Stanford GSB: Class of 2017 - Calling All Applicants!

Yup, I tend to agree on both statements. I haven't met many cross admits so either they somehow target different profiles despite strong/weak candidates that make the invitations to interview somewhat different or they reject quite a few of those that interview at HBS since the interview process seems to carry a heavier weight than Stanford's.

The Stanford email says that those who interviewed will have about 50% chance of getting accepted. So I guess the chance is the same for both schools.

no invites today yet? think we'll get some?

no word on invites for both yesterday and today, anybody can confirm?

It's still rather early over in the West Coast. But yes, no word on the forum yesterday and none so far today.

*Refresh*

This is very weird. Releasing an early batch to schedule interviews fast and then not sending nothing for almost two days. I bet they're cooking something in PA.

Guess we'll wait, but I'm not really expecting anything until late next week.

Cheers
J

Maybe our sample is low and people have heard but not posted? Of my 5 friends who have applied, none of us have heard.

Guys,

I spent some minutes reading last year's thread and built this chart based on what Gmatclubbers posted on the thread:

I know that:
1) It is just based on the gmatclub sample.
2) Not all gmatclubbers post if they get interviews.

At least it gives us a clear message: We are ****, the distribution seems to be pretty uniform, we will have to wait until the last day.

stanford-gsb-calling-all-applicants-for-class-of-151291.html

On the first page, it says 57 interviewed on Round 1 according to profile updates. I believe that this is more credible than the ones that actually post that they've recieved an interview.
I think its probably not too bad since we pretty much have around 50 invites left. I mean its Stanford after all its an uphill battle and plenty of luck for everyone but I don't think its far worst than what I thought so before sending my application.

Yes! In fact, I've seen in the news feed (to the right of the forum's main page) a bunch of people who have changed their status to "invited to interview" but who have not posted anything on the thread...

So I guess then 57 is the right number if we tend to believe that people would not change their status for any other reason other than getting an invite

Do you know how many were they? 5, 10?

Thanks for this
Cheers
J

Depends on how accurate you think this p&q article is (https://poetsandquants.com/2014/02/12/ra ... s-stanford)
but the est. for dual admits is ~150/yr, which is ~15% of hbs admits or ~7.5% of hbs interviewees. If you take into acct the fact that gsb's acceptance rate is ~7%,
then...I guess yes you do have marginally higher chance for gsb acceptance as an hbs interviewee. Of course all this is just number play...#######

I don't think is 7.5% of hbs interviewees, maybe higher more towards the 12% range, I don't think that dual interviewees would be at least as prone as an average applicant to screw up in either interview. But still, 15%- 150 candidates is pretty high for dual interviewees. I guess if Stanford interviews around 1000 applicants in total then again its 15% that also interview at HBS. In relative terms though, it seems pretty low. Maybe not all of these cross over candidates apply to both school, who knows?

Let me say something I am thinking right now and could help all those who will not receive an interview.

I have spoken with people who went to GSB or HBS and those people did not strike me. They were (in my opinion) as boring as any average big company employee with the only difference that in their eyes there was a subtle arrogance and carelessness for others experiences. Needless to say none of them changed anything in their lives.

The most interesting tale they had to share was the friends they made during their masters. That is very sad for me, I mean do you need a master to make friends?
They were not even close to have that pretty little sparkle in their eyes which I like to call intuition and passion. I am not saying that GSB is not a dream, because it is. I am just saying that not all people ending up there will change the world. It is more likely that you will change the world if you go out there and live. Get the courage of taking risks and for once do not let your life in the hands of a big name that makes everything easier.

If your ambition is to change this planet for a greater good then my advice is start living today and stop looking for someone or something that tells you "you are good enough". And most of all stop refreshing your email every 5 seconds since you are wasting your time. If they call you, you won't miss that email.

Peace to everyone and good luck

I really liked this post, made my day.

I will save this somewhere and read it after I get dinged by Stanford, until then I really expect to be one of those arrongant, passionless and common people studying at H/S

Good luck everyone! Let the party get started!!

Thank you for this.

Well sir/ma'am,
Makes me wonder why you're on this forum in the first place!
No school makes you great. I went to Princeton but I've seen a bunch of douchebags and by the same logic I know insanely capable ppl w alma maters you haven't heard of. It's linked to why hbs and gsb admits include alums of no-name schools or employees of off-the-map companies. (Not often, but still!)

We apply to top schools bc they offer the best professional network (not talking about friends) and chances for career transition, and a heftier pay check. 'Name value' is simply an umbrella term that encompasses all that. We've got bills to pay, and in my case, a kid to feed. So while I certainly agree with your point about not needing a school to feel better about myself or change the world, the true focus of a top mba applicant is not, imho, changing the world as Stanford says.
It's about living better, doing boring stuff that needs to be done bc that's what keeps you and your family together. By doing that you change lives on a small scale, and if you get lucky enough, you'll change organizations, then the world.

So sir/ma'am, I'm all for pep talk but not so sure about your lofty views from the high horse. (I'm sure a good person) If anything I say to gmat clubbers let's keep bashing our heads over stupid minute details bc we've already committed to this cycle and it keeps the clock ticking.

So...jlgdr I think you're right. Dual admitd are prob less likely to get post-interview dings and ~12% or some lower # seems appropriate