Stanford GSB 2013 - Calling all Applicants

INFORMATION - APPLICATION FOR CLASS OF 2015

Application Deadlines for Class of 2015

Round 1 Apply by: 3 Oct 2012 Decision by: 12 Dec 2012
Round 2 Apply by: 9 Jan 2013 Decision by: 27 Mar 2013
Round 3 Apply by: 3 Apr 2013 Decision by: 15 May 2013

Applications and Letters of Reference are due by 5:00 PM, Pacific Time on the deadline date
Application Fee: $265
No decisions will be released in person or via telephone - all of them will be uploaded to your account on the day of decisions

Essay Questions

Essays required for all applicants:

Essay 1: What matters most to you, and why?
Essay 2: What do you want to do—REALLY—and why Stanford?
Essay 3: Answer one of the three questions below. Only describe experiences that have occurred during the last three years.

Option A: Tell us about a time in the last three years when you built or developed a team whose performance exceeded expectations.
Option B: Tell us about a time in the last three years when you identified and pursued an opportunity to improve an organization.
Option C: Tell us about a time in the last three years when you went beyond what was defined or established.

Your answers for all of the essay questions cannot exceed 1,600 words.

Formatting Guidelines

Use a 12-point font, double spaced
Recommended fonts are Arial, Courier, and Times New Roman
Indicate which essay question you are answering at the beginning of each essay (this does not count towards the 1,600 word limit).
Number all pages; Upload all three essays as one document

Recommendations
Total of Three Recommendations

- Two Professional/Workplace References: You must obtain at least one recommendation from your current direct supervisor.
- One Peer Reference: An individual with whom you have worked on a team or on a project, in a position equal to your own, should complete this recommendation.

Recommendation Questions

Professional/Workplace recommenders

Please comment on the context of your interaction with the applicant. If applicable, briefly describe the applicant's role in your organization.
Please describe a time when the applicant changed your thinking or actions.
Please describe the most important piece of constructive feedback you have given the applicant. Please detail the circumstances and the applicant's response.
Please make additional statements about the applicant's performance, potential, or personal qualities you believe would be helpful to the MBA Admissions Office.

For Your Peer recommender
Please comment on the context of your interaction with the applicant. If applicable, briefly describe the applicant's role in your organization.
Please describe a time when the applicant changed your thinking or actions.
Please describe the most important piece of constructive feedback you have given the applicant. Please detail the circumstances and the applicant's response.
Please make additional statements about the applicant's performance, potential, or personal qualities you believe would be helpful to the MBA Admissions Office.

More Information: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission

Class of 2013 - Class Profile

Total MBA Enrollment 397
Applications 6,618
% Admitted 6.8%
Yield 80% (Estimated) Link: https://poetsandquants.com/2011/05/02/st ... ase-yield/

GMAT Range 530-790
GMAT Average 730
Average Years of Work Experience: 4

Previous Industry Experience

Biotech/Health Care 4%
Cleantech/Energy/Environmental 6%
Consulting 17%
Consumer Products & Services 7%
Entertainment/Media 5%
Financial Services 12%
Government/Military/Non-Profit 13%
High Tech 10%
Manufacturing 4%
Other 6%
Private Equity/Venture Capital 17%

Employment Reports

Absolute dream school. Wishing all applicants the best of luck.

My dream school - will put everything into this app!

btw, did you guys read this on the website?

Decision Notification**

We will post decisions to your ApplyYourself account by 5:00 PM Pacific Time on the decision date for the round in which you applied.
Under no circumstances can we provide decisions earlier.
Provide an email address on your application form to which you will have access through the decision date. You may report a second email address, too.
We do not release admission decisions via telephone or in person.

Is this always the case? I read people saying that Bolton calls them etc.? Are they changing that this year or do they always write this but call anyways?
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They wrote this last year and Derrick Bolton still calls admits the day before. I think they write this to prevent people from hounding them for an answer a week before the decision date.

Best of luck!
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Definitely applying - good luck guys! Make sure to go to campus, that will definitely make it your #1 choice. I haven`t seen the Knight Management Center since it opened, but it looks incredible.

Guys - do check out admissions events page. They have announced dates for many cities. Registration is open for Delhi event - all Indian applicants!

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admissi ... sions.html
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Almost missed this thread, I was in the applicant pool last year but had to take an early exit because of my GMAT score. This year I am definitely in and putting my best application in. All the best everyone.

definitely a dream school. In for rd1

This is as elite as it gets. Count me in for R1.
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Has anyone started working on the essays? I have decided to work on Stanford GSB last, probably after my Haas essays. I just need to finish my GMAT which is on 23rd June. I can't wait to get done with it and move to the fun part.

+1

The stanford essay 1 is capable of driving an applicant crazy.........lol

Plan on applying R2!

all the best folks! Season of triumph and learning awaiting us!

On the application form under the section award and honours, does anyone know the official word on what can be included there. Stanford doesnt seem to specify a timeline for which those awards happened. Can I go as far back as high school (if it was significant)?

It would really have to be amazing to include it from high school, i.e. something universally recognized. B-school apps should really have very little from high school, unless it's just a piece of a story showing how you learned something (or something else along those lines).

It is very rewarding though if you do it genuinely!

All the best guys!! count me in for R1..

In for Round 1.