Calling all Stanford Applicants (2016 Intake) Class of 2018!!

R2 WL here. Any news? Other WLs see the application portal change? No more withdraw button and next steps?

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Any updates on R3 decisions?

Any updates?

We should all chat in /gchat room.

I have not seen any updates as of yet. I know quite a few folks stopped by the chat room to ask.


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Is this something different that Stanford does because it's R3? Or is it more likely that there's just so few admits in R3 that the ones who've heard back might not post? (I'm deferred, Stanford seems to have quite a few of those in R3 and I saw a few interview updates right away so I would have expected to see at least one or two).

Good luck to all! Stay in the chat room for live updates. To join Stanford chat, go to the main chat window and type this command in chat text box /join #gc-Stanford

Hola! This is only relevant for admits from Spain & Portugal (or with high interest in working mainly in these markets based in Madrid!). I have just seen in Facebook the following:

Bain & Company Madrid Office is planning a Pre-MBA event at 19:30 in June 23rd and would like to invite the Stanford Class of 2018 admits. It is a unique opportunity to understand what we do in Strategy Consulting very early on!

Please **send an email to Patricia Miralles (patricia.miralles{@}bain{.}com, I can't write it as a normal email address, but you only have to delete the brackets) ** if you would like to attend, and she will answer back to you, or you can follow the instructions in the web page of Bain Madrid, where you also have more information.

If you are interested in Bain Madrid, even if you can't attend, also let her know!

Congratulations on your admission!

Indian IT Female Makes it to Stanford, Rejects MIT

What is the first picture that comes to mind when you hear the word ‘sapling’? Perhaps that of a small plant, being nurtured to growth. The growth part is spot on, but in this article, sapling refers not to a plant, but to a company founded by a very dynamic entrepreneur – Swetha GB. Swetha has travelled the world, added tremendous value to clients through SAP consulting, and then came back to India to found her own venture, or should we say to nurture her own SAPling. This is Swetha’s story, and the story of how she made it to two top programs at MIT and Stanford, a story of the relevance of the MBA for entrepreneurs.

Do MBA programs value IT applicants?
Overcrowded. Over-represented. Not valued. These are only some of the things one hears of IT professionals applying to MBA programs. To be frank, not all of it is false. IT applicants do belong to an overcrowded pool. However, saying that they are not valued is far from the truth. So many times, IT applicants give up on themselves before the school gives up on them. Similarly, so many entrepreneurs wonder how they will really be able to communicate what they wish to get from an MBA program. This process starts from within.

Swetha was always much more than just another IT professional. When she worked on implementing supply chain software, she made sure that she understood the domain, and not just the technology. She was at the forefront of client discussions, and travelled (and worked) abroad several times to better understand her clients. She began her career as an Application Engineer, and then gradually built up her expertise in SAP. Within the IT industry, many engineers are content just with mastering a technology, but Swetha went well beyond that. Her expertise extended to not just SAP implementations, but also the processes of industries as wide and varied as FMCG, manufacturing, and telecom. As it would be, this is the very expertise that would lead Swetha to entrepreneurship later. Indian Entrepreneur Makes

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Dropped out

Admitted on: 2016/03/29
Heard back via: Phone
Location: Russian Federation
GMAT: 760, Q51, V49
GPA: 4
WE: 36 months
Industry: Consulting
Decision Received on: 2016/03/29