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CookieMonster: Waitlist (R1) Admit (R2) Matriculating cooldar: Admit malumier: Matriculating ApolloLuna: Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Forcefeed: Admit Withdrawn for HBS CfaMiami: Waitlist Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg (I think) maina_s: Waitlist Aviroop: Waitlist (R1), Denied (R2) Faceman: Denied w/ Interview riverripper: Denied w/ Interview chillonamill: Denied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nick_sun - Matriculating Jann - Matriculating ujjib - Matriculating wallspotter - Matriculating nervousgmat - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg ghgirl - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Audio - Admit Withdrawn for Wharton clarksdv2 - Waitlist sudden - Waitlist bherronp - Waitlist yellowjacket - Waitlist adcxaway - Denied w/ Interview bsd_lover - Denied w/ Interview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

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19 Mar 2008, 14:15

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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...

Yaaaaaaay go cookiemonster!

:-D

Irishfan

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19 Mar 2008, 14:25

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Awesome. Congratulations! I may stop by Admit Weekend #2, schedule-willing...maybe we should do another GMAT Club mini-meet up?

rhyme

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19 Mar 2008, 14:32

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Irishfan

Awesome. Congratulations! I may stop by Admit Weekend #2, schedule-willing...maybe we should do another GMAT Club mini-meet up?

im in.

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19 Mar 2008, 14:42

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Irishfan

Awesome. Congratulations! I may stop by Admit Weekend #2, schedule-willing...maybe we should do another GMAT Club mini-meet up?

im in.

Oh...you are?

Never mind, then.

:lol:

Just kidding, rhyme! Still waiting for the emails from the Management/Strategy group!

poochandi

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19 Mar 2008, 18:03

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cookie, congrats...great news.

KingKREEP

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19 Mar 2008, 19:56

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Congrats cookie! Oh well, one place less for the rest of us R-2 ers :cry:

helg

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19 Mar 2008, 22:46

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Congrats, Cookie! From my own experience I know how hurtful the waitlist waiting (sic!) was. Great job!!! :cool

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19 Mar 2008, 23:44

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great job cookie!!! Very happy for you!!!

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20 Mar 2008, 00:08

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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...

Congrats CookieMonster!

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20 Mar 2008, 03:20

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6 more days to D Day and with 0 admits so far, I really need Richard Gere aka Rose Martinelli to bail me out and do a Chicago.

Drom :musband

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)

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20 Mar 2008, 04:45

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Wow I never really noticed how huge R2 was here at gmatclub - thats a lot of interview invites.

Compare it to last year:

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sudden

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20 Mar 2008, 06:06

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congrats, cookie! that must be a weight off your shoulders...

man, there sure are a lot of R2 GMATClubbers who got interviews. it looks like GMATClub is going to clean up on chicago admissions this year. good luck everyone -- less than a week to go now. i may pull my hair out before then...

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20 Mar 2008, 06:42

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rhyme

Wow I never really noticed how huge R2 was here at gmatclub - thats a lot of interview invites.

Compare it to last year:

103-t40002?hilit=+Chicago+GSB

Rhyme, I think you must be proud with the great job promoting the Chicago GSB among the GMAT Clubbers this year.

rhyme

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20 Mar 2008, 07:14

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rhyme

Wow I never really noticed how huge R2 was here at gmatclub - thats a lot of interview invites.

Compare it to last year:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/103-t40002?hilit=+Chicago+GSB

Rhyme, I think you must be proud with the great job promoting the Chicago GSB among the GMAT Clubbers this year.

I seriously doubt anyone actually applied because of me... if anything, I'm a reason not to apply

I'm sad that I wont be around for the round 2 decision dates.... I might bring my laptop on the trip and since I'm staying in some ridiculously overpriced fancy pants place, I'll no doubt have wireless. I won't be able to (or want to considering I'll be at the beach) stay for the days worth of excitement, but I'll try and pop by. I know its during my vaca, but I forget the specifics -- what date is the decision day again? 26th?

kwam

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20 Mar 2008, 07:25

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Yes it's next wed.

Buy your iPhone you cheap man, you won't regreat and your wife will enjoy flipping the pages up and down :lol:

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20 Mar 2008, 07:51

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If GSB shows the club enough love...it's gonna be one helluva party out there.
Amen!

rhyme

Wow I never really noticed how huge R2 was here at gmatclub - thats a lot of interview invites.

Compare it to last year:

103-t40002?hilit=+Chicago+GSB

aviroop

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20 Mar 2008, 08:47

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denied from gsb...
saga finally over..

now time to see where other things pan out...

i will have to build on my work ex..and community service before rejoining the mba band wagon..

till then..adieu friends.. i will be lurking on the forum.. but not much to contribute...

best wishes to everyone and all the luck to potential gsb students

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20 Mar 2008, 08:50

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I'm really, really sorry for you...

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20 Mar 2008, 08:54

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Irishfan

Awesome. Congratulations! I may stop by Admit Weekend #2, schedule-willing...maybe we should do another GMAT Club mini-meet up?

I might actually come up either that weekend or the next one to try and lock down an apartment depending on when the broker I'm dealing with says places are starting to come on the market for a mid-July move in.. maybe we'll see each other then