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CookieMonster: Waitlist (R1) Admit (R2) Matriculating cooldar: Admit malumier: Matriculating ApolloLuna: Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Forcefeed: Admit Withdrawn for HBS CfaMiami: Waitlist Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg (I think) maina_s: Waitlist Aviroop: Waitlist (R1), Denied (R2) Faceman: Denied w/ Interview riverripper: Denied w/ Interview chillonamill: Denied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nick_sun - Matriculating Jann - Matriculating ujjib - Matriculating wallspotter - Matriculating nervousgmat - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg ghgirl - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Audio - Admit Withdrawn for Wharton clarksdv2 - Waitlist sudden - Waitlist bherronp - Waitlist yellowjacket - Waitlist adcxaway - Denied w/ Interview bsd_lover - Denied w/ Interview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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Congrats on the invites nupur and mneo! And nupur thats great with the HBS invite too...good luck with the interviews!

Yeah, I think Im starting to give up about an invite now. My app went complete on 15th.

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

Why bother? Just ask.

Heck, what are you doing tonight? I might go to Charlie's.... grab a beer... my 8 HOURS of interviews, 5 cases and 1 presentation to a group make me want one. Plus, I'm on edge cause I hear back sometime in the next 3 days.

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

Damn! lol you definitely need a beer
Where's Charlie's? If it's not too far off from my place, I'm game for that!

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https://clearadmit.shop.studylink.com/
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Damn! lol you definitely need a beer
Where's Charlie's? If it's not too far off from my place, I'm game for that!

sending you a pm with my phone. call me.

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Those interviewing on the 16th...

Are you guys sending in your transcripts ahead of time or are planning to hand it over to the adcom in person on the 16th?
Just curious...

Chicago GSB - 16th Feb interview slot roll call
mNeo - ??
kk.iyer - 12.00 PM
nupurgupt - 1:30 pm
ncprasad - ??

Rhyme will you be around ????

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I already sent my official transcript way back in December.
I just had it sent it to all the schools so that I would not have to worry about it later.

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sorry for the long delay....

I just spent the last 3 days walking across Tijuana... crossing the border on foot from San Ysidro to Tijuana and back is definitely on one of the top 100 things to do before I die.. so I did it.... its a unique experience...

Tijuana is a very interesting city... I would strongly recommend people to visit the city.. contrary to what images you have heard.. its opposite.. atleast in the part called the centro...

the US consulate (I went to get my H1 B visa) sadly is a joke... its a bureacratic nightmare.. the visa issual is very easy.. but things run sooo slow..i would definitely recommend international applicants to get their H1 B visas stamped there.. the whole interview process took me less than 2 minutes... if someone wants to PM me.. I will gladly give a complete write up of what to do...but make sure u havw a plenty of time..

I am off to Mexico city tonight and then continuing on my journey to Yucatan and.. then if I have some dough..to Guatemala and Honduras..

Best of luck to all the applicants and I am sure that you will do fine in the on/off campus interviews..

do not think of the interview as a make or break deal.. as per rhyme's words its another part of data collection..

pack warm clothes.. chicago is colder than hell (NC and KK. that applies for u Cali folks).

DO NOT BASE MY EXPERIENCE as the baseline for interviews.. there is a strong possibility that u may get the same interviewer since he is still working on the admissions committee.. (I found that out).....

to the rest of the folks who havent heard from GSb.. dont lose hope.. there is no CORRELATION between submitting app date and getting called in order...

I submitted my app of the deadline -1 day and got called on the first day of R1 interview invites..

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new to the gmatclub - invited to chicago interview yesterday :lol:

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
Pokerface - 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
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spideyeclipse27 Submitted 01/01
grap - Submitted 01/09

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pandeyrav, pokerface - Congratulations!

nupurgupt - HBS invite?!? wow! Way to go!

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thanx kingkreep

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I cant promise for super sure that I'll be on campus that day - but I will try.

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I'm in for the 2008 Weekend Ppogram. They sent me the admit exactly 2 weeks after I applied online.

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congrats!!!!!!!!!
awesome

i didn't know they let ppl in so soon and without interviewing

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congrats!!!!!!!!!
awesome

i didn't know they let ppl in so soon and without interviewing

Thanks dude.
I interviewed a couple of months ago on campus.

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Thanks dude.
I interviewed a couple of months ago on campus.

Is that where you're headed?
Joining forces with rhyme, kwam, and others?

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Thanks dude.
I interviewed a couple of months ago on campus.

Is that where you're headed?
Joining forces with rhyme, kwam, and others?

Don't confuse the part timers with the full timers

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LOL. I'm in the weekend program.
I gotta work for a living too, not to mention that I'm on a f********* visa.
In fact, just because of the visa, I'm re-thinking even doing another degree from the US. I'm fed up of the process.
That's why I haven't accepted yet.

Chicago is a great school and I really like the people, the atmosphere, the program. Kellogg came across as snooty b******* but Chicago treated me like royalty. They treat everyone very well, that's why I like the school.

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Hey all,

I know this is normally a full-time thread, however I have my evening program interview tomorrow evening for the GSB, any last words of advice?

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I guess all the interview suggestions on this thread will apply to PT interviews too. You may also want to prepare answer to "Why PT MBA is right for you".

Additionally, there is a part-time MBA section here - 102 (I don't know why Praet kept it under "B-School Reviews"). There's a Chicago GSB PT program specific thread here - 102-t57288 . Hope this helps.

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Hey all,

I know this is normally a full-time thread, however I have my evening program interview tomorrow evening for the GSB, any last words of advice?

Drink lots of alcohol tonight. That's exactly what I did. No jokes.