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hey (to the person that just posted a question on having received 2 awards - can't find that post now) - from recalling their email a week or so ago, they explicitly stated to us that we shouldn't email them any further updates so I would follow that prescriptive rule - they might think 'if we cannot follow such rules, how are we expected to do so during the curriculum.' Unless you just got awarded a CBE, or something significant by someone like Bill Gates etc, I would keep this info to hand and bring to bear during the interview; and/or in case you get placed on the waitlist and can therefore include this later on, so you have something to update them with.
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Thank you illuminator :)
I thought I'll go through recent mails from AdCom before composing a mail to them... and so I found the recent mail you've mentioned so deleted my post
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hey (to the person that just posted a question on having received 2 awards - can't find that post now) - from recalling their email a week or so ago, they explicitly stated to us that we shouldn't email them any further updates so I would follow that prescriptive rule - they might think 'if we cannot follow such rules, how are we expected to do so during the curriculum.' Unless you just got awarded a CBE, or something significant by someone like Bill Gates etc, I would keep this info to hand and bring to bear during the interview; and/or in case you get placed on the waitlist and can therefore include this later on, so you have something to update them with.

Thank you illuminator :)
I thought I'll go through recent mails from AdCom before composing a mail to them... and so I found the recent mail you've mentioned so deleted my post
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no worries! I'm sure others will have this Q, so it's still a worthy discussion! 3 hours left...
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Relax guys!
It's gonna be a spread-out affair.
400 invites over a month means only 10-15 invites a day.
So today wont be make or break by any stretch of imagination.
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The consultant I work with said that she worked with a client that applied to seven schools and was rejected by all of them EXCEPT for Stanford. Once you're a well qualified candidate, to me this process feels like playing the lottery. All candidates are 700+, 3.5+, with great work experience and cool extra-curriculars... honestly just feels a little like random chance sometimes whether you get "selected."

it is a hit and miss, and there is some luck to it as well -- are consultants useful with further insight? I didn't want to go down that path as was largely unsure if they would twist my story to conform to 'their' way, yet they don't know me, me :p, and wanted to remain just plain old me. Would be good to hear your thoughts on this.

Best of LUCK!!!! 48 hours to go
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It's tough to say if a consultant is useful, given that I have no experience doing the application process without one. I will say it saved me a ton of stress - I tend to be a worrier, so instead of stressing about each individual detail, I could just ask my consultant and she would tell me if it mattered or not (most of the time it didn't). That being said, I think there a few pointers about my application that I wouldn't have done without her help that greatly improved my essays. My story didn't change, but she helped me better form the pitch. Similar to a marketing campaign, you try to put the product in the best light possible - the consultant really helped present the best version of myself (with "tweaks" not "twists" of my story). Was she worth the money? Maybe... I suppose we will see if I get in anywhere.
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[quote="generalist"]Relax guys!
It's gonna be a spread-out affair.
400 invites over a month means only 10-15 invites a day.
So today wont be make or break by any stretch of imagination.[/quote]

From looking at last years R1, it seems no invites were given on day 1...I think I assessed that right!
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[quote="eriginal"][quote="illuminator"][quote="eriginal"]The consultant I work with said that she worked with a client that applied to seven schools and was rejected by all of them EXCEPT for Stanford. Once you're a well qualified candidate, to me this process feels like playing the lottery. All candidates are 700+, 3.5+, with great work experience and cool extra-curriculars... honestly just feels a little like random chance sometimes whether you get "selected."[/quote]

it is a hit and miss, and there is some luck to it as well -- are consultants useful with further insight? I didn't want to go down that path as was largely unsure if they would twist my story to conform to 'their' way, yet they don't know me, me :p, and wanted to remain just plain old me. Would be good to hear your thoughts on this.

Best of LUCK!!!! 48 hours to go[/quote]


It's tough to say if a consultant is useful, given that I have no experience doing the application process without one. I will say it saved me a ton of stress - I tend to be a worrier, so instead of stressing about each individual detail, I could just ask my consultant and she would tell me if it mattered or not (most of the time it didn't). That being said, I think there a few pointers about my application that I wouldn't have done without her help that greatly improved my essays. My story didn't change, but she helped me better form the pitch. Similar to a marketing campaign, you try to put the product in the best light possible - the consultant really helped present the best version of myself (with "tweaks" not "twists" of my story). Was she worth the money? Maybe... I suppose we will see if I get in anywhere.[/quote]

Good planning and best of luck :-)
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I didn't get invited to interview until 11/20 last year. I believe the entire process was shifted up a week this year.
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[quote="BuffaloBillsFan"]I didn't get invited to interview until 11/20 last year. I believe the entire process was shifted up a week this year.[/quote]

Oh wow you are reapplying? Were you waitlist? We shall listen to you more closely :-)
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Yea ive actually been interviewed both of the past two years, but didn't get in either time. Maybe third time will be the charm. My application/profile is definitely much stronger now than it was then.
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[quote="BuffaloBillsFan"]Yea ive actually been interviewed both of the past two years, but didn't get in either time. Maybe third time will be the charm. My application/profile is definitely much stronger now than it was then.[/quote]

In both were you wait listed in any? Trying to see if they waitlist or just deny

Btw congrats of two sets of interviews! That's amazing!
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Anyone heard on an interview invite? Any idea on when to expect one?

As I assume you all are, dying over here!
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Anyone heard on an interview invite? Any idea on when to expect one?

As I assume you all are, dying over here!
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Nothing... only another month of obsessively checking my email until I find out.
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Does anyone know the frequency GSB releases invites to interview? I had my personal email up all day today and jumped every time my inbox said 1 Unread. I obviously can't do that for another month :) Do they release weekly? Daily? Whenever they please?
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Does anyone know the frequency GSB releases invites to interview? I had my personal email up all day today and jumped every time my inbox said 1 Unread. I obviously can't do that for another month :) Do they release weekly? Daily? Whenever they please?
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It's daily as far as I know.
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Does anyone know the frequency GSB releases invites to interview? I had my personal email up all day today and jumped every time my inbox said 1 Unread. I obviously can't do that for another month :) Do they release weekly? Daily? Whenever they please?
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they are drip-fed! no set pattern, so just hang tight ;)
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i have a hunch/feeling someone will get an invite today :D
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i have a hunch/feeling someone will get an invite today :D
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If anyone receives an invite, please let us all know!
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i have a hunch/feeling someone will get an invite today :D

If anyone receives an invite, please let us all know!
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Two friends from Brazil got theirs yesterday... Both MBB consulting.

Still waiting here. Best luck to all!
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An MBB consultant from Argentina I know also received yesterday.
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An MBB consultant from Argentina I know also received yesterday.
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thanks for the updates! do we know what time they received them? ie. morning, late evening palo time?
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