Dinged by Wharton

isabelgan

谢谢波波童鞋，我会加油的。第二轮好好申请啦。

期待庆功宴！你和知然童鞋都是我们小组的骄傲哇。呵呵

希望两人得道，鸡犬升天。。。哈哈

cannedpineapple

沃顿不是故意要给官方的feedback的。只是，不是每个人同样能接受非常直接的feedback.我们在念沃顿的学生其实也有机会得到feedback,虽然我自己没去，听说很多人听了才知道其实自己的申请有好多问题的。

无论如何，Isabel加油！看过你的简历，觉得你申芝大，斯坦福，哈弗等应该没问题！在文章上多花点心思就行了！

对了，关于‘申请者年轻得在overall package多花心思，身为一个本科刚毕业就上沃顿的学生，我能说：这不完全正确。其实，不单单是年纪小的，其实overall package对每个人都是最重要的！无论是谁，GMAT不是很重要。若太低，它能让你无法入取，可是再高的话也并不是一个优势。

我不经常上CD，通常是在沃顿的S2S上回答问题。若有谁想要问我申请沃顿或芝大（我本科在那念）的事，请别犹豫，直接发我电邮。

祝大家好运！

Jason Teo
Wharton/Lauder Class of 2010 (Chinese track)
Volunteer Admissions Committee | Early Career Advisory Board

isabelgan

wow...

ecoliboy

Hi, Jason, you don't need a Lauder degree. Your Chinese is already perfect.

I second Jason. I collected this year's self-reported R1 applicant stats on the Business Week forum. It is amazing to see that many applicants with 750+ GMAT, 3.5+ GPA and great WE got dinged without interview. The only factor that can make you stand out from the high-calibre applicant pool is the essays. With your stats, Isabel, you can get into any school if you can tell good, passionate stories in your essays. Good luck!

cannedpineapple

Thanks. I try my best! That reply took too long to write..

potatoholic

Hi Jason, when you mentioned that even accepted students received feedback and realized there were indeed issues within their applications, do you mind elaborating on that? Are we talking about inconsistant career goals? academic records? employment history? I mean other than those things people in public are aware of, are their specific issues we applicants neglected? Thanks!

cannedpineapple

As I said, I personally have not received this yet. However, I've heard that people had a lot of problems with essays- what they thought were brilliant essays often turned out to have many logical errors and be poorly executed. I've heard people come out of that meeting feeling more lucky than ever before that despite all that, they still received an offer!

potatoholic

Thanks Jason.