GMATClub Chicago GSB Applicants Round 1: Tally: Admitted: 9 Dings: 9 Waitlist: 4 Matriculating: 6 Irishfan: Matriculating dabots: Matriculating kwam: Matriculating jpjazzman: Matriculating burger2001: Matriculating CookieMonster: Waitlist (R1) Admit (R2) Matriculating cooldar: Admit malumier: Matriculating ApolloLuna: Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Forcefeed: Admit Withdrawn for HBS CfaMiami: Waitlist Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg (I think) maina_s: Waitlist Aviroop: Waitlist (R1), Denied (R2) Faceman: Denied w/ Interview riverripper: Denied w/ Interview chillonamill: Denied w/ Interview Vij101: Denied w/ Interview Sangoman: Denied w/ Interview gnr646: Denied w/ Interview Collegesenior: Denied w/o interview nnabros: Denied w/o interview beyondinfinity: Denied w/o interview Round 2: Total applicants: 42 Admit = 10 Waitlist = 3 Dinged = 21 unknown = 6 mNeo - Matriculating helg - Matriculating CerealsMBA - Matriculating nick_sun - Matriculating Jann - Matriculating ujjib - Matriculating wallspotter - Matriculating nervousgmat - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg ghgirl - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Audio - Admit Withdrawn for Wharton clarksdv2 - Waitlist sudden - Waitlist bherronp - Waitlist yellowjacket - Waitlist adcxaway - Denied w/ Interview bsd_lover - Denied w/ Interview vchhaochharia - Denied w/ Interview tsaditya - Denied w/ Interview max125 - Denied w/ Interview nupurgupt - Denied w/ Interview KingKREEP - Denied w/ Interview KK Iyer - Denied w/ Interview pandeyrav - Denied w/ Interview Poochandi - Denied w/ Interview grap - Denied w/ Interview svrider - Denied w/ Interview trojan812 - Denied w/ Interview foxtrot - Denied w/ Interview SoccrRef - Denied w/ Interview nupurgupt - Denied w/ Interview hsampath - Denied w/o interview bkk145 - Denied w/o interview gregspirited - Denied w/o interview ryguy904 - Denied w/o interview dosa_don - Denied w/o interview spideyeclipse27 - Denied w/o interview Prodigy - Denied w/o interview PEtoMBA - Denied w/o interview Pokerface - Submitted (01/09), Invited to interview (02/08) JDMBA - submitted, Invited to interview ncprasad - Submitted 01/09, Invited to interview swedenr09 - submitted 1/9, Invited to Interview Cleardmit has some useful advice to approach this year's Chicago GSB application essays. I hope this is useful for all you GSB aspirants out there. https://blog.clearadmit.com/2007/07/chi ... 2007-2008/ Reproduced in full below Essay 1: Why are you pursuing an MBA at this point in your career? Describe your personal and professional goals and the role an MBA from the University of Chicago GSB plays in your plans to reach these goals. (1,500 word maximum) Our general guidelines for the standard career goals essay apply to this document, but the above-average length and the nature of Chicago’s other questions add another strategic consideration. While the second and third essays certainly provide ample opportunity to share information about oneself, there really isn’t much room for narrative. This is a distinct contrast from schools like Stanford and MIT, which ask applicants to recount the details of their actions in several specific kinds of situations across the application essays. With this in mind, Chicago applicants might want to use a portion of their 1500 words in this essay to briefly share the details of some professional achievements and significant experiences. Essay 2: If you could step into someone else’s shoes for a day, who would it be and why? (500 word maximum) The most common trap that applicants fall into when answering this question is writing more about the person whose shoes he or she would choose to occupy than about the reasons for this selection and the way it fits into his or her candidacy. While this can be a fun question with an answer that is sure to be telling, it’s important not to lose sight of what should be the main objective of one’s application: sharing impressive information about oneself that is relevant to one’s business school candidacy. Selecting a prominent figure whose work is in line with one’s professional goals or favorite hobby can be a great strategy for producing an interesting essay that allows for detail about the applicant’s background as well. Essay 3: We have asked for a great deal of information throughout this application. In this portion of the application, we invite you tell us about yourself using a non-traditional application format–a PowerPoint presentation. In four slides or less, please provide readers with content that captures who you are. This approach isn’t exactly revolutionary - Stern’s usual Essay 3 asks for a personal expression that gives candidates complete freedom with content and medium (except for the exclusion of edible/perishable personal expressions) - but it does speak to Chicago’s interest in a candidate’s interests and personality. While all this “white space” might be daunting to some, an easy way to approach this process is to ask oneself a few simple questions. Are there four personal themes to which you would like to devote a slide each? Would you prefer to use the four frames to create a sense of progression through a day, event or activity? We’re hesitant to provide too much guidance given the free-form nature of the task; the best advice we can offer is to think about who you are (and how this might be of interest to the GSB adcom), consider how you could translate this into words and images, and then try it out. Showing the initial result to someone who knows you well could be a great way to determine how successful this draft is. Good luck, and have fun! ***Updated applicant list: 1/9/08 RiverRipper

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riverripper

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Rhyme any rumors on application volume for R2? Up...Down...steady?

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Congrats, Cereals!

I got my invite as well :-)

Good luck to eveyone else still waiting!

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30 Jan 2008, 08:27

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nervousgmat

Congrats, Cereals!

I got my invite as well :-)

It seems that you are destined to go 6 for 6.

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30 Jan 2008, 08:29

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dosa_don

Congrats on being the first one to get an invite from the club...

great news.

CerealsMBA

Just got my invite ! yay ! Jeez, my hands are shaking....

This would not have been possible without you guys... I am sure there are many many more invitations to come...

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30 Jan 2008, 08:31

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You mean 7 for 7

congrats nervous!

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Congrats, Cereals!

I got my invite as well :-)

It seems that you are destined to go 6 for 6.

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Thanks all....

Congrats Nervous, it seems like you are making a clean sweep indeed !

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30 Jan 2008, 08:34

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Congrats Nervous and Cereals! It must feel great to be on the other side :-D

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dosa_don

You mean 7 for 7

congrats nervous!

Dang, if that happens we need to make one of those "all time great streak" lists a la ESPN.com.

Good Evening, and welcome to Sports Center. 7 and 0. Where does Nervousgmat's 2007-2008 B-School season rank amongst the great b-school accomplishments of all time? Chris Collinsworth and a random fat guy will break it down for us tonight.

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Just got my interview invite as well. After the Stern ding tow days back, this feels great.

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congrats nervous, cereal and vchhao.. well begun is half done.

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Just bringing the list up:

ncprasad - Submitted 01/09
adcxaway - Submitted 01/08
bherronp - Submitted 12/30
bsd_lover - Submitted 01/06
Dosa_don - Submitted 01/09
hsampath - Submitted 01/08
max125 - Submitted 01/08
mNeo - Submitted 01/09
nervousgmat - Submitted 12/31 Invited to interview
pandeyrav - Submitted 01/09
robinantony - Submitted 01/09
trojan812 - Submitted 01/07
tsaditya - Submitted 01/08
vchhaochharia - Submitted 12/25 Invited to interview
bkk145 - Submitted 01/09
KingKREEP - Submitted 01/09
helg - Submitted 01/09
CerealsMBA - Submitted 01/09 Invited to interview
gregspirited - Submitted 01/09
Audio - Submitted 01/09
ryguy904 - submitted 01/09
nick_sun - Submitted UNK
Poochandi - Submitted 01/09
vishalsuri
wallspotter - submitted -01/09
svrider - Submitted 01/09
saurabh357 - submitted 01/09
sudden - submitted 1/8
swedenr09 - submitted 1/9
ujjib - submitted 1/9
nyrberg - Submitted 01/09
Prodigy- Submitted 01/08
nupurgupt - Submitted 01/09

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ncprasad - Submitted 01/09
adcxaway - Submitted 01/08 Invited to interview! WOOHOOO!
bherronp - Submitted 12/30
bsd_lover - Submitted 01/06
Dosa_don - Submitted 01/09
hsampath - Submitted 01/08
max125 - Submitted 01/08
mNeo - Submitted 01/09
nervousgmat - Submitted 12/31 Invited to interview
pandeyrav - Submitted 01/09
robinantony - Submitted 01/09
trojan812 - Submitted 01/07
tsaditya - Submitted 01/08
vchhaochharia - Submitted 12/25 Invited to interview
bkk145 - Submitted 01/09
KingKREEP - Submitted 01/09
helg - Submitted 01/09
CerealsMBA - Submitted 01/09 Invited to interview
gregspirited - Submitted 01/09
Audio - Submitted 01/09
ryguy904 - submitted 01/09
nick_sun - Submitted UNK
Poochandi - Submitted 01/09
vishalsuri
wallspotter - submitted -01/09
svrider - Submitted 01/09
saurabh357 - submitted 01/09
sudden - submitted 1/8
swedenr09 - submitted 1/9
ujjib - submitted 1/9
nyrberg - Submitted 01/09
Prodigy- Submitted 01/08
nupurgupt - Submitted 01/09

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congrats everyone!

dang nervous, you are making us all look bad

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congrats adcxaway !!

chicago is making up for lost time. a whole bunch of invites reported on BW as well.

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pandeyrav

congrats adcxaway !!

chicago is making up for lost time. a whole bunch of invites reported on BW as well.

thanks man!

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Thanks, guys! Congrats to vchhaochharia and adcxaway!

I am debating between the alumni interview and the on-campus one, leaning towards the alumni interview as
-l have spent a lot of money on travel and visits already
-I visited Chicago GSB for Chicago Live in September, so I am more or less familiar witht he campus
-From my b-school interviewing experience, I had better interviews with alumni than with current students as students tend to be more uptight than alumni. While I would prefer to interview with the admissions staff, chances are I will end up interviewing with a current students and not an adcom if I chose to interview on campus.

What are your thought, gmatclubbers?

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nervous, congrats on all your success! I think you should save your money for your MBA going-away party this summer and go with the alumni interview. I think the interview is just a confirmation of what the AdComs already know, which is that you're a darn good candidate!

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I got an interview invite today as well :-D

Im doing an on campus interview.

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I am trying to decide between on campus and off as well. I would prefer to do the off as well, for reasons stated by nervous and Avi's experience. However, when searching for alums from Dallas, I hit only one and I am not able to find his profile anywhere, so dont know whether its a good idea to do it with him or not. Do you know if GSB will share his profile if I ask for it? Also, there will be interviews on campus on Saturday as well. Does anyone know if Saturday interviews might be done by adcom only?