Wharton MBA Events - October 2026

In October 2026, Wharton School has 20 MBA admissions events scheduled including 7 virtual events, no international events, and 7 US events.

Overview

In October 2026, the Wharton School is hosting 21 Full-Time MBA admissions events^[1]. Philadelphia accounts for 6 of those events where Wharton runs four Campus Visit Program days and the full-day Discover Wharton event on its campus, and Penn's Academic Research Building hosts a nine-school fair for deferred MBA and specialized master's candidates on October 7.

October also is within the Round 1 review period. Wharton sends Round 1 interview invitations on October 28, 2026. Candidates who applied by the September 8 deadline will learn their interview status in the last week of the month, and Round 2 candidates have until January 5, 2027 at 5:00 PM ET to submit^[2].

Round 2 applicants who are still choosing a post-MBA goal can test it against F1GMAT's Wharton MBA application tips based on placement data, which maps Class of 2025 hiring by industry to the goals essay.

In-Person Events

On-Campus (6 events): Discover Wharton on Friday, October 16, runs from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM EDT in Steinberg-Dietrich Hall (3620 Locust Walk, Room 350). The day also includes class visits and interactive sessions with conversations with current students and admissions staff.

The Campus Visit Program runs on October 22, 26, and 29 from 10:30 AM to 4:00 PM with a shorter Friday session on October 23 from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM.

Visitors check in at 10:15 AM at Dinan Hall (formerly Vance Hall), Suite 200, 3733 Spruce Street, and a student-led campus tour starts at 11:00 AM.

Class visits and the MBA/MA Lauder information session take place on Mondays and Thursdays only, so the October 22, 26, and 29 dates include a class visit and the Friday session on October 23 does not^[3].

Candidates who want class profile and cost data before a visit can read F1GMAT's Wharton MBA profile.

The Deferred MBA + Specialized Master's Fair on Wednesday, October 7, runs from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM in the Academic Research Building. Wharton joins Carnegie Mellon Tepper, Columbia Business School, Duke Fuqua, UCLA Anderson, UC Berkeley Haas, Chicago Booth, UVA McIntire, and Yale SOM at the fair, which is open to undergraduate students and recent graduates.

U.S. Regional (7 events): The Top Business Schools Present roadshow brings Wharton admissions officers to three cities in the first week of October: Washington, D.C. on October 5 at UVA Darden's Sands Family Grounds in Arlington, Charlotte on October 6 at The Union at Station West, and Atlanta on October 7 at Georgia Tech's Scheller College of Business. Each stop runs from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM and opens with a live panel on the mechanics of applying to an MBA program, followed by a networking fair where candidates meet each school one-on-one.

Access MBA, a fair organizer that arranges in-person meetings between candidates and business schools, hosts three October stops with a Wharton admissions representative: Philadelphia on October 1 from 5:00 PM to 8:45 PM, New York City on October 3 from 10:00 AM to 2:15 PM, and Boston on October 5 from 5:00 PM to 8:45 PM. The Philadelphia fair took place on October 1, before this page went live, and stays in the schedule as a record of the month.

Wharton's admissions team also travels to the University of Michigan on Monday, October 12, for a Moelis Advance Access Program information session from 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM EDT in the Kalamazoo Room on the second floor of the Michigan League, 911 N. University Ave. The Moelis Advance Access Program (MAAP), Wharton's deferred enrollment program for final-year undergraduate and full-time graduate students, offers admitted students a guaranteed path to the Wharton MBA after two to four years of professional experience. The Ann Arbor session covers MAAP and the full-time MBA, shares application tips, and closes with a Q&A.

International (0 events): Wharton's October calendar lists no international admissions events. Candidates outside the United States can join the seven virtual sessions below, and Wharton's virtual coffee chats with current students run on a separate schedule from the events calendar.

Virtual Events

Multi-School Panels (2 events): Top Business Schools Present: The Value of an MBA on Friday, October 2, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, brings alumni from Wharton and peer schools, including UCLA Anderson and Chicago Booth, to discuss what the degree returns over a career. For the Wharton numbers behind that question, F1GMAT's Wharton MBA salary analysis by industry (2025) reports that financial services hired 38.2% of the Class of 2025 at a $175,000 median base salary.

Top Business Schools Discuss: Starting Your Deferred MBA Program Application on Tuesday, October 27, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM, gathers admissions officers from Columbia, Chicago Booth, Harvard Business School, Kellogg, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, UVA Darden, and Wharton for a panel on deferred MBA applications.

Deferred Admission and Joint-Degree Sessions (4 events): Wharton hosts two virtual Moelis sessions in October. The Moelis Advance Access Program Information Session for Northwestern University runs on Wednesday, October 14, from 5:30 PM to 6:15 PM, and the Moelis Advance Access Program: Current Student Panel runs on Monday, October 26, from 12:00 PM to 12:45 PM. The Northwestern session appears on Wharton's full events calendar and is missing from the main Attend an Event page. Candidates preparing a deferred application can read F1GMAT's Moelis Advance Access Program essay tips ahead of the Deferred Admissions Round deadline of April 21, 2027.

The Lauder Overview Session runs twice, on Thursday, October 8, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM and on Tuesday, October 27, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM. The MBA/MA Lauder Joint Degree in International Studies accepts applications in Rounds 1 and 2 only, so October attendees who did not apply in Round 1 have one remaining deadline, January 5, 2027.

Student-Led Program Overview (1 event): Current MBA students lead the Student-led Wharton MBA Overview on Wednesday, October 21, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT. The webinar covers academics, student life, careers, and leadership opportunities at Wharton, and students answer questions live after the overview. F1GMAT's Wharton MBA curriculum analysis explains the fixed and flexible core for candidates who want to prepare questions on academics.

Wharton MBA Admission Events - October 2026 Schedule

20 events: 6 on-campus, 7 U.S. regional, 0 international, 7 virtual. Times follow the Wharton events calendar; Wharton-hosted registration pages state Eastern Daylight Time. Each Register link opens that event's own registration or detail page.

Notes on the October 2026 Admissions Cycle

• The Deferred Admissions Round for the Moelis Advance Access Program closes on Wednesday, April 21, 2027 at 11:59 PM ET, with interview invitations on May 26, 2027 and decisions on July 1, 2027.
• The MBA/MA Lauder Joint Degree and the Carey JD/MBA Program accept applications in Rounds 1 and 2 only. An application submitted after the Round 1 or Round 2 deadline rolls into the next round, and Wharton does not accept applications after the Round 3 deadline.
• Campus Visit Program registration closes 24 hours before each date. Wharton does not accept walk-ins or keep a waitlist, and a campus visit has no bearing on an admissions decision.
• Editorial filter: the Clear Admit MBA Mid-Atlantic Regional Event (October 20, virtual) is excluded because Clear Admit is an admissions aggregator whose revenue comes from school promotion and sponsored content.
• Access MBA stops in Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston are kept under the rule for industry-neutral fair organizers, the same treatment F1GMAT gives the GMAC MBA Tour.
• The Wharton events calendar lists times without a timezone marker. Registration pages for Wharton-hosted events state Eastern Daylight Time; candidates should confirm the time on each roadshow, fair, and panel page before adding it to a calendar.

How to Register and Visit

Wharton does not schedule individual meetings with the Admissions Committee. Candidates who want a one-on-one conversation before a visit can contact one of the 55 second-year Admissions Fellows through the Visiting Wharton page.

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References

1. Wharton MBA Events Calendar ↩
2. Wharton MBA Application Timeline and Deadlines ↩
3. Visiting Wharton: MBA Campus Visit Program ↩