GMATClub Chicago GSB Applicants Round 1: Tally: Admitted: 9 Dings: 9 Waitlist: 4 Matriculating: 6 Irishfan: Matriculating dabots: Matriculating kwam: Matriculating jpjazzman: Matriculating burger2001: Matriculating CookieMonster: Waitlist (R1) Admit (R2) Matriculating cooldar: Admit malumier: Matriculating ApolloLuna: Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Forcefeed: Admit Withdrawn for HBS CfaMiami: Waitlist Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg (I think) maina_s: Waitlist Aviroop: Waitlist (R1), Denied (R2) Faceman: Denied w/ Interview riverripper: Denied w/ Interview chillonamill: Denied w/ Interview Vij101: Denied w/ Interview Sangoman: Denied w/ Interview gnr646: Denied w/ Interview Collegesenior: Denied w/o interview nnabros: Denied w/o interview beyondinfinity: Denied w/o interview Round 2: Total applicants: 42 Admit = 10 Waitlist = 3 Dinged = 21 unknown = 6 mNeo - Matriculating helg - Matriculating CerealsMBA - Matriculating nick_sun - Matriculating Jann - Matriculating ujjib - Matriculating wallspotter - Matriculating nervousgmat - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg ghgirl - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Audio - Admit Withdrawn for Wharton clarksdv2 - Waitlist sudden - Waitlist bherronp - Waitlist yellowjacket - Waitlist adcxaway - Denied w/ Interview bsd_lover - Denied w/ Interview vchhaochharia - Denied w/ Interview tsaditya - Denied w/ Interview max125 - Denied w/ Interview nupurgupt - Denied w/ Interview KingKREEP - Denied w/ Interview KK Iyer - Denied w/ Interview pandeyrav - Denied w/ Interview Poochandi - Denied w/ Interview grap - Denied w/ Interview svrider - Denied w/ Interview trojan812 - Denied w/ Interview foxtrot - Denied w/ Interview SoccrRef - Denied w/ Interview nupurgupt - Denied w/ Interview hsampath - Denied w/o interview bkk145 - Denied w/o interview gregspirited - Denied w/o interview ryguy904 - Denied w/o interview dosa_don - Denied w/o interview spideyeclipse27 - Denied w/o interview Prodigy - Denied w/o interview PEtoMBA - Denied w/o interview Pokerface - Submitted (01/09), Invited to interview (02/08) JDMBA - submitted, Invited to interview ncprasad - Submitted 01/09, Invited to interview swedenr09 - submitted 1/9, Invited to Interview Cleardmit has some useful advice to approach this year's Chicago GSB application essays. I hope this is useful for all you GSB aspirants out there. https://blog.clearadmit.com/2007/07/chi ... 2007-2008/ Reproduced in full below Essay 1: Why are you pursuing an MBA at this point in your career? Describe your personal and professional goals and the role an MBA from the University of Chicago GSB plays in your plans to reach these goals. (1,500 word maximum) Our general guidelines for the standard career goals essay apply to this document, but the above-average length and the nature of Chicago’s other questions add another strategic consideration. While the second and third essays certainly provide ample opportunity to share information about oneself, there really isn’t much room for narrative. This is a distinct contrast from schools like Stanford and MIT, which ask applicants to recount the details of their actions in several specific kinds of situations across the application essays. With this in mind, Chicago applicants might want to use a portion of their 1500 words in this essay to briefly share the details of some professional achievements and significant experiences. Essay 2: If you could step into someone else’s shoes for a day, who would it be and why? (500 word maximum) The most common trap that applicants fall into when answering this question is writing more about the person whose shoes he or she would choose to occupy than about the reasons for this selection and the way it fits into his or her candidacy. While this can be a fun question with an answer that is sure to be telling, it’s important not to lose sight of what should be the main objective of one’s application: sharing impressive information about oneself that is relevant to one’s business school candidacy. Selecting a prominent figure whose work is in line with one’s professional goals or favorite hobby can be a great strategy for producing an interesting essay that allows for detail about the applicant’s background as well. Essay 3: We have asked for a great deal of information throughout this application. In this portion of the application, we invite you tell us about yourself using a non-traditional application format–a PowerPoint presentation. In four slides or less, please provide readers with content that captures who you are. This approach isn’t exactly revolutionary - Stern’s usual Essay 3 asks for a personal expression that gives candidates complete freedom with content and medium (except for the exclusion of edible/perishable personal expressions) - but it does speak to Chicago’s interest in a candidate’s interests and personality. While all this “white space” might be daunting to some, an easy way to approach this process is to ask oneself a few simple questions. Are there four personal themes to which you would like to devote a slide each? Would you prefer to use the four frames to create a sense of progression through a day, event or activity? We’re hesitant to provide too much guidance given the free-form nature of the task; the best advice we can offer is to think about who you are (and how this might be of interest to the GSB adcom), consider how you could translate this into words and images, and then try it out. Showing the initial result to someone who knows you well could be a great way to determine how successful this draft is. Good luck, and have fun! ***Updated applicant list: 1/9/08 RiverRipper

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adcxaway

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oh damn

i didn't put my name on my essays/ppt

i'm so screwed... i shouldn't have checked this thread!! oh no

not to mention having to go against 25 other GMAT club applicants...

i give up....

I'm just going to sit at home and drink myself silly....

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Just got my status changed to complete...

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what needs to happen for the status change?

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I dont think it means anything but essentially they make sure the reco's and scores are verified and that the payment went through. So...not big deal

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Ok, thats exactly what I was wondering. I did not think it meant much, but wanted to check what the individual statuses say. Thanks.

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oh damn

i didn't put my name on my essays/ppt

i'm so screwed... i shouldn't have checked this thread!! oh no

not to mention having to go against 25 other GMAT club applicants...

i give up....

I'm just going to sit at home and drink myself silly....

Oh stop it! nobody is going to reject you because you didn't put your name on a piece of paper. Cheer up and believe in yourself!

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ncprasad - Submitted 01/09
adcxaway - Submitted 01/08
bherronp - Submitted 12/30
bsd_lover - Submitted 01/06
Dosa_don - Submitted 01/09
hsampath - Submitted 01/08
max125 - Submitted 01/08
mNeo - Submitted 01/09
nervousgmat - Submitted 12/31
pandeyrav - Submitted 01/09
robinantony - Submitted 01/09
trojan812 - Submitted 01/07
tsaditya - Submitted 01/08
vchhaochharia - Submitted 12/25
bkk145 - Submitted 01/09
KingKREEP - Submitted 01/09
helg - Submitted 01/09
CerealsMBA - Submitted 01/09
gregspirited - Submitted 01/09
Audio - Submitted 01/09
ryguy904 - submitted 01/09
nick_sun - Submitted UNK
Poochandi - Submitted 01/09
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wallspotter - submitted -01/09
svrider - Submitted 01/09
saurabh357 - submitted 01/09

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So Saurabh- I guess both you and your wife applied for GSB as well? So that means we should count your name twice in the list?

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So Saurabh- I guess both you and your wife applied for GSB as well? So that means we should count your name twice in the list?

sure

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Guys..about official transcripts...Since my undergraduation is from foreign institute I can't go and get an official transcript from that institute. I guess is it OK if I get my transcripts NOTARIZED by a public official here in US and provide as an official one. I hope I'm right but still checking...

Any ideas?

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yes u can do the notarization.. 10 bucks for notary and u r set

this is only needed after interview invite...

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WOW! 28 applicants in R2??? Chicago is getting some lovin'!

I wonder why (other than #1 in BW this year) GSB is so popular compared to all the M7's and top 15's???

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WOW! 28 applicants in R2??? Chicago is getting some lovin'!

I wonder why (other than #1 in BW this year) GSB is so popular compared to all the M7's and top 15's???

Well... Let's see:
Charles M. Harper Center
100% flexible curriculum
Excellent reputation with recruiters
Nobel winning faculty
Outstanding alumni - I am absolutely sincere, in Russia, at least, alumni are superb!

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Out of all the alumni and students I talked to, I found Chicago's the best followed by LBS (in Sydney). Its not just lip service for the essays, I truly found them interesting, helpful and very down to earth - none of the "Oh I am from HBS / Wharton / Stanford" air (no offense to these very fine institutions).

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don't other M7's have nobel winning faculty too?

I do agree about the Harper Center and the 100% flexible curriculum though, that *almost* made me apply!

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I've got to agree with helg and bsd_lover about the alumni and the current students. A lot of them went out of the way to answer any question I had. That probably had a bigger influence than the new harper center. Honestly, as long as you have plenty of space any building can do, its not like you will magically learn more because the building came up in 2005 instead of 1960.

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I too want to put in a good word for the GSB students who were super helpful (including rhyme) and took time out of their crazy schedules to show me around. One even drove over on a Sunday night, picked me up, showed me the Harper Center at night and had dinner with me. I was truly impressed (unfortunately, Kellogg seemed like a better fit for me culturally, and I was too lazy to do a 5th set of essays...)

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Oh, yeah! Yeah! How could I forget!!! :wall

There's Rhyme there!!! :good

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don't other M7's have nobel winning faculty too?

I do agree about the Harper Center and the 100% flexible curriculum though, that *almost* made me apply!

Many others have Nobel winning faculty , but IMHO, chicago as a university truly believes in their "challeneg everything" approach! In which other university you will find a professor proving slavery was actually an economically efficient system ( Fogel)! Who would have dared to argue against Keynesians way back in '60s ( Friedman)! Lucas challenged practically all the existing models by his rational expectation theory! In Finance, think about efficient market hypothesis ( I think Fama, pls correct me if I am wrong)! There are many other examples ( Lucas in development, Stigler the doyen himself).

It is not only about winning prizes, Chicagoans, more than any other schools of social sciences, have challenged the existing knowledge every time while doing so.