All Round 3 Applicants:  The deadline for Round 3 applications was last week, 5 March 09, at 5pm Eastern Standard Time (EST).  If you submitted your application by the deadline, you shoud have received an email from our office outlining the next steps in your application process. If not (sadly, quite a few emails get firewalled), a copy of the letter follows.

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Thank you for submitting your application for Round Three.

The following will provide you with information concerning the processing of application materials, timeline for the release of interview invitations, and final decision releases. If your online account reads “Complete - Round Three,” your application has all the required materials, has been processed by the Operations Team, and has been forwarded to the Committee for review.

If your online account reads “Received,” then the Operations Team needs to process your online application submission and any materials submitted by hard copy. After your materials have been processed (assuming they arrived before the Round Three deadline), your online account will be changed to “Complete for Round Three” and your file will be forwarded to the Committee for review. Due to the high number of candidates who submitted their application during the past few days (more than 60% of candidates applying for Round Three submitted their application within 24 hours of the deadline), it will take the Operations Team approximately a week to complete the processing of all materials. Therefore, please allow the Operations Team until Thursday, March 12th before inquiring about the completeness of your application.

Candidates who applied by hard-copy will receive information by e-mail about how to access their online account when the processing of their application is complete. All applications submitted by hard-copy will be processed by Thursday, March 12th.

The Admissions Committee will begin to release interview invitations on Monday, March 30th and will continue to release invitations on a daily basis until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thursday, April 9th. Due to the nature and complexity associated with the admissions process there is no particular order in which invitations are released. Also on April 9th, the Committee will release all final admissions decisions to candidates that are not being invited for an interview and therefore no longer being considered for admission.

If you are invited for an interview, you will need to complete your interview by Thursday, April 23rd. Interviews will be available on campus with second-year Wharton MBA Students who are full members of the Admissions Committee, and off campus with alumni. All interview options are equally considered within the admissions process. Candidates who are offered an interview will receive their final admissions decision by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thursday, May 14th.

Thank you again for applying to Wharton. We look forward to reading your application.

Sincerely,

Wharton MBA Admissions Committee