- Attend First Year Welcome
- Get to know your cluster
- Meet your learning team In Foundations of Teamwork and Leadership (*photo)
- Officially kick off the year with Convocation
- Attend Industry Chats to learn about new career paths
August
MBA Timeline
Choose your own
Wharton experience.
- Join clubs
- Meet with an Entrepreneur in Residence
- Form team for U.S. DOE Public Electric Vehicle Charging Case Competition
- Try out for Follies writing staff
- Vote in Wharton IRON PROF competition (*video)
- Assess your leadership skills through Executive Coaching and Feedback Network
September
- Celebrate at First Year Q1 Salute
- Apply for Wharton Venture Initiation program
- Meet potential employers at company presentations
- Take part in Wharton Women in Business Conference *(photo)
- Practice persuasion in The Art of Woo, a Wharton Leadership Development Workshop
- Participate in Day in the Life of an Investment Banker
- Select core options that match your goals
October
- Jump into On-Campus Recruiting for internship
- Compete in First Year A.T. Kearney Global Prize Competition
- Network at Wharton Investment Management Conference and Wharton Asia Business Conference
- Rehearse a presentation with your learning team *(photo)
- Prep for interviews with the help of classmates who've worked in the industry
- Mix it up with Wharthogs and other b-school rugby teams at interschool tournament
November
- Meet with recruiters for internships
- Attend Whitney M. Young Jr. Conference *(photo)
- Network at Power Dinner with C-level officer
- Choose among finance industry Career Treks to NY, Boston, and China
- Study for exams with members of your cluster
- Collaborate on final projects with your learning team
December
- Learn to make a difference at Wharton Social Impact Conference
- Choose industry-specific Career Treks for Asia Investment Management, Marketing and Retail West Coast, California Biotech, India Private Equity, Brazil Investment Management, and Los Angeles Media and Entertainment, and San Francisco Cleantech *(photo)
- Interview during Dedicated Interview Period (DIP Week)
- Apply for Wharton Venture Award to work on business over summer
- Choose electives through Course Matching System
- Experience web innovation through Prof. Ulrich's Global Modular Course in San Francisco
January
- Reflect on leadership lessons from your first year through the Executive Coaching and Feedback Network
- Gain insights into company overhauls through Wharton Restructuring Conference
- Choose among new core options
- Compete in PennVention Competition
- Scale the Adirondacks in an ice climbing expedition through Wharton Leadership Ventures
- Rehearse with Wharton Follies
February
- Perform in International Culture Show
- Learn about sports business at the Sports Innovation Conference
- Dress up disco-style for legendary Wharton 54 party
- Apply for assignments for Nonprofit Board Leadership Program
- Attend Wharton Students Sustainability Advisory Board meeting
- Take an elective to help you prepare for your internship
- Immerse yourself with a Global Modular Course in Brazil, India, or Shanghai *(video)
March
- Get ready for next year's leadership roles at Club Leadership Conference
- Learn leadership lessons from the U.S. Civil War Gettysburg Battle in a Wharton Leadership Development Workshop
- Welcome next year's MBA class during Spring Welcome
- Indulge at Wharton International Food Festival
- Rehab a local home with Rebuilding Together
- Attend Health Care Management Year-End Banquet
- Make final presentations, submit projects, and complete exams
- Meet with academic and student life advisor to plan coursework and co-curriculars for the year
April
- Celebrate at First Year Brunch
- Climb Kilimanjaro and take a safari on the East African plains through Wharton Leadership Ventures *(photo)
- Leave for Internship
May
- Attend Second Year Welcome
- Network with recruiters
- Train to be a MBACM Career Fellow
- Learn about your capacity for leadership at the Quantico Military Simulation through U.S. Marine Corps Experience and Wharton Leadership Ventures
- Attend a Leadership Lecture and meet the speaker during a Power Dinner afterwards *(photo)
September
- Compete in Medtronic Case Competition
- Speak at Wharton Energy Conference
- Hand out treats at Wharton Kids Club Halloween Party
- Carve up the ice with Wharton Wildmen Hockey
- Hear first-hand from the players in a major deal – guest speakers in your elective class
October
- Use communications skills to lead a panel during the Wharton Africa Business Forum
- Attend idea generation workshop for Wharton Business Plan Competition
- Meet investors in Start-Up and Engineering Speed-Dating Workshop
November
- Moderate panel at Wharton BizTech Conference
- Crew a tall ship in Tahiti through Wharton Leadership Ventures
- Compete in BCG Case Competition
- Study for exams with members of your cluster *(photo)
- Make an elective presentation with your project team in front of a guest panel, class, and professor
December
- Experience web innovation through Prof. Ulrich's Global Modular Course in San Franciso *(photo)
- Attend Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center Career Fair
- Travel to Tanzania to improve local health care delivery through Wharton Global Health Volunteer Program
- Work closely with faculty and students by serving as a TA for a first-year class
- Choose an elective in another school at Penn to get another perspective on your interests
January
- Attend Wharton Follies
- Meet entrepreneurs and investors at Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference *(photo)
- Take part in Venture Capital Investment Competition
- Visit photo exhibit by Wharton students and faculty
- Network with alumni executives at an Alumni Power Dinner
- Tune your leadership style with the Executive Coaching and Feedback Network
February
- Celebrate at "50 Days til Graduation" Party
- Perform at Wharton Dance Studio
- Cheer on your classmates at Wharton Fight Night
- Spend Spring Break on a Wharton Leadership Venture: Patagonia Trekking or Cotopaxi Mountaineering
- Mentor a Wharton undergraduate student through GUIDE program
- Hand off club leadership to first-year students
March
- Attend Lipman Family Prize Un-Conference
- Show off your talents at the Wharton International Cultural Show
- Hand off leadership to next year's class at Club Leadership Conference
- Attend Wharton Business Plan Competition Finals
- Take final exams and finish projects
- Meet with advisors and coaches to reflect on learning experiences at Wharton
April
- Celebrate in style at the Spring Gala
- Graduation Reception
- Graduate
- Join Wharton alumni community of 91,000 leaders around the world
May