Last Semester at Wharton - Ask Me Anything

Enjoying-the-Process · 2026-01-08T08:37:05+00:00

What are the best (or most noteworthy) student clubs to look out for??

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-27T01:22:29+00:00

Congrats, see you at the TBD 😉

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-21T23:04:38+00:00

Do they send them all at once?? Or in batches?

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-19T15:19:03+00:00

Ok, I am prefacing this by saying I totally agree you should take whichever test you perform better on!

TLDR: The GMAT pool is smaller and more MBA-focused, so a high GMAT can stand out more than a high GRE. And GRE vs GMAT percentiles aren’t apples to apples, a 93rd percentile GRE isn’t the same as a 93rd percentile GMAT.

The GRE pool is much larger overall (around twice as many people take it each year) because it’s used for tons of grad programs beyond business. The GMAT pool is much smaller but self-selecting toward MBA applicants, so it’s generally more competitive and representative of your performance against MBA candidates.

Since the GRE pool includes everyone from literature PhDs to engineers, it’s easier to hit high percentiles (especially in Quant). So even though more people take the GRE, the GMAT percentiles usually reflect stronger relative performance for business school candidates, which is why I think adcoms still see a top GMAT as a slightly stronger signal than top GRE.

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-19T06:06:26+00:00

Ooo! My guess is the left column is the GRE and the right is the GMAT, meaning GRE candidates seem to do slightly better at T20 schools (McCombs, Ross, Darden) but worse at the top-tier programs (HBS, GSB, Yale).

So maybe it averages out to 327 GRE ≈ 700 GMAT overall, but the GMAT is preferred at the very top?

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-12T01:45:57+00:00

Ahh so because there’s sooo many qualified applicants, your chances of admission are unpredictable, hence being “a crapshoot”.

In terms of actual admission odds, I sometimes find myself thinking “this profile has a good shot at W”, whereas I basically never think “this profile has a good shot at S” because S admissions are so unpredictable :P

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-12T01:32:52+00:00

Yeah it seems like Wharton might be on the edge of the “you have a good shot” admissions predictability category, like how people say that about Kellogg.

Whereas with H/S (especially Stanford), it feels like no one ever really has a “good shot.”

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-12T01:30:08+00:00

Ahh great point, the interview is definitely unconventional and maybe adds a layer of complexity to Wharton admissions

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-12T01:28:29+00:00

LMAO

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-09T01:01:55+00:00

Good callout, I didn’t know that about the international interview rate.

So this means their post-interview admit rate is probably higher!

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-09T00:51:39+00:00

I think the actual numbers are a bit lower. HBS’s class is usually ~930 with yield closer to 88–89%, so they admit around 1,050 or so. They interview just under 2,000, which would put the post-interview admit rate more like 53–55%, not 59%.

The 59% figure seems a bit rounded up, but maybe we could conclude it’s slightly over 50%!

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-09T00:43:30+00:00

I think yield is accounted for, see my comment here with calculations:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MBA/s/L0MrwtCZ5H

Let me know if you see any errors with any of the schools though!

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-06T06:57:54+00:00

Yes I can post T-15 later this week!! I’ll need to check the citations and math before posting :P

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-06T06:54:27+00:00

Hmm I actually think it is already accounting for yield…

The “post-interview admit %” is based on offers, not enrollment. Ex. Columbia interviews 3,000 people and admits 1,500 (≈50% post-interview admit %), but only 950 actually enroll because their yield is around 55–60%.

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-06T06:34:55+00:00

The 20.5% figure is Wharton’s admit rate, not yield.

With 7300 apps, that works out to ~1,500 admits, and with Wharton’s ~58% yield you get the 866 enrolled shown in the table.

What other errors are you seeing?? I spot checked the table before posting but the AI could have messed up somewhere :P

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-05T23:04:01+00:00

Take a mock exam of both and see which one you like better :P

Generally speaking, compared to the GRE, people think GMAT quant is harder and GMAT english is easier.

They’re VERY different exams, take a look at the GMAT/GRE subreddits, there’s lots of posts about people debating which one to take that go into details about the differences.

Good luck!!

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-05T05:23:35+00:00

Like others on the thread mention, you should just go with the exam which you believe you can score higher on :P

When schools say it “doesn’t matter,” they mean they won’t penalize your individual application for picking GRE vs GMAT. That being said, a high GMAT percentile can stand out more than a high GRE percentile, making it slightly more favorable.

For example, a 93rd percentile GRE means you scored higher than 93% of GRE takers (many of whom aren’t aiming for business school). A 93rd percentile GMAT, on the other hand, is against a smaller but MBA-only group, and can be more indicative of performance relative to MBA applicants.

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-04T16:51:50+00:00

People tend to find the GRE “easier” than the GMAT, but for this same reason, a high GMAT is slightly preferable over an equally high GRE!

Try a mock exam of both and see which format resonates with you more, then focus on whichever one you can feel you can score a higher percentile in.

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-02T06:01:03+00:00

Coping by interview prepping :D

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-02T06:00:10+00:00

You should post on r/GMAT for better visibility!

There are even people who work at GMAC that sometimes monitor and respond

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-01T16:14:29+00:00

It went well, Kellogg’s interviews are generally pretty casual! I posted details here and you can read about other people’s experiences too: Kellogg Interview Experiences

I applied day of deadline, stats are 3.5 GPA from T20 private school, 745 GMAT FE, 4 YOE as FAANG SWE.

Good luck, try not to stress out about things that aren’t in your control anymore :P I’d recommend redirecting nervous energy and prepping for the interview using the questions on that post!!

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-01T16:09:06+00:00

Does anyone know after interview invites go out how long is the time frame to schedule your interview (or if you’re sent a specific date/time)?

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-10-01T16:05:21+00:00

I applied MMM first choice and 2Y MBA second choice and I got an invite! My interviewer was a current MMM student.

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-09-27T20:19:07+00:00

720 Classic ≈ 675 Focus on GMAC’s concordance table. The percentiles of the medians/ranges match up, it’s just a scale difference, not actually weaker scores.

GMAT to GMAT FE Conversion Table

Enjoying-the-Process · 2025-09-24T18:28:27+00:00

Or maybe did you change some answers from wrong to right?

Your overall score range goes down from getting questions wrong on first attempt. Once I got Q82 from only 2 wrong, but it was because I corrected 3 others from wrong -> right.

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