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Congrats to those that got interviews and to those that are still waiting, keep holding on.

NEW VIDEO: INTERVIEW TIPS FROM CURRENT STANFORD GSB STUDENTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF_ilB1jSe4

It's a DAY IN THE LIFE at Stanford and I ask some of my classmates to give Interview Tips to potential candidates.

Enjoy, please like the video, subscribe to the channel and let me know what else you would like me to ask my classmates :)

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF_ilB1jSe4[/youtube]
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It does feel interesting because the wave of interviews that have gone out so far seem to be around NYC and the Bay Area. I wonder if international interviews are delayed? I work at a traditional feeder firm to business schools, and no one I know of has heard back yet.

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Where did you get NYC and Bay area from? From what I have seen on this thread, we have a UK, Canada (Toronto) and LA so far. Not seeing any pattern yet in where (geographically) invites are going.
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Same here
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My inference was based on posts made on this thread as well as what I heard from some of my Bay Area friends. Nothing super conclusive, of course.
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here's to hoping for more news today!
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I thought they mentioned "regularly" in their mail about sending the invites.
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Where are the invites...? If anybody hears anything from friends not on the forum, please let us know too!!!
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Stanford GSB: Class of 2017 - Calling All Applicants! Updated on: 03 Nov 2014, 12:42
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Do you think people who got invites at HBS stand a greater chance of an invite at Stanford? What are your thoughts on this? Are the profiles of both school so different?

I spoke to a senior professor at Stanford and he said only 35% of students at Stanford got into both HBS and Stanford. I think the two schools look for different candidates, that or there are so many good candidates out there that the luck of the draw plays a big role.
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That math doesn't make any sense. 35% of GSB class would imply that 145 students got into HBS and turned it down to go to GSB. That would suggest an 87% HBS admissions yield and that too ONLY if 100% of admittees turning down HBS did so to attend GSB. Clearly that's not the case. Assuming of people turning down HBS, only half did so to attend GSB, that would imply an 74% HBS admissions yield; a substantial difference from the 89% posted on the HBS admissions web site.

In my opinion, at the end of the day GSB and HBS admittees look nearly identical. You've got the elite finance crowd from PE/VC/HF with super pedigreed background. You've got the slightly similar crowd from top Mgmt Consulting and Investment Banking firms. You've got the successful entrepreneurs. You've got the elite F500 crowd. And then you've got the wild card pro athletes, ex-military, and prima ballerinas. Much of the disparity between who gets an HBS and GSB interview and who gets in is simply because this entire process is a crap shoot.
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hey who got the 1 ding? that's impossible they ding at the end!
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hey who got the 1 ding? that's impossible they ding at the end!
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I think that person was dinged last year and entered the wrong application year in their applicant profile.
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Hey all, got an invite today and am extremely excited. Onwards to furiously preparing for the interview.

Best of luck to all!
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Lost of trolling around here. People need to be for real.

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Hey all, got an invite today and am extremely excited. Onwards to furiously preparing for the interview.

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Congrats! Would you mind telling us industry and location?
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Do you think people who got invites at HBS stand a greater chance of an invite at Stanford? What are your thoughts on this? Are the profiles of both school so different?

I spoke to a senior professor at Stanford and he said only 35% of students at Stanford got into both HBS and Stanford. I think the two schools look for different candidates, that or there are so many good candidates out there that the luck of the draw plays a big role.

That math doesn't make any sense. 35% of GSB class would imply that 145 students got into HBS and turned it down to go to GSB. That would suggest an 87% HBS admissions yield and that too ONLY if 100% of admittees turning down HBS did so to attend GSB. Clearly that's not the case. Assuming of people turning down HBS, only half did so to attend GSB, that would imply an 74% HBS admissions yield; a substantial difference from the 89% posted on the HBS admissions web site.

In my opinion, at the end of the day GSB and HBS admittees look nearly identical. You've got the elite finance crowd from PE/VC/HF with super pedigreed background. You've got the slightly similar crowd from top Mgmt Consulting and Investment Banking firms. You've got the successful entrepreneurs. You've got the elite F500 crowd. And then you've got the wild card pro athletes, ex-military, and prima ballerinas. Much of the disparity between who gets an HBS and GSB interview and who gets in is simply because this entire process is a crap shoot.
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While that number may be too high, it's not unreasonable. Using the HBS numbers, there were about 195 people who were admitted who did not matriculate at HBS. If you're applying to HBS, there probably aren't too many reasons you wouldn't go if you were accepted. The primary reason would be you got into Stanford GSB OR received a major scholarship at another top school. So, for 145 of the 195 students to fall into the "Admitted to both" camp is not unreasonable IMO.

And HBS's reported yield is 89%.
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While that number may be too high, it's not unreasonable. Using the HBS numbers, there were about 195 people who were admitted who did not matriculate at HBS. If you're applying to HBS, there probably aren't too many reasons you wouldn't go if you were accepted. The primary reason would be you got into Stanford GSB OR received a major scholarship at another top school. So, for 145 of the 195 students to fall into the "Admitted to both" camp is not unreasonable IMO.

And HBS's reported yield is 89%.
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Not only is it unreasonable, its mathematically impossible. For a 932 enrollee class to represent an 89% yield suggests there were 115 admittees that chose not to attend. Versus your 195 figure, you're only off by 70%.

I'd be very surprised if over 50% of the HBS rejectors ended up at GSB (much less the 75% you suggested on a mathematically impossible base of 195 rejectors). I'd speculate a good portion of them decide not to go to b-school all together or end up going to another school.

It might be a no-brainer if HBS/GSB are your dream schools, but for the supposed "shoe in" candidates HBS is par for the course and not nearly the marked upward deviation from their current mean trajectory.
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Another quiet day...
I am getting excited for the days to come.
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This is crazy! Does anyone think there will be a big batch released at some point? I saw the graph a user posted a couple of pages back that showed a fairly even distribution throughout the release period from last year, but it seems like there have been quite a few days already this year with NO releases (at least within our sample). Thoughts?
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While that number may be too high, it's not unreasonable. Using the HBS numbers, there were about 195 people who were admitted who did not matriculate at HBS. If you're applying to HBS, there probably aren't too many reasons you wouldn't go if you were accepted. The primary reason would be you got into Stanford GSB OR received a major scholarship at another top school. So, for 145 of the 195 students to fall into the "Admitted to both" camp is not unreasonable IMO.

And HBS's reported yield is 89%.


Not only is it unreasonable, its mathematically impossible. For a 932 enrollee class to represent an 89% yield suggests there were 115 admittees that chose not to attend. Versus your 195 figure, you're only off by 70%.

I'd be very surprised if over 50% of the HBS rejectors ended up at GSB (much less the 75% you suggested on a mathematically impossible base of 195 rejectors). I'd speculate a good portion of them decide not to go to b-school all together or end up going to another school.

It might be a no-brainer if HBS/GSB are your dream schools, but for the supposed "shoe in" candidates HBS is par for the course and not nearly the marked upward deviation from their current mean trajectory.
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I went the other way (started with % admitted). Looks like the difference is in the asterisk - 89% yield excludes people who deferred to a later year. Good catch.
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For reals though... I feel like there will have to be a day (or over the span of a few days) when a bunch of people here get invites. The first wave (for this forum at least) was last Tuesday, right? Maybe there will be another tomorrow?? There are still roughly 3 weeks left in the invite window though. Anything could happen.
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This is crazy! Does anyone think there will be a big batch released at some point? I saw the graph a user posted a couple of pages back that showed a fairly even distribution throughout the release period from last year, but it seems like there have been quite a few days already this year with NO releases (at least within our sample). Thoughts?
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Yes.. i posted the chart, our sample is the opposite of that, a peak in the first days and basically nothing for the last 5-6 days!.. who knows.
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This is crazy! Does anyone think there will be a big batch released at some point? I saw the graph a user posted a couple of pages back that showed a fairly even distribution throughout the release period from last year, but it seems like there have been quite a few days already this year with NO releases (at least within our sample). Thoughts?

Yes.. i posted the chart, our sample is the opposite of that, a peak in the first days and basically nothing for the last 5-6 days!.. who knows.
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I was kinda relieved when I got the Wharton invite so I've been feeling less anxious these couple of days but I'm pretty sure anxiety will pick up during the final two weeks of the process

Good luck everyone, hoping to get some news from the GSB soon!

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