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CookieMonster: Waitlist (R1) Admit (R2) Matriculating cooldar: Admit malumier: Matriculating ApolloLuna: Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Forcefeed: Admit Withdrawn for HBS CfaMiami: Waitlist Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg (I think) maina_s: Waitlist Aviroop: Waitlist (R1), Denied (R2) Faceman: Denied w/ Interview riverripper: Denied w/ Interview chillonamill: Denied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nick_sun - Matriculating Jann - Matriculating ujjib - Matriculating wallspotter - Matriculating nervousgmat - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg ghgirl - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Audio - Admit Withdrawn for Wharton clarksdv2 - Waitlist sudden - Waitlist bherronp - Waitlist yellowjacket - Waitlist adcxaway - Denied w/ Interview bsd_lover - Denied w/ Interview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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helg

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Helg, send it anyway. If you send tomorrow, it will be in Chicago by Feb 1st. As you have the time zone issue there's no need to wait man, otherwise if you call them, and they say: as you are a re-applicant we need an official transcript, you may be screwed.

I'd send it tomorrow first thing in the morning, if I were you.

Good Luck.

Right, kwam, I will do just that! Thanks.

helg, i would send the email (with scanned transcript) also to be on the safe side.

Thanks.

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as some of you might know, aviroop is in chi-town for sometime
i was planning on meeting him at Seattle's Best in the evening tomorrow (870 N. Michigan I think, at the Borders)
Anyone else interested in joining, just PM me

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According to https://www.chicagogsb.edu/fulltime/admi ... ripts.aspx,

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You must submit a transcript from every university, college or graduate institution you have attended. School transcripts may be self-reported via the online application.

If invited to interview, you will be required to submit official, sealed transcripts from all universities, colleges and/or graduate institutions attended. We will not make a final decision on your application without official transcripts.
When requesting transcripts from your undergraduate and/or graduate institutions, use the transcript request form (PDF) included in the online application and follow the instructions provided.

My status says "Complete" and 1st February is not mentioned. Shall I run to the mail office to send out my transcripts? :?:

I guess, they talk about "final decision" on admission - not on invitation for an interview. Right?

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You will be asked to either submit official academic records or provide a self-reported transcript for all schools attended. If you submit self-reported records, you will be asked to provide the official documents if invited to interview. We will not make a final decision on your application without official transcripts.

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Upon invitation to interview, applicants who received a degree from a university outside of the United States must submit a certified copy of the diploma or certificate, an official transcript in its original language, and a certified English translation of these documents showing the name and title of the translator.

Do I need to separately translate (1) diploma (hardcover) and (2) transcripts (soft paper) into English? What is a certified English translation? Can I be a translator of my own transcripts, taking into account the fact that my university degree suggests a good command of English? I am even eligible to be a translator/interpreter in the United Nations. No, seriously. :shock:

What do you think, guys, about this endless transcript saga? :roll:

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In Brazil at least we do have "official translators", they are the ones who are accepted in theses cases, and they are authorized by both governments to translate things. I'm not sure how things run in Russia. Call GSB ad office and ask them whether you need to send the transcript, and if they have any translator to indicate in Russia.

You should see that, because all other schools are going to need your transcripts translated by those translators, so...

I know I'm not helping too much, but that's it, and Oh I forgot to add hat up to the whole MBA Cha Ching thread... doing that later, when I find the receipt...

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In addition to what kwam said, nick in India we get official documents notarized i.e. a government seal is applied to prove the document's validity. I'm fairly certain that such transcripts are acceptable by the universities. Not sure if that is an option for you.

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Thank you, guys. I've got your idea. Notarization seems to be the only option here for "certified translation". With the fixed rates the notaries here charge about 200 $ just for stamping 8 pages of already translated documents which will definitely increase my cha-ching

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2 more days....

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i am confused here...

- my chicago status says complete, but only the unofficial transcript has been received (this is what the instructions asked for).
- i have not received an email about the official transcript.
- my unofficial transcript was created by my university in an english speaking country (it sounds like the problem the other person had may have been due to the translation / international aspect of the transcript).

am i on the right track here? did everyone else submit an official transcript? what is going on?!?!

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IMHO, its okay! they will ask for official transcript only at the time of interview

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I submitted a scanned version of my official transcript just because I had it available. I have not sent a paper copy and neither have I been asked for one.

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Don't worry. As long as they didn't tell you something is wrong, everything is right :-D

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Interview invites coming out anytime soon?

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They start out on the 30th apparently

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Interview invites coming out anytime soon?

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Don't worry about it! If your app says 'Complete', ad-com has everything it needs to asses you. Maybe in helg's case, his self reported transcripts had some 'confusing' information. I know that if I self-reported my transcripts, ad-com would probably be confused as hell. Some courses are marked out of 100, others 125 and still others 200! So yeah, figuring out how I did would be pretty darn hard! That's the reason I always submit scanned copies of my official transcripts (which include an explanation of the grading system). Bottom line: if your app says 'Complete', it is. Get some sleep 'cause after the 30th, all hell's going to break loose

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spoke to some students who are in ad-com.... please tell me this is not any GMAT CLUBBER who wrote this.

For the #2 shoes essay, one applicant wrote that he does not want to be in any one's shoes even for one day, because he is perfect and very sure of himself. He wants to be himself for one day and maintain his aura of perfection..!!!!!!!!

Damn... I have one comment for this guy.. moron

and... inviteess!!!!!!! word of caution.. check your resume ....one student who got invited for R1 interview submitted a resume that said Objective: To get admitted to Wharton.

Such university name bloopers will NOT get you dinged, this is from the horse's mouth, but will definitely make a poor impression..

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lol...funny stories. btw- are we supposed to have an 'objective' for our resumes? Isnt it kind of redundant if you are using the resume for a b-school app?

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i did not have any objective...

but i think that some applicants formatted the resume as a job resume... and so put an objective in there...

my 2 cents.. no need of an objective..

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thats funny. I hope GSB sent a big fat ding his way.

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thanks all for the responses to my question. eagerly waiting for the 30th... competition is going to be steep if GMATclub is a representative sample. good luck all.

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For the #2 shoes essay, one applicant wrote that he does not want to be in any one's shoes even for one day, because he is perfect and very sure of himself. He wants to be himself for one day and maintain his aura of perfection..!!!!!!!!

Yeah .. I've read that essay. That's kryzak's essay.

I kid .. I kid.