Hi all,

I was admitted to Kellogg 2Y-MBA, besides other schools and plan to go there. However, it seems to me that getting financial aid from Kellogg is kind of "harder" than in other B-Schools.

I'm an international student, and really need the proper FinAid so that I can afford to go... Has anyone ever had any experience with getting FinAid from Kellogg?

Thx!

Regards,
DingoW

Although not international, I have the same sense! I received money both from Gtown and Tuck during initial admit calls, but nothing from Kellogg. I sent my finaid apps in about 2 weeks ago, so I should hear back shortly. I'm not holding my breath, though. However, I am still headed to Kellogg, I just wish it was with some money!

Hey rama,

I am a Kellogg R1 admit and going through the fin aid process. Shoot me a mail if you have any queries. I am in India.

Aftab

I'm creating a new thread for waitlisted candidates at Stanford GSB. I was both a little frustrated and relieved at being waitlisted.

I expected a ding after there was no call from DB. But, while the door is still not closed completely, there is still some hope.

Good luck to all.

I'm also Stanford R1 WL, and have been perusing these forums for the past couple of days trying to get some idea of where we stand. One thing I did come across that may be of interest to some people is last year's 2006 Stanford WL string, available here. I'll warn you ahead of time, though, that it's a bit depressing, albeit somewhat voyeuristically entertaining. To save you the suspense I'll summarize what happened as follows:

- R1 WL heard the same thing as this year: ~50 applicants and no update till May 15
- R2 WL heard the same thing: ~50 applicants and no update till My 15
- No R3 WL posts
- On May 15, some dinged, but no e-mails went out and no phone calls made to those posting, although online letter was changed, saying that WL narrowed to 75 and next update would be June 1
- On June 1, same deal: no e-mails, no phone calls, just upated letter online saying field still 75 and next update on June 23
- On June 23, some dinged, no e-mails or phone calls to those remaining on WL, but WL now narrowed to 15 with possibility that 1 would be admitted, and next update to be July 28
- By July 28 pretty much everybody on the post either got dinged or had dropped off WL and accepted other schools

Basically, NOBODY posting on last year's S WL string got in. That's not to say this year will be entirely different (as I sincerely hope), but I'm still not holding my breath. It looks like at the very least we'll have an anxious/annoying few months of waiting ahead of us. I'm still waiting on two other schools (Sloan R1, W R2), so I haven't lost hope yet. Anyone planning on sending in any letter/ additional rec/ supplemental info? Good luck to all!

I happened to notice that today was d-day for Stanford, and I thought there might be a few more people that wanted to join this thread, so I figured I'd bring it back up top so that people could find it. I'm a R1 waitlist, admit at another top school where I'm pretty sure I'm going, but I'm still going to at least wait and see what happens with Stanford in May. I know the wait kinda sucks, but for all you R2 waitlisters, just consider yourself lucky that you haven't had to wait since Jan 18! Anyhow, good luck to all.

got waitlisted today, without an interview. Anyone else in the same situation? Did any of you guys send additional information to the admissions commitee?

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