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The Wharton MBA Admissions and Financial Aid team having fun sampling the latest Wharton-student founded Warby Parker eyewear.

For MBA Admissions, with the start of the new year comes a new round of applicants. Our Round 2 candidates submitted their applications last week and are now awaiting interview invitations which begin to be released later this month.

Just a few weeks ago, we welcomed our Round 1 admits right before the holidays. For our whole team, decision day is one of the best days of the year.  The Admissions team and I spend the morning calling our admitted students to congratulate and welcome them. Every year we are tickled by the surprise and emotions of our admitted students – many whoop with delight, some even shed a tear or two, and more than a handful ask if the call is for real or a prank. This year, one of our excited Class of 2015 admits jumped up in the air after hearing the news, and in doing so, accidentally hung up on my colleague.  He called back to apologize, saying, “That has to have happened before, right?”  There is a first for everything…

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