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Life After Wharton
When MBAs leave Wharton's campus after two years, 93% who are searching for a job graduate with an offer in hand. For some, that means a career with one of Wharton's top recruiters: McKinsey & Co., Boston Consulting Group, and Bain & Co., among others. Wharton grads are among the highest paid from any business school; most graduates will make $110,000, in addition to a $25,000 signing bonus.

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Beyond the Classroom
The undergraduate program emphasizes the real-world application of the textbook business knowledge learned in class. One student, recently surveyed by BusinessWeek, described a day in the life of a Wharton undergrad: "As finance majors, we are trained to be investment bankers—late nights working in small groups, highly competitive. We build financial models using Excel and are expected to be up-to-date on financial news and markets." And the environment supports a healthy dose of knowledge sharing; upperclassmen at Wharton interact with MBAs on a daily basis.

When it comes time for undergrads pursue the job market for themselves, they tend to fare well. Ninety-four percent receive a first job offer within three months of graduation. Top hiring firms include Goldman Sachs, Accenture, and Google.

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Undergraduate Life
The little sibling of the MBA, Wharton's undergraduate program is an integral part of the Penn business family. The four-year undergraduate business program is also one of the world's highest ranked. Students apply directly to the program through a separate application, and only 17% of applicants are accepted. About 2,500 undergraduates are enrolled in the program. A substantial number of required classes in the School of Arts & Sciences ensures that Wharton undergrads remain well rounded, and the 114 electives available to undergrads also promise a diversified business education.

Despite a reputation for intense competition that's said to permeate both the graduate and undergraduate business programs, teamwork also plays an important role. Like learning teams for MBAs, undergrads are placed in cohorts of 70 students, who take the mandatory Management 100 course together and also host social activities like laser tag and tailgating. Some cohorts volunteer together for local charities in Philadelphia.

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2010-9-29 15:49

Heart of Wharton
Jon M. Huntsman Hall, the $139.9-million-dollar center of Wharton life, is where most of the business-related action happens at the school. It's the hub of both undergraduate and graduate life; as shown here, Baker Forum is large enough to accommodate the whole undergraduate class. Computer labs, classrooms, two cafés for undergraduates and MBAS, and 57 group study rooms open 24 hours a day help make Huntsman home. Says one undergrad in a BusinessWeek survey, "The mindset that you're in once you enter the Huntsman building is very distinct. You walk a little faster, you work a little harder, more finance-speak comes out."

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City of Brotherly Love
Philadelphia is more than just cheese steaks. To Wharton students, it's a major city—and a considerable business resource. Philadelphia is home to several Fortune 500 companies, including Comcast, Cigna, and Sunoco. If students need to visit the U.S. epicenter for business headquarters, neighboring New York is only a two-hour drive away.

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Academic Diversions
Wharton students can pledge membership to any of over 110 MBA student clubs. The vast number of active student clubs allows MBAs to share interests well beyond the usual offerings. At the annual club expo, pictured here, the consulting club booth may be within steps of the booth for Pets at Wharton (PAWs), a society that sponsors pet-friendly happy hours and get-togethers in the park.

Professionally, there are groups from travel and hospitality to biotech; socially, students join clubs that specialize in anything from jazz to scotch, from chocolate to photography. A favorite among students and faculty is the Wharton Follies, an MBA comedy group famed for its musical cabarets and rendition of "A Midsemester Night's Dream".

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2010-9-29 15:46

Experiential Leadership
Leadership resources abound at Wharton. Wharton Leadership Ventures is a series of intense outdoor challenges across different national and international terrain; mountaineering in Ecuador, combat training in the U.S. Marine Corps, and expeditions in Antarctica (shown above), have been offered in the past. The courses are designed to urge quick action and strategic decision making in stressful environments.

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Faculty
Spread among 11 academic departments, a world-class faculty awaits MBA students at Wharton. An impressive 424 faculty are employed by the school; almost 100 come from abroad to teach, and one third have PhDs. Wharton capitalizes on the strengths of its faculty by supporting more than 25 research centers that draw on the expertise of professors, students, and executives. Shown here is Eric Bradlow, professor of marketing, statistics, and education. He's also the co-director of the Wharton Interactive Media Initiative, which conducts research on digital media.

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Classroom Life
Wharton stands out among B-schools for its customized approach to teaching. MBA students choose a single or double major from 19 possible areas of concentration. With over 170 elective courses available, the school offers courses to satisfy nearly every interest.

Core courses average 54 students each, while the typical elective has 39. One-third of teaching at Wharton is through case studies, while team projects account for 25% of the program and lectures for another 20%.

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Fellow MBAs
Graduates speak well of Wharton and just as highly of their classmates—which is no surprise, considering the caliber of Wharton students. Says one MBA entrepreneurship grad in a BusinessWeek survey, "Wharton's strength is the extraordinary collective capabilities and experiences of its students. The most valuable learnings take place not in the classroom but instead through interactions with peers."

With a 16% acceptance rate for a full-time MBA class of just over 1,600, students sweat their way into Wharton. The average student is 28 years old and has worked for six years.