Guys,

I am working with a consultant and when I told him that I wanted to write about moving to a new country as a young teenager and had to overcome language and cultural barriers, to show my ability to face challenges, he said that the idea is banal.

What do you guys think? Sure, I have not conquered cancer or poverty, but I am not trying to compete with who has overcome the greatest obstacles. I am telling a story about my life, and that was one of the first significant challenges.

What do you guys think about this? I think hundreds of people will be writing about some kinds of nonprofit, charity, giving back - so nothing is extremely original anyways.

Thanks for the input guys.

The GSB essay is due soon so any insight would be great!

Anyone applying to the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program as well?

Hello,

I got selected for Stanford dhirubhai scholarship. I am planning to apply for round 2.

What are the chances of getting in ?

Work ex - 3 years
Education - IIT Madras(B-tech + M-tech)
Working as an Analyst with top Banks.
Gender - female.

GPA - 8.2/10.

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I had a quick question regarding the "Employment" section of the Stanford GSB Application and would appreciate any thoughts. If I had an internship that paid an hourly rate, should I annualize the figure or just list the hourly rate and assume they will know? HBS explicitly stated to list the hourly number but GSB does no such thing, so any clarification would be great.

Thanks in advance!

I had a quick question regarding the "Employment" section of the Stanford GSB Application and would appreciate any thoughts. If I had an internship that paid an hourly rate, should I annualize the figure or just list the hourly rate and assume they will know? HBS explicitly stated to list the hourly number but GSB does no such thing, so any clarification would be great.

Thanks in advance!

Just hit submit on my Knight-Hennessy Scholars application and entered the endless reviews cycle before submitting GSB lol

Hey all, for the essay on "Why Stanford", obviously this is a careers goals essay combined with how specifically Stanford fits in to that. Do we need to elaborate on the "why" behind your goal? For instance if your long-term goal was to launch a startup that helped people to do XYZ, should you elaborate on why you want to help people to do XYZ? Or would that be something that you would cover more if you got to an interview?

I think "why" behind your career goal can be shown in the first essay, "what matters most to you and why?", at least this is how I did it. As for your interview, your interviewer would only see your CV and he/she may ask you about your future career goals and why you pursue them, but this is not guaranteed as they may focus on why you did your degree/joined your current company/did certain EC's.

Does anyone know how strict Stanford is with word count on the essays? I'm 6% over the limit right now.

My admissions consultant said +/- 10% is fine, but can anyone confirm?

I have had clients accepted who were over the total count by less than 10%. They will not run actual word counts on the documents -- they can eyeball it and know if it's about right across the two essays. Make sure you PDF your document as well. Best of luck!