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29 Oct 2014, 14:35

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Can't you choose which day you want to interview?

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Just as an FYI for those waiting, they push you to schedule your interviews very quickly, so do some prep now.

I just found out yesterday and have mine scheduled for later this week. Good news is I have been prepping for Harvard so it should help me a little...

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FROM Stanford Admissions Blog: Hello, Stanford MBA Admissions? 1995 is calling and it wants its blog back.

Social media: You love it, we love it. In fact, over the years, so many new ways of communicating with you have developed, that our blog has begun to resemble a Tesla at a gas station. So in keeping with the GSB tradition of continual improvement, and with a mixture of glee and sadness, we say goodbye to our blog. Although this is our final post, all blog content will remain accessible here until 19 December 2014, at which point we will redirect you elsewhere.

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29 Oct 2014, 16:10

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Damn man, nothing?

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29 Oct 2014, 16:15

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The wait is killing me, especially when coworkers are starting to get invitations!
This is going to be a long four weeks.

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29 Oct 2014, 16:19

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The wait is killing me, especially when coworkers are starting to get invitations!
This is going to be a long four weeks.

Coworkers today? GMAT Clubbers? Share their background if you will, what industry?

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29 Oct 2014, 16:23

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Somehow I don't know how to post a reply.

I'm not sure when my coworker got an invitation but here is the background: Recent Stanford graduate (undergrad). Ethnic minority. Works in a high tech company in the Bay Area.

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29 Oct 2014, 16:26

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Damn, lots of Bay Area guys getting invites.

Good luck buddy!

Its gettin' pretty late though, do you think they'd skip a day? Highly unlikely IMO

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29 Oct 2014, 16:33

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Somehow I don't know how to post a reply.

I'm not sure when my coworker got an invitation but here is the background: Recent Stanford graduate (undergrad). Ethnic minority. Works in a high tech company in the Bay Area.

Damn, lots of Bay Area guys getting invites.

Good luck buddy!

Its gettin' pretty late though, do you think they'd skip a day? Highly unlikely IMO

Just my two cents, but my gut feeling is that another batch of invites will come out at EOD. I do wonder though if the reason they make the invited candidates schedule their interviews so soon is so the adcom can test water on the initial pool to gauge how harsh or lax they need to be with rest of candidate pool as they plow through rest of the application reads (e.g., if feedback is poor on the earlier candidates, then more invites to go out than otherwise, though doubt that is the case). Just a hypothesis.

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29 Oct 2014, 16:36

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Damn, lots of Bay Area guys getting invites.

Good luck buddy!

Its gettin' pretty late though, do you think they'd skip a day? Highly unlikely IMO

Welp, that doesn't bode well for me.

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29 Oct 2014, 16:37

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Anybody with traditional 2yrs IB + 2yrs PE with 750+ GMAT got invite yet?

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im really glad everyone else thinks about the logic of the invites as much as i do

on that note, anyone in NYC get invites yet?

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Damn, lots of Bay Area guys getting invites.

Good luck buddy!

Its gettin' pretty late though, do you think they'd skip a day? Highly unlikely IMO

The guideline has been - to schedule and complete the interview within 10 days of initial correspondence. It's a small window, but not a change from prior years. The timing of the actual interview, whether it's on the 3rd, or 9th day, is entirely dependent on the availability of the interviewer (and ours). Hope this helps!

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29 Oct 2014, 17:36

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im really glad everyone else thinks about the logic of the invites as much as i do

on that note, anyone in NYC get invites yet?

In case its helpful, got an interview last year (no invite) - IB background and New York based. Came on November 7th.

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29 Oct 2014, 17:40

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rolyat421

im really glad everyone else thinks about the logic of the invites as much as i do

on that note, anyone in NYC get invites yet?

In case its helpful, got an interview last year (no invite) - IB background and New York based. Came on November 7th.

that is very helpful - thank you! its been harder than i anticipated to keep calm now that interview invites have started rolling out, so as weird as it sounds, even little tidbits like yours help settle the nerves.

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29 Oct 2014, 18:00

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OK its now 6pm in Palo Alto, time to get the party started guys!!!!!!!

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OK its now 6pm in Palo Alto, time to get the party started guys!!!!!!!

Seriously, this is so unhealthy to check my email every half hour. Guess no one on this forum got an invite today....

I'm so over with checking my email.

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29 Oct 2014, 18:11

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jlgdr

OK its now 6pm in Palo Alto, time to get the party started guys!!!!!!!

Seriously, this is so unhealthy to check my email every half hour. Guess no one on this forum got an invite today....

I'm so over with checking my email.

Watching the Giants game here, trying to kill some time

GO GIANTS!

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29 Oct 2014, 21:31

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I do think there is some relation btwn invite timing and acceptance rate, albeit not a totally strong one.
It would be regarding the 'fit' and the 'buckets' as you guys put it.

Now, if we're to continue this delightfully meaningless series of speculations about invites...
Roomoo22
Stanford admitted ~6.8% of its 7108 applicants last year, so that's ~480 acceptances.
(That would mean an ~85% matriculation rate, does that make sense? I feel it would be closer to 90% but....)
If we assume the same ratio for this year, GSB adcom said they'd send out ~1000 invites, which means
it's a 50/50 coin toss if you get an invite and ~14% of applicants will get the invites.
If there are 350 of us on GMAT club applying to GSB, ~50 should get invites.
Are most of us applying R2??

Small change which increases our chances - based on an article from last year, Stanford's yield is about 80% (HBS was over 90%).

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30 Oct 2014, 03:22

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Maybe I'm naive or poorly connected, but, unless it's someone major, what differentiates a "support letter" from a regular "letter of recommendation"?

Yes, this issue of support letters comes up every season. LORs are generally from direct bosses and superiors and are written in response to specific prompts. Support letters are extra letters outside of the formal application process, and are generally submitted after your app is in, and your case has an ID/file #. An applicant (or applicant's family) may know an alum or faculty member at a given school, and the idea is that this person of influence will send an email/letter or make a phone call to the person he or she has the most influence with at a given school. Many people do not have this type of connection, but some do, and of course these letters are more impactful if the writer has a real relationship over time with the applicant. If it's clear there is no real relationship, then the letter will likely mean nothing unless the writer is a VIP. And I hate to say it, but there is no pure meritocracy, and having a person who donates millions write a support letter can matter.

From my consulting practice, I have seen support letters sent by the Prime Minster of Russia, a top 10 financier, and other luminaries. Many of you will be happy to know that the applicant was not always accepted, especially if they had borderline credentials.

I will say that Stanford deals with this type of pressure well. I had a client who tried to get a separate lunch with Derrick outside of the normal process at the request of a VIP. Derrick basically said sure, but if I take the lunch, then I will have to recuse myself from your application. So, much of this muscling does not ultimately do much. But, let's get real, some folks do get an extra hard look based on influence, and sometimes that influence comes from a direct LOR.

Can someone please elaborate on the content and tone/position of such email?Much appreciated. thank you

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30 Oct 2014, 07:37

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Can't you choose which day you want to interview?

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It's with an alumni so it really depends on his/her schedule. The guy interviewing me is reeeealllyyyy senior, so I was certainly not going to argue lol, just appreciated that he got back to me.

Mine is at 11AM EST tomorrow. I did a mock yesterday with an alumna through MentMo and I'm feeling pretty confident. The mock interview is so key.