Wharton Visit and Interview

I just came back from my long and winding travels to Wharton and Kellogg. Let me just say, coming from Southern California, I completely underestimated the weather out there in Chicago. I mean, I thought Philly was bearable, but Chicago... man oh man, twas a different story.

But first things first, Wharton. My interviewer was a 2nd year student who was very nice and friendly, which made it easier for me to interview with him. He mentioned that Wharton students really don't have the "jerk" factor and people don't have their noses in the air just because they're at Wharton. I really liked that because I wouldn't want to be in an environment full of big-headed people.

I absolutely loved the campus and the small college town surrounding the university. Philly is such a small but cute city... I can totally see myself here next year (i hope!). My Wharton interview went pretty well and I'm feeling good about how everything turned out. I believe this week was the last week of interviews for round 1, so all we need to do now is wait and see the results in a couple weeks.

Here are the questions I was asked:

- Walk through career path
- Why MBA/Why Now?
- Why Wharton?
- More detail about extracurriculars
- What do you want to learn/gain through Wharton?
- Anything not covered in interview/application?
- Any questions for me?


Nothing too surprising or out of the norm. I actually thought it was a breeze compared to my ill-prepared Duke interview. I guess practice does make perfect in this case.

Well here are some photos from my Philly/Wharton visit:












I'll put together my Kellogg recap together in another post. Best of luck to all Wharton R1 applicants waiting along with me!!

interview invite from Wharton!

Wow, it's been too long since I updated this blog. Since my last entry, I have applied to four schools in R1 (Wharton, Kellogg, Ross, and Fuqua), visited Columbia and Duke, and interviewed at Duke. I've updated my target school list and status of each application on the right side of the blog for quick reference on my progress.

Now that I am caught up to speed, my most recent status: I just received the email to interview for Wharton! I am so excited and relieved that I am given this opportunity to go to the next step in the process. Man, the online world can be stressful and very scary- everyone at the Wharton s2s discussion boards or the BW forums are walking on thin ice right now waiting for interview invites by the hour. Reading those posts got me more nervous as the final notification date was getting closer and closer. Well, I am ever so grateful as I am going to chug along and prepare for my Wharton interview (which I will probably do on-campus). I also have my Kellogg interview scheduled in early December, so I will need to plan my trips wisely around my hectic work schedule to make sure I can manage my workload.

Best of luck to all the applicants who are still waiting for the interview invite email. You still have one more day so keep your head up!!