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Wharton MBA
| APPLICATION DEADLINES | | | | | | | September 2010 Intake | | | | | R1 | 1 October 2009 | | R2 | 5 January 2010 | | R3 | 26 March 2010 |
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Wharton Essays
Essay 1 (750-1000 words) As a leader in global business, Wharton is committed to sustaining a truly global presence through its engagement in the world. What goals are you committed to and why? How do you envision the Wharton MBA contributing to the attainment of those goals?
Essay 2 (750-1000 words) Tell us about a time when you had to adapt by accepting/understanding the perspective of people different from yourself.
Essay 3 (500 words) Describe a failure that you have experienced. What role did you play, and what did you learn about yourself?
Essay 4 (500 words) Choose one of the following:
a.Give us a specific example of a time when you solved a complex problem.
b.Tell us about something significant that you have done to improve yourself, in either your professional and/or personal endeavors.
Essay 5 (Optional) (250 words) If you feel there are extenuating circumstances of which the Committee should be aware, please explain them here (e.g., unexplained gaps in work experience, choice of recommenders, inconsistent or questionable academic performance, significant weaknesses in your application).
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Essay 1 (750-1000 words) As a leader in global business, Wharton is committed to sustaining a truly global presence through its engagement in the world. What goals are you committed to and why? How do you envision the Wharton MBA contributing to the attainment of those goals?
What are you driven to achieve?What is your broad vision? Why?How will you go about converting that vision into reality?How will the Wharton experience bring you closer to your goal?How will you further the vision of Wharton?
Essay 2 (750-1000 words) Tell us about a time when you had to adapt by accepting/understanding the perspective of people different from yourself.
Choose an experience where you undertook the difficult task of changing yourself/your outlook so that you could engage with others who were different from you. What did you do?How easy or difficult was the process? How did you succeed?
Essay 3 (500 words) Describe a failure that you have experienced. What role did you play, and what did you learn about yourself?
Choose an experience when you failed despite your best efforts.What could you have done to avoid the failure?Why couldn't you do the right thing?What did you learn from this experience?
Essay 4 (500 words) Choose one of the following:
a.Give us a specific example of a time when you solved a complex problem.
How did you go about completing a task that required managing multiple issues?
How did you approach the issues, untangle the complexity, get them under control?
b.Tell us about something significant that you have done to improve yourself, in either your professional and/or personal endeavors.
How did you identify the need to change?What goals did you set?What challenges did you face?How did you overcome them?What can you say to show that the change is now permanent?
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