Blog: Archive for the “University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)” Category

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania asks applicants to provide two short essays concerning their career goals, plus a longer essay, whose focus is on how the applicant’s background will enable them to contribute to the Wharton community. By discussing your professional aspirations as well as your experiences and values, you have the … Read More  

For most West Coast business school applicants, the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) and the Haas School of Business at the University of California readily come to mind for West Coast during the school-selection phase of the application process. However, these programs are far from the only strong options in the region, and candidates … Read More  

The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania uses a very different interview format than most business schools do, opting for a virtual  in place of a traditional admissions interview to evaluate its candidates. In this post, we explain what you can expect in the Wharton TBD and how best to prepare for this one-of-a-kind … Read More  

The Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) remains at the top of the Bloomberg Businessweek ranking of best business schools within the United States for the seventh year in a row. While the 2025–2026 ranking was perhaps unsurprising in that regard, the rest of the top ten saw some changes. The Wharton School of the … Read More  

The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School is widely considered one of the most elite MBA programs in the world, typically earning a spot among the top five global programs in the various business school rankings. In the 2024 U.S. News & World Report survey, Wharton claimed the number-one spot. Although Wharton is best known for … Read More