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CookieMonster: Waitlist (R1) Admit (R2) Matriculating cooldar: Admit malumier: Matriculating ApolloLuna: Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Forcefeed: Admit Withdrawn for HBS CfaMiami: Waitlist Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg (I think) maina_s: Waitlist Aviroop: Waitlist (R1), Denied (R2) Faceman: Denied w/ Interview riverripper: Denied w/ Interview chillonamill: Denied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nick_sun - Matriculating Jann - Matriculating ujjib - Matriculating wallspotter - Matriculating nervousgmat - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg ghgirl - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Audio - Admit Withdrawn for Wharton clarksdv2 - Waitlist sudden - Waitlist bherronp - Waitlist yellowjacket - Waitlist adcxaway - Denied w/ Interview bsd_lover - Denied w/ Interview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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Congrats mNeo! Well-done!

From the way R2 looks with interviews, there is going to be a new student organization to add to Chicago's roster...

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Rhyme could be the inaugural president.

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Thanks guys! I know that a lot of you are rooting for me. But based on Chicago GSB's R1 history, I don't think that an interview call at Chicago means that much anyway.

For those who haven't received an invite yet, I am sure that a lot more of us are going to get interview calls. Just need to wait for a while (And I know that that's not easy .. knowing that others are getting interview calls all the time).

EDIT: Edited to clarify what I was saying

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Thanks guys! I know that a lot of you are rooting for me. But based on the R1 history, I don't think that an interview call at Chicago means that much anyway.

congrats mneo, glad to see it.

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Hey mNeo

Congrats!

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Yes, the chicago GSB invite doesn't seem to count for much, but come on. You only applied to Wharton and Columbia in R1/ED. And you are still in the running for CBS. What do you mean by R1 history? Its not like you were dinged at 10 schools. I am sure CBS/GSB/HBS will come through for you.

mNeo

But based on the R1 history, I don't think that an interview call at Chicago means that much anyway.

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Oh c'mon mNeo, you do realize you've only applied to some of the toughest UE schools, right?

You've done quite well to get an interview and W/L, compared to us "mortals" who only got into Elite schools.

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But based on the R1 history, I don't think that an interview call at Chicago means that much anyway.

i thought neo was referring to the high number of invites in r1 for gsb compared to admits

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But based on the R1 history, I don't think that an interview call at Chicago means that much anyway.

i thought neo was referring to the high number of invites in r1 for gsb compared to admits

congrats neo

lol....that's how i read it also
i guess neo will have to solve the mystery now

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Special thanks to prasad and kryzak for boosting up my morale. Thank you guys!! :thanks

Dabots and nupurgupt .. you guys are correct. I was actually talking about Chicago's R1 results. But thanks to prasand and kryzak, I have been made to feel bad about my R1 results. :roll:

j/k

ps. prasad .. did you say that I'll get in HBS as well? Did you? Did you? HBS -> :boxer2

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https://www.clearadmit.com/wiki/index.ph ... ew_Reports

With interviews coming up, the above provides a good starting point for questions.
Since the dress code is business attire, does anyone have any detailed information about what's suitable for males/females?

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mNeo you seem to be forgetting that all the mods are going to be in the city of Chicago next year. Seriously it feels like everyone of us that applied to GSB and/or Kellogg, got into one or the other. Its going to be the place to be next fall for gmatclubbers. We will have to get a bunch of get togethers and some friendly rivalries.

So if you look at that not just the interview to admit % then you are destined to get in.

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With interviews coming up, the above provides a good starting point for questions.
Since the dress code is business attire, does anyone have any detailed information about what's suitable for males/females?

Suit it up!

I wasn't sure either, beforehand...I wore one to my on-campus interview at the GSB, and I was glad I did. Everyone seemed to be in business formal. My line of thinking was that I'd rather be overdressed than underdressed. The 2nd year who interviewed me wore a suit, as well.

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Is there any way of determining who my interviewer would be? I used the online system to schedule an on-campus interview. It just says "Invited to Interview" and the time. Does not give me any information about the interviewer.

Thanks irishfan for the quick response! Kudos!

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Oh, my! Why didn't I reapply for K as well, to leverage my chances with the Chicago GSB??? :wall

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Congrats mNeo!

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just prepared a document of questions for the interview from clearadmit and accepted (can't take undeserved credit lol)
hope it helps other people also!

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https://www.clearadmit.com/wiki/index.php?title=Archived_Chicago_GSB_Interview_Reports

With interviews coming up, the above provides a good starting point for questions.
Since the dress code is business attire, does anyone have any detailed information about what's suitable for males/females?

Suit.

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Thanks guys! I know that a lot of you are rooting for me. But based on Chicago GSB's R1 history, I don't think that an interview call at Chicago means that much anyway.

Congratulations mNeo! We are all pulling for you - that's fantastic...

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just prepared a document of questions for the interview from clearadmit and accepted (can't take undeserved credit lol)
hope it helps other people also!

Kudos, nupurgupt!