MBA Wire Taps 533: Wharton’s Team-Based Discussion

Weekly Roundup for Clear Admit’s MBA Podcast

In this week’s MBA Admissions podcast we began by discussing upcoming MBA admissions deadlines. For this upcoming week, INSEAD has a Round 2 application deadline, and Oxford / Said has a Stage 3 deadline. Wharton and Sloan released their Round 1 interview invites last week, as reported on LiveWire.

Graham called out the Clear Admit GMERA survey, where we are seeking MBA applicants to respond to questions related to their application journey. The survey is here: https://bit.ly/decisionmba

We then returned to a discussion centered on the Op Ed piece from the New York Times which advocates for Business Schools to shut down. This time we discussed the thoughtful response from Wharton’s Dean, Erica James.

Graham highlighted several upcoming Clear Admit webinar events. They feature Wharton’s Lauder Program, Vanderbilt Business School and Harvard Business School.  Signups for all these events are here: https://www.clearadmit.com/events

Graham also noted an admissions tip that Clear Admit recently published focused on “spooky” admissions mistakes in honor of the Halloween season.

We discussed the Class of 2028 profile for Michigan / Ross, which led to a broader discussion on the different admissions tests, specifically looking at the GMAT versus the GRE tests.

Clear Admit continues its Real Humans series which focuses on current students at top MBA programs. This week we profile MBA students from Duke / Fuqua. Graham then mentioned a recent podcast he recorded with Melissa Rapp, head of Emory / Goizueta’s MBA admissions office.

We then turned our attention to a deep dive into the Wharton Team-Based discussion process and prompt for the 2026-27 season.

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MBA Wire Taps 533: Wharton’s Team-Based Discussion

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