落榜后，来自Wharton招办的反馈——对申请的启示(转)

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落榜后，来自Wharton招办的反馈——对申请的启示，供朋友们参考

http://www.gter.net 2002-6-7 15:47:15 阳阳的家  作者:herbmax   


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  发表于：2002-06-07 12:03:49  


AO: (Admission Officer)  
Me: (An Applicant)  

......  

AO: Ok, I can provide you that feedback session. We have about 15 minutes  
to discuss your application.  

Me: Thank you. Firstly, I’d like to know what your concerns are about my  
application.  

AO: Ok. Let’s see. In terms of your academics, the committee saw that you  
are very strong there, and with your GMAT score was very strong as well. So  
there were no concerns academically.  

In terms of your work experience, I should mention that the average  
applicant had about 6 year work experience. And your work experience was  
probably a little bit lighter, not quite strong as others in that apply.  

In terms of your essays, let’s see, the committee thought that you had  
some pretty solid essays. Your first essay was very solid, and your second  
essay was probably on the average what we saw. Your third and fourth essays  
were very good as well.  

I know your fifth essay talked about your undergraduate grade. You maybe  
not be quite as your 2.8, but the committee thought that was fine. They  
understood the explanation was as good as well. Your recommendations were  
good.  

It looks that the main area where you were a little bit short was your work  
experience. That was all the committee talked about.  

Me: Thank you. Then my second question is that what’s the biggest weakness  
of my application?  

AO: Oh, let me see… (Turning pages) It looks like probably in terms of  
committee not thinking you had quite enough experience yet. In terms of  
what we saw in the rest applicant pool, was good, but not quite as strong  
as others who in terms of how different activities that they responsible  
for. For example, others’ stronger experience maybe managed a lot of  
people, or ran teams, or managed a lot of projects. Maybe the way they  
talked about it in their essays came across a little bit stronger.  

Me: Do you think that the work experience is the biggest weakness of me?  

AO: Yes! But that your work experience is not to say that is bad at all, it  
just was not as strong as others’ in the pool.  

Me: Do you think that if I have another year or two year experience in my  
company, things will be better?  

AO: Yes.  

Me: Thank you. You know I really like Wharton program, and I plan to  
reapply next year, do you have any suggestions for me to improve my  
application?  

AO: I think that as long as if you get one or two more years experience to  
make sure you include in your essays that you talk about the added  
experience, that will help you improve your application. There is one other  
issue that I didn’t mention but I do would mention to you is that you  
applied in the third round as well. The third round was probably the  
toughest round of all the three rounds we have, as most comparative.  

Me: Yes. You mean that if I have another two more year experience, I can be  
more sure?  

AO: You know that maybe not even two, maybe just even one.  

Me: Yes, I see. Do think that there are some problems in my essays?  

AO: Not any big problems at all. They were very solid.  

Me: In your eyes, how about my teamwork and leadership skills that are  
expressed in my application?  

AO: Let’s see. I am looking at the notes of committee here, but there were  
no notes here. No negative notes at all, so there were nothing negative,  
but the committee didn’t write at whole positive stuff either. So it looks  
to be on average what we have. Ok, I think we have another minute.  

Me: Ok. Do you have any other suggestions that you can give me, please?  

AO: No, I think that’s all the notes, that’s all the committee talked  
about, so there is no other suggestions that I can give. All right? So good  
luck!  

Me: Oh, so time is over?  

AO: Yes.  

Me: thank you.  

AO: Bye-bye.  

飞雪

thanks for the tips, I just realized that I should contact the adcom to ask the reasons of rejection.

dinno

feixue sis,

me too.
and i did write to the adcom, but no reply.
I doubt the adcom would respond to every dinged applicant.

good luck!

飞雪

which school dinged you? I just wrote to adcom and was told that I can get feedback in June.

redwavezheng

Helpful!