Stanford GSB Calling all applicants for Class of 2016!

Profile says 'under review' even for shortlisted candidates. I don't think that will change till 26 March..

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THen where will you get an update saying invited for interview?

Does anyone know what % of R2 applicants on this forum have been invited to Stanford?

From the graph on previous page and next reply 14 members got invited in R2 until now. From page 1 a total of 252 applied... so % will be ~6%

Thanks. That seems a close representation of the actual acceptance rate . Well, Ill wait one more day.

One more day? Yikes.

Yes, and stop listening to the people freaking out over tomorrow being the last "real" day for invites. Stanford has said explicitly that they keep sending emails out until March 4th, and that is unambiguous. People are reading way too much-- and reading incorrectly, I might add-- a single line from an email from the GSB on January 10th. The line in question says, "We expect the majority of invitations to go out by 25 February."

Let's first look at the full context of what the GSB said:
3 February through 4 March 2014: Interview Invitations

During this period, we will extend invitations daily for interview via email. Interviews are by invitation only, and an interview is required for admission. We hope to interview between 800 and 1,000 applicants this application year.

No invitations will be sent before 3 February or after 4 March. We expect the majority of invitations to go out by 25 February. If you have not received an interview invitation by 4 March, you will not be interviewed in this round.

So, let's break this down. Key point: if you haven't heard by March 4th, you're not getting an invite. Look at how carefully they hedge their bets in the language about tomorrow's supposed "deadline" that forum members here are making up. They expect the majority to go out by tomorrow. Majority means 50% or more. Also, they say "expect." That leaves wide-open the possibility that they will hit "majority" invites after Feb. 25 and before March 4.

If you read this thread back to Saturday night, they sent out a batch of emails around 8pm Stanford (Pacific Standard) Time. On a weekend night. Now, what does that tell you? It says the AdCom is working odd/irregular/overtime hours, which suggests they may be backed up/running behind. Combine that with the unusually low number of interview/invitations to interview from this round compared with three years worth of data that I compiled and posted a few pages back and you will see that unless this is a particular brutal year for GMAT Club members, or people are not updating their statuses here, we can expect a fair number of invites between now and March 4th.

Why people insist that tomorrow is some sort of deadline when the GSB has clearly stated that it is NOT a deadline but a milestone, I have no idea. Do people enjoy obsessing over nothing? I prefer to obsess over facts, numbers, and data. And that tells me quite a few members here will be getting invites. Tomorrow is not a real deadline. And honestly, even if the majority go out by tomorrow, that leaves quite a few between now and the real deadline next Tuesday. Get it?

waiting is just so so hard...

Profile says 'under review' even for shortlisted candidates. I don't think that will change till 26 March..

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Any updates/invites today? So quiet!