This page is "under re-construction" and will be updated with

NEW content during the month of July 2008!

Feel free to browse contect from academic year 2007-2008

(below & related links) or come back to visit in July.

ACADEMIC YEAR 2008-2009

This content was last updated on September 24, 2007 at 5:00pm

APPLICATIONS

MUST BE RECEIVED BY:

Please note the deadline has been extended in order to

better capture interest in late closing projects

5:00pm (EST) on Wednesday, September 26, 2007

for FULL-TIME MBA Students, EAST

Individuals as well as teams encouraged to apply!

5:00pm (EST) on Wednesday, September 26, 2007

for MBA FOR EXECUTIVE Students, EAST

5:00pm (PST) on Wednesday, September 26, 2007

for MBA FOR EXECUTIVE Students, WEST

INTERVIEWS

FULL-TIME MBA Students, EAST

Wednesday, September 26, 2007 through Sunday, September 30, 2007

By appointment.  Sign-up in the GCP Office, 302 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall

Basement suite, opposite of Reprographics

MBA FOR EXECUTIVE Students, EAST

Thursday, September 27th through Sunday, September 30, 2007

By appointment. 

Call the office 215-898-2483 or e-mail wgcp@wharton.upenn.edu

MBA FOR EXECUTIVE Students, WEST

Friday, September 28, 2007 and Saturday, September 29, 2007

By appointment.  Contact Lisa Cain for details.

Subsequent to the interview process, students will be selected for projects on the basis of their:

• commitment to the program
• relevant experience and skills 
• leadership and teamwork
• the balance of strengths need for a particular project. 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESUMES AND COVER LETTERS

Before completing the Wharton Global Consulting Practicum Application please email the following to wgcp@wharton.upenn.edu:

• Cover Letter
• Resume

The following documents can be viewed or printed from the GCP home page at:

• Project descriptions
• GCP Commitment Letter

The application itself should take approximately 20-30 minutes to complete.

The first pass screening of applications will be done on the basis of your cover letter and resume(s).

Please indicate in the upper left hand corner of your cover letter: your name(s) and year(s) of graduation, e-mail address(es) and phone number(s).

Please include in your cover letter (1 to 2 pages in length) the following information:

1) The reasons for your interest in participating in GCP, the particular projects in which you would like to participate, and your expectations for personal gain from participation in a GCP project.

2) The strengths, knowledge and work expertise that you can bring to a particular industry or project. If you are applying as a team, the cover letter would explain what each person will bring to the team.

Specifically, describe:

• Experience closely related to the subject or industry of a project in which you are interested.
• Previous consulting or marketing experience.
• Previous international experience.
• Previous teamwork and leadership experience.

TEAM COVER LETTER/RESUME

• Before starting the application you must send the RESUMES FOR ALL FIVE TEAM MEMBERS and a SINGLE GROUP COVER LETTER to the GCP at wgcp@wharton.upenn.edu
• You will not receive an automated confirmation of receipt however we will email a confirmation of receipt to you the business day following your submission.

INDIVIDUAL COVER LETTER/RESUME

• Before starting the application you must send your resume and cover letter to the GCP at wgcp@wharton.upenn.edu
• You will not receive an automated confirmation of receipt however we will email a confirmation of receipt to you the business day following your submission.

INFORMATION ASKED FOR ON APPLICATION

APPLICANT INFORMATION

• Full Name as it appears on your passport or other legal document
• Penn ID #
• WEMBA (East or West) or Full-time student (East)
• Major(s)
• Team or individual application & name of teammates if applicable
• Contact information (address, phone, e-mail)

APPLICANT SKILLS & LANGUAGE ABILITY 

• Special Program Affiliation (Lauder, SAIS, etc.)
• Wharton Extracurriculars
• Other Skills.
• Previous Consulting experience
• Language skills

PROJECT PREFERENCES

Please be aware that we are not able to GUARANTEE candidates will be placed in projects of their preference, but we have a good history of placing people on their top choices. Please also be aware that we tentatively plan to travel to Chile, China, Colombia, India, Israel, Kenya, Peru, Spain and Taiwain. If you are selected for a project, you may elect to participate without travel should you have travel safety concerns.

Project descriptions are based on initial conversations with clients. The final project focus, including goals, scope and deliverables, is mutually agreed upon by the client and the team.

Please check the YES column for the companies in which you would accept assignment.

Please check the NO column for the companies in which you would not accept assignment. In order to gauge your interest in each company, PLEASE RATE EACH COMPANY ON ITS OWN SCALE FROM WILL NOT ACCEPT TO 10, WITH 10 (TEN) BEING THE MOST INTERESTED. If you have no interest in the project and would not accept an offer to be part of that team rate the project by selecting "will not accept".

If you are equally interested in three projects, you can rate each of them as a 10.

For those of you who are applying as a team carefully review your choices with all five members of the potential team to be sure you share the same project preferences. 

CAREER GOALS & INTERESTS

On occasion, the GCP secures additional clients after project preferences have been expressed. To help us understand your preferences and goals, please characterize your interest level on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being the most interested. This will in no way impact our view of your candidacy for any projects listed herein

Country Interest

Industry Interest

• Agriculture and Irrigation
• Computer Hardware/Software
• Financial Services
• Industrial Products
• Media and Entertainment
• Security
• Telecommunications
• Biotechnology/Health and Wellness
• Consumer Products/Services
• High-Technology
• IT Services
• Military and Commercial Conversion
• Semiconductor
• Wireless

Potential Career Tracks or Interests

• Brand, Product Management, Marketing
• Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Private Equity
• Healthcare Management, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical
• International Business, Multinational Management
• Operations, Project Management
• Social Impact Management (SIM)
• Strategic Planning and Consulting
• Technology Management
• Other

LETTER OF COMMITMENT

Please read the commitment letter carefully. (Click Here)

Be certain at the time you apply that you are able to commit to the scheduled dates for the program's trips and seminars. 

You will be asked to sign that you understand and will be able to keep these commitments as part of the application procedure. 

OPTIONAL QUESTIONS

• Other countries/regions you would like to see GCP work in the future
• Gender
• Ethnicity
• Date of Birth
• Country/ies of Citizenship

On-Line Application Submission

The on-line application process involves filling in basic information about yourself and e-mailing both cover letter and resume to the GCP.

This process will take approximately 20-30 minutes.  

* NOTE: Specific travel times for each country may vary but will not interfere with regularly scheduled Spring semester classes.

The GCP clients -- through their fees paid to the schools -- support the trips (including airfare, local hotel arrangements, expenses to visit clients and some touring, and a per diem based on the country's costs.)   Please note that GCP is only able to reimburse for basic expenses and does so in accordance with both GCP and the university’s reimbursement policies.

Top of Page