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MBA Admissions Blog

This is an MBA Admissions Blog that will cover issues relevant to MBA applicants as they prepare to apply to business schools. It is managed by members of the MBA Admissions Committee...



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I’m originally from the most beautiful country in the world, or at least I think so, Colombia. I lived there until 2001 when I decided to move to the U.S. to finish my degree in Finance...
Daryl Drabinsky is a 2nd year MBA student majoring in Marketing and Strategy. She spent the summer at McCann Erickson's San Francisco office, interning in their Digital Innovation...

We are a club committed to enhancing the experiences of Early Career (EC) students at Wharton. We define ECs as students with less than 3 years of full-time work experience. Our members...
I am part of the MBA Class of 2009, majoring in Environmental and Risk Management. I believe fundamentally that there is a better way to do business that is financially, socially and...

I am from the Dominican Republic but I was born in Brooklyn, NY. Currently, I am single and do not have any children but I am very family oriented. I really enjoy spending time with...
I am a second year student majoring in Health Care Management and Marketing. I am a Philadelphia area native, though I've never lived in the city before Wharton and I love it! I am...

I grew up in Western Pennsylvania and am a proud and unabashed die-hard fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Penguins, and wildly embarrassed of the Pirates. While spending...
I will be the first in my family to attend graduate school. I'm in a inter-religious and inter-racial relationship and I'll be planning our wedding during my first year in school....

I grew up in Santa Cruz, CA and studied Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley. After graduation in 2005, I worked at Cisco Systems in San Jose, CA as a Manufacturing Quality Engineer...
Competitive. Charismatic. Corny. If these words describe you, you must be me. A little about me: my family's from Jamaica, but I was raised in New Rochelle, NY, just a few minutes north...

As a Software Engineer for IBM, I was responsible for developing installation software for several team collaboration products under the Rational Software brand. I co-founded two small...
I was born in Pune, India and raised in Mumbai with brief stints in Lagos and Abu Dhabi. In 2000, I hopped across a few continents for undergrad at Northwestern University in Evanston...

The Wharton Kids Club is comprised of 80 of Wharton’s families and includes almost 100 children who are calling Philadelphia home during their parents’ time at Wharton. The club's primary...
The Wharton Partners Club (WPC) aims to provide a social outlet and support network for partners of Wharton students. It is comprised of Wharton Partners and their Wharton Students...