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CookieMonster: Waitlist (R1) Admit (R2) Matriculating cooldar: Admit malumier: Matriculating ApolloLuna: Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Forcefeed: Admit Withdrawn for HBS CfaMiami: Waitlist Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg (I think) maina_s: Waitlist Aviroop: Waitlist (R1), Denied (R2) Faceman: Denied w/ Interview riverripper: Denied w/ Interview chillonamill: Denied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nick_sun - Matriculating Jann - Matriculating ujjib - Matriculating wallspotter - Matriculating nervousgmat - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg ghgirl - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Audio - Admit Withdrawn for Wharton clarksdv2 - Waitlist sudden - Waitlist bherronp - Waitlist yellowjacket - Waitlist adcxaway - Denied w/ Interview bsd_lover - Denied w/ Interview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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R1- 19 out of 22 applicants received invites. So am not surprised at the strong showing thus far in R2.

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R1- 19 out of 22 applicants received invites. So am not surprised at the strong showing thus far in R2.

Yeah, great success in round 1. Considering Chicago only interview 60% of the applicants, that's a huge success. I am still waiting to know what it is like to get an interview. Getting the first one must feel like a big relief since it indicates that you are competitive.

Willing to donate a liver for an interview,

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Must you bring that up. :evil:

Every time I read that, I realize that my interview probably isn't a big indicator of the strength of my app or my chances at GSB.

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Chicago only interview 60% of the applicants

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Must you bring that up. :evil:

Every time I read that, I realize that my interview probably isn't a big indicator of the strength of my app or my chances at GSB.

bkk145

Chicago only interview 60% of the applicants

Yea, I am a stat freak like that...engineering does that to me

Goodluck on your interview man.

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Seems like a large bulk of the invites have went out given that the dates for on-campus interviews are rapidly approaching. The outlook isn't bright for those without an invite (including me).

i don't believe this is correct. i just scheduled my interview and there were plenty of spots still open (a surprisingly large number, in fact).

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Seems like a large bulk of the invites have went out given that the dates for on-campus interviews are rapidly approaching. The outlook isn't bright for those without an invite (including me).

i don't believe this is correct. i just scheduled my interview and there were plenty of spots still open (a surprisingly large number, in fact).

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Considering Chicago only interview 60% of the applicants.

Source?

% interviewed on admissions411 is 51%, but i bet that number is skewed upward since the more "hardcore" applicants (stronger applicants?) are more likely to visit 411. i suspect the "real" number is lower, perhaps closer to 40-45%, though i could be wrong. 60% for an acceptance rate close to 20% (perhaps even lower this year if apps are up 40%) seems really high.

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I think Rose has gone on record to say that they interview about 50-60% of their applicants. Also- the 51% on 411 is for ALL applicants (including the incomplete R2). In R1, 71% of 411 applicants were interviewed- which is pretty high.

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Considering Chicago only interview 60% of the applicants.

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wow, if true, that is surprising. so say they interview 60%, and accept about 20% (overall). an interview is only a 1/3rd chance of being admitted? does that imply that chicago weights the interview process more heavily than other, similar schools? if not, why would they interview so many people? (for ex. i read earlier today from a super credible internet message board (ha?) that wharton historically has interviewed ~40% and accepted 40-50% of these people).

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Yeah its pretty much implied that Kellogg (which interviews everyone) and Chicago (60%) put a good amount of emphasis on the interivews. So we'll see our numbers drop like flies once the interviews are over

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I disagree with extrapolating percentages year over year. If it was fact that 60% were interviewed last year with approx. 25% admit. I doubt admissions based on the typical yield would increase the number interviews. I believe the number of interviews and admittances are in absolute terms equivalent. This year since the general concensus is application volume is up then most likely the % interview has decreased. The only unknown variable is whether application volume is up due to more individuals applying or more applications per individual. It is most likely predominantly the former. I would guess that everyone going for an interview has roughly a 1 in 2 shot of being accepted.

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Actually, I disagree. Because a lot of Kellogg interviews are alumni, the result varies vastly based on the individual opinions, resulting in difficult assessment from adcom stand point. Unlike MIT, who conducts interview solely by an admission member, I felt that the assessment is more accurate; thus, weighted more.

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1 in 2 sounds really good, but I think the numbers are lower than that. It may be better to look at absolute numbers instead of %. It could be a lower % are interviewed this round due to increased applications, but compared to last year's numbers, roughly the same number of people are interviewed. I think looking at % would just give a messy view of things. Unfortunately though, we don't have the absolute numbers.

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OK, I am not completely useless. Recieved it at 11:30 PM IST (~11:00 AM CST)
adcxaway - Submitted 01/08 Invited to interview! WOOHOOO!
bherronp - Submitted 12/30 Invited to interview
bsd_lover - Submitted 01/06 Invited to interview
nervousgmat - Submitted 12/31 Invited to interview
vchhaochharia - Submitted 12/25 Invited to interview
CerealsMBA - Submitted 01/09 Invited to interview
JDMBA - submitted, Invited to interview
ncprasad - Submitted 01/09, Invited to interview
sudden - submitted 1/8, Invited to interview
tsaditya - Submitted 01/08 Invited to Interview
wallspotter - submitted -01/09, Invited to interview
max125 - Submitted 01/08, Invited to interview
nupurgupt - Submitted 01/09, Invited to interview
clarksdv2 - Invited to interview
nick_sun - Submitted 01/09, Invited to interview
KingKREEP - Submitted 01/09, Invited to interview, Muhahaha! The game continues...
Dosa_don - Submitted 01/09
hsampath - Submitted 01/08
mNeo - Submitted 01/09
pandeyrav - Submitted 01/09
robinantony - Submitted 01/09
trojan812 - Submitted 01/07
bkk145 - Submitted 01/09
helg - Submitted 01/09
gregspirited - Submitted 01/09
Audio - Submitted 01/09
ryguy904 - submitted 01/09
Poochandi - Submitted 01/09
vishalsuri
svrider - Submitted 01/09
saurabh357 - submitted 01/09
swedenr09 - submitted 1/9
ujjib - submitted 1/9
nyrberg - Submitted 01/09
Prodigy- Submitted 01/08

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Yay, kingkreep!
congratulations!!!

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Congrats to everyone with an interview invite so far!

I've been avoiding this thread as it just makes me nervous.

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Just thought I'll add my name to the list,

adcxaway - Submitted 01/08 Invited to interview! WOOHOOO!
bherronp - Submitted 12/30 Invited to interview
bsd_lover - Submitted 01/06 Invited to interview
nervousgmat - Submitted 12/31 Invited to interview
vchhaochharia - Submitted 12/25 Invited to interview
CerealsMBA - Submitted 01/09 Invited to interview
JDMBA - submitted, Invited to interview
ncprasad - Submitted 01/09, Invited to interview
sudden - submitted 1/8, Invited to interview
tsaditya - Submitted 01/08 Invited to Interview
wallspotter - submitted -01/09, Invited to interview
max125 - Submitted 01/08, Invited to interview
nupurgupt - Submitted 01/09, Invited to interview
clarksdv2 - Invited to interview
nick_sun - Submitted 01/09, Invited to interview
KingKREEP - Submitted 01/09, Invited to interview, Muhahaha! The game continues...
KK Iyer - Submitted 01/05, Invited to Interview (01/30)
Dosa_don - Submitted 01/09
hsampath - Submitted 01/08
mNeo - Submitted 01/09
pandeyrav - Submitted 01/09
robinantony - Submitted 01/09
trojan812 - Submitted 01/07
bkk145 - Submitted 01/09
helg - Submitted 01/09
gregspirited - Submitted 01/09
Audio - Submitted 01/09
ryguy904 - submitted 01/09
Poochandi - Submitted 01/09
vishalsuri
svrider - Submitted 01/09
saurabh357 - submitted 01/09
swedenr09 - submitted 1/9
ujjib - submitted 1/9
nyrberg - Submitted 01/09
Prodigy- Submitted 01/08

Here's my profile. Thought, it might be pertinent to share it for the benefit of others especially, "IT" applicants.
27/Male/Indian/Engineer/IT/2 Yrs(India)+4 Yrs (USA) at matriculation

I know, the four dreaded words are all there! Guess the essays/Presentation helped my cause!

I've scheduled an on-campus interview for Saturday the 16th of Feb at noon. Hope to meet some of ya folks then.
Needless to say, I made the "on-campus" decision after a LOT of contemplation, discussing with Avi about his experience et al.

I have to now get equipped; winter clothes, LA to Chi tickets and of course interview prep.

Any and all tips for the on campus interview are welcome!

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i'd like to trade my liver for an interview offer as well... the wait is painful... what are the chances they'll interview 100% of R2 applicants? :oops: