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Received GSB interview invite. good luck everyone!

A bit strange about the invite though, it says stanford is unable to locate an alumni in my area, and the letter asks me to state my willingness and extent to which i can travel for the interview. some advice will be helpful:
1. with less than 3 weeks from R1 deadline, it will be difficult to get a visa and go to US. (Any Indians received such an email??)
2. The invite ended with: "we can also conduct phone interviews." now many say phone interviews are not as good as face to face interviews, any advice how to face this situation?

(If any Indian willing to travel to nearby countries : Dubai/Hongkong etc., pl. let me know)
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Congrats Mayank, all the best for interviews!!
Are you a Dhirubhai Scholarship finalist as well??
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Stanford 2012 - Calling All Applicants 18 Nov 2011, 22:39
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Congrats Mayank, all the best for interviews!!
Are you a Dhirubhai Scholarship finalist as well??
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No, I did not apply for reliance-Stanford scholarships.
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Stanford 2012 - Calling All Applicants 18 Nov 2011, 23:14
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This wait is an absolute killer....what do you think guys....do we still have hopes....I guess second lot of invites have already gone out on Friday...may be the population here is not representative.....I hoping against hope though!!
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Any invites for the Reliance fellowship finalists yet?
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This wait is an absolute killer....what do you think guys....do we still have hopes....I guess second lot of invites have already gone out on Friday...may be the population here is not representative.....I hoping against hope though!!
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hang in there, Stanford is slow in giving out invites. One of my seniors was linked with an alum in Mumbai (India) and had less than a week to fly there and complete his interview. Even my email had the subject line: "Stanford MBA Interview Inquiry", and not strictly speaking an invite.
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This wait is an absolute killer....what do you think guys....do we still have hopes....I guess second lot of invites have already gone out on Friday...may be the population here is not representative.....I hoping against hope though!!

hang in there, Stanford is slow in giving out invites. One of my seniors was linked with an alum in Mumbai (India) and had less than a week to fly there and complete his interview. Even my email had the subject line: "Stanford MBA Interview Inquiry", and not strictly speaking an invite.
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Congrats on the invite! My view is that you are better off flying to a hub location and doing the interview than one over the phone. Perhaps singapore / HK might be easy to get a visa for?

Good luck - hope it goes well!
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This wait is an absolute killer....what do you think guys....do we still have hopes....I guess second lot of invites have already gone out on Friday...may be the population here is not representative.....I hoping against hope though!!

hang in there, Stanford is slow in giving out invites. One of my seniors was linked with an alum in Mumbai (India) and had less than a week to fly there and complete his interview. Even my email had the subject line: "Stanford MBA Interview Inquiry", and not strictly speaking an invite.
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Did they specify that there are no alums available in any other part of india as well? or just hyderabad?

It is because I suppose Delhi/Mumbai should have lot of Stan alums. One of my friends' company CEO is a Stan alum. He is in Bangalore.
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Did they specify that there are no alums available in any other part of india as well? or just hyderabad?

It is because I suppose Delhi/Mumbai should have lot of Stan alums. One of my friends' company CEO is a Stan alum. He is in Bangalore.
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No cities mentioned in the email. Just that alums not available in my area. Also no interview hubs disclosed in the mail. I am required to respond, giving names of cities where I can travel, or the distance I can travel. no mention of Indian or foreign travel.

What you are mentioning is correct, stan alums are in mum/delhi/bangalore. if u are in these cities, probably u are already linked to one of them and will receive ur invitation soon.

I will be mentioning Indian cities in my response, and wishing for an alum interview somewhere within India.
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The best answer can be,

"Kindly let me know the nearest possible location where I can have an interview with an alum. Wether the place is in India or elsewhere in Asia, it will be my pleasure to meet a stanford alum."

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The best answer can be,

"Kindly let me know the nearest possible location where I can have an interview with an alum. Wether the place is in India or elsewhere in Asia, it will be my pleasure to meet a stanford alum."

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Well put Hussan - and congrats on your invite mayansd! We wish you the best of luck for your interview =)
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The best answer can be,

"Kindly let me know the nearest possible location where I can have an interview with an alum. Wether the place is in India or elsewhere in Asia, it will be my pleasure to meet a stanford alum."

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I wish I could have such mail from stanford, I would have gone to any where at this planet!
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The best answer can be,

"Kindly let me know the nearest possible location where I can have an interview with an alum. Wether the place is in India or elsewhere in Asia, it will be my pleasure to meet a stanford alum."

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well put, will include this note :)
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Based on previous years experience, are all dings sent out on the release date (Dec. 14) or some will be released earlier?
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Congrats Mayan for the interview.

To suggest some logistics - you don't need a visa for Thailand and Hong Kong - both have one on arrival, although in Thailand you need to pay some money to get your visa. Travel wise, tickets to Dubai and Thailand would be the cheapest. Staying wise, Thailand is the absolute cheapest. So my suggestion would be to check if you can interview with someone in Thailand (lower probability basis the fact they couldn't find someone in India for you), Dubai (cost of Dubai visa + ticket < hong kong ticket; stay equal at both places) and then Hong Kong.

From an alumni availability perspective, HongKong and Singapore should have a decent number of alums, and Dubai should also have some alumni plus is a hub.

Just thought I'd help out with my 2 cents. I haven't applied to Stanford but read your comment on travel. All the very best!
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thanks strider for the info !!
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Just two days in this week to hope for invites! Hope is more or less lost then.
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Just two days in this week to hope for invites! Hope is more or less lost then.
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you and i are in the same boat...hope is fading fast
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Just two days in this week to hope for invites! Hope is more or less lost then.

you and i are in the same boat...hope is fading fast
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I hope its a warm sunny day in Stanford, CA and the adcom feels a bit generous with the invites.

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To answer the question above (Based on previous years experience, are all dings sent out on the release date (Dec. 14) or some will be released earlier?), I guess the website provides a clear answer:
"We will post decisions to your ApplyYourself account by 5:00 PM Pacific Time on the decision date for the round in which you applied.
Under no circumstances can we provide decisions earlier."

In any case, I am sure we still have 2 good weeks where some of us may receive interview invites. Good Luck everyone!
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I got the invite!!! :-D
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