How much does candor cost again?

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Tilting at windmills - Brief article

"[O]ne quality in perennially short supply" in applications to business schools, reports Melissa Korn of the Wall Street Journal, is "candor, as would-be MBAs deliver 'right' answers instead of the real ones." In an attempt to solve this problem, the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business has begun inviting its applicants to participate in a six-person roundtable discussion, during which it urges them to "relax, be genuine."

Almost immediately, applicants...