Calling all Stanford Fall 2009 applicants!

seems like you are right... https://forums.businessweek.com/n/pfx/fo ... &tid=76731

this is a great example of why gmat club > bw

want to throw my hat in to the ring.

how can i add my name to the r2 applicants?

This is from Derrick's blog:

First, congratulations to all of you who submitted your applications in Round 1!

Many of you have asked whether there is a relationship between the timing of your interview invitation and your chance of admission. You'll find the "what" and "why" of interviews covered on our website in Interviews , so I'll focus on the "when."

Please be assured that your likelihood of admission bears no relationship to when you receive your interview invitation; the timing of your invitation simply depends on when we review your file--and there is no pattern to application review.

Interviews for Round 1 applicants start as soon as possible after the application deadline-- typically early November--and last through mid January. We expect to send Round 1 interview invitations pretty regularly, every business day or so, through mid December. Even during Stanford's winter shutdown (22 December 2008 through 5 January 2009) we continue to read feverishly but tend to bundle invitations and send them every few days. (One reason for the bundling is that our building is unheated for the entire shutdown and we are thin-blooded Californians!)

We hope to send almost all Round 1 interview invitations by mid-January 2009, though some will go out later. We also may ask some of you to join the waitlist without an interview.

No matter when you receive your invitation to interview, you have the same chance of admission as any other candidate.

I hope this is helpful. Back to my files...
Derrick


So what does this mean? Have they started to send them out or what? I guess we only know if someone (reliable) receives an invite! Oh, the waiting game...

That post is pretty similar to the one he put up last year at this time. In last year's, though, he did confirm that invites had already started to go out. In other words... I have no idea

In all seriousness, the order of interview invites has no bearing whatsoever on chance of admission. Really. None. Just wait (I know it's excruciating) and see.

btw, my status on the application website now has the message: "Your application is complete and currently under review." A bunch of others on BW reported the same... I think it says the same for everyone now. guess it really is waiting time!

Same here...

Good luck everyone!

applied r1 as well. god help us all!

submitted 10/27, mine also says it's complete and under review. good luck everyone!

mine says the same thing.
i submitted on the 29th in the afternoon. good luck

Every fricking time I see new posts on this thread I open it afraid that invites have already been sent out (much like it happened with HBS)!

Me too! It's terrifying!

You got the HBS one though!

True... but still!

invites have started.... 2 reports on BW forums.

hm all quiet on the stanford front for me. hopefully many more invites to come...
i'm pretty sure I blew my Wharton interview yesterday, so I'll cross my fingers for this one.

Also waiting.

Here's to hoping

Good luck!