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Calling Stanford Fall 2008 Applicants 01 Apr 2008, 07:34
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One more day...

I have to be 2x productive today because I will be worthless tomorrow :/ GOOD LUCK ALL!!
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Calling Stanford Fall 2008 Applicants 01 Apr 2008, 08:29
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Calls go out tomorrow throughout the day and night...
God I am a wreck.
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like I said before, it's Stanford's loss not to admit people like grad_mba (and me :P)
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Amen to that, kry! And good to see you around, grad_mba!

Elhaj, ghgirl, sudden, UT (sorry if I missed anyone else who interviewed)- good luck!! I know the next 24 hours or so are gonna be extremely nerve-wracking. Try to relax (easier said than done, I know).
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Calling Stanford Fall 2008 Applicants 01 Apr 2008, 10:13
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like I said before, it's Stanford's loss not to admit people like grad_mba (and me :P)
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And me! I know I didn't even apply .. but it's their fault that they didn't have the R2 deadline in Feb 08. I needed a month to write the dreaded "What matters to you". Losers!
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Calling Stanford Fall 2008 Applicants 01 Apr 2008, 10:27
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Everybody still on the race: GOOD LUCK!

Try to take some rest this night.
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Calling Stanford Fall 2008 Applicants 01 Apr 2008, 11:02
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After my Wharton ding, I'm not holding my breath!

Good luck to all. Look forward to hearing who gets in.
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Calling Stanford Fall 2008 Applicants 01 Apr 2008, 11:32
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UTDub - I know people who have been dinged by W and got into S. So no worries.
What's your other option otherwise? Chi. or Kellogg I assume (unless you got into HBS)?
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NO other option :). I only applied to H, S and W. I was dinged by HBS w/out an interview and dinged by Wharton after an on-campus interview which I thought went much better than my Stanford interview. I enjoy my current job, where I live, etc and only wanted to apply to schools which I really wanted to attend so those were the three I chose. So after going 0 for 2, I'm not expecting much!
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NO other option :). I only applied to H, S and W. I was dinged by HBS w/out an interview and dinged by Wharton after an on-campus interview which I thought went much better than my Stanford interview. I enjoy my current job, where I live, etc and only wanted to apply to schools which I really wanted to attend so those were the three I chose. So after going 0 for 2, I'm not expecting much!
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I don't think it's safe to assume there is a correlation between H / S / W. I also got dinged at HBS w/o interview and dinged at Wharton after an interview that went well. Stanford, I think, is a different beast. There's probably a venn diagram here where each of the schools have an interest in one particular type of candidate and overlap in the middle. I am sure, however, that there is also a "Stanford only candidate" that could only get into Stanford and not the other schools. Maybe I am deluding myself...

I also have no back up yet and it is driving me crazy. I went 4/5 getting interviews -- so far 2 dings after interview, Stanford tomorrow, and Columbia sometime soon (I hope). I will be very sad if I go 0/4 after interview.
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I agree with Sudden, though I know of someone got H,S,W and Sloan in R1. And he's an Indian male engineer :-)
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Checked BW forums- First SGSB calls are out, but only to College Seniors
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thanks for all the well wishes....i am going crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!

DB, just call already
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Besides the two college seniors from yesterday, nothing yet...
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still no calls anywhere...WHAT'S GOING ON!??!?
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Jeez, I have no idea...

CONJECTURE ALERT
Remember, there were a lot of interviews issued in the last few weeks, which I think is a bit unusual. Maybe that's a sign that the Adcom was really swamped with applications. So perhaps they're still making final decisions at this point. I dunno, just a guess.
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Jeez, I have no idea...

CONJECTURE ALERT
Remember, there were a lot of interviews issued in the last few weeks, which I think is a bit unusual. Maybe that's a sign that the Adcom was really swamped with applications. So perhaps they're still making final decisions at this point. I dunno, just a guess.
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I think that's a great point, terry. My interview was one week ago today, and I have read interviews with Bolten where he says the adcom frequently sits around "debating for hours" about whether to admit a particular candidate. That may or may not be true (I never know what is marketing and what is real when it comes to b-school admissions), but even if they had only 50 interviews to evaluate last week (I just made that number up, I have no idea), that's still a lot of extra data to churn through in one week. Not to mention the fact that they are trying to incorporate that data into a "portfolio context" of other applicants they want to admit.

Personally, I am not sure which is worse -- knowing that calls are NOT going out and that some of the decisions (perhaps mine) could be delayed, or realizing that calls ARE going out (not currently) and that I haven't received one.

I'll say it again -- good luck everyone. Even if you are not admitted, remember that you are a strong candidate or you would not have received an interview at the most selective b-school in the world. A lot of deserving people get turned away every year, and that will be particularly true this year. This is what I keep trying to tell myself, anyway.
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Calling Stanford Fall 2008 Applicants 02 Apr 2008, 11:20
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All quiet on the western front...

Place your bets:

1) Calls will at least begin, if not be entirely finished, today. If so, they better hustle up since it is already 2:30 EST.
2) Calls will begin tomorrow or we will all be notified at once through the website.
3) We will find out today or tomorrow that the decision date is delayed.

Personally, I am going with 2, but who knows, it's totally speculative.
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Calling Stanford Fall 2008 Applicants 02 Apr 2008, 11:32
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I think #3 would be a very bad PR move on Stanford's behalf (esp. with those student who need to respond to Wharton/HBS by May 1), but I would rather have them make informed decisions a few days late than "rushing' the process.

I'd say #2 is the most likely at this point.

Crossing fingers...Good luck everyone.
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I think apps are up this round (it took folks a while to submit once the credit crunch started but they all did in R2) and they will truly notify everyone the day the website says they will this year - i.e. tomorrow.
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Good thing I am not in FS...I may have gotten rejected by Wharton too...My friend at GS got rejected by H/S/W in R1
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