Ask Jason@沃顿 (closed)

cannedpineapple

QDJY78: good luck! Hope to see you next year.

ljrider

Jason,你好，我想请问一下，

1、今年申请Wharton第三轮的机会如何？之前听说，第三轮国际学生很难申请到？

2、Or我就还是申请下一年的第一轮。

3、听说万一第三轮申请不成功，以后作为reapplicant就会很难？是否如此？

基本情况：Male,GMAT:750,T：Waived, UK Master,WE:8 yrs,5 yrs Senior Management,Finance Industry, Fortune 500(Asian Company)

很希望听到你的建议。

cannedpineapple

ljrider>
1. Every year, it is true that R3 has lower rates of
admission than R1 or R2, because you are basically left with only slots
that have not been taken in R1 and R2. However the strongest candidates
can still be admitted in R3. This has nothing to do with whether you're
an international student or not (I'm not quite sure where you heard
that, but that's not accurate).

2. R1 and R2 has no difference in chances. R3 is much lower. Last year the admissions rate for R3 was about 1%.

3.
Again, I'm not sure where you heard this, but this could not be further
from the truth. Wharton is widely known as being re-applicant friendly,
and we welcome people who have learnt from the process and improved
themselves.

Thanks for your quick intro. However, and this is
something I must stress, profiles don't tell the whole picture, and so
shouldn't be used as a basis for others to evaluate you. Mine would
have looked: GMAT >700, T waived, US BA, WE 0, extremely junior
intern, not fortune 500. Doesn't look impressive, but the point is that
such facts tend to miss a lot of the nuances important for admission =) Nonetheless, I'm glad to hear more about who you are! Good luck.

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QDJY78

以下是引用pega09在2009-2-26 11:13:00的发言：

强烈真诚呼唤面经~~

你看CD上已有的面经就够了 BW也很多 我面的wharton校友的面试问题不是很typical 都是很personal的问题 贴出来对你参考不大

个人面了4所学校了 感觉真正需要准备的就是WHY MBA , WHY SCHOOL 其它的 BE YOURSELF 当一个聊天就OK了

enliang

Jason is really a nice guy. Benefiting a lot simply from reading your answers to others.

leticiaxut

Hey Jason! I am very interested in Lauder program and wanna know:

1.whether my backgrounds fit the program.2.Does Lauder community closely interact with regular MBA community(I see Lauder program involves a smaller group of students)? 3.how do you see the advantage&disadvantage of Lauder compared with regular MBA program?

Double majored in Spanish & Economics of Peking University,I've worked 4 years for the largest spanish insurance company in China as market analyst(market research,strategy planning and implementation).I have been trained in Manila,Philippines and Spain for over 5 months. I also had a lot of international exposures with Spanish and Latin American community in China.In unversity, I was vice president of AIESEC(world's largest student organization) and was exchanged to India and Singapore during my term.

Fluent in Spanish& English.Native Chinese speaker.

I don't know whether my background will fit better the Lauder program or regular MBA program. Frankly both are my dream.But I think there may be lower probability for me to get in regular MBA program than Lauder. Because I get the impression that second foreign language may be my advantage to apply for Lauder.Am I right?

What's your opinion and suggestion? Look forward to your answers.  Many thanks.(Sorry for the long message...)

meimei0222

Hi Jason, I hope you are not in Philly now... Since if you are, it means that you are still answering our questions at 3am in the morning!

Nevertheless thank you for doing this！！

turbo2008

Hi Jason,

Thank you for taking your time to answer our questions.

I am planning to apply in R3 (all set and ready to hit submit in a few days). I am aware that my chances of being admitted in R3 are lower; However, I was shocked to hear from you that last year Wharton only admitted 1% of R3 applicants. How accurate is this information?

If it is true, I might reconsider my decision to apply in R3 and apply in R1 of next year. I did see your post that Wharton is re-applicant friendly, however, writting a new application with only less than 5 months of new experience would be extremely tough.

Thanks again!

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ljrider

Thanks Jason for your kind reply and plenty of information.

cannedpineapple

meimei> Yes I am in Philly. What can I say, guilty as charged, not an early sleeper..

enliang> Thanks for your support =)

ljrider> Welcome =)

QDJY78>
I agree. That's really because interview questions are not about giving
the right answer, but rather to be used as an opportunity to help the
interviewer understand who you are. I've sometimes found that not
directly asking questions, but rather using a chit-chat format, has
been more useful because it really shows me how passionate a person is
and what topics he/she naturally likes to bring up.

turbo2008>
I heard it from the admissions staff themselves, so it's 100% accurate.
The issue, however, is that most people tend to get dinged not because
their 'profile' is lacking (again I must stress this! profile is not
the most important thing!) but because they fail to properly
communicate their strengths in thoughtful, revealing, insightful essays
that set them apart from everyone else. It has even reached a point
where admissions staff can look at applications, and know who has been
taking most of their advice from CD (yes, they know about CD, and
apparently people who take the advice of CD tend to write very similar
essays..) and who hasn't. So given this, if you can put together a
strong application, there's no harm applying in R3 and then trying
against next year, having learnt from the experience. Of course in the
5 months you'll have to continue to strengthen your case, but it's not
a matter of 'how much experience do you have'? but 'what else have you
been doing in the meantime'? Good luck!

leticia> While admissions rates for the two programmes are different (of course, no two programmes will have the same admissions rate..), the quality of the admitted candidate is the same. In fact, Lauder,
Wharton and HCM sit together on the same committee to decide who gets
admitted and who doesn't. If the quality is not good enough, or very high, they similar change the class size. The lauder class size has ranged from 45 to 70 people- so they certainly don't feel pressured to take in a fixed number. In addition, given that everyone in Lauder
has 2nd (or 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th) language competencies, your language
fluency is not a strength: it merely means you've met the requirement.

1.
Just off the bat, it looks like your background is a good fit. Lauder students are generally interested in international culture
and business, and while it's not necessary to have such experience in
your background, most Lauder students do (because they were interested,
therefore they sought it out..). More important however is that it
should fit your goals. If you aim to do business in a multi-cultural,
international setting, then Lauder prepares you for that better than
the regular Wharton programme. It's no different from thinking (why
Wharton vs why HBS)- almost any background is a good 'fit' for business
school, but more important is your own fit with each programme and how it
helps you achieve your goals.

2. We are extremely integrated. We
are each broken up into separate cohorts and learning teams; we also
attend regular Wharton clubs, parties, and so on. I would say that we
are Wharton plus: Wharton students who just happen to have our own
'family' to go back to, to take extra classes with.

3. I think
the sense of cohesion has been wonderful, and this cohesion is also
evident in the many very helpful alumni who are very keen to help us
out. I would say 50% of the foreigners who are Wharton alums in China,
for instance, are also Lauder alums- this makes for a very good network
for your professional development. In addition one other big thing is
the research projects that we have to do to graduate. I for instance am
doing a consulting project with a VC in China (incidentally, the VC
partner on our project is also a Lauder alum). While Wharton also has
such opportunities, none of them involve work with a VC, and if they
did, I would suggest that half the school will be applying (you'll find
out when you get here that everyone is interested in learning more
about PE and VC..). Hence Lauder has given me the chance to undertake
such projects that I wouldn't have been able to do at Wharton.

The
disadvantage is that you really do spend slightly more time in classes.
Although, given that everyone at Wharton is busy anyway, and is simply
concerned with how they spend that busy time (social? recruiting?
clubs? classes?), I wouldn't say you're any less busy than anyone else.

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