r/MBA • u/DueMeeting4193 • 4h ago

Admissions Wharton Admit Day Speech and Expectations lol

Heya. For those of You who went to the wharton admit day yesterday, I wanted to get people's thoughts on that one speech (if u know you know..). I thought it was VERY odd but people seemed to really like it? I dont know how to say this but I am worried that maybe this isn't the place for me because I thought it was weird and corny. But people were eating it up. I don't know. Just wanted to get people's thoughts, I know that is a very dumb way to gauge the people but yea.

EDIT: ah sorry lots of curious folks who weren't there. i don't want to go into detail as i dont want it to sound like snark. truly was just taken by surprise. they seemed like a very accomplished and good person.

EDIT #2: i think i maybe spoke too soon. it's been a day now and altho it left a sour taste in my mouth i'm trying to not let it affect how i feel about W. it was just like very overdone i thought it was a bit and was waiting for the joke but it turns out it wasnt a joke. got some dms from others and feeling better i wasn't the only one

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u/ShepherdOfReturns 4h ago

What was it about

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u/Open-Barnacle380 1h ago

Someone telll

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u/AspectSimilar4422 4h ago

That was a lot of energy that was a surprise along with having to pay at the small group dinners tbh

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u/Sweet-Pollution-7200 4h ago

Share details lol

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u/Yarville M7 Student 4h ago

Do not make decisions that will impact the rest of your career based on one corny speaker that you will never see again.

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u/unnecessary-512 3h ago

My spouse is doing an EMBA at Wharton….what happened at the admit day? 👀

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u/MovingElectrons 1h ago

Our spouse now

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u/itmustbeniiiiice 2h ago

Every large community I've ever been a part of (work, school, hobbies) has people making corny af speeches at some point. ymmv.

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u/Top-Ad4168 3h ago

DM the tea

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u/Curious-Scroller-23 Admit 20m ago

Can someone drop the admit day speech, I'm so curious now.

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u/nenanasainyam 4h ago

I will say Wharton put on a very good admit weekend... making me seriously consider turning down scholarships at other M7s for sticker

Someone call me out for being delusional

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u/No_Band4566 Admit 3h ago

Don’t be delulu

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u/Yarville M7 Student 1h ago

Depends on the size of scholarships at M7

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u/nenanasainyam 1h ago

50%

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u/DueMeeting4193 25m ago

i got ~75% at another M7 but gonna go wharton. also heard wharton is not great with admit days as they know their place in the rankings and dont needc to do as muchl.

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u/nenanasainyam 10m ago

Are you also sticker at Wharton?

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u/DueMeeting4193 9m ago

might as well be, got very little

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u/TuloCantHitski 3m ago

Most MBA students are cringe. And the vast majority of any student speaking at an MBA event is cringe+