Stanford University - Graduate School of Business – Class of 2015 (Matriculating 2013) https://www.stanford.edu/group/armyrotc/imgs/stanfordoval.jpg Stanford Applicant Summary (Real Time) Quick Glance: GMAT Club vs. Latest Intake (Class of 2013) GMAT Club's Real-time Admissions Statistics Latest GMAT Club Member Profile Updates Detailed Applicant List: Add Yourself to This List (add Stanford to your profile) Add Your Profile to This List Questions about this Roll Call ? Rankings (2012 GMAT Club Rankings Table) US News 2013 #1 Accounting #5 Entrepreneurship #2 Finance #6 Information Systems #8 Management #2 Marketing #3 Nonprofit #2 Production/Operations #3 Supply Chain/Logistics #3 Bloomberg Businessweek #5 Financial Times #4 Historical GMAT Club Applicant Threads Fall 2012 - Calling All Stanford GSB Applicants Fall 2011 - Calling All Stanford GSB Applicants Fall 2010 - Calling All Stanford GSB Applicants Fall 2009 - Calling All Stanford GSB Applicants Fall 2008 - Calling All Stanford GSB Applicants Fall 2007 - Calling All Stanford GSB Applicants Popular Links Programs Offered at Stanford GSB Stanford GSB Employment Reports Notable Alumni 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/s ... 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

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Anyone know when the admit weekend would take place for Round 2? Is it usually two weeks after the admission notification?

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Anyone know when the admit weekend would take place for Round 2? Is it usually two weeks after the admission notification?

It's April 28-29.

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Anyone know when the admit weekend would take place for Round 2? Is it usually two weeks after the admission notification?

It's April 28-29.

Thank you!

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Has anyone from R2 actually gotten an invite??

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So any r2 invites yet???

apparantly from a post dated 23 OCT they have started inviting people since then

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23 OCT they have started inviting people since then

The invites started coming out around that date but for round 1 (who submitted before the october 3rd deadline).
If round 1 is any indication, invites should start coming out any moment now... I bet we will have an invite on gmatclub by the end of the week!

Good luck to you all.

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Hi experts/admission consultants/applicants,

I need your advice regarding an important issue.I converted my GPA through (WES)World Education Services (3.54/4.00).My GPA on a 10.0 scale is 6.68 but since the grading system at my institute(comparable to IIT's - top10)is tough I don't know what the Adcoms will make of my 6.68 GPA.Also,not many people from my college apply to B-schools so I have no idea how adcoms will normalize my scores. I even submitted an alternative transcript from mbamath.com scoring 100/100 marks in 24 quizzes.My GMAT score is Q51,V41.

I didn't know that most of the schools were AccessWES clients,which means that they can see my verified transcripts and converted GPA online only without me having to send any transcripts from WES. I mailed to schools regarding this.

Columbia replied to the mail and added my GPA on a 4.0 scale.
Stanford replied to the mail stating that they won't make any addition to the application.(Frankly,this is not an addition,just my GPA on another scale to help the adcoms normalize my scores)
Wharton replied to the mail stating that they will ask the operations team to look at my WES 4.0 GPA but I don't have nay follow-up whether they have taken my 4.0 GPA into account.
My application data in 2 data forms was not updated in HBS Application form.I sent a mail to HBS on 7th itself(R2 deadline) but didn't get any reply.I again sent a mail on 24th regarding the data in application form and 4.0 GPA issue but have not received any reply. Should I go ahead and phone the admissions office about the issue?They are issuing invites tomorrow so I thought they might be busy and will reply to my mail later.(but 22 days and no reply)

MIT Sloan also didn't replied to the mail.Should I wait for some days before reminding on mail again or should I phone the admissions office rightaway?

My question is :-Is it okay if I call up HBS,Wharton and MIT Sloan's office or is there any different strategy for the 3 schools. I thought it was polite to just write a mail and wait for their response but geting no response at all takes me to the nail-bitting mode

I greatly appreciate your help and time in advance.Solving this issue might help calm my nerves.Really stressed for the past week.

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I greatly appreciate your help and time in advance.Solving this issue might help calm my nerves.Really stressed for the past week.

First, your concern rests on your view that school's will not interpret your GPA correctly. This fear is probably unfounded as schools have experience in a range of grading systems, and I don't see how your school's could be SO DIFFERENT as to be completely misunderstood.

But fundamentally, you have already contacted the schools with your WES transcript, some more than once.

Should you contact them again? No.

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Hi pike,

Thanks for the input.

What about the issue that I was not able to update some of the fields in the Application Form?I mailed to them regarding this issue on the deadline day -7th Jan.

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I strongly agree with pike here, no need to contact them again. For HBS if memory serves, they print out the applications, so they might have added your Wes transcript in the file and not updated it online. I studied in france where the engineering schools have a very peculiar system, I was graded on a 4.0 scale, my GPA was 2.68 (this was a decent GPA in my school), I did not give an alternative transcript or a WES transcript. I was admitted to Stanford. Moral of the story : they knew how to interpret the different grading systems, else I would never have gotten in! Try and relax, even though I know it is easier said than done.

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I strongly agree with pike here, no need to contact them again. For HBS if memory serves, they print out the applications, so they might have added your Wes transcript in the file and not updated it online.-But I don't even know if they even read my mail + my correct bonus information was not updated which means my mail is probably not read/they forgot to updaten the information/they just don't want to make any changes to the application file.Now even if I get admitted and during background check they ask me why my bonus info. is incorrect,what do I say? I studied in france where the engineering schools have a very peculiar system,Thing is in India,even within institutes under same category(IITs) got different grading systems and different streams have different levels of difficulty. Sometimes which professor taught a course also matters.I know this all looks like BS but ask any IITian and you will know how correct this is I was graded on a 4.0 scale, my GPA was 2.68 (this was a decent GPA in my school), I did not give an alternative transcript or a WES transcript. I was admitted to Stanford. Moral of the story : they knew how to interpret the different grading systems, else I would never have gotten in! Try and relax, even though I know it is easier said than done.

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Hi siris,

Thanks for the input.Good to know about a successful Stanford applicant.

I wrote some points in the quote above.I do hope if not my WES transcript then the mbamath.com alternative transcript offsets my GPA issue.

I know adcoms have a good history of comparing applicants from different countries.But I was so worried,I got both the WES and mbamath.com transcripts done,just to be safe.

What to do?I am a reapplicant :roll:

So tried to fill all the gaps this year.

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