昨天有牛津学生拿到wharton R2 interview invitation

pega09

那个人是英国人,牛津本科, 男,26,GMAT650, 在PE/INVESTMENT BANK工作

在同一天被Ross顶并接到Wharton R2面邀,比较诡异的是面试通知是美东时间早上5点半发的.

有拿到Wharton R2面邀或者看到申请状态改变的同志请吱一声啊.

chenvssu

牛津本科，GMAT650。。。。

pega09

BW上的. 我也觉得搞笑 英国人 考这种分数

对了那个人的专业貌似是政治学

amorela

千万不要拿老外来做BENCHMARK,老外中考500多去牛校的人多的去了.

princesy

我感兴趣的是，自己的母语如何能考到这种分数。我第一次考考得其烂，都有660呢

天使也爱美女

老外数学普遍不强好吧

jnjduanlian

谁叫中国人多呢

cannedpineapple

The very nature of the Wharton process (multiple reads by different readers) means that most interview invites will only go out in the last week of so, so don't worry.

And with regards to how important GMAT is, contrary to what some may believe, it really isn't. Not even for Chinese applicants. Applications are randomly assigned to readers, who judge all applicants in the same pool. So the Chinese applicant who had gone to Oxford to study political science (which may or may not be the same as PPE) and then worked in IB/PE will be judged in the same way as the 'lao wai' who did the same thing. In fact, at Wharton we constantly struggle with trying to correct the perception that some applicants- particularly from many Asian societies, where test scores determine our future more than ECs and other qualitative measures- put way too much weight on "G, T", "GPA", etc and other "numbers", and not enough weight on what's really important- the essays.

One interesting thing, I spoke to a Wharton adcom member last week and asked what adcoms mean by 'applicants listen to c********* too much' and it seems like many people, having obtained information through the same forums or taken the same classes, end up writing essays that look very similar- start with a 'hook', go through the same format, and end the same way. It is these, the adcom member said, that Wharton struggles most with- trying to correct the perception that there's a formula ('write your essay this way, get a GMAT of xyz and a TOEFL score of abc, and you're in!').

So whatever your profile, however low a GMAT or TOEFL score you have, however poorly you think you write, go ahead and apply! Communicate why you're unique and how you're different in your essays (of course, along with why we should take you), and you'll have as good a chance as any. 

PS, I feel very strongly about this because many people told me I shouldn't apply, and that I didn't have a chance at Wharton, applying straight out of college. Nonetheless I applied, and here I am! So as long as you feel confident, don't let others change your mind!

Good luck all!

[此贴子已经被作者于2009-1-27 10:41:10编辑过]

LadyJ

Dear Jason, thank you for your input! I submitted my application on Jan7 to Wharton, and now waiting for further information.

cannedpineapple

Dear LadyJ,

Good luck. Feel free to reach out to me if you need help with the interview.