GSB Decisions: T minus, 7 days. (If you want to add your profile info, just post and I'll edit - might be interesting to know when the decisions flow in) THE R1 TEAM (9) - THE BLUE TEAM ---------------------------------------- ceglar: 740, 3.1, 4years experience at matriculation. DINGED (full time) jaynayak: 740 GMAT, ~3.0 GPA, 4 years exp, Indian IT, 1 US and 1 Canadian rec, DINGED (full time) Lich: ?????? unknown stats DINGED (full time) rhyme: 730 GMAT, ~3.0 GPA, 5 years exp, ADMITTED (full time) lhmcjen: 710 GMAT, 2.9 GPA, 6yrs WE in Marine Infantry ADMITTED (Part time Program) naturallight: 730 GMAT, 3.6 GPA, 5 years exp in operations at investment firm, CFA, both recs are non-alumni, bad interview, campus visit WAITLIST (full time) helg: Russian, 730 GMAT; GPA ~4.9/5.0 (top Russian university); 7 years supply chain mgnt, incl. 1 yr intl exp, WAITLIST (full time) Hindustan: 730, 7yrs exp, 3.35 GPA triple major (!!), strong recos DINGED (full time) flapjack: , ???? WAITLIST (full time) THE R2 TEAM (9) - THE RED TEAM --------------------------------------- homefry Sadly dinged pelihu: 780 GMAT, 2.9 GPA, JD Michigan Law, 4 yrs entrepreneur, 2 years finance/securities lawyer, Sadly dinged saturnring11 , Sadly dinged fluffydot 720 GMAT, 3.0/4yrs, Sadly dinged sgrover , Sadly dinged nsentra , unknown stats, interview for R2 Sadly dinged (post interview) dukes 750/>3.0/4 yrs consulting; interview for R2 WAITLIST (full time) 3underscore : 680, GPA??? (UK - 1st Class Honours, Top10 school), 28M British, 5.5 Years working experience (Market Risk, Banking) Sadly dinged (post interview) GMATcram : UNKNOWN STATS, ADMITTED (FULL TIME) jchen1731 " UNKNOWN STATS, UNKNOWN STATUS world464 : UNKNOWN STATS, UNKNOWN STATUS gmatclb : UNKNOWN STATS, R2 applicant WAITLIST (full time) cappy : 700 GMAT, 3.1, 4YRS medical device sales, ... ADMITTED (FULL TIME) lxa: 750 GMAT, 3.9 GPA, just graduated recently but worked in family business in poland ADMITTED (FULL TIME) 09App: .. 770 gmat, 2.9 undergrad, 3.5 grad, 6 year WE, mix of engineering and consulting ADMITTED (FULL TIME) little.nemo: ... ???? ... ADMITTED (FULL TIME) yb: 730/4.0 (!) /2.5 years valuation/forensic accounting background ... ADMITTED (FULL TIME) cmns18 : 710 3.95, 3 years NPO, co-authored article on HIV/AIDS politics ADMITTED (FULL TIME) Estimated odds: ------------------ Roughly speaking, it was estimated in some other thread I cant find right now that approx 50% of the those interviewed will get an offer. The blue team's expected yield is thus 4 accepts.

This is GSB? Thats kind of surprising.

The email I received from the GSB Admission Committee includes FAQs, including:

The Admissions Committee used to give feedback - someone I know who applied in 2002 told me this. I'm not sure why they stopped doing so.

I'm sure it is a lot of work. But I heard that in 2002 there was an incredibly large number of applicants due to the slow economy. I suspect they aren't giving feedback because they put far more people on the Wait List this year than they did in years past. (I don't really know if that is true - it's just my unsupported hunch.)

It might be given the rank move. Hedging their bets so to speak.

Can you explain how putting more people on the waitlist would be hedging their bets?

Hey Rhyme - congrats on the acceptance - I have been on vacation all week and didnt see you got in - thats great news!

Well, it would depend on how they view their rank affecting yield this year. In all honesty, its pure conjecture - but it would go something like this - 1. App volume is up: suggests greater interest, possible increase in yield 2. #1 Rank on BW: could substantially increase yield If yield jumps from say about 50% (an intelligent guess) to 60 or 70% (a total guess) this year, they need to be more careful about the number of admits they send out unless their want their class size to grow. Thus, the easiest way to do this is to admit some, but waitlist many. As you get back decisions throughout early 2007, your yield figures for the year will start to materialize and you can start to take people off the waitlist with reasonable confidence that you know their yield. That said, one could also argue that #1 isn't true - that #2 makes the opposite of #1 happen. That is - application volume might go down - just like how that gorgeous blond in high school never dated anyone - you always assumed she was too good for you, but so did everyone else, and she went and developed a serious self-image problem, became a binge eater, and one day when purging over the toilet in her doctor's office she ripped her esophagus and bled to death on the cold linoleum flooring, still clutching a photo of you from 1992 when she first fell in love. Similarly the GSB here might be getting fewer apps - precisely because people view it as too much of a stretch school. Even so, if thats the case, then those who get in are (presumably) more likely to accept, so again, there's an argument to leverage the waitlist. Either way, I should have dated that blond in high school.