<p>what kind of jobs do wharton grads go into? Alot of people refer to Wharton as the ticket to a successful career…to what extent is this true?</p>
<p>a wharton is a ticket to a successful career for sure but ONLY and ONLY if you use it well...going to wharton will land you all the right interviews/internships etc....after that its all up to you and what you make of it...</p>
<p>the vast majority of wharton students go into financial services type jobs and consulting...like the class of 2004 for example had 60% go into financial services while 19% went into consulting...so the majority go into industries which have very high pay...the avg. salary coming out of wharton ranges from like 50-55k (with bonuses ranging from from 15-35k) depending on the economy. so you are making a decent amount. Most people say that wharton students are successful because many go into ibanking, an industry in which you have the potential to make millions, plus ibanking is a pretty hard field to get into and wharton is one of the best represented schools on wall street (no other univ, for example, has more people working at Goldman Sachs than wharton- wharton also has the most managing directors at Goldman in comparison with other schools). This is why people think that you will be successful if you go to wharton.</p>
<p>Wharton opens many very unique opportunities that may not be available to students at other schools. Wharton is the creme de la creme of business, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Wharton has produced many of the nation's most influential and powerful leaders in business, and some of the richest including Warren Buffet, Steve Wynn, and Donald Trump.</p>
<p>so..for example, what is the benefit of going to wharton undergrad? People like Trump I think went to Wharton for grad school.</p>
<p>Trump went Wharton undergrad. The advantage of Wharton undergrad is that opens up fields that are traditionally not open to liberal arts majors--it is good for people who know they want to be on wall street doing IB, consulting etc. After Wharton undergrad, they can go directly to those jobs rather than working somewhere randomly for 2-3 yrs and then getting an MBA and then getting those IB and consulting opportunities. Post-MBA when those from other schools are getting their first shot at IB and consulting, wharton undergrads can move onto jobs with hedge funds, private equity etc--those that are more challenging in terms of subject matter and generally have better money and hours. Basically the advantage of wharton is that it puts you a few years ahead on your career track. Not to mention the reputation advantages...</p>
<p>As for Wharton being the ticket to success, it is in some ways but you can't rest on your laurels and expect success to come to you because you have a Wharton degree. A Wharton undergrad gets very unique opporunities but it is necessary to be persisent to seek those opportunities out and make something of them. There are a good # of wharton grads who are just average--with regular jobs at regular companies that they could have gotten with a state school degree--they don't want to put in the time and effort and commitment necessary to reap the type of success one expects of a wharton grad.</p>
<p>Warren Buffett didn't go to Wharton; he went to Columbia and had Benjamin Graham as his mentor</p>
<p>Warren Buffett went to Wharton , but transferred out.</p>
<p>o really? I must have read something wrong</p>
<p>i didnt think he went to business school because his career is mainly focused on economy(or am i wrong again?)</p>
<p>actually warren buffett went to wharton for 3 yrs and left his senior year and finished up at the University of Nebraska...he went to Columbia for grad school.</p>
<p>It doesn't matter what you go into - law, medicine, politics, business, non-profit, etc. The Wharton name carries its reputation everywhere - something that I did not realize fully until I graduated. People are always impressed if you tell them that you went to Wharton. I had no idea that the reach was as far as it is.</p>
<p>haha. i was applying for a job at a cafe chain and the owner was already impressed that i'm merely going to wharton.. not even close to having my degree yet. he was like "maybe you can come back and teach me some things"</p>
<p>Random Question: Does Wharton give interviews to those who apply ED</p>
<p>no (only alum interviews that don't mean anything...and these are for all applicants not just wharton).</p>
<p>I have interviewed students who applied ED so yes, they do give alum interviews to ED applicants (but certainly not all of them given the tight time frame, and it's done randomly so don't feel slighted if you aren't asked for one).</p>
<p>If you think alum interviews don't mean anything then oh well. I wouldn't recommend treating it like it doesn't mean anything.</p>
<p>What I've heard is that the interview doesn't matter unless it is exceptionally good or poor, in which case it can make or break you.</p>
<p>i think an interview could really help me, is there any way to specifically ask for one</p>
<p>I don't think the interviewer has enough power to change the decision from waitlist to accept (unless its really something exceptional)
They can, however, make it a waitlist instead of reject to save your face, but I don't think that waitlist will go anywhere...</p>
<p>just what i've heard</p>
<p>Alum interviews... The interviewer sends a report to the admissions office which becomes a part of your admissions file. An interview is a good thing because in addition to all your teacher recs, you get 1 more person saying outstanding things about you and telling Penn why you belong there. You shouldn't treat the interview as if it doesn't matter because you don't want a lukewarm report in your file--for the same reason that you wouldn't want to send a rec from a teacher who just said that you were ok, not excellent and outstanding. Penn is competitive enough that seeing a lukewarm interview report can make the adcom reconsider because they have thousands of other applicants to fill the spot of an applicant who seemed like they didn't care very much when they interviewed. So take it seriously, think about what you may be asked and have some idea of your responses [its not impressive to stumble over 'what would you like to study at college' because its a totally expected question], leave the interviewer with the right impression of your commitment to Penn, and don't ask stupid questions [true story--an alum friend of mine was interviewing and asked 'any questions' and the applicant said 'yeah, how would it look if i dropped AP calc, would it totally ruin my chances at admission because honestly i don't want to work this hard as a senior.']</p>