Calling All Stanford Fall 2010 applicants!

someone i know was called by DB on march 30th which is the night before decision notification day, so i assume DB will call people on the 18th then to maximize the agony of waiting

my interview was enjoyable... although there were standard questions... the majority of the time we kept it fairly informal and talked openly about the GSB experience... The discussion went longer than 2 hours even though we had originally budgeted only 45 minutes...

I was asked several questions such as my personal interests, times i have gone above and beyond the call of duty, etc

when the tables were turned, I asked a lot of questions around how he changed as a person, moments that made him think, inspiring people he met, the most interesting class he took, family life at GSB...

i think the scripted questions were just to sort of get some insights and create an opportunity for interesting conversations, i didn't get the sense that he was taking detailed notes and writing them down to communicate back to the AdCom

I stuttered a lot in my interview, i think, because i was really trying to think about the question and give honest answers, rather than say whatever was at the top of my head...

I feel like I could have come across more "planned" - but I think the quality of the ultimate answers (as i literally spent time talking about how i was thinking about the question) I provided made up for the weakness in structured communication...

i was really impressed with the interviewer and his background. he spoke multiple languages, grew up in several parts of the country, and had been overseas many times, and rotated around several start-ups.

anyways everything i have heard (including interviewer himself) said that iv does not matter much at all - lots of people get interviews but are then not offered admission - so basically that means i may have made it past the first cut of applicants - but i still only have a limited chance of getting in

from some of the various blog insights, only 40 interviews go out in round 3 in the first place... roughly 20 get in that are not on the waitlist already (i am unsure what % of the interviews are pure r3 apps or wait list apps)...

so i guess from the best available data i have, it is basically a 50/50 shot for me...

given my terrible stats all around... i am not gonna hold out too much hope... but if it happens i will be extremely extremely happy!!! of course i appreciate stanford at least giving me some lingering hope...

i will keep everyone in the forum updated...

cheers!