The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania is renowned for its rigorous MBA program and its highly competitive admission process. With an acceptance rate typically hovering around 20%, gaining admission to Wharton is no small feat. To help you navigate the Wharton MBA interview process, we've compiled a list of the 10 most commonly asked questions during interviews, along with tips on how to provide winning answers.
This year we worked with 22 Wharton MBA&EMBA candidates, and while we don’t have all their results yet we are happy to share what we know so far:
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ARINGO offers special TBD preps in small groups – mock TBD group discussion plus 45m 1on1 for only $600! The sessions will be managed by our Wharton specialist, who will guide you on how to handle yourself in the group discussion and personal interview.
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Invited to R1 interview at Wharton MBA? Want to be as prepared as possible? ARINGO offers special TBD preps in small groups – mock TBD group discussion plus 45m 1on1 for only $450! The sessions will be managed by our Wharton specialist, who will guide you on how to handle yourself in the [...]
Wharton Business School is one of the leading business schools in the US and in the world. Its MBA program is constantly ranked at the top of all major MBA rankings. ARINGO conducted a short interview with William Houder, Associate Director of Admissions, to learn more about Wharton and its MBA program: Q: What [...]
Wharton published their Deadlines and Essay Questions for the MBA program that starts in 2021: Round 1 - September 15, 2020 Round 2 - January 5, 2021 Round 3 - March 31, 2021 Essay 1: What do you hope to gain professionally from the Wharton MBA? (500 words) Essay 2: Taking into consideration your background [...]
US News annual rankings of the top US MBA programs. This year, for only the third time in three decades but for the second time in three years, Wharton is ranked #1. Wharton has tied for first place before, it has never held the position on its own. Stanford is ranked 2nd and HBS, [...]
Chicago Booth and Wharton published deadlines and essay topics for their MBA programs that start in 2019: CHICAGO BOOTH Round 1 - Sep 27, 2018 Round 2 - Jan 3, 2019 Round 3 - Apr 4, 2019 . 2018-2019 Chicago Booth Full-Time MBA Application Questions: How will the Booth MBA help you achieve your [...]
Wharton, Fuqua and Ross published updated deadlines for the MBA programs that start in 2019: Wharton Round 1 - September 18, 2018 Round 2 - January 3, 2019 Round 3 - April 2, 2019 Fuqua Early action - Sep 12, 2018 Round 1 - Oct 10, 2018 Round 2 - Jan 3, 2019 Round 3 - Mar 20, 2019 Ross [...]
Forbes published its biennial MBA rankings and placed Wharton at #1 in the US for the first time ever. Here are the rest of the top schools according to Forbes: 2- Stanford 3- Harvard 4- Kellogg 5- Tuck 6- Columbia 7- Chicago Booth 8- MIT Sloan 9- Berkeley Haas 10- Cornell 11- Darden 12- Michigan Ross [...]
Wharton and Kellogg published updated deadlines and essay questions for the MBA programs that start in 2018: Wharton Deadlines: Round 1 - September 19, 2017 Round 2 January 3, 2018 Round 3 March 27, 2018 Essays: First-time applicant and re-applicants (those who applied to begin the program in the fall of 2017 [...]
Wharton posted this update on their admissions blog: "Invitations for Round 1 applicants to interview were sent November 2, and if you were invited, you will participate in a Team Based Discussion (TBD) and a one-on-one interview in the next few days — either on campus in Philadelphia, or in one of several major cities [...]
Wharton published essay questions and deadlines for its MBA program beginning in 2017: Round 1 - 9/27/16 Round 2 - 1/5/17 Round 3 - 3/28/17 This year’s application will require the completion of two mandatory essays. Essay 1: What do you hope to gain professionally from the Wharton MBA? (500 words) Essay 2: Teamwork is [...]
An article on the site Poets & Quants reports on changes that Wharton plans to implement in its group interviews (team-based discussion). This year’s applicants are asked to imagine themselves as students and to compose ideas for a conference run by one of the student clubs: “The diversity of interests and backgrounds of the Wharton [...]
Wharton and Harvard published the profiles of their 2017 classes who begin their MBA studies next month: The 2017 class profile at Harvard is composed of 948 students accepted out of 9,686 applicants. The acceptance rate stands at 11%. Forty percent of students are women, and 34% are international students. The mean age is 27, [...]
Wharton published updated essay questions and deadlines for the MBA program that starts in 2016: Essays 1. (Required) What do you hope to gain both personally and professionally from the Wharton MBA? (500 words) 2. (Optional) Please use the space below to highlight any additional information that you would like the Admissions Committee to know [...]
Another ARINGO client got accepted to HBS (MBA).Two additional ARINGO clients got accepted to Wharton (MBA).Two additional ARINGO clients got accepted to Chicago (MBA).Three additional ARINGO clients got accepted to Kellogg (MBA).Another ARINGO client got accepted to Darden (MBA).Another ARINGO client got accepted to Cornell (MBA).
Another ARINGO client was accepted to Columbia (MBA).Another ARINGO client was accepted to CEIBS (MBA).Another ARINGO client was accepted to ESADE (MBA).Crossing Fingers!!Another ARINGO client was invited to interview at Stanford (MBA).Three additional ARINGO clients were invited to interview at Wharton (MBA).Another ARINGO client was invited to interview at Duke (MBA).Another ARINGO client was invited [...]
