Rhyme,

Thanks for meeting up with us before the GSB Live event!
Thanks forcefeed, river, dabots, and dosa for showing up
It was nice to finally see the faces behind the screen names.

It was great to meet up with fellow GMATclubbers and put faces to names. Hopefully I'll see some of you around at other school visits and in the school of our choice next year.


Thanks again Rhyme and 09App.

good event. great to meet rhyme, nervousgmat, forcefeed, riverripper, and dosa don.

met tons of current students that were extremely helpful

that is a good story! Haha, I hope all the competition is this easy!

They understood immediately - they just didnt know the GSB was strictly a masters program. They must have thought it was just a "business school" arm of Chicago.

Good feedback. Can I pass it along to them, anonymously of course...

As for the LPF issue - a good point - in everyone's defense, the school never told us prospectives were around, so unless you are a wierdo like me and keep track of stuff like that, no one at the LPF probably had a clue you were not a student.

I think a great part of the event that is overlooked by a lot is just getting a sense of who else is applying. Not necessarily to gauge the competition but I am sure that does happen to an extent as you listen to people since thats human nature but to see who might be your classmates. Overall I was impressed with almost everyone there, I didn't run into anyone who seemed clueless about the whole process (rhyme's story is shocking). My general take is the quality of the people is great, from the students I met (both wed and fri), applicants, and the faculty/staff. There was really no one I would dread being in school with, though there were a few who definitely took up far more than their share of discussions.

Through the whole search, I have been impressed with all the schools I have looked at. I think in general people pursuing MBAs are pretty self selecting so it shouldn't be a shock that they are not only talented but also personable.

As Dosa pointed out the essays we reviewed by the "candidate" were not impressive overall. I think that was probably done intentionally but I hope thats an indication of the level they receive. I mean, there were lots of spelling and grammar mistakes. Not to mention all the sentences that were 4 lines long and rambled about nothing really. Overall they just didn't flow well or have a good clear picture. So lets hope most people submit essays like the ones we read.

I think the Gleacher center is for part time MBA programs.

I went there the first time as I was living 2 blocks down the road and they nicely shooed my away. (The receptionist was helpful - she was the one who told me about the bus route - Hyde Park Express to the main campus)

I think lhmcjen attends the U Chic PT MBA program and I guess he is trying to connect with rhyme in case rhyme is planning to take classes at the Gleacher center.

i was there too...
great facilities. alumni panel was impressive.
LEAD program sounds great..