This thread is for the Booth 2011 Application Year, meaning applicants that are starting School in the Fall of 2011. Please direct all of your questions for this year into the 2012 thread calling-all-2012-chicago-booth-fall-applicants-116701.html If you are a current student/admit, please consider visiting the thread for Admitted Students admitted-to-chicago-booth-class-of-2013-full-time-mba-thread-107432.html At Chicago Booth, you get more than just a world-class education. You become part of a global business force. Please use the following form to add your stats to the spreadsheet: Form link Edit Link: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Av3d03301eNIdFozSUpyT2lUQzN0TG41MTFDWG83eHc&hl=en#gid=0 Spreadsheet 0Av3d03301eNIdFozSUpyT2lUQzN0TG41MTFDWG83eHc GMAT CLUB STATS Round 1 Deadline: October 13, 2010 Notification: December 15, 2010 Round 2 Deadline: January 5, 2011 Notification: March 16, 2011 Round 3 Deadline: April 13, 2011 Notification: May 18, 2011 Evening/Weekend MBA Deadlines: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/parttime/a ... #deadlines SCHOOL INFO Excerpts from Admissions Chat Events Application Review Process At minimum three people will review an application. We do not review applications in groups but the reader will have access to the previous readers' reviews. Our office hires students to serve as Admissions Fellows. These students will review the files(and conduct our on campus interviews.) Once the Fellows complete their review an admissions officer reviews and will make a recommendation. At this time a candidate is invited to interview or recommended for denial. If denial the Associate Dean will review the file. If invited to interview, after the interview takes place, the file is reviewed again by an admissions officer. A recommendation is made and ultimately the Associate Dean makes the final decision. We do not compare students between rounds; we only evaluate applications based on each round. The chances of being admitted are very similar from one round to the next. Interview As for interviews, Interviewers will NOT have access to your applications. We conduct interviews either on campus by admissions fellows or off campus by alumni. All applicants have the option of coming to campus or interviewing with a local alumni. Academics The Booth MBA is based on a discipline based approach to business education, with finance being at the cornerstone. Chicago Booth boasts a legendary finance curriculum, covering both corporate finance and investments. In addition, our long-standing relationships and success in recruiting with the biggest investment organizations in the world. General Guest: what are the top features booth is looking for in an mba candidate and how can i improve my chances of admission Kurt: The best way to be successful in this process is to really know your story. Where have you been? What skill and experiences have fostered over time? How do these things prepare you for an MBA, and a career post MBA? And finally, how does a specific program i.e. Booth bridge the gap effectively between where you are and where you want to be. Think through this effectively and convey this story utilizing all the aspects provided in the application will give you your best chance of success. To be candid we expect that students applying to a top school are smart, engaged and demonstrate signs for leadership potential. With those things being staples it is at the margins where you can most directly impact your outcome. And your story and fit is what lives in the margins. Neel the overwhelming majority of our students in the FT program are looking to make a career change. To do so you have to think through what you know about the desired industry, what skill and experiences do they covet and what do you bring to the table. In most cases once you do this exercise you will realize where your strengths and weaknesses lie, and at Chicago because of our flexibility and commitment to analytics you will have every opportunity to round out your necessary skill sets and go after the role you desire. Essays 1. The Admissions Committee is interested in learning more about you on both a personal and professional level. Please answer the following (maximum of 300 words for each section): a. Why are you pursuing a full-time MBA at this point in your life? b. Define your short and long term career goals post MBA. c. What is it about Chicago Booth that is going to help you reach your goals? d. REAPPLICANTS ONLY: Upon reflection, how has your thinking regarding your future, Chicago Booth, and/or getting an MBA changed since the time of your last application? These short essays will require you to know yourself. You will need to understand where you have been and where you are going. Before you begin drafting the responses to these essays, take some time for self-reflection. Why do you want to return to school? Why is the MBA the right degree for you? We know that many of you will use your MBA experience to help you figure out what kind of job to pursue next. Even though your future career plans may not be clear at this time, you should still be able to discuss your goals and how they relate to obtaining an MBA. For our reapplicants, question 1d is where you can tell us what, if anything, has changed since the time of your last application. What has occurred in your life or career that has either reinforced or changed your goals? What lessons have you learned or how have you grown since you last applied to Chicago Booth? 2. Chicago Booth is a place that challenges its students to stretch and take risks that they might not take elsewhere. Tell us about a time when you took a risk and what you learned from that experience (maximum of 750 words). You’re probably wondering, “What kind of risk do you want me to discuss?” To be honest, we’re not looking for one kind of risk in particular. It can be a risk related to your professional, academic or personal life. It can be a risk that resulted in either a positive or negative outcome. We want to hear about a time when you challenged yourself and what you learned from that experience. How has that experience influenced your future actions? 3. At Chicago Booth, we teach you HOW to think rather than what to think. With this in mind, we have provided you with “blank pages” in our application. Knowing that there is not a right or even a preferred answer allows you to demonstrate to the committee your ability to navigate ambiguity and provide information that you believe will support your candidacy for Chicago Booth. Earlier this year, there was some discussion as to whether we would continue using the presentation as part of our evaluation process. With the presentation proving to be such an important tool in helping us determine who is a good fit for Chicago Booth, we decided it was necessary to include in our 2011 application. However, this year, we are giving applicants even greater freedom to decide what information they want to convey in the presentation. Since we’re providing you with “blank pages,” what you decide to address in your presentation is up to you. Look at the other aspects of your application. 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I'm definitely not looking forward to declining a school's offer. I have a lot emotionally invested in each school and while I know this process is for my future development, you can't help but form relationships along the way with alumni, adcom, and students who all hope you join them. I guess I'm a people pleaser and I don't like the idea of disappointing anyone.

I echo that sentiment wholeheartedly. For myself, I honestly had very low expectations for this entire process and am genuinely shocked by the outcome so far. I think the one silver lining to making that choice is that once you decide on a school, that is one of your friends from work or a fellow forum member here who is admitted from the waitlist and given a chance to enroll at the other schools.

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18 Dec 2010, 03:26

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Just wondering if there are any Chicago admits currently living in Singapore. Please PM me as I would be interested in organizing a get-together.

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18 Dec 2010, 05:23

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You can look up people in the community directory and people have been organizing geographical meet ups via the google group.

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@eskimoroll You are in a great position. If I were you, I'd put down the $1k deposit for Booth if you can't decide between the two. I think a lot of people will be putting down the deposit, especially for those applying in R2, so as to not lose their spot.

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Congrats to all who are in.

I have a lot to say about how to best prepare yourself for the MBA experience and Booth interview processes in particular. If I did a quick webinar on this, would people be interested? Nothing fancy, I'd just wing it.

Would be greatly interested!! Loved your webinar on the interview prep.

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Just wondering if there are any Chicago admits currently living in Singapore. Please PM me as I would be interested in organizing a get-together.

For sure lah.

Even you don't know singlish lah, you will by the time you graduate lah, cause everyone speaks singlish lah.

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19 Dec 2010, 08:37

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For sure lah.

Even you don't know singlish lah, you will by the time you graduate lah, cause everyone speaks singlish lah.

Da fck! Rhymes' in Singapore?! Great! Would you be dropping by for the Chicago Booth Alumni hosted event this wednesday?

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rhyme

For sure lah.

Even you don't know singlish lah, you will by the time you graduate lah, cause everyone speaks singlish lah.

Da fck! Rhymes' in Singapore?! Great! Would you be dropping by for the Chicago Booth Alumni hosted event this wednesday?

Sorry I was trying to be funnay. I'm not actually in singapore lah, but I'm sure there will be many admits there.

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Hi all,

I updated the spreadsheet with reported Round 1 decisions. Take a look and see if everything is accurate. If you are in purple, please edit the spreadsheet or post your final decision on the board and I will edit the spreadsheet. And now for a long winded analysis. 8-)

The colors let you know which stats are comparable.

Here are the total stats for Round 1:

Admit: 25.3% (42/166)
Waitlist: 22.3% (37/166)
Ding w/o Interview: 14% (23/166)
Ding w/ Interview: 22.3% (37/166)
Unknown w/ Interview: 16.2% (27/166)

From what I have gathered, we have just 14% reporting a ding before interview. That is suspiciously low (as can be expected), so we will just look at decisions post interview (total of 143):

Accepted: 29.4% (42/143)
Waitlisted: 25.9% (37/143)
Ding: 25.9% (37/143)
Unknown: 19% (27/143)

Last year’s thread is a bit of a mess. I’ve tried to put together solid stats but there may still be errors. Last year's Round 1 total stats were (total of 69):

Admit: 23.2% (16/69)
Waitlist: 29% (20/69) ((Admit after Waitlist: 50% (10/20)))
Ding w/o interview: 20.3% (14/69)
Ding w/ Interview: 13% (9/69)
Unknown w/ Interview: 14.5% (10/69)

Again, a very low Ding w/o interview rate. So let’s just look at the stats post-interview. (total of 55):

Admit: 29% (16/55)
Waitlist: 36.4% (20/55)
Ding: 16.4% (9/55)
Unknown: 18.2% (10/55)

The post-interview statistics make for an interesting comparison. We have almost three times as many post-interview applicants this year, so who knows how reliable this data is. The admit rate is about the same (~29%). The waitlist rate appears to be much lower this year, only 25% compared to last year’s 36%. The ding rate post interview appears to be higher this year, 26% compared to last year’s 16%. The unknown post interview rate is also about the same. We can probably assume that most of the unknowns are waitlist or dings.

To my fellow Round 1 waitlisters:

We seem to be in pretty good shape. The waitlist % is lower this year (at least among GMAT clubbers) while the other stats have held fairly steady. Of the 20 waitlisters from Round 1 last year, 9 were accepted in March on the Round 2 decision date (1 with money) and 1 was accepted in May. Only 1 waitlist ding was reported and that was in March. 2 of the 20 reported withdraws before the R2 decision date, 2 were waitlisted through the summer, and 5 did not report after the original december waitlisting.

So, if this year is like last year, about half of us can expect good news in March. Not bad odds, hopefully it will help relieve the anxiety over the next 3 months.

Best of luck to everyone. Let me know if you see any numerical errors here and I’ll fix them.

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19 Dec 2010, 17:25

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Well, if you compare to my year, we are doing much better. I was the only FT admit in R1 I think

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19 Dec 2010, 17:26

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Good analysis earlycareerMBA. Thanks for taking the time!

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20 Dec 2010, 09:41

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I was admitted and have no idea where to get an answer to the following question: Does Booth have a policy (formal or informal) on how early is too early to quit your job? I hate mine and would like to quit as soon as humanly possible.

Any thoughts or info anyone has would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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20 Dec 2010, 09:45

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I don't think they would have a 'policy' on something like this but potential recruiters post MBA definitely would. The onus is on you to figure out how to account for the months that you are not working before you join business school, I would think. If you can explain it (time off/travel/social work/part time work/freelance/whatever you choose to do) to a future employer in a manner that he remains impressed by your credentials, then quit as soon as you want to!

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20 Dec 2010, 09:46

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bonkselle23

How many months of WE did you say (in your application) did you say you'd have upon matriculating? I think you'd need to honor whatever number you put in.

dalillama

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20 Dec 2010, 09:58

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How many months of WE did you say (in your application) did you say you'd have upon matriculating? I think you'd need to honor whatever number you put in.

If it's of any help, I asked them via e-mail after being admitted and they said it's an entirely personal decision and up to you, as long as you attend the mandatory orientation on September 7th.

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just added myself to the list. Waitlisted

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20 Dec 2010, 18:52

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ok I have a question. I added a recommender for Booth and I got an email saying he has submitted the rec. However in the online application, I don't see his record, its gone.. How is that possible? Is it that once the rec is submitted its no longer visible?

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Hey fellow R1 waitlisters, I was in your place at this time last year, wondering if I'd get a break and accepted later in the process. I got the admit call for R2, then six weeks later got a call giving me a half-ride scholarship (totally shocked at this). I matriculated and it's been a great ride so far! So it's not over yet! Try not to think about it too much and good luck.

It's also worth noting is that I never got off of the waitlist for Kellogg. :-D

So this process may have as much to do with luck as the GMAT.

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So this process may have as much to do with luck as the GMAT.

@ultraeasy : Could you share some of the things you did to improve your chances at UC (update letter-when would be best to send it? ... or any other steps) - im sure many of us would be eager to know...

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jkl84

Just wondering if there are any Chicago admits currently living in Singapore. Please PM me as I would be interested in organizing a get-together.

For sure lah.

Even you don't know singlish lah, you will by the time you graduate lah, cause everyone speaks singlish lah.

Lol, this post really got my attention. :lol:

I'm from Singapore and got accepted too.

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