Stanford GSB 2013 - Calling all Applicants

I just noticed another Chemical Engineer and Pharmaceutical/Biotech background. Me too!! Let's hope we don't dilute the pool of awesome pharmaceutical engineers

Crap! Ok all the pharma/biotech/engineers give me your home address...I must destroy you...

What about Midwest? This waiting blows. Especially because my whole office knows I applied and keeps on asking me my status.

How about New England?? Crickets in Boston as well...

Sigh...maybe they'll be good and send out a mass invite tomorrow? *wishful thinking*

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Yes, definitely the worst bit about applying! If I don't get in, I will feel somewhat embarrassed

No one but my fiancée knows I applied, for that reason exactly!

My background:
2 yrs startup (CLEANTECH)
2 years engineering (aerospace)
3.43 chemical engineering (Berkeley)
760 GMAT

Hoping that I win the application lottery. #itsallluck

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Seattle here!!

Everybody in my office also asks and they are I am sure I am getting in but not looking promising so far lol
3.2 GPA (oops )
790 GMAT
2 year bulge bracket Ibanking
2 Years massive PE fund
2 years social enterprise

I'm loving the fact that no one in my office knows that I applied for this very reason. I think it helps remove some of the pressure.

Beat the GMAT forum has also been quiet. However, I think this is the case when you are talking about a top school that just doesn't interview that many people. I mean - take a look at the Harvard R1 interview stats (22 interviews ~9%). I think this are a bit more reliable because people have had time to update (if they plan to) where as, it's harder to get a read when the invite trickles out. You're excited, but the forum is kind of slow.

I'm still hopeful for all of us though. Impressive stats and still SEVERAL weeks to go!

My intention was to keep it as quiet as possible, but once you start asking for recommendations I just found it impossible to keep it on the d-low...

The Stanford thread is always relatively quiet (compared to say Harvard). If you look at last years people try to deduce things from how many people post on the GMATClub thread. It's a waste of time I reckon - the GMATClub sample size is not only tiny, but extremely biased and not in a way that would be conducive to hordes of invites.

I think the best assumption with Stanford is that there is a relatively steady stream of invites until end of November, with a bias towards invites in more obscure regions earlier on. You would have to assume it tails over markedly once December hits, although clearly some invites still go out.

I also tried to keep quiet, but the result was inevitable... not only because of recommendations but also people reading my essays for me, general asking for advice, etc. Plus in general everyone here wants to know what your plans are for the next year. Sigh.

Just got invited to interview. I'm a New York applicant in Investment Banking.

Congratulations ja42785!!!!!
Your profile says you are in Phillippines, is that where you are right now?

Nope. I live and work in New York. But I am from the Philippines and intend to go back.. Guess that's what put me over the top! Was definitely not expecting an invite from GSB

Does anyone know how many interview invitations Stanford typically sends out? Is it a 50% acceptance ratio more or less post interview?

900-1000, this has been discussed many times. They accept fewer than 50% of interviewed applicants over all.

Where'd you get quite a few? I thought we only had 1 say they got it today.....