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CookieMonster: Waitlist (R1) Admit (R2) Matriculating cooldar: Admit malumier: Matriculating ApolloLuna: Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Forcefeed: Admit Withdrawn for HBS CfaMiami: Waitlist Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg (I think) maina_s: Waitlist Aviroop: Waitlist (R1), Denied (R2) Faceman: Denied w/ Interview riverripper: Denied w/ Interview chillonamill: Denied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nick_sun - Matriculating Jann - Matriculating ujjib - Matriculating wallspotter - Matriculating nervousgmat - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg ghgirl - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Audio - Admit Withdrawn for Wharton clarksdv2 - Waitlist sudden - Waitlist bherronp - Waitlist yellowjacket - Waitlist adcxaway - Denied w/ Interview bsd_lover - Denied w/ Interview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

No, not at all, but its a relatively safe backup plan, and the firms seem to like me, so I'll play ball and see what, if anything, I get offered. I'm pretty much only really interested in maybe 2 of them, but I'm not going to close doors prematurely. If some firm wants to talk to me, I'll talk to em. If I like what I hear, I'll apply, if I don't, I won't.

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what's your first choice rhyme?

MC doesn't sound like a fit for me (nor the application process)...

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Rhyme, I heard at Chicago as well as other top schools, you get to "bid" on interview slots...so basically if you want a firm bad enough, you can always get an interview by using all/most of your bidding points, even if they didn't pick you. I that true?

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what's your first choice rhyme?

MC doesn't sound like a fit for me (nor the application process)...

Well, it depends on how realistic I am....My utmost ideal is becoming an entrepreneur (for which I need a smashing idea... one of which I have and well see how it fares in the New Venture Challenge).. But I don't count that because frankly, I can become an entrepreneur any day I chose - you just take your money, quit your job and try to do something on your own. The MBA process is an opportunity to do something I couldn't otherwise do, so I'm leaving entrepreneurial aspirations aside until after my internship.

So.... what would my ideal be? I tend to think of things in terms of risk and reward these days... getting into X might be very risky (low odds) but exactly what I want... thus a high reward. Y might be a little less risky, and a little less ideal. So....

Probably not too surprisingly, my dream job is probably to go into VC. With that though, comes a hearty dose of reality - odds are, I won't be able to (lacking IB or substantial previous valuation / modeling etc experience), and frankly, I'm not willing to spend 2 or 3 years slaving in IB for a chance at it. Moreover, I don't want to go to PE, as I'm thoroughly convinced its an entirely overheated sector. So, barring VC, which, with a little luck I might get, but in all likelyhood wont, my second choice would be a corporate strategy or general management role with P&L responsibility. This is where I've focused the bulk of my energies because in the risk / reward category, it seems the most well positioned (some decent chances of landing a job, a pretty solid fit with what I want). Which industry you ask? I don't much care, but the ones that interest me most are energy and financial services. Third choice? Consulting. It offers the lowest risk (most likelyhood of an offer) with the lowest "reward". (for my own personal goals anyway)

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good insight rhyme! I think we have surprisingly similar ultimate ideal goals.

VC is something I will look into once I get into the pre-MBA mode. I know a few VC people know from my alum/student contacts applying for b-school. One UCLA alum got into VC by just hard work at school, shining in his classes/projects/competitions, and landed a good job in a good VC firm (forgot the name). He said it's tough, but doable even if you don't have IB/valuation experience. He was an engineer turned entrepreneur turned VC. Definitely convinced me to give it a hard look in b-school.

Otherwise, like you, strategy/biz dev at a tech company would be fun for a few years (to pay off the loans) before I jump into a real startup.

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What about cooperation/ collaboration with other students to start smth worthwhile. Or it is not possible because of the differences in their perspectives?

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Its already 18th of December (10:30 in the morning in India)........an still no phone call/ email or even an sms. In fact my status still reads Invite to Interview.......does not even reflect that my interviewer has submitted his evaluation

48 hours to go by my calculations

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Dont worry about the interview status thing. I dont think it changes. The day after my interview I got an email from my interviewer that he filled it out and sent it in, but that status never changed.

Maybe today is the day...good luck all lets see a long list of admits.

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Good luck everyone! I havent applied for R1 and even I am excited

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Good Luck guys....

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C'mon, people! Post an admit already! :-D

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Good luck everyone.... I'll be at the GSB today doing cases, but I'll be checkn' in periodically.

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Lets hope they send out communications today. Everyone brace for a flood of admits. I wish i had applied in R1.

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Good Luck everyone :-D

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Good luck everyone! I have a hunch that Chicago is going to be a popular destination for GMAT Clubbers today!

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will they call international students? The time at my place now is 11pm++ ...I am going to bed very soon.. I doubt whether they call without considering the local time of the applicants.

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still no activity anywhere? Maybe they are sticking to their guns of the 19th...hopefully they call this afternoon. Too many people on here seem on the verge of a breakdown waiting for this.

At least they wont drag it on for a month and a half like Kellogg.

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Good luck folks!

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All the best clubbers

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Looking at rhyme's pants-pooping thread last year, I don't think admits started rolling out (on 411 or here) until around 1:30pm EST. Looks like rhyme posted his admit last year at 2:47pm EST.

I'm not giving up on today until after that.