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by dmateer25 » Tue Jun 01, 2010 3:59 pm
If you plan to apply to The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to be part of the class of 2013, please post a response with the round you intend to apply. A moderator will update this thread regularly. Please be sure to update us with any information such as an interview invite, acceptance, waitlist, or ding.

Deadlines
Round 1: Monday, October 04, 2010
Round 2: Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Round 3: Thursday, March 03, 2011

Decision Dates
Round 1: Friday, December 17, 2010
Round 2: Thursday, March 24, 2011
Round 3: Thursday, May 12, 2011

School Website:
https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/

Essay Questions:

Required Question:
What are your professional objectives? (300 words)


Respond to 3 of the following 4 questions:
1. Student and alumni engagement has at times led to the creation of innovative classes. For example, through extraordinary efforts, a small group of current students partnered with faculty to create a timely course entitled, "Disaster Response: Haiti and Beyond," empowering students to leverage the talented Wharton community to improve the lives of the Haiti earthquake victims. Similarly, Wharton students and alumni helped to create the "Innovation and the Indian Healthcare Industry" which took students to India where they studied the full range of healthcare issues in India. If you were able to create a Wharton course on any topic, what would it be? (700 words)

2. 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? (600 words)

3. Describe a failure that you have experienced. What role did you play, and what did you learn about yourself? How did this experience help to create your definition of failure? (600 words)

4. Discuss a time when you navigated a challenging experience in either a personal or professional relationship. (600 words)

Applicants:
Round 1: nique2bstar, globalcitizen, mahendra.mallya, KingShark, NIXBTG, gkumar, bencil, uprightcitizen
Round 2: som.kk, osirus0830
Round 3:

Total Applicants: 10
Acceptances: 0
Wait-list: 0
Dings: 0
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by dmateer25 » Sat Jun 05, 2010 4:22 am
Wharton essays are now available and in the first post.
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by nique2bstar » Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:30 am
Round 1.
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by globalcitizen » Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:28 pm
I plan on applying R1 to the Lauder program :)
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by mahendra.mallya » Sat Jul 03, 2010 11:49 am
Round 1 - full-time MBA - unique and difficult essay questions tho :)
Regards
Mallya
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by KingShark » Sun Jul 04, 2010 11:54 pm
Round 1
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by som.kk » Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:33 am
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:25 am
Round 2
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by NIXBTG » Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:26 am
Round 1
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by gkumar » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:26 pm
In for Round 1!
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by dmateer25 » Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:43 am
updated
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by becnil » Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:49 pm
Round I
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by uprightcitizen » Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:47 pm
Submitted for Round 1. Toughest essay questions.
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by dmateer25 » Mon Oct 04, 2010 3:35 pm
Update.! Best of luck to the round 1 applicants!
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by gkumar » Mon Oct 04, 2010 3:45 pm
Submitted! Recommender submitted just in time. whew.
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