Stanford GSB 2013 - Calling all Applicants

Caesar are you international?

Getting no love from Stanford is hurting more than had expected, given that I already knew Stanford was kind of a tough reach for me ... ( Wasn't even thinking of applying initally but decided to give it a shot anyway)...

Anyway, congrats to all who got an interview and best of luck to the rest of us waiting

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Yep

I didn't say that this is big3 and IB applicants who are boring, but the process. As a person who received an invite from Stanford you should be able to see the difference. The world is much more complex, diverse and interesting to restrict to easy-to-understand career and life templates. It is not because I am not a big3 applicant that I say so; I would have said the same if I were one.

Stanford admits individuals according to alumni. Hmm, I would be surprised to here something different from an interested party. Who would admit that he is just a "template guy". Individuals, exactly that is why there are 20% of applicants only from big3:

https://poetsandquants.com/2012/05/15/to ... -stanford/

Not to mention those who worked in these companies right before they changed their work and applied (check on Linkedin).

Regarding the peer experience. We all know that this is a vanity fair. Signalling effect plays here a far greater role for employers than any particular skill, especially one obtained from peers and not from the acedemics. This is just how it works. And yes, this signal worth 200k.

Not to be insensitive to your wait, but you should really spend some time challenging popular templates. (Again these templates!)

Any reapplicants in this forum to GSB? the last i applied I was dinged after Interview....so painful..sharing it in this forum....

Per my observation and confirmation with a UK Stanford MBA alum, Stanford accepts more UK applicants than any other top b-school... I'm curious if anyone knows why

Just a note: most alums would not know anything about this and would be guessing at best so I would definitely take that for what it's worth. I have never heard anything like that before, but I suppose it could be true.

Still waiting...

ditto... and living internationally, it's wreaking havoc on my sleeping schedule! I keep waking up in the middle of the night to check my email since those are work day hours in the USA

oh my god) I thought I was the only one crasy who wakes up at night to check e-mail!

For those who already had the interview,

do we really have to wait till the 27th of March or is there any possibility to hear something from GSB earlier?

Thanks!

Rather than asking for background info, can those who got interviews hypothesize a bit on what you think made your application stand out? What did you write about in your essays or did you think your recommenders told a certain story that stood out?

I understand since Stanford's essays are very personal if you prefer not to share, but if you're comfortable sharing I'm curious. I think that's more helpful then knowing the industry/GMAT/GPA distribution of those who got interview invites/offers of admissions.

ARGGGGGGGG Somebody kill me!!

aaghh....2 weeks before March 27.....

and they said they would call you if they don't hear from you in 3 days they sent out the email invite, so no need to check spam folder
I think 03/08, Friday is probably going to be the last day of invite

If you're interested I would be glad to share my app: (this is also good for me as an interview prep)
I'm don't think there was was a particular part of my application that stood out, actually I can definitely say that there was no silver bullet (no special awards, no special circumstances, etc.) . Instead, I would say there it had a certain coherence. For instance, the 3 essays almost read like 1 big essay. The interviewers had very different perspectives to give (one life coach, one direct manager and the peer) but I am sure they each stressed different points of why I would fit well in an entrepreneurial environment (I made sure to give a brief about what traits Stanford seems to look for). I hope this somehow helps...

I spoke to several members of the adcom at different instances and they all told me that they will issue invites up until a couple of days before Mar 27th. So I guess that is Mar 25th !! .. I dont know where the two weeks thing is coming from ...