Wharton MBA Essay Guide (2025 Entering Class)

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Learn how to Answer the Wharton MBA Essay Questions with F1GMAT's Wharton MBA Essay Guide

1. (Required) Essay 1 (Required): How do you plan to use the Wharton MBA program to help you achieve your future professional goals? You might consider your past experience, short and long-term goals, and resources available at Wharton. (Professional Gain)(500 words)

2. (Required) Taking into consideration your background – personal, professional, and/or academic – how do you plan to make specific, meaningful contributions to the Wharton Community? (400 words)?

 

F1GMAT's Wharton MBA Essay Guide

1) Highlights seven aspects of the Wharton MBA program that will improve your professional lives. Feel free to choose the ones that appeal to you the most.
 
2) Demonstrates how to answer the meaningful contribution Wharton essay   
 
3) Includes a detailed breakdown of the curriculum that you can use strategically for the essays
 
4) Includes 15 Sample Essays for inspiration
 
  1. Sample Wharton MBA Essay 1: What do you hope to gain professionally from the Wharton MBA? (Consulting to Finance) (493 words)    
  2. Sample Wharton MBA Essay 2: What do you hope to gain professionally from the Wharton MBA? (VC to Consulting (Healthcare))(477 Words)    
  3. Sample Wharton MBA Essay 3: What do you hope to gain professionally from the Wharton MBA? (Business Development to Finance (Non-Profit in Energy))(495 Words)
  4. Sample Wharton MBA Essay 4: What do you hope to gain professionally from the Wharton MBA? (Digital Marketing to Marketing Strategy) (498 Words)    
  5. Sample Wharton MBA Essay 5: What do you hope to gain professionally from the Wharton MBA? General Management (Consulting – Building a Strong Management Fundamentals and International Perspective)(498 Words)    
  6. Sample Wharton MBA Essay 6: What do you hope to gain professionally from the Wharton MBA? IMPACT Investing (Experience Outside Govt. Organizations)(490 Words)    
  7. Sample Wharton MBA Essay 7: What do you hope to gain professionally from the Wharton MBA? (Incubation & Angel Investing to Venture Capital) (471 Words)    
  8. Sample Wharton MBA Essay 8: What do you hope to gain professionally from the Wharton MBA? (Tech Entrepreneur to Product Manager with Strong Business Fundamentals) (497 Words)    
  9. Sample Wharton MBA Essay 9: Math Tutoring and Experimental music’s value for the Wharton Community (388 Words)    
  10. Sample Wharton MBA Essay 10: Non-Profit – Obesity Epidemic and Healthy Lifestyle at Wharton (398 Words)    
  11. Sample Wharton MBA Essay 11: Non-Profit – Energy-Efficient Offices for Start-ups and value of Design Thinking in the Wharton Community (392 Words)    
  12. Sample Wharton MBA Essay 12: Non-Profit (Personalized Education for Low-Income Students) (397 Words)    
  13. Sample Wharton MBA Essay 13: Process Innovation in Investment Banking (360 Words)    
  14. Sample Wharton MBA Essay 14: Radical Solution for the Hispanic Community in Philadelphia (400 Words)    
  15. Sample Wharton MBA Essay 15: Climate Change – Shaming to Inclusive Strategy with Empathy (392 Words)   


Who Should buy the Wharton MBA Essay Guide?
 
If your essay looks too bland, the Wharton MBA Essay Guide will show you, with examples, on how to use the elements of Storytelling like Incorporating "The Struggle", using Emotional connectors, narrating the Journey, and the use of Chronology, Vividness and Active Verbs to transform your essays.
 
If you are stuck in the Writing process, the Wharton MBA Essay Guide will show you how to silence the Analytic Mind and overcome mental blocks.
 
If you feel that the Essays are not persuasive, the Wharton MBA Essay Guide will teach you how to use the W-Pattern narrative, Contexts, Turning Points, and "The Show Don't Tell Approach" to write a Winning MBA Essay.
 
If you don't have enough leadership experience, the Wharton MBA Essay Guide will show you how to highlight non-obvious qualities like Trust, Focus, Listening Skills, Personal Responsibility, Humility, Self-Knowledge, and other secondary traits to prove your leadership.
 
If you don't know how to review your essays, the Wharton MBA Essay Guide will demonstrate how to improve readability with the power of iteration and maintain your original voice by removing review biases.
 
Pages: 379
Entering Class: 2025
Reviews: 

"I loved the storytelling foundation of this book. It changed my outlook on presenting my story. I loved that the author goes to great lengths to describe the constraints of the applicant before the Sample Essays. As an IB candidate, many milestones looked similar to my peers. The book breaks down the details of presenting challenges even for a technical function like Finance." - Verified Purchase

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