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CookieMonster: Waitlist (R1) Admit (R2) Matriculating cooldar: Admit malumier: Matriculating ApolloLuna: Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Forcefeed: Admit Withdrawn for HBS CfaMiami: Waitlist Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg (I think) maina_s: Waitlist Aviroop: Waitlist (R1), Denied (R2) Faceman: Denied w/ Interview riverripper: Denied w/ Interview chillonamill: Denied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nick_sun - Matriculating Jann - Matriculating ujjib - Matriculating wallspotter - Matriculating nervousgmat - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg ghgirl - Admit Withdrawn for Kellogg Audio - Admit Withdrawn for Wharton clarksdv2 - Waitlist sudden - Waitlist bherronp - Waitlist yellowjacket - Waitlist adcxaway - Denied w/ Interview bsd_lover - Denied w/ Interview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

Thanks nupur, This doc is useful for any Bschool interview !

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Guys who got an interview call

I was wondering about the approximate date on which your application went complete. Just curious. Mine went complete on 23rd. Resteless to see if anyone is sailing in the same boat as me without an interview due to date on which the app went complete. :cry:

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I submitted on the 9th and it went complete on the 16th. I don't mean to put people on edge, but I do believe that the invites are going our *roughly* in the order that the app went complete. I say again, *roughly*.

Edit: Thanks a ton nupur! That document will really save me a lot of time!

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Congrats mneo!!! So, is it on-campus or alum for you?

I took the 16th Feb on campus slot. prasad, you are also going on 16th, right? This time let's make sure that we meet up. Anyone else for 16th?

gregspirited

I was wondering about the approximate date on which your application went complete. Just curious. Mine went complete on 23rd. Resteless to see if anyone is sailing in the same boat as me without an interview due to date on which the app went complete.

greg, based on the details that rhyme had posted a few pages back, I think that it is almost impossible to find a pattern between when you get an interview call and your application submission date / your location / your job-type / your chances of admission. Thanks to rhyme for that .. because I was also getting restless and disappointed by that time. My suggestion to you (As someone who was in similar situation till yesterday) is to just wait for your turn .. it will definitely come. All the best!

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Greg, I agree with Neo -- impossible to know.
You and I are in the same boat though. No interview + went complete real late (Jan 25th).

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Congrats mneo!!! So, is it on-campus or alum for you?

I took the 16th Feb on campus slot. prasad, you are also going on 16th, right? This time let's make sure that we meet up. Anyone else for 16th?

gregspirited

Thanks mNeo. BTW congrats on your interview. Go mNeo !!! I did see rhyme's post about the order of interview. My brain accepts that explanation but my heart says otherwise :cry:

Well patience is all I can depend upon from now on.

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Well I went complete on the 11th and have not heard back from them...and am counting on the fact that interview invite has nothing to do with complete day

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Greg, I agree with Neo -- impossible to know.
You and I are in the same boat though. No interview + went complete real late (Jan 25th).

Mine went complete on Jan 26th. Of course i havent heard anything from them yet. Its tough to see everyone get invites while you wait for yours. I am with you. Just devise any theory that helps you sleep well. So far my theory that since my app went complete late, i wont hear from them until Feb 15 is helping.

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Dosa, dude, you have Ross and Columbia (almost) in your pocket. You don't have the right to be the one worrying.

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I agree to some extent. But my wife loves Chicago the city. Also, CBS is nowhere close to being in my pocket

. Looks like I might hear back from them only next week and there are a TON of people waiting (and even more after tomorrow's super saturday). So, I would say my chances at CBS are minimal

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Dosa, dude, you have Ross and Columbia (almost) in your pocket. You don't have the right to be the one worrying.

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I wanted to share my thoughts with you guys. This is the only tight-knit forum I have ever visited. The place where everyone wishes success for others and at the same time trying to get ahead in life with much needed humility. Also I think even B-schools students won't have such a great teamwork as we do have here. I'm pretty sure for lot of folks who are deeply involved in this club, it is more than a club to share each other's intellectual side.

I hope the lifeline for this club keeps running even after we fade into the past. Especially the B-school application has sure carried all of us to great lengths. One day sitting on the 42nd floor window office overlooking the central park OR riding a range rover to the Hamptons OR devising a strategy for GE's major business segments, we all will reflect upon these good old days. And I'm pretty sure we all will remember the screen name if not real name of our group members for years to come.

I hope some of you will concur with my thoughts !

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I two comments on the BW forums of people who got an interview this week but the apps turned complete very early on. One went complete on the 9th. The other shortly after. A little hope, and an indication that they've broken up the apps in some way that has nothing to do with submission date.

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I concur. I submitted my application with 10 mins to spare on the 9th & it went complete on 23rd. With the applicant volume at Chicago, I wouldn't be surprised if they are randomly distributed among the adcom members. I hope there are some more invites. Well, that's the best I can do, right? Hope.

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:) I agree to some extent. But my wife loves Chicago the city.

...As opposed to Chicago, the band?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

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Congrats mneo!!! So, is it on-campus or alum for you?

I took the 16th Feb on campus slot. prasad, you are also going on 16th, right? This time let's make sure that we meet up. Anyone else for 16th?

gregspirited

I am in...I have mine at noon on the 16th. how about you guys?

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I took the 16th Feb on campus slot. prasad, you are also going on 16th, right? This time let's make sure that we meet up. Anyone else for 16th?

16th feb on campus
let's meet up guys!

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totally agree with that greg!
very nice post
i love this forum, such collaboration.....it's amazing =)

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Need your help folks....

I got an interview invite from Cornell yesterday. They've asked me to call the adcom to schedule the interview.
I live on the west coast (LA) and it took a lot of planning to get my chicago trip put together.
My tix are NON-refundable. Do you think it makes any sense in trying to hop on another flight and combine the Cornell visit too? I was considering an alum interview for Cornell, do you think that would be a mistake?

Need your views before I make "the call" :wink:

Also if we plan to meet, we'll need the time slots as well... I'll add mine others please do so.
We can PM each other's numbers subsequently.

Rhyme, are you gonna be around then?

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