i'd say if you have the time to apply in any round, then go for it. even if you feel you're chances are slim, i think trying is better than not trying.

I don't think Stanford traditionally does a big wave like that. In the past, they've trickled invites out (literally) all the way until just a few weeks before the deadline. It's agonizing... but you really can't give up hope until the deadline itself. A friend of mine got an invite in January last year and was accepted.

Not sure if anyone else has any more insight here - I would love to be wrong about this and be able to expect news sooner!

An interesting math application on interview invite % for R1:

On the low extreme, if we assume that the current trends for application increases have continued (4800 - 5700 - 6600 - 7500) and add 1000 applicants to the pool, we have ~ 8500 applicants for this year. Last year, adcom sent out between 550-600 invites during R1 (see MBA Admissions blog, Dec 19 2008). Assume the lower number for this year, because of increased yields. Assume that a massive number (approximately 1/2) of applicants applied in R1 - about 4250 applicants. At 550 invitations for 4250 applicants, 12.9% of applicants receive an interview invitation. That is artificially low due to our assumptions.

On the conservatively high extreme, we keep the same number of total apps and use the higher interview number. If we read adcom's comment that R2 has grown larger and 'more competitive' than R1 (see website), we assume that R2>R1 in size. Assuming that about a third of applicants apply R3, we'll make the difference between R1 and R2 less than 5% of the applicant pool - leaving R1 in the range of 2650 applicants. At 600 invitations for 2650 applicants, 22.6% of applicants receive an interview invitation. That is a more reasonable estimate, but could be high.

There are hundreds of other variables that would easily make this calculation less accurate. The invite structure could be significantly lower due to higher recent yields, the applicant pool could be significantly larger or smaller, and the breakup between rounds could be completely different. That is why I chose an extreme low - to give that buffer. But, given the above assumptions, we have between 12.9% and 22.6% interview invitation rate for Stanford R1.

Nope Weird tho! considering schools with similar deadlines have started sending or already sent....
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Hi Everyone,

I am new to the forum and in for R1.

My info:
Program: MBA Full-time
Area of interest in MBA: general mgmt
GMAT: 710
GPA: 3.55, B.Sc Petroleum Engineering
Work experience: 5 years in upstream oil and gas production and development. (Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, and Alaska)
Nationality: Canadian
Age: 27 (28 at Mat.)
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: non-profit charter school fund-raising board, avid (formerly competitive) downhill skier and mountain biking.

Applying to: HBS, Stanford, MIT, Haas

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The campus is ok, not fancy compared to other schools. Its small too, apparently some new buildings are in the plans.

The class visit was absolutely amazing. Brilliance everywhere - students, prof. The best among those I attended in terms of intellectual capital gained. The prof. even took couple of digs at HBS just for our sake

I did a class visit last week. "Global Concepts in Management". What impressed me was the interaction between the professor and students. It was very easy going, though the students were stressed about upcoming midterms. The breadth and depth of students is impressive. And the diversity of the class too. I haven't seen a more diverse class in background and geography. I chatted with a couple of students, who were more than willing to give insights on classes, professors and other schools. This school deserves its high ranking!

The facilities have little ground for comparison. Stanford's MBA building is currently a bit discouraging, but they are working on a new setup for the MBA program and the new building will be available sometime in 2010-11. I can't speak of the classroom experience or students.
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