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Anyone have any idea, maybe from last year or an email I missed, what time we might expect to receive our dings today? Am on GMT and can already tell this is going to be a long night :-/
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med926an, thank you.

have you already interviewed or are you waiting to do so?
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decisions are now available.
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med926an, thank you.

have you already interviewed or are you waiting to do so?
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Waiting. Interview is on 12/2, which I believe is the last day for R1 interviews.
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Ding'd, oh well! Good luck everyone!
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Well that's that then. Ding. Again.

It's a bit of a sucker punch to reach this point. It's really hard not to judge your self-worth in light of that (or plot ways to make the AdCom realise what a terrible mistake they made by, I don't know, becoming a real life Tony Stark or something) but look, I got a 760 on my GMAT. I am a woman with a science degree from a top 20 US college. I've worked in management roles in tech startups for 5 years and am currently CMO/COO and founding management of a startup that's passed 500,000 customers with write ups in Mashable, CNET and TechCrunch. I've been included in a 30 under 30 women in tech roundup for a major international publication, worked all over the world and I volunteer with programs that engage women in science and technology. I'm not bragging. I'm just saying actually, I'm pretty effing awesome and if Stanford doesn't realise that (for me or anyone else here) then it's their loss. I can't judge myself based on whatever strange criteria they're looking for this particular year.

Moral of the story - you're all awesome.
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Dinged :P
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Dinged. =)
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Well that's that then. Ding. Again.

It's a bit of a sucker punch to reach this point. It's really hard not to judge your self-worth in light of that (or plot ways to make the AdCom realise what a terrible mistake they made by, I don't know, becoming a real life Tony Stark or something) but look, I got a 760 on my GMAT. I am a woman with a science degree from a top 20 US college. I've worked in management roles in tech startups for 5 years and am currently CMO/COO and founding management of a startup that's passed 500,000 customers with write ups in Mashable, CNET and TechCrunch. I've been included in a 30 under 30 women in tech roundup for a major international publication, worked all over the world and I volunteer with programs that engage women in science and technology. I'm not bragging. I'm just saying actually, I'm pretty effing awesome and if Stanford doesn't realise that (for me or anyone else here) then it's their loss. I can't judge myself based on whatever strange criteria they're looking for this particular year.

Moral of the story - you're all awesome.
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I completely agree with the above. Ding here as well, and the insane quality of other rejected applicants gives me great comfort. As stated before, Harvard undergrad with highest honors, 730+ gmat, started own profitable company on the side, years of international work experience with promotions, and frankly amazing application execution.
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Well that's that then. Ding. Again.

It's a bit of a sucker punch to reach this point. It's really hard not to judge your self-worth in light of that (or plot ways to make the AdCom realise what a terrible mistake they made by, I don't know, becoming a real life Tony Stark or something) but look, I got a 760 on my GMAT. I am a woman with a science degree from a top 20 US college. I've worked in management roles in tech startups for 5 years and am currently CMO/COO and founding management of a startup that's passed 500,000 customers with write ups in Mashable, CNET and TechCrunch. I've been included in a 30 under 30 women in tech roundup for a major international publication, worked all over the world and I volunteer with programs that engage women in science and technology. I'm not bragging. I'm just saying actually, I'm pretty effing awesome and if Stanford doesn't realise that (for me or anyone else here) then it's their loss. I can't judge myself based on whatever strange criteria they're looking for this particular year.

Moral of the story - you're all awesome.
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Ding'd... I guess I expected it after the 19th

I will jump on this bandwagon as well Londoncalling, I think I would also get comfort in knowing there are other awesome people out there in the same situation... we might even start a group and follow up on each other's progress and push ourselves to continue being awesome, way awesomer than their graduating class in 2 years! Who's with us?! (by this point I am already rambling on and day dreaming and only partially joking...) but this is my profile anyways:

From latin america
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From top global management consulting firm, considered (and mentioned in recommendations) as most sought after consultant for staffing
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I completely agree with the above. Ding here as well, and the insane quality of other rejected applicants gives me great comfort. As stated before, Harvard undergrad with highest honors, 730+ gmat, started own profitable company on the side, years of international work experience with promotions, and frankly amazing application execution.
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I know why))) Because you don't stand out for them enough. Next time you should fly to the open space or go down to the bottom of Mariana Trench and then present a ground-breaking invention that will change lives of billions and only afterwards you will get your slight chances to become a student))) But wait a second, you will not need them anymore if you do that already. So I am puzzled, they are looking for brilliant people to whom they will help to succeed, but they require to become succesful before applying))) Great set of logics)))
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Dinged here as well... Ahhh it's sad but life goes on.

Just keep my finger cross for the rest of my application.

Please know for those who got dinged, You are not alone. :)
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Just got my denial. Didn't even read the entire letter. Oh well, at least I can say I tried. Right??
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Dinged. Oh well. Their loss.
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I would love to know though... who they selected from my country (I guess 1 - 5 in total), to try to get a sense of what they were looking for, their criteria.
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Well that's that then. Ding. Again.

It's a bit of a sucker punch to reach this point. It's really hard not to judge your self-worth in light of that (or plot ways to make the AdCom realise what a terrible mistake they made by, I don't know, becoming a real life Tony Stark or something) but look, I got a 760 on my GMAT. I am a woman with a science degree from a top 20 US college. I've worked in management roles in tech startups for 5 years and am currently CMO/COO and founding management of a startup that's passed 500,000 customers with write ups in Mashable, CNET and TechCrunch. I've been included in a 30 under 30 women in tech roundup for a major international publication, worked all over the world and I volunteer with programs that engage women in science and technology. I'm not bragging. I'm just saying actually, I'm pretty effing awesome and if Stanford doesn't realise that (for me or anyone else here) then it's their loss. I can't judge myself based on whatever strange criteria they're looking for this particular year.

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Excuse my ignorance, but with this profile I don't see how an MBA will change your life dramatically. As you said, you are already awesome. You don't really need it, and may be the AdCom saw it that way? Just guessing
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I got dinged too
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Just read the letter. DING here as well. Not sure how I feel about receiving what's clearly an impersonal and highly standardized letter saying "thanks, but no thanks". Don't get me wrong, I totally understand why the GSB needs to do this. However, there is something deeply personal about this application that makes the ding all the more hard to digest. But, guys - there are just too many variables in the mix for us to speculate on what profile/stats work and what don't. I'm guilty of this too. "740 GMAT, 3.9 GPA, ivy-league undergrad with honors, 3 yrs M&A with Goldman Sachs / Morgan Stanley in Asia, 1 year tech startup with respectable exit and currently with a global development organization working with rural entrepreneurs". I won't lie. I believed I was good enough / the right fit for this school. The GSB was most definitely my dream school and the only school I've applied to thus far. I understand though. I would NOT want their job. How can you possibly rationalize picking one awesome person over another, knowing so many dreams rest on this decision? Not an easy job. I have no regrets whatsoever. I truly enjoyed this application. It helped me introspect and firm up my personal motivations and dreams, an insight that continues to live with me; questions that I continue to ponder. If you're angry / bitter at this moment just re-read essay 1: THAT is who you are, not what you're feeling right now! Don't let that person die with a silly ding. Keep going, keep fighting, keep dreaming.

Congratulations to everyone who made it and good luck to everybody else for the other schools you're applying to!
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dinged

ivy undergrad with econ/math major and very good GPA, 3 years investment banking at large international firm with great experience/recs, 2 years middle market private equity (~$5bn fund) with great recs, 740 gmat, active alumni and volunteer involvement

Stanford is also my dream school, and this stings a bit
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I wonder how it turned out for other African applicants? My insanely awesome application was denied... I'd calculated that if I applied in the first round I'd really be a shoo-in, alas, it turned out different. Best wishes to everyone who made it :)
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