Stanford interview invites: 400 out, 150-200 to come???? I dont think so.
STANFORD INVITES –NUMBER SO FAR
HMMMM, BOLTON SPEAKS. OVER THE YEARS, BOLTON HAS ALWAYS BEEN CAGEY ABOUT THE STANFORD INTERVIEW TOTAL INVITE NUMBERS, ALWAYS SAYING IT VARIES FROM 800-1200, AND HE IS KEEPING TO FORM. ASSUMING THE 400 INVITES ALREADY OUT, AND SAY 200 MORE, THAT IS 600 FOR ROUND ONE, AND MAYBE 60O FOR ROUND TWO [WHICH GETS WAY MORE APPS, AS A RULE, BUT OF LESSER QUALITY]. SOOOOOOO, NUMBERS BELOW ARE KINDA BELIEVABLE. ROUND 3 DATA IS ROUNDING ERROR. MY OWN GRINCH THINKING IS THAT ~ 75-80 percent of INVITES ARE ALREADY OUT. BASIS???? FOLKS WHO WRITE UPDATES LIKE THE ONES BELOW ARE USUALLY PACKING IN SOME HOPE STATS VERSUS REALITY STATS, JUST HUMAN NATURE.
First Round Interviews
http://www.stanford.edu/group/mba/blog/As of mid-week, we have extended around 400 interview invitations to first round candidates. We expect to invite an additional 150-200 applicants to interview in the next few weeks, as we read and evaluate first round applications before the notification deadline of 22 January 2009.
On the January 22 first round notification deadline, we also may ask 50-100 applicants to join the waitlist without having been interviewed, and may interview those candidates later.
I hope this is helpful. Best wishes for the holiday season.
Derrick
