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CookieMonster: Waitlist (R1) Admit (R2) Matriculating cooldar: Admit malumier: Matriculating ApolloLuna: Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Forcefeed: Admit Withdrawn for HBS CfaMiami: Waitlist Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg (I think) maina_s: Waitlist Aviroop: Waitlist (R1), Denied (R2) Faceman: Denied w/ Interview riverripper: Denied w/ Interview chillonamill: Denied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nick_sun - Matriculating Jann - Matriculating ujjib - Matriculating wallspotter - Matriculating nervousgmat - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg ghgirl - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Audio - Admit Withdrawn for Wharton clarksdv2 - Waitlist sudden - Waitlist bherronp - Waitlist yellowjacket - Waitlist adcxaway - Denied w/ Interview bsd_lover - Denied w/ Interview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

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R2:- Applied - 39, Interview calls - 20 (so far), Admit - 0(so far)

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
mNeo - Submitted 01/09, 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)
swedenr09 - submitted 1/9, Invited to Interview
pandeyrav - Submitted 01/09, Invited to interview 02/08

Dosa_don - Submitted 01/09
hsampath - Submitted 01/08

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
ujjib - submitted 1/9
nyrberg - Submitted 01/09
Prodigy- Submitted 01/08
prettypleaseGSB
spideyeclipse27 Submitted 01/01
grap - Submitted 01/09

I just received my first invite of the season ! (well not truly first. K interviews everyone. I am not too keen to count ISB's invite

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uphillclimb

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08 Feb 2008, 12:11

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Congratulations Pandeyrav! Will you interview on campus or with an alum?

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congrats dude! knew you'd get it

pandeyrav

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Chicago GSB - 16th Feb interview slot roll call
mNeo
kk.iyer - 12.00 PM
nupurgupt - 1:30 pm
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Question: I got invited to HBS for interview today. There's no slot for on-campus interview before March 4th and I am currently in Chicago and would be leaving the US to go back to India on Feb 28th. Do you think it's appropriate to call AdCom and ask them if it's possible to schedule something for before that?

(I'm really keen on visiting and attending a class and all that good stuff as I wasn't able to do that at all)

ncp

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08 Feb 2008, 12:19

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First off, congrats on the HBS invite. Secondly, I think it is appropriate to call HBS as long as you are so very gentle and polite.

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nupurgupt

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!
I'd say absolutely; Make your case to the adcom. Nothing ventured....nothing gained!
Just think well about whether you want to tell them about your visit to/interview with the GSB, before you call them.

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pandeyrav

I just received my first invite of the season ! (well not truly first. K interviews everyone. I am not too keen to count ISB's invite

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CONGRATS!!

My app went complete on the 17th. Starting to get a little worried, especially because I think this may have been my stongest app.

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08 Feb 2008, 12:33

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Congrats on the interview invite!

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pandeyrav - Submitted 01/09, Invited to interview 02/08

toDoorNot

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nupurgupt

Congratulations..you should present your case. And even if you dont get an interview slot per se, do travel and visit the school. It wouldnt hurt

nupurgupt

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thanks for the advice guys....i called them
they're not able to do on campus interview before march 4th
However, they are visiting chicago a day before i leave and i was able to get the last slot for that day!
phew

don't know what i'd do without all you guys!

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thanks everyone ! I am undecided about whether to interview on campus or with an alumni. The GSB alumni in Atlanta works with Bain and given my short term goals of going into consulting, interviewing with him / her looks good too. If i decide to interview on campus, i will probably do it on the 23rd. Best of luck to all ! to all who are waiting for the invite: hold on. This afternoon after several weeks of checking the sites and refreshing my Gmail, i gave up and started working (yeah havent worked at all in past couple weeks). And after 15 mins or so, i saw the invite. Its darkest before the dawn

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congrats pandeyrav..and goodluck for the interview..

I see that your app went complete pretty late, on Jan 26th..like mine. So my theory for no interview invite yet doesn't hold anymore. I wasn't an email addict yet, but I have already checked it 10 times in the last half hour :roll:

No news from W, K or CBS either..it would suck to interview with all of them in a short period of time..(assuming i get the interviews

nupur, Harvard invite..wow!! congratulations.

ujjib

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Thanks ujjb. Hang in there buddy. I am sure your hard work will pay off!

https://clearadmit.shop.studylink.com/
Does anyone recommend the clear admit school guides for interviews?

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Congrats pandey and nupur...!!!

looks like GSB is a no go for me..oh well thought I had a good app (especially my PPT) there.

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Congrats pandey and nupur...!!!

looks like GSB is a no go for me..oh well thought I had a good app (especially my PPT) there.

Thanks Dosa. You will get yours for sure. Just hold on !

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pandeyrav - Congrats & best of luck! I hope your saying rings true for the rest of us.

nupurgupt - You're cracking R2 big time! Did you apply to any schools in R1? Best Wishes.

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08 Feb 2008, 14:29

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Does Chicago review applications in the order they were received, or specifically, turned "complete"?

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Congrats all. Chicago seems to love the Clubbers...

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nupurgupt - You're cracking R2 big time! Did you apply to any schools in R1? Best Wishes.

sv thanks for your kind words.
I did not apply to any schools in R1! Traveling and crazy work schedule made it almost impossible for me. Plus, I was done with all my visits, info sessions etc. only by November.