Booth 2012 - Calling All Waitlist Applicants

Check out this blog post - https://blogs.chicagobooth.edu/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=boothinsider&entry=54. By March 9th, the Admissions Committee would have known what the R1 yield was looking like and how many people they were planning to accept in R2. I doubt they would have then encouraged potential students to apply in R3 if they knew the class was already full and potentially oversubscribed. I guess you could counter that the yield was unexpectedly high in R2, but the overall yield so far has been about what they should have expected given last year (roughly 1000 admits yielded 630 offers accepted and a yield of approx. 65%). I won't add further to the speculation, but I like to think that AdCom has a handle on the process. Historically, they've admitted a healthy number of people in R3 (WL and R3 applicants), and there is really no reason to think they won't do the same this year since we have no idea how this year's numbers compare to previous years' numbers at this point in time.

In any event, good luck to all on Tuesday/Wednesday!

Has anyone heard of internationals getting in off the summer waitlist before?

For the waitlist, does Booth call the day before?

Booth calls waitlisted admits on the same day as regular decision admits.

So it will be tomorrow and not the 16th right?

Yes, tomorrow if admitted, 16th if waitlisted/dinged.

Good luck to everyone! Hope many of us get off the waitlist today!

No action yet?

Posted from my mobile device

Surprised no one's gotten a call or e-mail yet. Good luck everyone!

I'm not sure if last year is any indication, but R3 calls didn't start going out until after 3:00 CST. Don't be surprised if no one hears anything for a while.

They're busy crafting an email they'll send out this afternoon.

Has any waitlisted candidate got a call yet ? Time: 1:10 PM CDT.

Not according to GMATClub. Seems that R3 candidates haven't gotten a call either.

From someone on beatthegmat



So they at least claim someone is getting in

When I log into my application, it still says that my last update is dated March 21st...however, the letter has changed...

I didn't get an e-mail about it, and I didn't think they were sending out waitlist notifications today (though, I didn't get a notification either).

Very odd. Anyone else? I tried calling admissions to ask about this, but no one answered.

Thank you for applying to the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Full-Time MBA Program. Your application has received the careful consideration of our Admissions Committee. While we are impressed with your application, we are unable to provide you with a final decision at this time and will place you on our waitlist for further consideration. I want to assure you that being placed on the waitlist signals our sincere interest in your candidacy.

This year, our admissions process was highly competitive. While Chicago Booth is grateful to have so many talented students seeking to join us in Fall 2012, we were simply not able to admit all of our most qualified candidates during Round 3. At this time, we would like to keep you on our waitlist for consideration during the summer months. During the summer months, the Committee will continue to review waitlist candidates for admission as spaces become available in the Class of 2014. While we hope to enroll as many waitlist candidates as we can, the possibility does exist that some applicants will remain on the waitlist throughout the summer.

We will open enrollment to the waitlist on Monday, May 21st. You can accept or reject your position on the waitlist by completing our Waitlist Response Form which will be sent via email and displayed on your application status page at that time.

Please contact our office directly via e-mail with any questions or updates you may have. We truly appreciate your patience during this process and wish you all the best.

Mine says the same thing.

I just got the call - I'M IN!!!!

OMGWTFBBQ

I can't believe this. Good luck to everyone and thanks for all your support!!!