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Advice for Waitlisted Candidates

As a waitlist candidate, you may have questions about the admissions process going forward. Below is some information about waitlist procedures that will be helpful to you:

• We will retain your name on the waitlist for consideration at the end of the next round unless you request your application be withdrawn. If you would like to withdraw, please e-mail mba.admissions@wharton.upenn.edu, using the subject header: "Waitlist Remove."
• All waitlist candidates who do not ask to be removed from the list will be reconsidered for admission on an ongoing basis with decisions being released every Monday beginning Monday 6 April, 2009 and ending no later than Monday 27 July, 2009. Decisions include: admit waitlist, and deny waitlist. No change in your letter means you are still on the waitlist.
• In the spirit of fairness and equity, we will not accept additional materials for inclusion in your application. In this same spirit, we do not offer another interview.
• There is no point person in the office for the waitlist. All waitlist decisions are handled by the Admissions Committee.
• Feedback to candidates is not offered to candidates while they are on the waitlist.
• There is no rank order to the waitlist.
• The chances of being admitted off the waitlist are hard to predict since much depends on the strength of the pool in subsequent rounds. Historically, the admit rate has varied from year to year and has very little correlation with the number of candidates placed on the waitlist.

Thank you in advance for honoring these guidelines. We sincerely appreciate your interest in the Wharton School.

Sincerely,

Wharton MBA Admissions Office

27 Mar 2009 01:00 PM | Permalink