Calling all Booth Applicants (2015 Intake) Class of 2017

Child: Mama, where do Booth-haters come from?
Mother: Well child, they start out as thread-masters...

Waitlisted! Is there a thread for Waitlist applicants?

Congrats to everyone who was just accepted by Booth. For everyone who is planning to apply in later round, you may be interested in the Booth acceptance rate analysis I just finished so you have a rough idea of your chances. Best of luck with your applications.

Very cool work. Perhaps nothing too groundshaking from a "general knowledge" standpoint, but it's still great to have numbers behind it. What was the source for your data and the sample size?

I had my interview last Friday (Oct 31st). It was off campus. Questions he asked me were:
- Resume specific (like why did I pick my undergrad school, my career path, what my work function is, etc) a huge chunk of time was spent here.
- What do I find challenging about my job? OK this kind of stumped me for a while since he said he wasn't 'convinced' that the answer I gave was challenging enough. We also spent a bit of time discussing this
- What are my STGs and LTGs?
- Why MBA? Why now?
- Why Booth?
- What classes do I plan to take?
- What is my greatest professional failure?
- Any questions for him?

The interview took an hour more or less. But I honestly found it tough because I had a hard time connecting with him. I talked a lot about social impact, because that's really my story, but he didn't seem to be interested in that. He also kept grilling me on all my answers (he kept pushing back on my answers and asking 'why' more times than I can count). So different from the interview I had with Kellogg. I handled it the best way I could though. I only hope he had a good impression of me.

Oh! And the interview was supposed to be at 5, but he pushed it back to 5:45, but then he couldn't get out of a meeting so he had me go back to his office at 9 pm (!)

Question for R1 successful admits: Did anyone write an essay (prose, not poetry, and without pictures - just your typical b-school essay!) for the open-ended prompt? If so, how many words was it?

I am running a little late for the applications. Is there a deadline "time" on the 6th?

Your application must be submitted by 5 p.m. (CST/Chicago time) on the day of the deadline in order to be considered for a particular application round. This includes receipt of all required online and mailed-in materials. Applications submitted after a deadline will automatically be considered in the next round, provided that all required materials are included with the application.

https://www.chicagobooth.edu/programs/fu ... ions/apply

Is anyone else having trouble with the Booth admissions website? I keep getting errors when trying to edit sections and one of my recommenders has not received the emailed link.

I had the same issue with the recommendation request. Had to go with a personal email instead and it worked.