Stanford GSB Calling all applicants for Class of 2016!

Guys, don't stress too much. I'm a reapplicant; was waitlisted at both Stanford and Wharton last year after interviews.

Last year I got Stanford and whartons invite both fairly early in the process.

This year I didn't get whartons invite until the very last day of the window (yesterday). Lucky for me I didn't check gmatclub too much else I would've gone insane.

Still haven't heard from Stanford but I'm not the least bit worried - it's not over till it's over. You guys shouldn't be worried either!

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Man. Stanford is my dream school. Already denied at HBS/Wharton but this is the only one I care about. 770, 8, 6.0, great experience, and a whole lot of passion. Simply confused what these schools want.

Dudes, I think we should be pro-active, rather than just having fingers-crossed. Let me tell you some personal experience on this point.

In the final days of my PhD study in summer 2010, the economy was still in a bad shape and no job/training offers were lining up for me. I hypothesized that if I did something good, the God would reward me (with an offer).

So, I started to volunteer as a care-giver to a colony of feral cats (managed by a Trap-and-Return program) in my neighborhood. Three months later, I grew bonded with a tabby (I named him Maru) and adopted him. Then, I was offered a fellowship at Harvard University for research training.

In Spring 2012, I adopted a second cat (Lucky). Lucky was a stray cat in Colorado. He wandered to the house of a young couple and decided to stay there. But the couple didn't have any plans to take in a cat and planned to send him to a shelter. I offered to take him in and the couple kindly flew him from Colorado to Chicago to deliver him to me. I spent a few months and quite a bit of money to get him into a healthy shape (multiple surgeries plus long-term allergy management). When Lucky fully recovered, I was rewarded with a life-changing opportunity, an opportunity to kick off a nanotech start-up of my own with my grad school buddy. I resigned from academia and now our business is growing, fast.

By now I've been fostering a cat for my friend for over a year and most probably for at least another two years before she can sort out her financial mess. The good news is that I've been dinged by Harvard, Wharton and Booth. Sloan's is just a few days away. Frankly, I'm not bothered at all 'coz that means the choices for God to reward me is quickly narrowed down to an offer either from Stanford or Haas, or both.

I think my hypothesis has been validated. God never let me down and will not in the future, I believe. So, take-home message: if you haven't got an interview/offer, go walk your neighbor's dog or groom your friend's cat.

Add-on bonus: iPad mini retina is on sale today (at least in Chicago as of Nov. 12, 2013). I'll go grab one tomorrow morning.

You are kidding, right?

I received an invite today... Now I can stop incessantly checking emails

Congrats! Also, not to play the gender card but I'm liking the female representation on this thread..

I'm an applicant for the MBA/MA in Ed. degrees...was lucky enough to get an invite on Monday.

I am not losing hope at all, I'm sure I'll get my invite by the 19th!

Got the Invites a while ago!! Almost lost hope after the dings from Harvard and Wharton w/o interview and already started R2 app this week..
I did not adopt or walk any dogs or cats, but I did donated to two disadvantaged kids in a charity cause last night
F/30/730/ non traditional pool, based in China.
Best luck everyone still waiting!! keep faith!!

This is exactly how you should look at this. Right on. Too many people in these forums are dying to get brand names, stars, or wtv you call on their resumes. Reality is this does not mean much. It helps but it is definitely not the reason of success. Look at video interviews from GSB alums who have started their companies and you will see how they mention that the MBA helped but was not needed to reach their goals.

I got rejected from HBS and took it very lightly. I have an interview at MIT Sloan and am quite excited about it, but I do realize that it may not work out, there are no guarantees in life. Expectations are low for GSB, we'll see. Anyhow, point is - you choose some schools, you apply (I specifically chose these 3 and no other), and you see what happens.

A lot of people on this forum worry about very minute details/trends/etc that only increase stress levels and worry. Everyone here needs to eliminate noise and focus on what is right for them.

Good luck.

Just got an interview invite! 10:30am PST, investment banking/corporate strategy in the Pacific NW.

I dont know ONE African who got an invite... but i know plenty of friends who are doing their GMATS now so they can apply Round 2. I think if we receive a deferral it would have been better to apply Round 2 (Could have worked on applications more). However they are trying to increase numbers from our continent so I dont think that they will be taking less people. They may just be waiting for more applicants so they can make a more informed decision. Who knows... Iv pretty much given up hope though.. sometimes better to expect the worst

I got my interview invite on Nov 19th, and my application status has also changed to "Submitted" versus "Under Review". I wonder if this just happened for all applicants.

Ding'd... I guess I expected it after the 19th

I will jump on this bandwagon as well Londoncalling, I think I would also get comfort in knowing there are other awesome people out there in the same situation... we might even start a group and follow up on each other's progress and push ourselves to continue being awesome, way awesomer than their graduating class in 2 years! Who's with us?! (by this point I am already rambling on and day dreaming and only partially joking...) but this is my profile anyways:

From latin america
770 in gmat
Graduated from top lat-am engineering school with a 3.9 GPA while also having a background freelancing in art and design
From top global management consulting firm, considered (and mentioned in recommendations) as most sought after consultant for staffing

Ahhhh got the call!!!!! Boston around 12:30pm

Got the call!!! CA 3:35 PM

Believe it or not, I just got the call (6:50 pm MT)! I had almost written it off. Don't lose hope everyone... Cheers.