Calling Chicago GSB 2008 applicants

I picked mine almost at random last year. My advice would be to send a brief email, see if they reply. If you can, do it now, cause once summer hits people are going to be busy with jobs.
But then again... one guy emailed me but he sent me a 2 page document on his background, interests, etc and specific areas he needs help with. Frankly, he sounded overwhelming and like he might be a ton of work....

Thanks for the advice Rhyme!

Dont sweat too much who you pick too.. its very informal and you'll meet tons of 2nd years anyway...

Dont spose anyone has any updates to page 1? There are still a few people who don't have a destination picked (cooldar, burger2001, malumier, wallspotter, etc)

Round 1:
Irishfan: Matriculating
dabots: Matriculating
kwam: Matriculating
jpjazzman: Matriculating
CookieMonster: Waitlist (R1) Admit (R2) Matriculating
cooldar: Admit
burger2001: Admit
malumier: Admit
ApolloLuna: Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg
Forcefeed: Admit Withdrawn for HBS
CfaMiami: Waitlist
maina_s: Waitlist



Round 2:
mNeo - Matriculating
helg - Matriculating
CerealsMBA - Matriculating
nick_sun - Matriculating
Jann - Matriculating
wallspotter - Admit
ujjib - Admit
nervousgmat - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg
ghgirl - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg
Audio - Admit Withdrawn for Wharton
clarksdv2 - Waitlist
sudden - Waitlist
bherronp - Waitlist
yellowjacket - Waitlist

An impressive list.

indeed.
I updated the first page a bit - I know we had a couple more matriculating folks

Sorry I missed this.... yea ask questions now. Theres no reason now to. Its an entirely voluntary role we sign up for, so people want (or they should anyway) to help

Thanks Rhyme!

Sorry about not updating the first page. I wasn't able to log-in for the longest time. Problem is solved now and yes, I am matriculating.

Who's living where?

I'm definitely living downtown.

Downtown, for sure. Probably, in one of those towers.

matriculating as well.

Regents Park, same as many other married with kids internationals.

Wow, we got a lot of folks.

mNeo - Matriculating
helg - Matriculating
CerealsMBA - Matriculating
nick_sun - Matriculating
Jann - Matriculating
ujjib - Matriculating
wallspotter - Matriculating
malumier: Matriculating
Irishfan: Matriculating
dabots: Matriculating
kwam: Matriculating
jpjazzman: Matriculating
burger2001: Matriculating
CookieMonster: Matriculating

14 folks!

Next year is going to be fun

I need some help from those who live in Chicago (even those who are going to NW) about housing, Irish and rhyme have already gave their help.

What would you guys prefer:

1) Very close to Millennium park and Metra (but also close to fire fighters), 36th floor with view to MPark.
2) Lake shore east with North View 35th floor (Hancock and Navy Pier) - very new building.
3) The Corn Cob with South East view from the 52nd floor (No GSB community whatsoever, but I can start )

Prices are very similar...

I may be closing the deal in the following days...

Pros? Cons?

Another question: is it allowed to go by bike in the Metra?

Hey Kwam, bikes are allowed on the Metra in the summer, when no other special events are going on. So I'm not sure, but I bet you wouldn't be allowed to do so if the Sox are playing at home.

I already voted but....For what its worth, begin close to fire fighters is not a big deal, you get used to it. Get accustomed to some noise downtown. Its just part of living in a big city. Not to mention, the corn cob towers aren't far from a firehouse either - maybe 2 to 3 blocks. There's one on illinois or grand i believe.