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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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Just a small piece of information for all you R1ers.
So, I went to the event today in New York. Rose Martinelli informed that when she gets back to office, she is going to send a mail to everyone that the decisions for R1 will be out by Dec 19th.

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wow... thats great... but makes me nervous

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Hopefully there are lots of early Xmas gifts for gmat clubbers.

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Oh my !! .. Good luck all R1 GSBers

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Hopefully there are lots of early Xmas gifts for gmat clubbers.

I hope so!

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I had heard this a while back too but didn't want to say anything in case it didn't happen (in which case I'd face the wrath of a dozen angry gmatclubbers). Good to hear that it sounds like it will!

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wow... thats great... but makes me nervous

you and me both. good luck everyone.

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jesus christ...good, albeit nerve-wrecking, news...

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must not chew last remaining nail........must wait till the 17th to start chewing

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must not chew last remaining nail........must wait till the 17th to start chewing

Hang in there...

(Just wait until the day of... then you'll really go batsh*t)

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Does this mean they'll call people on the 17th and 18th, and then deny the rest on the 19th? This means that I'll hear from my two top choices (W and Chicago) before Xmas...I guess that's good, but I'll have a huge knot in my stomach during the preceding week.

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faceman, assuming that the email does in fact come out, and the date listed in the email is the 19th, and assuming that things go down like they did last year for R1/R2/R3 -- they will start calling 2 days before the actual decision date, so yes, the 17th will be the big day (with maybe a few left for the 18th).

Either way - 17th, 18th, or 19th, you basically have two weeks!

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Wow, that's going to be a very active couple of days for people here on gmatclub. I'll have to figure out a way to keep myself busy...I guess I could try to be productive at work...nahhhhh.

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Wow, that's going to be a very active couple of days for people here on gmatclub. I'll have to figure out a way to keep myself busy...I guess I could try to be productive at work...nahhhhh.

I'll be getting back from Whistler on the 16th, just in time to watch the frenzy. Those are the days you are GLUED to the screen.

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I'll be getting back from Whistler on the 16th, just in time to watch the frenzy. Those are the days you are GLUED to the screen.

Is that a trip with the ski club or on your own? I'll be heading up to Stowe and then Sunday River shortly after for some decent New England skiing. I'm jealous though.

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I'll be getting back from Whistler on the 16th, just in time to watch the frenzy. Those are the days you are GLUED to the screen.

Is that a trip with the ski club or on your own? I'll be heading up to Stowe and then Sunday River shortly after for some decent New England skiing. I'm jealous though.

Ski club... me and 120 some odd other people. Should be fun. I'm certainly looking forward to it... though I haven't been working out so im kind of curious how my legs will do...

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I'll be getting back from Whistler on the 16th, just in time to watch the frenzy. Those are the days you are GLUED to the screen.

Is that a trip with the ski club or on your own? I'll be heading up to Stowe and then Sunday River shortly after for some decent New England skiing. I'm jealous though.

Ski club... me and 120 some odd other people. Should be fun. I'm certainly looking forward to it... though I haven't been working out so im kind of curious how my legs will do...

Just lock those knees, get some speed up, and flail around with your arms or poles as much as possible...that should at least create some space for you to work with while you iron out the kinks. Barring removal by the ski patrol, you might even get a run to yourself out of the pure fear of other skiers/boarders.

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I'll be getting back from Whistler on the 16th, just in time to watch the frenzy. Those are the days you are GLUED to the screen.

Is that a trip with the ski club or on your own? I'll be heading up to Stowe and then Sunday River shortly after for some decent New England skiing. I'm jealous though.

Ski club... me and 120 some odd other people. Should be fun. I'm certainly looking forward to it... though I haven't been working out so im kind of curious how my legs will do...

Ah. I remember my Austrian ski instructors bellowing, " Bend ze knees! Bend ze knees! Angulate! Angulate!"
It always took me a couple of days to get my ski legs back, but it's so much fun...
I am very jealous!

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I haven't been skiing since I suffered two bad knee injuries (non-skiing related) in about 6 months freshman year of college. I need to get back to it.