GMATClub Chicago GSB Applicants


Round 1:
Tally: Admitted: 9 Dings: 9 Waitlist: 4 Matriculating: 6
Irishfan: Matriculating
dabots: Matriculating
kwam: Matriculating
jpjazzman: Matriculating
burger2001: Matriculating
CookieMonster: Waitlist (R1) Admit (R2) Matriculating
cooldar: Admit
malumier: Matriculating
ApolloLuna: Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg
Forcefeed: Admit Withdrawn for HBS
CfaMiami: Waitlist Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg (I think)
maina_s: Waitlist
Aviroop: Waitlist (R1), Denied (R2)
Faceman: Denied w/ Interview
riverripper: Denied w/ Interview
chillonamill: Denied w/ Interview
Vij101: Denied w/ Interview
Sangoman: Denied w/ Interview
gnr646: Denied w/ Interview
Collegesenior: Denied w/o interview
nnabros: Denied w/o interview
beyondinfinity: Denied w/o interview


Round 2:
Total applicants: 42
Admit = 10 Waitlist = 3 Dinged = 21 unknown = 6
mNeo - Matriculating
helg - Matriculating
CerealsMBA - Matriculating
nick_sun - Matriculating
Jann - Matriculating
ujjib - Matriculating
wallspotter - Matriculating
nervousgmat - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg
ghgirl - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg
Audio - Admit Withdrawn for Wharton
clarksdv2 - Waitlist
sudden - Waitlist
bherronp - Waitlist
yellowjacket - Waitlist
adcxaway - Denied w/ Interview
bsd_lover - Denied w/ Interview
vchhaochharia - Denied w/ Interview
tsaditya - Denied w/ Interview
max125 - Denied w/ Interview
nupurgupt - Denied w/ Interview
KingKREEP - Denied w/ Interview
KK Iyer - Denied w/ Interview
pandeyrav - Denied w/ Interview
Poochandi - Denied w/ Interview
grap - Denied w/ Interview
svrider - Denied w/ Interview
trojan812 - Denied w/ Interview
foxtrot - Denied w/ Interview
SoccrRef - Denied w/ Interview
nupurgupt - Denied w/ Interview
hsampath - Denied w/o interview
bkk145 - Denied w/o interview
gregspirited - Denied w/o interview
ryguy904 - Denied w/o interview
dosa_don - Denied w/o interview
spideyeclipse27 - Denied w/o interview
Prodigy - Denied w/o interview
PEtoMBA - Denied w/o interview
Pokerface - Submitted (01/09), Invited to interview (02/08)
JDMBA - submitted, Invited to interview
ncprasad - Submitted 01/09, Invited to interview
swedenr09 - submitted 1/9, Invited to Interview


Cleardmit has some useful advice to approach this year's Chicago GSB application essays. I hope this is useful for all you GSB aspirants out there.

http://blog.clearadmit.com/2007/07/chic ... 2007-2008/

Reproduced in full below

Essay 1: Why are you pursuing an MBA at this point in your career? Describe your personal and professional goals and the role an MBA from the University of Chicago GSB plays in your plans to reach these goals. (1,500 word maximum)
Our general guidelines for the standard career goals essay apply to this document, but the above-average length and the nature of Chicago’s other questions add another strategic consideration. While the second and third essays certainly provide ample opportunity to share information about oneself, there really isn’t much room for narrative. This is a distinct contrast from schools like Stanford and MIT, which ask applicants to recount the details of their actions in several specific kinds of situations across the application essays. With this in mind, Chicago applicants might want to use a portion of their 1500 words in this essay to briefly share the details of some professional achievements and significant experiences.

Essay 2: If you could step into someone else’s shoes for a day, who would it be and why? (500 word maximum)
The most common trap that applicants fall into when answering this question is writing more about the person whose shoes he or she would choose to occupy than about the reasons for this selection and the way it fits into his or her candidacy. While this can be a fun question with an answer that is sure to be telling, it’s important not to lose sight of what should be the main objective of one’s application: sharing impressive information about oneself that is relevant to one’s business school candidacy. Selecting a prominent figure whose work is in line with one’s professional goals or favorite hobby can be a great strategy for producing an interesting essay that allows for detail about the applicant’s background as well.

Essay 3: We have asked for a great deal of information throughout this application. In this portion of the application, we invite you tell us about yourself using a non-traditional application format–a PowerPoint presentation. In four slides or less, please provide readers with content that captures who you are.
This approach isn’t exactly revolutionary - Stern’s usual Essay 3 asks for a personal expression that gives candidates complete freedom with content and medium (except for the exclusion of edible/perishable personal expressions) - but it does speak to Chicago’s interest in a candidate’s interests and personality. While all this “white space” might be daunting to some, an easy way to approach this process is to ask oneself a few simple questions. Are there four personal themes to which you would like to devote a slide each? Would you prefer to use the four frames to create a sense of progression through a day, event or activity? We’re hesitant to provide too much guidance given the free-form nature of the task; the best advice we can offer is to think about who you are (and how this might be of interest to the GSB adcom), consider how you could translate this into words and images, and then try it out. Showing the initial result to someone who knows you well could be a great way to determine how successful this draft is. Good luck, and have fun!

***Updated applicant list: 1/9/08 RiverRipper

I cant wait to see what people come up with for the powerpoint.

I'll be applying to Chicago, although unlike most people I am not excited about the powerpoint essay. I would have done better on the essay last year that allowed you to write about a book or movie since I love to read. My main problem with that one would have been picking the book that I enjoy that also sends the right message. The powerpoint thing im not so sure of.

I was on the Chicago GSB website and they have some info sessions around the country and a few overseas in August. I signed up for the event in Boston on August 12th. A few have already been filled, notably the one in Delhi.

I am trying to book my trip to Chicago for the end of Sept to visit GSB and Kellogg.

Come say hi...

anybody work on their resume yet? the application asks for it in a very specific format, which makes it much lengthier than normal. can i assume going over 1 page is ok?

I am also on the GSB bandwagon and am attending an Info session conducted by them in Dallas this Friday. Can somebody pls give me some pointers on how to make the most of this oppourtunity.
Thx

I'm curious what the format is... can you share?

hi router

Interesting format. Reminds me of HBS'.

Question: What if part of the full time work was during undergrad? Can I add that in the resume and the professional info?