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MY application status still says received and being reviewed or submitted and being reviewed or something to that effect... I suppose we will hear today? I have been reading all the posts and am thoroughly confused on the actual state of things, but my general impression is that there is little chance of getting an invite left?
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Friend of mine just texted me with "Sloan invite came in!!!" and I started freaking out looking at my empty inbox when he texts back 2 mins later:

"LOL jk. Gotcha."

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The 8% interview rate is baffling - it's so off from Round 1 and so off from Round 2 of the last couple years. I'm really curious why it's happening. I have a few theories but none quite make sense

- GMATclub applicants this year are a worse than average crop: There's no marked drop off in other top schools, which you would expect to see

- GMATclub Round 2 Sloan applicants are worse than average Sloan Applicants: The number of applicants is in line with last year's round 2, so there is no sign of any apparent flood of extra unusually unqualified applicants. As for whether people who don't track their stats on this forum are more qualified, it's possible that they are the superstar entrepreneurs who are too busy launching companies to post. However, this should be reflected in Round 1 too.

- People are getting interviews but not posting: People not posting updates are probably not adding themselves to the stats here to begin with as a couple earlier posters admitted to.

- Sloan admitted too many qualified people in Round 1: The admit numbers on GMATclub are about equivalent with last year. However, there is a possibility that a lot of the entrepreneur types not posting here are applying early and getting in. It could just be an unlucky year for round 2

- Sloan is slowly turning Round 2 into the equivalent of Round 3 for other schools: It's possible we just got caught on the wrong end of some transition here. There is some evidence this is happening more and more with Harvard and Stanford too, though not quite as drastically, with 33%+reductions in admit rates. However, Sloan is looking closer to 66% drop now, which is mildly insane.

Anyway, Sloan's not my top choice, but I wrote a really awesome optional essay for them. I guess I'm just annoyed that they won't at least interview me so I can get props for that. :wink:
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The other theory that you missed is that there will be another batch of interview invites coming out today. Personally, I think based on previous years we're likely to have ~45-70 interview invites on this forum. So far we have 18, which is way too low. Now I don't think everyone updates their status instantly, so there will be some lag getting to those numbers. Still, I bet we have at least 30 invites by the end of the day, which means we get another round of invites out this afternoon, as well as all the dings.

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The 8% interview rate is baffling - it's so off from Round 1 and so off from Round 2 of the last couple years. I'm really curious why it's happening. I have a few theories but none quite make sense

- GMATclub applicants this year are a worse than average crop: There's no marked drop off in other top schools, which you would expect to see

- GMATclub Round 2 Sloan applicants are worse than average Sloan Applicants: The number of applicants is in line with last year's round 2, so there is no sign of any apparent flood of extra unusually unqualified applicants. As for whether people who don't track their stats on this forum are more qualified, it's possible that they are the superstar entrepreneurs who are too busy launching companies to post. However, this should be reflected in Round 1 too.

- People are getting interviews but not posting: People not posting updates are probably not adding themselves to the stats here to begin with as a couple earlier posters admitted to.

- Sloan admitted too many qualified people in Round 1: The admit numbers on GMATclub are about equivalent with last year. However, there is a possibility that a lot of the entrepreneur types not posting here are applying early and getting in. It could just be an unlucky year for round 2

- Sloan is slowly turning Round 2 into the equivalent of Round 3 for other schools: It's possible we just got caught on the wrong end of some transition here. There is some evidence this is happening more and more with Harvard and Stanford too, though not quite as drastically, with 33%+reductions in admit rates. However, Sloan is looking closer to 66% drop now, which is mildly insane.

Anyway, Sloan's not my top choice, but I wrote a really awesome optional essay for them. I guess I'm just annoyed that they won't at least interview me so I can get props for that. :wink:
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Oh, I'm still mildly hopeful, but I didn't want to Jinx it. :?

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The other theory that you missed is that there will be another batch of interview invites coming out today. Personally, I think based on previous years we're likely to have ~45-70 interview invites on this forum. So far we have 18, which is way too low. Now I don't think everyone updates their status instantly, so there will be some lag getting to those numbers. Still, I bet we have at least 30 invites by the end of the day, which means we get another round of invites out this afternoon, as well as all the dings.

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The 8% interview rate is baffling - it's so off from Round 1 and so off from Round 2 of the last couple years. I'm really curious why it's happening. I have a few theories but none quite make sense

- GMATclub applicants this year are a worse than average crop: There's no marked drop off in other top schools, which you would expect to see

- GMATclub Round 2 Sloan applicants are worse than average Sloan Applicants: The number of applicants is in line with last year's round 2, so there is no sign of any apparent flood of extra unusually unqualified applicants. As for whether people who don't track their stats on this forum are more qualified, it's possible that they are the superstar entrepreneurs who are too busy launching companies to post. However, this should be reflected in Round 1 too.

- People are getting interviews but not posting: People not posting updates are probably not adding themselves to the stats here to begin with as a couple earlier posters admitted to.

- Sloan admitted too many qualified people in Round 1: The admit numbers on GMATclub are about equivalent with last year. However, there is a possibility that a lot of the entrepreneur types not posting here are applying early and getting in. It could just be an unlucky year for round 2

- Sloan is slowly turning Round 2 into the equivalent of Round 3 for other schools: It's possible we just got caught on the wrong end of some transition here. There is some evidence this is happening more and more with Harvard and Stanford too, though not quite as drastically, with 33%+reductions in admit rates. However, Sloan is looking closer to 66% drop now, which is mildly insane.

Anyway, Sloan's not my top choice, but I wrote a really awesome optional essay for them. I guess I'm just annoyed that they won't at least interview me so I can get props for that. :wink:
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Haha fair enough. I also think the invites we get today will be biased towards interview locations with later interview dates. For instance, someone posted earlier in this forum that Singapore interview dates are March 16-18. I think many of those interview invites may already have been sent out due to the closeness of those dates. By contrast, interviews on MIT's campus are offered throughout March, so we may see more of those invites today. At least that's my hope cause I'd be interviewing on campus and haven't gotten an invite yet...

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Oh, I'm still mildly hopeful, but I didn't want to Jinx it. :?

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The other theory that you missed is that there will be another batch of interview invites coming out today. Personally, I think based on previous years we're likely to have ~45-70 interview invites on this forum. So far we have 18, which is way too low. Now I don't think everyone updates their status instantly, so there will be some lag getting to those numbers. Still, I bet we have at least 30 invites by the end of the day, which means we get another round of invites out this afternoon, as well as all the dings.

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The 8% interview rate is baffling - it's so off from Round 1 and so off from Round 2 of the last couple years. I'm really curious why it's happening. I have a few theories but none quite make sense

- GMATclub applicants this year are a worse than average crop: There's no marked drop off in other top schools, which you would expect to see

- GMATclub Round 2 Sloan applicants are worse than average Sloan Applicants: The number of applicants is in line with last year's round 2, so there is no sign of any apparent flood of extra unusually unqualified applicants. As for whether people who don't track their stats on this forum are more qualified, it's possible that they are the superstar entrepreneurs who are too busy launching companies to post. However, this should be reflected in Round 1 too.

- People are getting interviews but not posting: People not posting updates are probably not adding themselves to the stats here to begin with as a couple earlier posters admitted to.

- Sloan admitted too many qualified people in Round 1: The admit numbers on GMATclub are about equivalent with last year. However, there is a possibility that a lot of the entrepreneur types not posting here are applying early and getting in. It could just be an unlucky year for round 2

- Sloan is slowly turning Round 2 into the equivalent of Round 3 for other schools: It's possible we just got caught on the wrong end of some transition here. There is some evidence this is happening more and more with Harvard and Stanford too, though not quite as drastically, with 33%+reductions in admit rates. However, Sloan is looking closer to 66% drop now, which is mildly insane.

Anyway, Sloan's not my top choice, but I wrote a really awesome optional essay for them. I guess I'm just annoyed that they won't at least interview me so I can get props for that. :wink:
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13:30 is getting closer :) Will something pop up?
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Evidently not???
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13:30 is getting closer :) Will something pop up?


Not an invite in sight cap'n :?
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Either that or the ones who got the invite are still screaming and partying :)
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I wonder if the MIT admissions team makes a popcorn and seats to read and laugh about our comments! LOL
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At this point I just want to know one way or the other, the suspense is killing my work productivity haha
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after reading carefully what they say on the website and blog I think that more invites can be sent in the following days.

Website:
Interviews are by invitation only. Our goal is to interview all candidates accepted into our programs. An invitation to interview thus signals that your application has reached an advanced stage of consideration, but does not guarantee admission.

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If you are not invited for an interview, you will receive a final decision from us by March 6th. We appreciate your patience as you wait for your decision.

It doesn't say anything that ALL the invites are going to be out by today.
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after reading carefully what they say on the website and blog I think that more invites can be sent in the following days.

Website:
Interviews are by invitation only. Our goal is to interview all candidates accepted into our programs. An invitation to interview thus signals that your application has reached an advanced stage of consideration, but does not guarantee admission.

Blog:
If you are not invited for an interview, you will receive a final decision from us by March 6th. We appreciate your patience as you wait for your decision.

It doesn't say anything that ALL the invites are going to be out by today.

hahaha I thought the same! can you imagine only dings today and if we don't receive anything by noon we have won the interview :P

........my work productivity today is also crap :x
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hahaha I thought the same! can you imagine only dings today and if we don't receive anything by noon we have won the interview :P


That'd be an awfully roundabout way of signaling that you were getting an interview.
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It does actually. If all those not invited for interviews will definitely get a final decision by the 6th then one can deduce that those who don't hear anything by the 6th are definitely invited for the interview. Congrats fellas, we all invited ?
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after reading carefully what they say on the website and blog I think that more invites can be sent in the following days.

Website:
Interviews are by invitation only. Our goal is to interview all candidates accepted into our programs. An invitation to interview thus signals that your application has reached an advanced stage of consideration, but does not guarantee admission.

Blog:
If you are not invited for an interview, you will receive a final decision from us by March 6th. We appreciate your patience as you wait for your decision.

It doesn't say anything that ALL the invites are going to be out by today.

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