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Shuaietrain...can you share the clarification? I have the same doubt

Oh...i got the same clarification email! Thanks!

I submitted my application on Sept 30 but the status is still complete-round 1. Still waiting for "completed for round 1". Congratulations for those who got the interview invitation.

My first invite! really look forward to it

Are there Lauder-Global Program applicants got interview invites already?

Here you go, dates and cities initially available CITY DATE Mumbai, India November 6 - 8, 2012 New Delhi, India November 9, 2012 Mexico City, Mexico November 12 - 13, 2012 Sao Paulo, Brazil November 15 - 16, 2012 Shanghai, China November 12 - 15, 2012 Seoul, South Korea November 9, 2012 Singapore November 14 -16, 2012 Tokyo, Japan November 12, 2012 London, United Kingdom November 12 -15, 2012 Dubai, United Arab Emirates November 19 - 20, 2012 San Francisco, California November 12 -16, 2012

It seems that Wharton is again going to be "generous" as it was last year when few people weren't able to get visa in a week or two and the school left them with their own problems. I heard about this from the admitted students at the info session. Surely, the hub cities cover major countries such as Europeans, Asians, India (2 spots!) and Brazil but what about minorities (post-USSR countries, African countries) who still need a visa? It seems that their 37% of internationals in the class are already predetermined and minorities are even more disadvantaged.

It does looks weird the choice of hub cities concentrated in Asia. Half of the total hub cities are in Asia, with only London in Europe, for example. For South America, there is only 2 days in Brazil, in the whole South America. It seems very low when comparing to HBS, that had 1 day in Santiago, Chile and 4 or 5 days in Sao Paulo, Brazil. And typically HBS invites less people than Wharton.

So, looking at the hubs we can see the demographic picture of the internationals for the class of 2015. Even though there is only one Euro-hub the citizens of the European Union can travel to the UK without restrictions (read, just buy a ticket), not sure about you guys in South America.