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Initial scholarship notifications are given during the admit call. However, this is not the only time at which fellowships are awarded. There are Booth fellowships and corporate fellowships that are awarded later. A friend of mine was admitted to Booth last year and did not receive any scholarship money up front. About one week before the deposit deadline she was notified that she got the Forte fellowship. If you are admitted and do not hear about a scholarship on your call I'd advise that you not ask, "Oh and is there a scholarship for me too?" If there is they will proactively tell you. Once you have access to the admitted students website you can look through the available fellowships. Some of them you can't apply for but others you can (usually with an essay). See which application based ones you're eligible for and then apply. Also, if you ARE awarded a merit scholarship upon being admitted there is a chance that Booth will convert it to a named fellowship of equal or greater value. That's about all I know in terms of scholarship notification. I do not know how award decisions are made. Hope this helps.
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rrossjd wrote: Bigblue1010 wrote: VoyagerII wrote: What's Booth's notification policy? For the other schools, found myself getting notification, days in advance of the actual listed date. They will call you on the 27th if you were admitted. On the 28th at 9am CDT, they will update your status online/email, and you will either be denied admission or waitlisted. In a few instances, if they weren't able to get a hold of you, they will email you for admission. Hope this helps. Yay, can't wait until the 27th to get that phone call. So that none of us see an unknown number on that day and let that call go to voice mail, what are the area codes in Chicago? 1) It's a 773 area code 2) They start early in the morning and try to get the international students in the Far East and South Pacific before they go to bed 3) For US based admits there is NO PATTERN in how the calls go out. They are not done in alphabetical order. They are not done by industry. They are not done from east to west. I repeat there is NO PATTERN. I realize right now that as soon as the 27th hits this information will be forgotten/ignored. 4) Admissions makes the phone calls. 5) You will be notified of any scholarship you may have been awarded during the call. If they do not mention scholarship money you did not get one at this time, but may be awarded a fellowship at a later date. 6) Calls are made ALL DAY until around 5 p.m. CST. Please do not be that person asking if it's "all over for you" at 10 a.m. (especially if you live in the USA). Last year I did not get my call until 4:13 p.m. CST. 7) Good luck!!
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Got the call about 15 minutes ago!! With $$$, too! So relieved!  I'm in Chicago.
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Admitted with $$!
Thrilled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Just got the call & offer......tricked the crap out of me, but excited!!
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The 2013 application deadlines and essays for Booth have just been announced on their blog.
2012-13 Application Deadlines:
Round One Deadline: October 2, 2012
Round Two Deadline: January 8, 2013
Round Three Deadline: April 4, 2013
Essay 1: What are your short- and long-term goals, and how will an MBA from Chicago Booth help you reach them? (500 words maximum)
2) Short Answer Essays:
a. What has been your biggest challenge, and what have you learned from it? (200 words maximum)
b. Tell us about something that has fundamentally transformed the way you think. (200 words maximum)
3) Presentation/Essay:
The Chicago experience will take you deeper into issues, force you to challenge assumptions, and broaden your perspective. In a four-slide presentation or an essay of no more than 600 words, broaden our perspective about who you are. Understanding what we currently know about you from the application, what else would you like us to know?
4) Re-applicant Essay:
Upon reflection, how has your thinking regarding your future, Chicago Booth, and/or getting an MBA changed since the time of your last application? (300 words)
Only those applicants who applied for entrance in Fall 2011 or 2012 are required to complete this essay.
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Good luck to you all! I am rooting for you.
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Just got my invite. I'm now going to call the Admissions Office and withdraw my application. The rest of you can thank my for helping boost your odds! Good luck to all on the interviews. 
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dwinters wrote: nullvoid325 wrote: So unfortunately, I received a ding letter from Booth yesterday. After coming to the terms with it, today, I received an email "Chicago Booth Interview Information" from them, stating that I am matched with an interviewer in my city, along with other interview details. (And no emails after that). So I, of course, called the Admissions office, and they said, "We're very sorry, that was a clerical error." How brutal is that? You shoulda asked for your money back haha... It's been a roller-coaster ride. But it's final. I'm indeed invited to interview. So thrilled!
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ankitgupta88 wrote:
Makes sense to have standardized forms as all interviewers are not posing the same questions. Does anyone have details on the standardized forms? Is it like the form recommender's fill out? Also how much weightage is given to interviews?
From what I understand, alum interviews carry little weight in the final decision. I have spoken to alumni (of different b-schools) who claimed they gave negative feedback to candidates who were subsequently admitted, and on the other hand, some of the candidates they really liked were denied admission. The interview reports posted here suggest that candidates are going through varied experiences during the interview. I think someone here mentioned that the interviewer was having an omelette while he was interviewing! Clearly some interviewers do not care much for this process, and others are taking it a little too personally (to determine that elusive quality called 'fit'). I am sure the Booth Adcom will take proper measures to 'normalise' all interview reports.
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Prudence wrote: TheGeneral wrote: Hi All - I am a first year Booth student who went through this brutal process last year. Happy to answer any questions or hopefully quell any fears you may have. Perusing this forum definitely brings back some not so pleasant memories. A few things I wish I had heard before I went through this process:
1) Ignore any status indicator on your application. It is meaningless. If Booth needs more info or something doesn't come through, they will contact you, so stop worrying
2) The time at which you hear about getting an interview is meaningless. It is entirely random. Do not read into it one way or the other
3) The waitlist is a good place to be. Lots of my fellow classmates admitted off the waitlist
4) Hi General, In your opinion, what kinds of applicants would not fit at Booth? Fit is a weird thing that I don't entirely buy into. Booth, like any b-school, is a diverse place with lots of people from different backgrounds and different personalities. I don't think there is a "Booth type" person and I don't think the culture here (if there is one definable 'culture') is narrow enough that people would feel like they don't belong. All that said, there are types of people that, if I were interviewing, I would probably think twice about. This largely overlaps with the types of people I just don't see very often here at Booth and is really limited to people who are cocky, arrogant, overly competitive, etc. I will also note that Booth, the students, and the admissions committees and fellows are all well aware of Booth's reputation as a bit of an introverted nerdy school. I have not found this to be the case at all, but people are aware of the reputation, and so they do take steps to address it in admissions. This means that interviewers are really looking for people who are normal, can carry a conversation, have interests outside of work and academics, and seem relatively social.
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Less than a week... Our dream can become reality and change our lives.
This waiting time is really stressing me out.
I wish good luck to all of you, I really hope next year we will be classmates and we will laugh together about this stressful time!
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Top10MBACandidate wrote: At what point are scholarships and fellowships discussed?...I was digging through last year's blog and found that some people were notified during their admission call, but perhaps some were notified much later. Is there a system to timing or is it totally random? Merit scholarships up to 30K/year are announced up front when admissions calls you. Then right before the R2 deposit deadline (about a week prior), fellowship decisions are announced. Some fellowships require an application, others do not. There are fellowships for many different purposes so not everyone will qualify for each one. The details of each fellowship are on the Admitted Students Portal. People who received a merit scholarship up front are still considered for fellowships of equal or greater value. I have a friend who was awarded a merit scholarship at admission, which was replaced in the spring with a higher value named fellowship. Some people who were not awarded merit scholarships when admitted also received fellowships later. So if you get in and the adcom doesn't mention a merit scholarship on the call that is not your only shot at receiving some money. Hope this helps.
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European applicant. Got a call at 11:30am CST. Thrilled!
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I GOT IN!!! Received the call around 12 noon CST. I'm in Texas. So extremely happy. I reapplied after 2 years and was denied at every other school this year. Congrats to all other admits!
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c00guy wrote: I'm INNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After 2 years, I finally got through!! Really excited and now deciding b/w Kellogg and Booth! Yaaayy!!! So happy for you. Allow me to make this decision really easy for you. You're coming to Booth. See you at admit weekend.
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Top10MBACandidate wrote: Oh my gosh! I am in! So happy!! Scholarship beyond anything I could have hoped for! Feel so lucky and blessed!! Congrats to everyone, and for those of you still waiting - keep your head up. I got my call at 1PM and I'm in the midwest. AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! So happy for you! Congratulations! The scholarship just makes it sweeter. See you at admit weekend.
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I told myself once I got the call I would be productive at work.
FAIL. I'm less productive than before.
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Just got the call. I am in!!
I live in Texas. But I don't think it's geographic. It appears to be random.
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I'm in!!!! got the call 15 min ago
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