Stanford GSB Calling all applicants for Class of 2016!

I AM! joint MEM/MBA...I hope that helps their decision a little?

I am going for the joint MBA/M. Education... but it doesn't seem like that program is one that will give me a leg-up in the process considering that you can just apply to do the Masters in Education after you are already enrolled.
But my fingers are crossed -- GSB is one of the few schools (and the only school at this caliber) that has such a program that can be finished in two years!

you can finish both the MBA and M.Education in 2 years? wow, that's fast! Typically joint degrees are three years..

I am going for the joint MBA/M. Education... but it doesn't seem like that program is one that will give me a leg-up in the process considering that you can just apply to do the Masters in Education after you are already enrolled.
But my fingers are crossed -- GSB is one of the few schools (and the only school at this caliber) that has such a program that can be finished in two years!

Wow, I am also MBA/Education. I hope we will be a classmate! As you mention, this is the only school that offer double degree in two years.

Not sure about Stanford but that's how Chicago Booth evaluates applications.

In early 2012, I took the Mini-MBA course offered by Booth. In one course, the topic was about job opportunity (or something like that) and a girl (a PhD student or post-doc scientist from Chicago's Chemistry Department) asked a question:"If I wanna do an MBA, does my academic science background jeopardize my chance?" The speaker, an adcom staff at Booth, said:"It doesn't. We don't compare chemical scientists with management consultants. We compare scientists with scientists." And she went on to make it very clear that the competition in the academic scientists cohort is less daunting because the pool is quite small. But she didn't address whether academic scientists would be a good fit (or ill fit) for B-school.

So, if you're an apple, don't worry about the orange.

I do hold the opinion that there are quotas. For example, international students account for roughly 30% every year. I believe this is also true for each industry. It's just that the quota for industry is much less stringent so you see violent fluctuations. But I would say it's outright impossible that consultants would account for 50% of the incoming class, no matter what. For career-changers (I'm also one), we can be broadly swept into the "career-switchers" or "others" category, which might mean your story will be carefully scrutinized.

my friend who got an invite in the first day was in i-banking. And I know at HBS, they have adcom members who look after a particular region. I believe there are quotas for a particular geography and industry, and I guess they will try to balance the two to have a diversified class.

It also makes sense to evaluate consultant/i-banking candidates first, since B-schools receive many applications from these pools and are most familiar with them to pick out the diamonds. After all, they will move on to the more unusual applicants to add color to the painting. Just my speculation.

I am from construction too! 1% from other industries sounds really disheartening

But it looks like from your profile BuilderSF that you at least got an interview last year? Since your profile said Stanford 2015 WL...is that right? Would give me a little hope.

Just received my invite about 30 minutes ago (2:00 pm PST). It completely caught me off guard, but I'm so excited!

Just received my invite about 30 minutes ago (2:00 pm PST). It completely caught me off guard, but I'm so excited!