The Isik Inselbag Scholarship is an academic award from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. It recognizes a Wharton MBA student after the first year on the basis of academic standing and contribution to the school community.
The award is tied to Wharton’s in-person MBA program in Philadelphia. Wharton’s Vice Dean of the Graduate Division makes the determination with input from faculty and Graduate Division directors.
Benefits & funding
- The recipient receives a $7,500 grant.
Eligibility
- Be enrolled in the Wharton MBA program and have completed the first year.
- Have a first-year GPA that places the student among the top performers in the class; Wharton does not publish a numeric cutoff for this award.
- Have no Fail grade, as required for Wharton academic honors.
- Have no MBA Code of Ethics violation; an award may also be revoked after a violation.
- Demonstrate leadership, teamwork, scholarship, and service in the Wharton community.
- Wharton publishes no separate nationality, residency, age, gender, or work-experience requirement for this award.
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Application process
- 1Complete the first year of the Wharton MBA program with academic standing among the top students in the class.
- 2Maintain eligibility for academic awards by avoiding Fail grades and MBA Code of Ethics violations.
- 3Wharton evaluates the student’s leadership, teamwork, scholarship, and service, and the Vice Dean decides with input from faculty and Graduate Division directors.
- 4The official award page does not publish a separate application form or submission deadline.
Program timeline
End of the first year
Wharton uses first-year GPA to establish academic eligibility.
After first-year evaluation
The Vice Dean determines the scholar with input from faculty and Graduate Division directors.
No public application deadline
The official page does not state a separate submission date.