Calling All Stanford GSB Fall 2011 Applicants! https://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/08/0811_stanford_school_tour/image/serra_portal_stanford_business_school_campus.jpg Detailed Program Information: GMAT Club's Stanford GSB School Guide Fall 2011 Application Instructions Round 1 Deadline: 10/6/2010 | Decision Date: 12/15/2010 Round 2 Deadline: 1/6/2010 | Decision Date: 3/30/2011 Round 3 Deadline: 4/6/2011 | Decision Date: 5/18/2011 Essays Essay 1: What matters most to you, and why? Essay 2: What are your career aspirations? What do you need to learn at Stanford to achieve them? Essay 3: Answer two of the four questions below. Tell us not only what you did but also how you did it. What was the outcome? How did people respond? Only describe experiences that have occurred during the last three years. Option A: Tell us about a time when you built or developed a team whose performance exceeded expectations. Option B: Tell us about a time when you made a lasting impact on your organization. Option C: Tell us about a time when you generated support from others for an idea or initiative. Option D: Tell us about a time when you went beyond what was defined, established, or expected. Recommendation Questions (3 recommenders) 2 Professional/Workplace References Please briefly describe your relationship to the candidate, and describe the circumstances under which you have known her or him. How does the candidate’s performance compare to other well-qualified individuals in similar roles? What (if any) legacy has this candidate left on your organization? Describe the most constructive feedback you have given the candidate. Please also detail the circumstances that caused you to give the feedback. Is there anything else (positive or negative) we should know about the candidate? 1 Peer/Team Reference Please briefly describe your relationship to the candidate, and describe the circumstances under which you have known her or him. Describe how the candidate has generated support from others for an idea or initiative. What (if any) lasting impact has this candidate left on your organization? Describe the most constructive feedback you have given the candidate. Please also detail the circumstances that caused you to give the feedback. Is there anything else (positive or negative) we should know about the candidate? Essay Analysis Clear Admit 2010-11 Essay Analysis mbaMission 2010-11 Essay Analysis Veritas Prep 2010-11 Essay Analysis APPLICANT LIST: GSB Applicant List Google Doc 0ArAuKBeoP3UWdDdYMHRuRmgtLUtHaWx1OXpqY1hFQ0E Round 1 (101 applicants) Matriculating: N/A Admitted: 11 (11%) Waitlisted: 5 (5%) Denied: 85 APPLICANTS: Please fill out your stats in the Google Doc attached and keep updating your information whenever you see fit!We will keep this thread updated as well Current students: Terry12 , Mikus , quantjock All quoted sections in this post are from the Application Requirements page of the Stanford GSB Website College Students : OTHER RESOURCES: Screenshot: HBS 2011 Applicant List.png

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just got an email from stanford admissions office.... it was spam. I bet Derrick is getting a good laugh out of that one.

Haha I know i got two back to back!

BTW, did anyone who got these emails (they are invites to on campus info/events) look at the form? It starts at "looking to apply for 2012". Does it even apply to us?

Yeah, looks like they just sent that blast to alot of people, including current year applicants. LAMEEEE... change my status to under review and send me an invite!!!!!

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After my Round 1 application (and disappointment) I feel really Zen about the application process.
Whatever will come/happen will come/happen when it does!

(I say this, but I still am signed up to receive e-mail every time this thread is updated

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smartperson - you have impressive stats. I'm sure you are a lock at HBS/Stanford in R2. Do you know why you were dinged at Sloan? That doesn't seem right to me with your stats.

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smartperson - you have impressive stats. I'm sure you are a lock at HBS/Stanford in R2. Do you know why you were dinged at Sloan? That doesn't seem right to me with your stats.

Thanks! Just like I don't put much stock in the school rankings, I don't think the 'stats' matter that much in the admissions process for MBA - they just have to be 'good enough' to not raise any warning flags. Business school is all about the heart

Who knows why I didn't get in? Even if you look on this forum some great guys were dinged from Sloan in round 1 but were accepted to H, S, and K.

If I compare the essays that I wrote in round 1 for Sloan to the ones that I wrote for H and S in R2, I feel like there is a difference in quality. Maybe that was it, or maybe it was something else...

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Hi everyone, new to the forum.
Still no news from the admission office? it's already Jan 21st... this time last year earliest invites have been sent out!

My status is still "submitted".

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smartperson - you have impressive stats. I'm sure you are a lock at HBS/Stanford in R2. Do you know why you were dinged at Sloan? That doesn't seem right to me with your stats.

There is a lot that goes into admissions besides just numbers. I know people dinged from H/S and even Sloan with the sames stats so you can't say JUST because of numbers, someone will get into a top 10 business school. I think it has more to do with your package, what you can contribute and how you tell your stories (essays)--the numbers only get your foot in the door. Beyond that, it's a combination of a crap shoot and how well you put your application together.

Good luck everyone!

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smartperson - you have impressive stats. I'm sure you are a lock at HBS/Stanford in R2. Do you know why you were dinged at Sloan? That doesn't seem right to me with your stats.

I'm in your same shoes, smartperson (tho clearly with a slightly lower GMAT). I agree that my R2 essays were MUCH better than my Sloan essays.

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It's good to see other people approaching this process with the sense of realism that is too easy for us to forget.

I think part of being human is our desire to quantify and measure everything. We often cling to factors like GMAT scores, GPA, age, years of work experience, admit rate, yield rate, etc.

In the end I believe that business school, more specifically business school admissions, is much more about your emotional intelligence, which is essentially impossible to measure. This explains why the essay questions they ask feel so funky/difficult. Compare this to your undergrad application experience: wasn't that so much easier? I think it's because colleges know that 18-year-olds don't know anything about the world or themselves...

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Read somewhere that the average GMAT score among HBS applicants is >700 and would assume the same is true of GSB. Seen in that light, the fact that the mean/median matriculation scores are only ~720 starts to drive home how little say the score has at the end of the day.

Admissions411.com data on HBS/GSB outcomes shows little GPA/GMAT correlation, as well.

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Any R2 applicants get interview requests yet?

When do you think they'll start sending them out?

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No word any interview invites yet....... My status is still "Submitted" too! Maybe there were no rock star applicants in R2 so they are taking their time to review applicants and determine who to interview. The person who was invited to interview on 1/20 last year was probably a rock star, like the person who was interviewed before the application deadline last year in the first round.

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Now that you mention it, so true! If the average score of the applicant is > 700, then a mean of 720 among the accepted is very telling. Can you elaborate on the Admissions411 and GPA stats?

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in for stanford r2. hating the waiting game!

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Is Stanford accepting many college seniors ? I ve read on their site that seniors are encouraged to apply and can defer admission for 1 or 2 years ?

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Applied R2.

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Admit rates based on previous two years' Admissions411 profiles, normalized to the actual overall admit rate. Thresholds represent approximate quartiles of the sample, with n=184 for GSB and n=255 for HBS.

GMAT GSB HBS
<700 5% 7%
-725 5% 11%
-750 9% 13%
750+ 8% 13%
Avg 7% 12%

GPA GSB HBS
<3.4 5% 5%
-3.6 3% 10%
-3.8 7% 16%
3.8+ 12% 16%
Avg 7% 12%

If you normalize GSB to match the overall HBS admit rate, then average the two rates for each category, you get the following, where Q1 corresponds to <700 GMAT or <3.4 GPA.

GSB/HBS GMAT GPA
Q1 8% 7%
Q2 10% 7%
Q3 14% 14%
Q4 13% 18%

So 725+ GMAT or 3.6+ GPA seems to matter but subsequent gains appear minimal. Ironic that presence on this forum is probably more indicative, even after accounting for response bias.

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AIronic that presence on this forum is probably more indicative, even after accounting for response bias.

Positive or negative correlation? :-P

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There is a sentence under my application status that says "Your application is complete and currently under review." Looks like this happened around 1/20 last year for everyone. Maybe interview requests will go out this week....... thoughts?

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Roundel, I'm sure the first person here that gets an interview will post a message. Try not to stress out about it so much...go check out a book from your library or join a gym. You'll feel a lot better than sitting here pressing refresh (not to mention you'll be stressing us out less at the same time).