Learning Team Retreat

This 2-day, off-campus retreat is an integral part of Pre-Term. Students begin the process of team formation and learn to lead in a peer environment throughout the program.

The month-long Pre-Term session ensures that everyone in a diverse incoming class begins from a common knowledge base.

Year One

In your first year, you focus on the intensive core curriculum that gives you the foundation of broad management skills to succeed in any industry.

The first year is intense. You finish out the core curriculum – moving through it with your learning team – a group of five or six classmates with whom you work closely on projects and cases. At the same time you will find yourself deciding between the many extracurricular options for learning and growing.

WHAT SOME STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN DURING THEIR FIRST YEAR

Career Trek

In 2008, MBA students travelled to more than 150 companies in various U.S. and International cities.

Summer is a busy time with internships, career treks, and volunteer projects – many of them taking students all over the world.

Summer Internships

Your summer internship provides a 6-12 week experience that gives you the opportunity to:

• Enhance existing skills and build relevant skill set for post-MBA job
• Gain exposure to new companies/industries/functions
• Build relationships with people in your target company/industry/function (start networking for full-time position)
• Create a positive impact on an organization

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Career Treks

Students and MBA Career Services co-organize Career Treks within the U.S., as well as to international destinations in Europe, Asia, and South America. Students travel to the region for a series of group informational interviews with prominent companies and meet with upper-level management and human resources representatives in specific industries or geographic regions. Career Treks>>

Wharton International Volunteer Program

Each year, teams of students go overseas to work for two to four weeks on development projects in emerging economies -- typically small, local organizations with limited resources. Students design projects that will allow these organizations to derive maximum benefit their business skills and experience. Recent projects have assisted NGOs and small businesses in areas such as strategic and financial planning, performance evaluation and information systems.

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SPIF (Summer Public Interest Fund)

Students head out to work at non-profits through SPIF – a fund that encourages and supports first-year students who wish to pursue careers in areas that serve the public good by supplementing their summer salaries. The SPIF is financed entirely by fellow students who pledge 1 percent of their summer salaries.