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CookieMonster: Waitlist (R1) Admit (R2) Matriculating cooldar: Admit malumier: Matriculating ApolloLuna: Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Forcefeed: Admit Withdrawn for HBS CfaMiami: Waitlist Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg (I think) maina_s: Waitlist Aviroop: Waitlist (R1), Denied (R2) Faceman: Denied w/ Interview riverripper: Denied w/ Interview chillonamill: Denied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nick_sun - Matriculating Jann - Matriculating ujjib - Matriculating wallspotter - Matriculating nervousgmat - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg ghgirl - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Audio - Admit Withdrawn for Wharton clarksdv2 - Waitlist sudden - Waitlist bherronp - Waitlist yellowjacket - Waitlist adcxaway - Denied w/ Interview bsd_lover - Denied w/ Interview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

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used powerpoint in the end (save as jpg), gimp was a bit too complicated for me to figure out last night.

Will reveal my new avatar sometime soon...

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Was today the deadline for R1 acceptance deposits ?

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Yes, deposits are due today for R1 admits.

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19 Mar 2008, 11:45

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I have a few friends on the R1 waitlist that hope to hear today.

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19 Mar 2008, 11:57

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Any R1 WL gmat clubbers gotten the phone call yet?

I'm ready! Good luck.

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Goodluck to all you R1 WLers. It's past 4PM EST, so hope your call is in the queue. I hope a huge % of WL gets in...am thinking that would reveal that the number and quality of R2 apps were both overhyped...I don't fancy my chances if R2 was as competitive as R1...

R1 Waitlisted:
CookieMonster
CfaMiami
Aviroop
maina_s

R2 Interviewed:
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)
helg - Submitted 01/09, Invited to interview (02/13)
Poochandi - Submitted 01/09
grap - Submitted 01/09, Invited to interview (02/15)
svrider - Submitted 01/09, Invited to interview
Jann - Submitted 01/09, Invited to interview (01/31)
trojan812 - Submitted 01/07, Invited to interview (2/18)
ujjib - submitted 01/09, invited to interview (2/13), interviewed 2/21

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19 Mar 2008, 13:27

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a WL user on the businessweek forum just reported an accept call

https://forums.businessweek.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=51&nav=messages&webtag=bw-bschools&tid=74750

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19 Mar 2008, 13:39

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I just got my call.
Im in!!
The wait was stressful but well worth it !
Ill be matriculating for sure.

goodluck to the other R1 WLs and R2 folks...

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19 Mar 2008, 13:40

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CONGRATS!!!!

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Congrats Cookie!!! Time to change to a new avatar :lol:

Any interesting details on the call?

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19 Mar 2008, 13:48

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Congrats, Cookie!

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for everyone still on the WL, but especially for Avi. He's done a lot of work to get off the WL and I hope it pays off for him!

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Well done cookie !!!

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Awesome news Cookie ! One more added to the midwest gang!
Congratulations.. :woohoo

Decision time can be so painfully long...
Wonder when the R2 calls will start going out....I say Monday, the 24th....

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Yeah Cookie, welcome on board!

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19 Mar 2008, 14:00

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congrats cookie!

Man, this wait is getting on my nerves. This week is already too long...

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Congrats Cookie!!! Time to change to a new avatar :lol:

Any interesting details on the call?

yeah, for sure.

The discussion was mostly about upcoming admit events.
Im sorry, but I dont have any juicy statistics or details to share.

good luck to you! :-D

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Cookie. congratulations !!! an admit after a painfully long wait must taste extraordinarily sweet.

Really NC ? I thought you were quite sold on ROSS. One would think that an admit in hand would make things less stressful. I am sure you will get in.

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congrats cookie!

Man, this wait is getting on my nerves. This week is already too long...

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pandey, I am sold on Ross. That hasn't changed.

Ross is the front runner for now, but Chicago vs Ross vs UCLA will not be an easy decision(assuming I am lucky enough to get in at GSB and UCLA).

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Really NC ? I thought you were quite sold on ROSS.

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CookieMonster

I just got my call.
Im in!!
The wait was stressful but well worth it !
Ill be matriculating for sure.

goodluck to the other R1 WLs and R2 folks...

YOU ROCK!!! :punk

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damn, there is a flood of admits on BW. dont know how this affects prospects of us R2 folks. I do wish however that they came out with the R2 decisions tomorrow though.