Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!!

If it's your top choice school and you can make it out, I would. I don't think it will make or break your acceptance, but you would probably want to visit before enrolling anyway so might as well do it now, it can only help to build enthusiasm for the program that will come across in your interview. That's how I've been looking at it for schools that invite me to interview.

Still waiting on my invite for Booth...hopefully get one soon!

Sorry, just realized the fine print at the top saying that applicants interviewing in India should contact the coordinator in order to schedule I guess there's a lot to be said for reading an email thoroughly

Got invite this morning! Scheduled the interview on the presidents day. Will be flying in from DC. Anyone else?

Submit - 5 Jan
Complete - 19 Jan
Interview Invite - 7 Feb

My application was complete in the end of December. Given that most people who got invites have submitted/completed in Jan, does that mean that they are sending out invites in reverse order? Or has anyone who submitted/completed in December also gotten an invite?

Thanks!

Did anyone that went complete after 1/26 get an interview invite? I can't seem to find a single person, please correct me if I am wrong?

Anyone? It's been more than a month for me. Does that mean a sure ding? Have they forgotten me? Any thoughts?

One positive thing about on-campus interviews is that they are more predictable.

Alumni interviewers may or may not deviate from the question bank, and thus are less predictable.

I have been holding out on joining this forum and posting, but I felt compelled today. I have to say, the posts in this forum are like crack for an addict--simply irresistible. After stealthily reading other's posts and gleaming information here and there from others in the Booth 2011 application process, for a while, I am ready to join the community. Two thoughts:

(1) The invite process is random, in my opinion. In my case, my application was received on 1/5 and completed on 1/14, and I received an invite to interview on 2/1. Judging from others' dates, I feel there's no clear pattern. Although, I have to believe there's some sort of internal tiering system that the admissions committee uses. I mean, with tens of thousands of applications, there has to be some level of organization. But how that works, I have no clue.

All of that said, keep your hopes up until the February 16th cutoff date!

(2) It is disappointing to hear that Booth interviews 50% of applicants. It's great that the school values an in-person meeting when evaluating candidates and thus, chooses to interview many from the pool. (Kudos to Kellogg for their 100% interview policy.) But it's not so great to feel only a slight sense of achievement in landing an interview. The reality is that there are still thousands of highly-qualified candidates in the pool; moreover, it's highly likely, especially for such an amazing school as Booth, for candidates to interview incredibly well. But alas, I'm just being Captain Obvious here, in stating the rub.

Haven't seen any. Then again, it's been fewer than 10 business days since then, and then that blizzard hit, so I do think Booth will be issuing invites up until the 2/16 deadline.

got my invite today like everyone else that got one today at 9.05 CST
(for those who are keeping track - I think it has no correlation)
- submit 01/04
- received 01/20
- complete 01/29
- invite 02/07

no interviewers in my country, does anyone know if booth offers interviews over skype and whether there are disadvantages to that (other than being interviewed by adcom vs alumnis - thats my biggest issue). Thanks!

Can someone who has interviewed in India share how it works? Thanks in advance.