Mind the Gap

Piloted in Spring 2026 as part of Career Readiness @ Wharton, Mind the Gap offers a premier alumni mentorship opportunity which allows students access to an informational interview with a successful working professional.

We are bringing this program to the Second-Year Experience for fall 2026.

Students have the opportunity to receive candid feedback on your networking readiness through direct interactions with Wharton alumni who want to support your career trajectory.

Over 60 experienced Wharton alumni were carefully selected to engage 1:1 with W29 students. These alumni will provide you with a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences that will inspire you to create your own path forward as you close the gap between classroom and career.

  • The capstone experience runs from October 9 – November 13, 2026
  • Registration opens on September 18, 2026, and is due by 11:59 pm on September 30, 2026
  • You will receive feedback on your performance after the 30-minute alum interview
  • The individual results will only be shared with you in a personalized report

Of all spring 2026 student participants:

  • 100% would recommend Mind the Gap to first-year students
  • 100% wanted to speak with more Wharton alumni
  • 100% found the Mind the Gap experience to be helpful
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Wharton Story: Mind the Gap: A Mentoring Program Pairing Undergraduates With Alumni

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Image courtesy of Wharton Marketing & Communications

The Mind the Gap program launched as a partnership between Wharton’s Undergraduate Division and GapWell, a company founded by Seth Kessler, WG’99, and Lee Sosin, Kessler’s undergraduate classmate from Brandeis University.  Mind the Gap helps Wharton students develop and strengthen critical networking skills by putting them into a real-world networking scenario with a Wharton alumnus. After several conversations about GapWell’s mission, the School’s Undergraduate Division and Kessler connected. The result was a custom program to help students practice the networking skills they learned, preparing them to launch into internships and eventually full-time careers.

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