<p>Could it be that these top students have the grades, scores, etc that are required to survive at Wharton? Why would someone with less than minimum requirements apply to Wharton? There is a reason that top students are accepted; perhaps they can do the work and graduate from Wharton w/o flunking out? Perhaps they are able to handle the workload? Sorry, I just don’t buy into the corruption idea and by the way spouse is a Wharton grad.</p>