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CookieMonster: Waitlist (R1) Admit (R2) Matriculating cooldar: Admit malumier: Matriculating ApolloLuna: Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Forcefeed: Admit Withdrawn for HBS CfaMiami: Waitlist Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg (I think) maina_s: Waitlist Aviroop: Waitlist (R1), Denied (R2) Faceman: Denied w/ Interview riverripper: Denied w/ Interview chillonamill: Denied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nick_sun - Matriculating Jann - Matriculating ujjib - Matriculating wallspotter - Matriculating nervousgmat - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg ghgirl - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Audio - Admit Withdrawn for Wharton clarksdv2 - Waitlist sudden - Waitlist bherronp - Waitlist yellowjacket - Waitlist adcxaway - Denied w/ Interview bsd_lover - Denied w/ Interview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

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Guys,
Opened my gmail and what do I have ....................????
An Invite from Chicago GSB...........Boooyaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!
Time to unwind for a while and start hitting the floors for the Interview...Received my invite at the fag end of the day today....wake up guys...I feel that its going to pour next week.

Congratulations, and best of luck for your interview.

Do tell us how it went.

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vij101

Congratulations, and best of luck for your interview.

Do tell us how it went.

I am planning to interview in the week of 11/26....just procrastinating to see the trend of questions this year. However, it all depends on the response from my interviewer....

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05 Nov 2007, 09:08

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Come on!

Does anyone know how to make a continuous refresh? I'm getting tired :lol:

Anxiety is worse in this phase than I was expecting, seriously...

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do they send invites out during the course of the day? or just once during the day?

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do they send invites out during the course of the day? or just once during the day?

It would have been nice if schools released interview invitations at a specific time in the day, say 9 a.m.

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do they send invites out during the course of the day? or just once during the day?

Seems like over the course of the day because people say they get them at all sorts of different times. It would be nice if it was 11:30 am est or something like that.

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Weird thing just happened. I have not received an e-mail from Chicago GSB about an invite to interview, but I logged in because I was bored and avoiding work. My status says "Invite to Interview." I went back, still no e-mail, and when I click on "Interviews" on the Chicago website, it says that none are available.

I'll assume this is good news, but kind of strange...

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i just got an email from Rose Martinelli... thanking me for attending the Wash DC reception.. :evil:

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HAHAHA, i just got the same thing. My heard skipped a beat when I saw the GSB in the subject line - but then I read the rest of it. DOH!!!!

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05 Nov 2007, 11:48

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Check your profile online to make sure that you have the correct email address. Who knows? They may have sent you an invite already.

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i just got an email from Rose Martinelli... thanking me for attending the Wash DC reception.. :evil:

Newsletters, and this stuff, they really want to test if we're tough.

It's going to be a very long week,, refreshing and refreshing, over and over

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Call the school. Tell them the above and mention that you are looking to schedule an interview as a result but are unsure how to do so.

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ncprasad - checked the e-mail address and it is correct. Good thought though.

rhyme - I'll give them a call. The "date of status change" is 11/5, so at least it's not been sitting in this status since last week or anything.

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05 Nov 2007, 12:11

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now i have to check the status page constantly because my it may not go to my email

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05 Nov 2007, 12:38

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Called the GSB. I left a message for the processing people who haven't called back yet, but now when I log in I can see interview dates and can sign up, so presumably they "fixed the glitch." Still no e-mail, but obviously that doesn't matter anymore!

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congrats on the interview invite. Here I am mourning my lack of interview invites, and you come and report two invites in the same day.

:evil:

BTW, Great job! and all the best!

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congrats on the interview invite. Here I am mourning my lack of interview invites, and you come and report two invites in the same day.
:evil:

BTW, Great job! and all the best!

faceman

Thanks. Believe me, I am quite appreciative of the fact that I received these invites. Good luck to you! I'm still waiting on a few, but I can't complain anymore.