wharton is actually more like 3% for Indian or Chinese applicants if you extrapolate from these results.
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My on-campus interview was fairly straightforward. The interviewer was a second-year student who was very friendly and cordial. We actually had a great conversation to the point where we both lost track of time. Mine ended up going ~20 minutes over time.

- Tell me about yourself.
- Why Wharton? Why MBA?

Then she proceeded to Wharton's standard format of 3 behavioral questions:

- Tell me about a time when you managed someone more senior to you.
- Tell me about a time when you led a team and failed.
- Tell me about a time when you convinced others to accept your idea(s).

Interviewer asked lots of follow up questions for each of my three stories but it was very conversational.

Interviewer then asked if I had any questions for her and we launched into a conversation about her experiences at Wharton, her work experiences prior to Wharton, Wharton's teaching style, Wharton's activities, etc.
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