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GSB R1 and R2: Lets the pants pooping commence! 23 Mar 2007, 08:41
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That's okay then!
don't give out anything you don't feel comfortable doing...

... though, hopefully, you can confirm that there a lot of spots still available...

That there are... well over 250 spots left.
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Well over 250? Hmm.....that'd mean about 220-230 for R2 from what, about 1800-2000 interviewees? Yikes! Thanks man! Lotsa luck to everybody!
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GSB R1 and R2: Lets the pants pooping commence! 23 Mar 2007, 08:51
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That's okay then!
don't give out anything you don't feel comfortable doing...

... though, hopefully, you can confirm that there a lot of spots still available...

That there are... well over 250 spots left.

Well over 250? Hmm.....that'd mean about 220-230 for R2 from what, about 1800-2000 interviewees? Yikes! Thanks man! Lotsa luck to everybody!
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Well, I think you are thinking too many interviewees (I dont believe 4000 applicants applied in R2), and too low on the admit range - 220 to 230 might be right if yield was 100%.

Probably like 300 or 350 admits and much less interviews... maybe 1200 or 1300 max.
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GSB R1 and R2: Lets the pants pooping commence! 23 Mar 2007, 10:36
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Well, I think you are thinking too many interviewees (I dont believe 4000 applicants applied in R2), and too low on the admit range - 220 to 230 might be right if yield was 100%.

Probably like 300 or 350 admits and much less interviews... maybe 1200 or 1300 max.
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Yes, I neglected to take yield into consideration, so that'd probably mean 320-350 admits this round, but I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that AdComm said they had 3500 applications this round(!!). So that'd mean 1700 interviews, taking a conserative estimate.

P.S: Having to do all this math, knowing everything is out of our hands now SUCKS. :? . Lol. Still, gives me something to do. Heh.
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Good news guys.

Looks like the community directory is not finished updating. The numbers dropped a little more again today. Clearly they are making updates to the list slowly. I expect people miss the deposit deadline, don't call the school, and the school follows up to see if they are still interested. As they receive "no thanks" they pull them from the community directory. The numbers are still higher than I would have guessed, but they more reasonable now - the "yield" dropped 5% overnight.
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Considering decisions are going to start coming out in less than 24 hours, I would have expected more pants pooping here.
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Considering decisions are going to start coming out in less than 24 hours, I would have expected more pants pooping here.
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I'm out of pants after Cornell debacle. I am one waitlist away from going 'screw this!'
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I suppose I'll receive updates to my R1 WL statuses at both Chicago and Kellogg this week. It's going to be a nerve-wracking week for me. It's not a good feeling.
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I suppose I'll receive updates to my R1 WL statuses at both Chicago and Kellogg this week. It's going to be a nerve-wracking week for me. It's not a good feeling.
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May you fare better than I with the Kellogg waitlist, and may the gods look down upon you well for the GSB as well. If you get into both, come to the GSB... Kellogg got enough gmatclubbers.
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Rhyme, I have some intangibles that could help my case more with Kellogg (although it certainly didn't help me get accepted in R1). I'll discuss them here if I receive an acceptance phone call. That said, I still hold out hope for Chicago GSB.
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This is going to sound crazy, but I withdrew my GSB app after i heard back from Michigan last week (almost exactly 1 month after my GSB interview).

I have known for a while that Michigan was my #1 choice, but the cycle has been brutal this year so I kept pushing all on the apps until i heard back from #1. The decision was not easy, I am from the Chicago area (living on the east coast now), but still I spent three days at my UChicago visit. I visited Ross on three separate occasions during the whole process.

In the end it just came down to who has the better football team... (just kidding!) Actually, and it sounds corny, but it came down to the ever-elusive "fit."

I went into some detail researching the academic styles and the one thing that almost swayed me chicago's way was the ability to customize all but 1 of my courses. This was important because I plan on pursuing entrepreneurship after graduation. However I then learned that I will probably be able to test out of at least two core courses at michigan based on my background which basically equalized the schools in the flexibility aspect.

As far as academic reputation, Chicago gets the nod but that factor weighed less because I will not be fighting for bulge bracket or MBB interviews. Michigan has probably two of the country's most renowned professors for the areas in which I am concentrating and they also have a very well regarded center for entrepreneurship. With that comes access to the rest of the university, which is probably top 5 in 9 other disciplines outside of the bschool offering me the best opportunity to make these ventures happen.

Finally I just felt a better connection to the people I stayed in touch with. I still have a number of people I met visiting the GSB that I consider friends, but I connected with people at Michigan that really went out of their way to clear up any questions I had, especially regarding being an older candidate and with a (near future) family.

This was a long process but all the research and studying and visits are definitely worth it. I wish all of you future GSBers the best and hope that we cross paths again in the future :)

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Considering decisions are going to start coming out in less than 24 hours, I would have expected more pants pooping here.
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I'm all pooped out. And now I simply wait, more in hope than anything else. I figure I don't have a snowball's chance in hell. Still, RING PHONE, RING!
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oh, I applied to this school didn't I?

meh, I wasn't that fussed right now at all to be honest. To some extent, I don't care between the two. As long as one comes through, I would rather not have to decide.

Honestly, I am more bothered about leveraging my pound tomorrow and getting my flight home to see my girlfriend. Any school will always come miles behind that, especially because they will call me at a madass hour expecting me to be in a different time zone, when I currently am not.
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This is going to sound crazy, but I withdrew my GSB app after i heard back from Michigan last week (almost exactly 1 month after my GSB interview).

I have known for a while that Michigan was my #1 choice, but the cycle has been brutal this year so I kept pushing all on the apps until i heard back from #1. The decision was not easy, I am from the Chicago area (living on the east coast now), but still I spent three days at my UChicago visit. I visited Ross on three separate occasions during the whole process.

In the end it just came down to who has the better football team... (just kidding!) Actually, and it sounds corny, but it came down to the ever-elusive "fit."

I went into some detail researching the academic styles and the one thing that almost swayed me chicago's way was the ability to customize all but 1 of my courses. This was important because I plan on pursuing entrepreneurship after graduation. However I then learned that I will probably be able to test out of at least two core courses at michigan based on my background which basically equalized the schools in the flexibility aspect.

As far as academic reputation, Chicago gets the nod but that factor weighed less because I will not be fighting for bulge bracket or MBB interviews. Michigan has probably two of the country's most renowned professors for the areas in which I am concentrating and they also have a very well regarded center for entrepreneurship. With that comes access to the rest of the university, which is probably top 5 in 9 other disciplines outside of the bschool offering me the best opportunity to make these ventures happen.

Finally I just felt a better connection to the people I stayed in touch with. I still have a number of people I met visiting the GSB that I consider friends, but I connected with people at Michigan that really went out of their way to clear up any questions I had, especially regarding being an older candidate and with a (near future) family.

This was a long process but all the research and studying and visits are definitely worth it. I wish all of you future GSBers the best and hope that we cross paths again in the future :)

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Bob, wish you to have the time of your life in Ross. You decosion seems to be well thought over. And... thanks for decreasing the competition for us GSB-dreamers :lol:
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I'm so constipated now. I can't take a dump.

I'll have to wait until tomorrow. When I see the first post of someone claiming to have been accepted, I'll crap my pants for sure. Let it all out.

But tomorrow, I'll be taking the Browns to the Super Bowl!
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I'm so constipated now. I can't take a dump.

I'll have to wait until tomorrow. When I see the first post of someone claiming to have been accepted, I'll crap my pants for sure. Let it all out.

But tomorrow, I'll be taking the Browns to the Super Bowl!
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Man, that's serious! don't let the MBA get into the way of your digestion!!! do something! :lol:
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I'm so constipated now. I can't take a dump.

I'll have to wait until tomorrow. When I see the first post of someone claiming to have been accepted, I'll crap my pants for sure. Let it all out.

But tomorrow, I'll be taking the Browns to the Super Bowl!

Man, that's serious! don't let the MBA get into the way of your digestion!!! do something! :lol:
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I've been constipated since I submitted back in Jan. LOL.

Either tomorrow, I'll be able to go to the Super Bowl or wait until Wednesday to unleash my wrath on the porcelain king.
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I just went into my online app and checked if my contact details were in order... just for the heck of it...

then I decided to change the country code from "007" to "+7"... was it the right thing to do? :lol:
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I just went into my online app and checked if my contact details were in order... just for the heck of it...

then I decided to change the country code from "007" to "+7"... was it the right thing to do? :lol:
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Ants in the pants syndrome. Lol. I think +7-<your> should do just fine. Maybe you should have retained the '007'. They might have figured you'd add diversity to the class, what with all your experience as a spy. 8-)
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I just went into my online app and checked if my contact details were in order... just for the heck of it...

then I decided to change the country code from "007" to "+7"... was it the right thing to do? :lol:

Ants in the pants syndrome. Lol. I think +7-<your> should do just fine. Maybe you should have retained the '007'. They might have figured you'd add diversity to the class, what with all your experience as a spy. 8-)
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naaah... after 4 solid month of waiting it's huge lobsters all over the place rather than ants in the pants :lol: :lol: :lol:
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helg, in your avatar....

is that a woman or man?

The person has the face of a woman, but also has some manly features.
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