As we approach the end of this year's admissions season, we know that many candidates are beginning to think about applying to Wharton for admission in Fall 2009.  We very much appreciate your interest in the School, and we look forward to sharing with you our curriculum, community and culture.

Getting to Know Wharton

There are a variety of ways to get to know Wharton, including through our website, at our events around the world and by visiting campus.  Our events include general and diversity-targeted receptions, MBA fairs, student and alumni coffee chats, meet-and-greets, and online chats, to name a few.  Over the summer, we will begin to post details about events at which Wharton MBA Admissions staff, alumni or current students will be present this fall and winter.  Our event calendar is continually updated, so please check back periodically to find out when Wharton will be in your city. 

For those applicants interested in visiting Wharton, we host visitors every day that the office is open and offer an information session given by an admissions officer.  In the fall, once classes are back in session, we allow applicants to experience Wharton further by attending a class, having lunch with current students and taking a campus tour.

Fall 2009 Application

Our application will be available online for Fall 2009 applications by late summer.  However, we will post our application deadlines, as well as this year's essay questions, right here on our blog before the application goes live (generally, by mid-summer). 

For those applicants eager to learn more about the MBA degree now, or to start preparing for the application process, we encourage you to check out the information about making the MBA decision and preparing a successful application on our website.  You may also be interested in visiting our student2student discussion board, on which current Wharton students, alumni and admissions officers answer questions from applicants (as well as dispel myths!) about Wharton and the admissions process.

Again, thank you for your interest in Wharton, and we look forward to reading your application.

Admissions decisions for Round 3 Wharton MBA applicants who were interviewed have now been released... A day early, again!

You may check your decision status by logging on to your online application. Whether you were admitted, waitlisted or denied, please read your decision letter carefully, as there is important information included in each letter.

Congrats to our new admits! For those of you who were denied, we truly regret that there is simply not enough room in the class for all the highly qualified applicants in our pool.  We greatly appreciate your interest in Wharton.

Again, many thanks to all applicants this year.  We have enjoyed reading your applications and meeting many of you, and appreciate your interest in Wharton.

For prospective applicants-- or just those beginning the business school exploration process-- in Tel Aviv, we encourage you to join a Wharton Student Meet & Greet on 21 May at 19:00.  Information on location and registration are available here.

For those individuals in other cities around the world interested in attending a Wharton event: please stay tuned!  We will have our event calendar posted in the coming months, with continuous updates of Wharton events later this summer and fall.  We look forward to meeting you at an event in your city soon!

For all Round 3 Wharton MBA Program Applicants:

All Round 3 mid-release decisions have now been posted (i.e., all applicants for this round have either received an invitation to interview or a deny without interview decision).  All those who applied to the Wharton MBA Program in Round 3 may check their online status using the logon and password they used to create their application.

For those who are invited to interview, the last day to complete an interview is Thursday, 24 April, 2008.

The final release date for decisions for all interviewed candidates in Thursday, 15 May, 2008. At that time, interviewees will receive one of three decisions: admit, deny, or waitlist. Individuals who were waitlisted in Round 2 will receive one of three decisions on this same date: waitlist admit, waitlist continue, or waitlist deny.

MBA Admissions & Financial Aid Team

For those candidates currently on the waitlist: we have heard from a few of you, looking for guidance or information.  We have already emailed all waitlisted candidates the information below, but wanted to post our guidance on the blog, as well. 

While we can appreciate how challenging it can be to be waitlisted, please keep in mind that being waitlisted should serve as an affirmation of your accomplishment and achievement in a competitive applicant pool!  We thank you for your interest, and ask that you please adhere to our waitlist policies.