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Published: March 14, 2018

UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / AdCom / Off-Campus Hub

The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I can’t stress enough on the importance of reaching the venue early. Take the time to bond with your team and understand their personalities to gauge what role you would possibly play in your team. The TBD is very casual. Each team gets a total 35 minutes to discuss their plan and present to the observer. Be sure to limit the initial introduction of your idea to a minute or less. DO NOT RAMBLE. Practice this. Your idea Read more

Published: March 11, 2018

Three Reasons to Apply to MBA Programs in Round 3

As we move through March, the Round 3 deadlines of leading MBA Programs are drawing near. Conventional wisdom in the MBA admissions world suggests it’s best to avoid the final rounds when applying to top business schools, but sometimes circumstances dictate otherwise. One thing to keep in mind is that all indications suggest that this year could actually be a good one in which to apply in R3. This is because a strong global economy and job market (particularly in the US and Europe) have led to declines in MBA application volume at many business schools. As such, several top programs will likely Read more

Published: March 7, 2018

MBA News You Need: The Gender Pay Gap Post-MBA, Kellogg Professor Talks NRA Boycott, Case Centre Award Winners Announced, and More

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print to give you a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of March 8, 2018. Research Finds a Wider Gender Pay Gap Post-MBA Could the gender pay gap widen after an MBA? According to research by the Financial Times, women earn on average 9 percent less than men before an MBA and 14 percent less post-MBA. But the good news is that awareness of the gender pay gap is growing, and Read more

Published: March 5, 2018

Financial Times Reveals New Ranking of Top MBAs for Women

For years, there’s been a growing push for women to enter business and business school, and some change has occurred. In 2017, four in 10 applicants to two-year, full-time MBA programs were women, up from 33 percent in 2013 according to the Graduate Management Admissions Council. Unfortunately, that increase in applications has not been reflected within MBA cohorts. Women still only account for a third of the students accepted into the top 100 MBA programs, the same as it was five years ago. And there’s another issue as well: cost. Women, on average, earn around 91 percent of their Read more

Published: March 5, 2018

Our Five Favorite MBA Podcasts Right Now

Many business schools and MBA students have recently begun to produce podcasts, discussing the diverse range of student and graduate experiences as well as current trends and relevant topics in business. These podcasts are unique in that they provide a candid, first-person look at business school from those currently enrolled, allowing for an open platform to discuss business topics outside of the confines of the university. While this is a fairly new trend, there are several different podcasts out there for those who might be interested to learn more. We’ve assembled our five favorite MBA podcasts right now, and we’ll Read more

Published: February 28, 2018

MBA News You Need: Booth Black Out Day, NFL Players at Ross, Tuck’s Energy Initiatives, and More

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print and give you a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of March 1, 2018. Read more

Published: February 26, 2018

7 Top Takeaways from Leading Business School 2017 Employment Reports

There’s been a steady stream of salary and employment data from leading business schools over the past several months as one after another has released 2017 employment reports. We’ve shared a lot of it along the way, including special reports on Kellogg, McDonough, NYU Stern, Tuck, and Stanford. With results from nearly every top school now in, prospective MBA students can take heart that the news is pretty universally encouraging. Overall, data gathered about the Class of 2017 reveal growing salaries across all industries Read more

Published: February 25, 2018

Top Wharton School MBA Team-Based Interview Tips from Actual Interviewees

As LiveWire lights up with interview invitations from the Wharton Admissions Committee, we wanted to help the latest crop of candidates by sharing tips and tidbits from those who have experienced the Wharton Team-Based Discussion (TBD) and personal interviews firsthand. Wharton introduced the TBD a few years ago and considers it to “model the highly collaborative nature of the Wharton MBA environment.” Five to six candidates are grouped together and asked to develop a presentation around a specific prompt, which invited applicants are sent in advance of the interview. Afterward the group exercise, candidates have about 10 minutes one on one with an interviewer—usually a trained second-year student but sometimes a member of the adcom. Many candidates report that the TBD gives them insight into Wharton’s atmosphere but can feel difficult to prepare for. In the Clear Admit Interview Guide for Wharton, several interviewees elaborated on their personal experiences. We’ve also scoured the Clear Admit Interview Archive and pulled out some of the best insights from last year’s Wharton candidates. Read more

Published: February 22, 2018

Acing the Wharton TBD: Advice from Former Wharton Admissions Staffers

There’s been a steady stream of bright yellow interview invites to Wharton lighting up Clear Admit’s LiveWire for two weeks running, suggesting that many of you are in the throes of preparing for the school’s unique team-based discussion (TBD). The prompt Wharton used for the TBD with Round 1 applicants in the fall was as follows: “For many students, the global perspective fostered by Wharton’s international community is brought into focus through immersive learning opportunities like Global Modular Courses (GMCs). GMCs are full-credit courses in an intensive workshop format that take place in a location relevant Read more

Published: February 18, 2018

Celebrating Diversity During One Wharton Week

As part of a commitment to celebrating and examining diversity, the MBA community at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School has, since 2015, observed an annual Return on Equality (ROE) Week—recently renamed One Wharton Week. Throughout the week, held this year from February 12th through 15th, MBA students gather to build community and create an open dialogue about diversity through lectures, panels, and other special events. Read more

Published: February 14, 2018

MBA News You Need: New Darden Analytics Degree, Wharton Announces Graduation Speakers, Parents Paying for MBAs, and More

Published: February 13, 2018

Five Tips for Keeping Love Alive in Business School

This is an oldie but a goodie from the Clear Admit archives—as applicable this Valentine’s Day as it was last year. Enjoy! As any business school student will tell you, the pressures of a top-tier MBA program can be overwhelming. And as anyone who’s been in a romantic relationship can attest, care and attention are required to keep things on track. Trying to tackle both simultaneously definitely presents some challenges, but couples from a range of leading schools assure us it can indeed be done. In honor of Valentine’s Day, they’ve generously shared their tips for keeping love alive in Read more

Published: January 28, 2018

2018 Financial Times MBA Rankings: Stanford GSB Dashes INSEAD Three-Peat Dreams

INSEAD hoped to top the Financial Times MBA rankings for the third year in a row, but it wasn’t to be. Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) gets top bragging rights this year, returning to the number-one spot it has held only once before, in 2012. INSEAD was knocked to number two, followed by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, which held steady at number three. London Business School (LBS) reclaimed some ground this year—coming in fourth—after a rare fall last year out of the top five. Read more

Published: January 8, 2018

Why Wharton Prof Americus Reed Cares About the Waistlines of Hollywood Celebs

Americus Reed, marketing professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, recently contributed his insight to a USA Today article that explored a seeming trend among diet firms toward seeking more male celebrity endorsements to promote their plans and products. Male celebrities like ’80s wunderkind Rob Lowe (Atkins Nutritionals) and hip-hop producer DJ Khaled (Weight Watchers) have become the new male faces of these diet giants. Diet companies are shifting their advertising approach in order to draw in a male demographic and expand the reach of their products. Women like Oprah Read more

Published: December 27, 2017

Can You Guess Our 17 Favorite Clear Admit Stories in 2017?

They range from one-on-one chats with business school deans to deep dives with top MBA recruiters. There were new admission directors to welcome and gorgeous new business school campuses to take in. Then, of course, there were threatened immigration bans that brought MBA students across campuses together in support of one another. And no Clear Admit year in review would be complete without some of our great admissions resource content. There were so many stories, in fact, that we couldn’t limit our list of top picks to just 10. We hope you’ll enjoy looking back through the year in graduate Read more

Published: December 18, 2017

MBA DecisionWire Spotlight: Undecided about Cambridge / Judge, Stanford GSB and Wharton

After receiving multiple Round 1 notifications (and reporting them on LiveWire), MBA candidates are now turning to DecisionWire, to post—and often seek advice on—where they are attending. This week, we're shining the MBA DecisionWire spotlight on a candidate with acceptances to Cambridge / Judge, Stanford GSB, and UPenn / Wharton. Judge and Stanford also offered scholarship funds. Read on for more about the candidate and feedback from community members and our resident admissions experts, Alex Brown and Graham Richmond. Alex led off with what everyone was thinking: Read more

Published: December 10, 2017

Admissions Tip: Round 2 Deadlines

Anyone who’s familiar with the MBA application process knows that December moves forward at an accelerated pace, mixing work, with holidays and application preparation. Come the New Year, Round 2 application deadlines come swiftly. To help this year’s Round Two applicants avoid the classic time crunch, today’s blog post offers some basic advice on how to approach the Round Two MBA deadlines at a reasonable pace. Let’s start by taking a quick look at a handful of the earliest deadlines for the top MBA programs: January 2, Michigan Ross January 3, Harvard, UPenn Wharton, Chicago Booth, Read more

Published: December 2, 2017

UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1/ Second-year student/ On-Campus

The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I completed the TBD during the first interview slot of the day. I was one of the first to arrive and would definitely recommend getting there early so that you can chat with other interviewees. I had the chance to chat with a couple of people in my group before the interview started, which helped to put my nerves at ease. The second-year interviewers then called us back in groups. Once we were in the room (which has a Read more

Published: December 1, 2017

UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Team based discussion, student 1 on 1, Adcom (HCM) / On Campus

The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Team based discussion: Went fairly smoothly – went around with our ideas, voted on which to go with, structured our discussion (outlined by days on the whiteboard) and generated ideas. Prepared who would present and presented. Our topic was a bit niche so we might have relied on the idea originator team member a bit too much Student 1 on 1: Asked how the interview went, why MBA, something off my resume, and then I asked him questions HCM Read more

Published: November 30, 2017

UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year student / On-campus

The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was a 35 minute group-based discussion followed by a 10 minute 1:1 blind interview. Walk through resume Why MBA? Why now? What excites you specifically about Wharton? Did you have any prior experience with your particular TBD topic (location, industry etc)? Is your target industry more NYC or LA based? Did you have any experience with the location/city from your Team Based Discussion pitch? How did you feel about your Read more

Published: November 30, 2017

UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year student / On-Campus

The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! The team-based discussion was overall a positive experience. Each of the 6 of us had prepared a one-minute pitch, and after going around the room with our pitches we dove right in to the topic at hand. Our group focused on being structured from the beginning – what are our goals, how should we design this program, what do we need to prove success – and went from there. At the end, we finished with a well thought out presentation Read more

Published: November 20, 2017

ApplyWire Spotlight: Applying to Business School from South America

As some MBA candidates report receiving interview invitations, others are posting their application plans to ApplyWire, Clear Admit’s latest tool to aid in your admissions process. This week, we’re spotlighting an international candidate exploring a range of options. We take a closer look at the applicant's plans to apply to Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, UCLA Anderson, UPenn / Wharton, and Yale SOM. Read on for more details about the candidate’s background. One of our resident experts asked for more information: Read more

Published: November 18, 2017

UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub

The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! It was generic Wharton’s Team based discussion. Topic was given ahead and 6 people were supposed to come up with a final presentation within 30 minutes. Then 10 minutes 1 on 1 session followed. The last person to interview had to wait an hour. The questions were why wharton, why mba, ask me questions. Everything was timed. Preparing for an upcoming Wharton interview? Click here to get the Clear Admit Wharton Interview Guide. After your interview, be sure to add your first-hand Read more

Published: November 14, 2017

Join Our Live Chat TODAY to Debate 2017 Bloomberg BW Rankings

With Bloomberg BusinessWeek scheduled to release its annual ranking of MBA programs today, November 16th, at 11 a.m. EST, we’re pleased to announce that Clear Admit will be hosting a chat moderated by our own Graham Richmond and Alex Brown to dissect and debate the results. Please join us in the regular chat room beginning at 10:30 a.m. RSVP here to let us know you’re coming! Bloomberg BW has made multiple changes to its methodology in recent years, resulting in significant volatility in terms of where schools fall on the list even when Read more

Published: November 7, 2017

LiveWire Briefing: What the Data Tell Us About Interview Invites at Wharton and MIT / Sloan

As candidates hear about interviews (and dings), admissions news keeps flowing into Clear Admit’s MBA LiveWire, prompting us to take a closer look at the data applicants have shared. Most recently, we examined results reported by Harvard Business School (HBS) and University of Chicago Booth School of Business candidates. With invitations rolling out from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and MIT Sloan wrapping up its Round 1 notifications, we’re now shining the spotlight on these two schools. Read on to see how the current crop of applicants invited to interview at each of these schools compares to those who were rejected. Read more

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CLASS SIZE: 866

Women: 47%

MEAN GMAT: 732

MEAN GPA: 3.7

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December 21, 2024 12:13pm ET

Applying: Dartmouth / Tuck, Northwestern / Kellogg, UPenn / Wharton, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Military/Corporate Logistics

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey

GRE: 302

GPA: 3.63

Years of Work Experience: 9

Notes:

Submitting for R2, but retaking GRE after application deadline. Military Vet with Corporate experience.

December 20, 2024 5:17pm ET

Applying: Columbia, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Healthcare

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG

GRE: 332

GPA: 3.5

Years of Work Experience: 3

Location: Florida

Post MBA Location: Consulting

Notes:

25F, lgbtq, 3 years as a registered nurse. also have started working for an early stage VC in the past several months.

December 19, 2024 4:44pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Stanford GSB

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Insurance

Post-MBA Target Industry: Entrepreneurship

GRE: 318

GPA: 3.59

Years of Work Experience: 3.5

Location: Georgia

Post MBA Location: Southeast

Notes:

Looking to launch a tech startup post MBA, without any background in tech. Come from a quant heavy background and undergraduate coursework. I regularly attended admissions events, in person and online at my schools. I hope that focusing energy on my few top schools and spending a lot of time on essays will help me overcome the less than average test score (164 quant 154 verbal) and GPA.

Serial entrepreneur with a history of profitable small businesses. Was promoted twice in 3.5 years. Involved in many extracurricular activities in and outside of work. My background is very centered around financial services/insurance, is this a red flag for a pivot to Tech Entrepreneurship?

Transferred between two state schools in the southeast. School I graduated from is a top 25 undergrad business program. Obtained a few professionals designations post grad.

December 18, 2024 11:38am ET

Applying: Michigan / Ross, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Vanderbilt / Owen

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Held various positions in Finance and Accounting in a healthcare institution

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Other Companies: BCG , Deloitte , Other

GPA: 3.0

Years of Work Experience: 11

Location: International

Notes:

I am passionate about healthcare enhancing patient quality care. So exploring in that field is what I would love. Got a 72k scholarship from Vandy and named Forte Fellow. UNC 50k. I'm having a hard time deciding though my heart is leaning towards Owen

December 18, 2024 10:23am ET

Applying: Arizona State / W.P. Carey, Indiana / Kelley, Ohio State / Fisher

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Facility management

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting

GRE: 309

GPA: 2.8

Years of Work Experience: 3

Notes:

Graduate GPA -3.869

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December 22, 2024 4:59am ET

Accepted to UPenn / Wharton

Round: Round 1

Received via portal

GMAT: 730

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

Application Location: Southeast Asia

Note:

Elated and did not expect it!

December 21, 2024 8:37am ET

Accepted to Duke / Fuqua

Round: Round 1

Received via phone on December 11, 2024

GMAT: 675

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

December 21, 2024 2:38am ET

Waitlisted at Duke / Fuqua

Round: Round 1

Received via phone on December 10, 2024

GPA: 3.27

GMAT: 760

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

Application Location: CA

December 20, 2024 11:16pm ET

Accepted to Babson / Olin

Round: Round 1

Received via email on December 17, 2024

GPA: 3.9

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: South Asia

December 20, 2024 7:50pm ET

Accepted to Columbia

Round: Round 1

Received via portal on December 10, 2024

GMAT: 750

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Application Location: India

Note:

$100k scholarship

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