Ok, starting a thread for each of the schools I'm applying to (hope that's ok) and didn't find one for this year (Fall 2008) yet. Who else is applying? I'm going for R1. I live right next to the school, so I'll be visiting quite a bit, talking to student clubs (already went to their excellent infosession), hopefully meeting some adcom people, etc. If anyone is visiting in the area, let me know (post here or PM me), maybe we can meet up and discuss! Status - 4/4/2008 R1: Admitted: 1, Dinged: 11, W/L 1, Unknown: 6 R2: Admitted: 0, Dinged 8, W/L 3, Unknown 10 Stanford Applicants R1: Total - 19 terry12 - R1 - ACCEPTED! dahcrap - R1 - Waitlisted w/o interview Kryzak - R1 - Ding IrishFan - R1 - Ding wisepig - R1 - Ding toploader - R1 - Ding skaballet - R1 - Ding nick_sun - R1 - Ding red_s4 - R1 - Ding jc2010 - R1 - Ding sangoman - R1 - Ding collegesenior - R1 - Ding grad_mba - R1 - Ding after Interview JamieK - R1 - Submitted deepuaries - R1 - Submitted abhishek.sardana - R1 - Submitted just4u1530 - R1 - Submitted dextrous - R1 - Submitted ran chen - R1 - Submitted Stanford Applicants R2: Total - 22 sudden - R2 - Waitlisted w/ interview elhajoui - R2 - Waitlisted w/ interview Wanderlustman - R2 - Waitlisted w/ interview futuredukemba - R2 - Waitlisted w/o interview UTdub - R2 - Dinged after Interview ghgirl - R2 - Dinged after Interview uphillclimb - R2 - Dinged after Interview kwam - R2 - Dinged bherronp - R2 - Dinged TJ - R2 - Dinged togafoot - R2 - Dinged BCC145 - R2 - Dinged hbs.aspirant - R2 - Submitting 1/7 dox - R2 - Submitted trojan812 - R2 - Submitted 1/7 poochandi - R2 - Submitted 1/7 JJGooden - R2 - Submitted malumier - R2 - Submitted JingChan - R2 - Submitted? iamjoesargeant - R2 - Submitted? senseshnal - R2 - Submitted? clarksdv2 - R2 - Submitted

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01 Jan 2008, 18:12

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Stanford Applicants R1:
grad_mba - R1 - Submitted, Interview Invite
terry12 - R1 - Submitted, Interview Invite
Kryzak - R1 - Submitted
sangoman - R1 - Submitted
JamieK - R1 - Submitted
deepuaries - R1 - Submitted
abhishek.sardana - R1 - Submitted
just4u1530 - R1 - Submitted
collegesenior - R1 - Submitted
skaballet - R1 - Submitted
nick_sun - R1 - Submitted
dahcrap - R1 - Submitted
DrivinWest - R1 - Submitted
dextrous - R1 - Submitted
ran chen - R1 - Submitted
red_s4 - R1 - Submitted

Stanford Applicants R2:
bherronp - R2 - Submitted 11/30

Woops, I am dumb. I submitted my app on 12/30. What month is it again?

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01 Jan 2008, 18:22

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I was wondering about that... :wink:

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02 Jan 2008, 16:49

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Almost finished, waiting for one Reco.
Sending until sunday!

This baby was really hard...

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02 Jan 2008, 23:16

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02 Jan 2008, 23:37

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Submitted Stanford R2 on January 2

GMAT: 770, AWA 5.0
Undergrad: Top 5 school
GPA: 3.7, top 10% of class
W/E: Top 3 consulting firm (2 years)

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Updated on: 25 Jul 2008, 09:53

Originally posted by terry12 on 04 Jan 2008, 07:15.
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Thought I'd write up my interview experience.

Met with a recent grad in a nearby Starbucks. Unbelievably nice guy. It was essentially a conversation about my goals, and how I thought Stanford would help me achieve them.

He started off by introducing himself and talked a little bit about what he loved about Stanford.

He then asked me to talk about my experiences and what shaped me and my goals... starting with childhood! That threw me off for a second, but I went ahead and talked about my family, music activities, and schooling. Whenever I mentioned an experience or a goal, he would either ask a follow up or tell me how Stanford could help achieve that goal. It really was a conversation... I don't remember any specific questions he asked.

As that conversation wound down, he leafed through a notebook he had brought and said, "Well, I should ask at least one standard interview question. Tell me about a time you failed, and what you learned from it." I answered it, and he seemed satisfied with the response. Then I got to ask him some questions about his experience at the GSB. He was incredibly enthusiastic and spoke at length. In all, interview lasted ~45 minutes.

All in all, I think it went well. I certainly had a great time. We'll just have to see what happens in a few weeks

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04 Jan 2008, 10:41

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All recos are in! Very hard to handle 3 recommenders...

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congrats terry and thanks for the outbrief!

Good luck with getting that call on the 24th (both you and grad_mba)!

Now if some of us other R1's can get an interview...

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04 Jan 2008, 13:08

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congrats terry and thanks for the outbrief!

Good luck with getting that call on the 24th (both you and grad_mba)!

Now if some of us other R1's can get an interview...

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for all the GMATClubbers...

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04 Jan 2008, 13:30

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congrats terry and thanks for the outbrief!

Good luck with getting that call on the 24th (both you and grad_mba)!

Now if some of us other R1's can get an interview...

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for all the GMATClubbers...

I hope you guys can end this "curse" so that more clubbers can get into afterwards.

Good Luck 1st rounders!

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04 Jan 2008, 16:27

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All the best, kwam and others!

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04 Jan 2008, 16:47

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I'm pretty confident that grad_mba and terry12 can end the curse!!!

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is there really a curse? Let's look at the numbers

16 people applied, 2 got interviewed - that's 12.5%. Given that Stanford's admission rate hovers around 6-7%, and that the school usually interview 2x the number of people it admits (800-1,000 out of 6,000-8,000 applicants is typical, says SGSB website),

the numbers on the forum seem right to me...Or am I missing something?

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05 Jan 2008, 02:28

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i think curse refers to past performance. i dont think we had very much luck last year, and no admits.

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yes, only 1 interview and zero admits last year. Hard to believe no one from GMAT Club got in. This year we have a lot more applicants who are even better prepared (thanks to last year's members' contributions!), so I'd be surprised if no one got in again.

So far we're on track for interviews.

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Add me to list for R2, Kry. I am submitting on 01/07.

GMAT: 760(Q51,V42), AWA 4.5
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Only so few R2 Stanford applicants?

Stanford Applicants R1:
grad_mba - R1 - Submitted, Interviewed
terry12 - R1 - Submitted, Interviewed
Kryzak - R1 - Submitted
sangoman - R1 - Submitted
JamieK - R1 - Submitted
deepuaries - R1 - Submitted
abhishek.sardana - R1 - Submitted
just4u1530 - R1 - Submitted
collegesenior - R1 - Submitted
skaballet - R1 - Submitted
nick_sun - R1 - Submitted
dahcrap - R1 - Submitted
DrivinWest - R1 - Submitted
dextrous - R1 - Submitted
ran chen - R1 - Submitted
red_s4 - R1 - Submitted

Stanford Applicants R2:
bherronp - R2 - Submitted 12/30
togafoot - R2 - Submitted Dec 18th
elhajoui - R2 - Submitted Jan 2
hbs.aspirant - R2 - Submitting 1/7

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Only so few R2 Stanford applicants?

I personally felt that essays take a lot of introspection and thinking. May be it is just me, but I have been able to do only this application entire season. Still going through essays.

However, after writing essay A 14 times from scratch, I firmly believe what Mr. Bolton says, "I believe more strongly than ever that you will benefit from the opportunity for structured reflection that the business school application provides, regardless of the outcome of the admission process. "