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CookieMonster: Waitlist (R1) Admit (R2) Matriculating cooldar: Admit malumier: Matriculating ApolloLuna: Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Forcefeed: Admit Withdrawn for HBS CfaMiami: Waitlist Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg (I think) maina_s: Waitlist Aviroop: Waitlist (R1), Denied (R2) Faceman: Denied w/ Interview riverripper: Denied w/ Interview chillonamill: Denied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nick_sun - Matriculating Jann - Matriculating ujjib - Matriculating wallspotter - Matriculating nervousgmat - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg ghgirl - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Audio - Admit Withdrawn for Wharton clarksdv2 - Waitlist sudden - Waitlist bherronp - Waitlist yellowjacket - Waitlist adcxaway - Denied w/ Interview bsd_lover - Denied w/ Interview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

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Interview for me as well :-D

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30 Jan 2008, 10:42

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Interview for me as well :-D

Good job, bherronp! Will it be an off-campus or an on-campus interview for you?

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Rhyme any rumors on application volume for R2? Up...Down...steady?

If you believe the figures I heard for R1 from the adcom, its way way up.

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30 Jan 2008, 11:18

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riverripper

Rhyme any rumors on application volume for R2? Up...Down...steady?

If you believe the figures I heard for R1 from the adcom, its way way up.

is chicago ever going to release numbers? i wonder what their strategy behind not releasing numbers is.

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With invites flying around, I am losing my focus at work, not good.
And I know this is only going to get worse...
No invite for me (yet?), but still a lot of time to go.

Congrats to those who got the invites!

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30 Jan 2008, 11:50

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Congrats to all those who got invites.

I am waiting for one with open arms.. :-D

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30 Jan 2008, 11:52

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I am right there with you Max and Bkk. Waiting and hoping there are more invites to come. However, Congrats to all you that got invites today. Great to see Gmatclubbers doing so well.

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sigh ...... none for me yet.

although to be fair, my app turned complete only on 26th jan. I assume i should not expect anything at least until 6th feb, after which i can despair all i want.

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bherronp

Interview for me as well :-D

Good job, bherronp! Will it be an off-campus or an on-campus interview for you?

I am not sure yet. I am kind of leaning towards on campus (my wife would like to take a couple days off and just visit Chicago anyway), but I am wary of the potential of a hardcore student interview.

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30 Jan 2008, 11:59

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pandeyrav

sigh ...... none for me yet.

although to be fair, my app turned complete only on 26th jan. I assume i should not expect anything at least until 6th feb, after which i can despair all i want.

dont worry about not getting an invite early. there really is no correlation between invite time and admittance. i didnt get an invite till the last few days and i was admitted.

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dont worry about not getting an invite early. there really is no correlation between invite time and admittance. i didnt get an invite till the last few days and i was admitted.

that's definitely reassuring

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30 Jan 2008, 12:25

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Ahh...the wait begins, both at Chicago and Darden. Going by my Ross experience, it's going to be a tough few weeks ahead.

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dabots

dont worry about not getting an invite early. there really is no correlation between invite time and admittance. i didnt get an invite till the last few days and i was admitted.

So dabots, where are you planning to go (For now)? You are in GSB and Ross?

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30 Jan 2008, 12:48

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dabots

dont worry about not getting an invite early. there really is no correlation between invite time and admittance. i didnt get an invite till the last few days and i was admitted.

So dabots, where are you planning to go (For now)? You are in GSB and Ross?

im going to gsb. i didnt apply to ross. i do have 2 WLs though at Wharton and MIT Sloan.

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30 Jan 2008, 13:26

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svrider

Ahh...the wait begins, both at Chicago and Darden. Going by my Ross experience, it's going to be a tough few weeks ahead.

cant agree more..considering I have to wait for ross too and I did not get an invite from Darden Yet!

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30 Jan 2008, 13:31

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dkallaku- guess your tamilian?

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svrider

Ahh...the wait begins, both at Chicago and Darden. Going by my Ross experience, it's going to be a tough few weeks ahead.

cant agree more..considering I have to wait for ross too and I did not get an invite from Darden Yet!

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GMAT clubbers - lets clean out Chicago .... 7/34 on day 1 to interviews - my god. Although keep in mind the early interviews seem to have a higher chance of getting wait listed ?

ncprasad - Submitted 01/09
adcxaway - Submitted 01/08 Invited to interview! WOOHOOO!
bherronp - Submitted 12/30 Invited to interview
bsd_lover - Submitted 01/06 Invited to interview
Dosa_don - Submitted 01/09
hsampath - Submitted 01/08
max125 - Submitted 01/08
mNeo - Submitted 01/09
nervousgmat - Submitted 12/31 Invited to interview
pandeyrav - Submitted 01/09
robinantony - Submitted 01/09
trojan812 - Submitted 01/07
tsaditya - Submitted 01/08
vchhaochharia - Submitted 12/25 Invited to interview
bkk145 - Submitted 01/09
KingKREEP - Submitted 01/09
helg - Submitted 01/09
CerealsMBA - Submitted 01/09 Invited to interview
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
sudden - submitted 1/8
swedenr09 - submitted 1/9
ujjib - submitted 1/9
nyrberg - Submitted 01/09
Prodigy- Submitted 01/08
nupurgupt - Submitted 01/09
JDMBA - submitted, Invited to interview

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bherronp

Interview for me as well :-D

Good job, bherronp! Will it be an off-campus or an on-campus interview for you?

I am not sure yet. I am kind of leaning towards on campus (my wife would like to take a couple days off and just visit Chicago anyway), but I am wary of the potential of a hardcore student interview.

Its not supposed to be that way. People are trained not to interview in that manner... I've talked to admissions about the fact that people have had that experience (aviroop's the only one this year though I think) and they've told me that it shouldn't happen. They do check up on these things and do really care about everyone having a positive interview experience. In other words, yes, aviroop's interview may have been tough (though I suspect he thinks it went worse than it probably did), but you shouldn't let that stop you from visiting - nor should it make you worry so! Plus, if you haven't visited, its really quite valuable to come see the school. Similarly, if you get waitlisted, its pretty hard to write a convincing love letter about how badly you want to come to the GSB if you haven't ever even set foot on campus. Also, for super bonus points, I'll let you buy me a coffee. Thats like having a +20 armor cast of intimidating shout joined with a regeneration mana call through a Frank Lloyd Wright Adcom Admit E-potion! Or something.

In other words, get-cho-self out here and come hang out.

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I've been to the GSB. I've even met you, Rhyme. Though I haven't bought you coffee, and that sounds like it is an important step!

Sadly, "20 armor cast of intimidating shout joined with a regeneration mana call" mostly made sense to me.

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Hey bsd, why do you say that early interview invites have more of a chance of leading to a waitlist? Are there numbers to back this up or is this just from experience? I have a tough time believing adcoms when they say order of interviews don't matter. Intuition would certainly suggest that early interviewers must have stood out to get noticed so early on in the review process. Standing out in this case is obviously a positive sign. Please correct me if I am wrong.

7/34 is amazing on day 1