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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Guys have a quicky on copyright issues in our 4 empty pages question. What can we use without acknowledging the source and what can't we? I am thinking logos of companies, copyrighted pics are strict no nos. But what about pictures on the internet? Picture of Eiffiel tower for example? I can use them can't I?

I'd recommend declaring the source. Have you considered using https://www.public-domain-image.com/?
I used some images that I found on Amazon. In the lower right corner of the relevant page, I added a footnote similar to "Image source: https://www.amazon.com".

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Random guess: I'm pretty sure pictures of things like the Eiffel Tower are public domain and you shouldn't have to worry. I don't know how much I would worry about other copyrights as you aren't using it for monetary gain. The caveat being that I'm far from a lawyer and didn't use any images like that in my pp.

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Pictures are a bit 'awkward' when it comes to copyright. From what I remember a photo belongs to the person that took the picture (even if they are taken in public places) but if it features a particular person or some particular (unique and well-known) imagery then the person or owner of the thing in the picture also has a claim. The only caveat (and this can change depending upon which country you're in) is that if the picture is taken in a public place then generally the subject of the photo has no rights. Did I mention I'm not a lawyer?

I used some photo's I didn't own in my pp for Booth; I just put a small (6pt) attribution line on the relevant slides so as not to interfere with the rest of the content. If you do use some of your own pictures then I would point that out as well, perhaps say where and when you took the photo.

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MJB, you're referring to something called expectation of privacy.

This is much ado about nothing. You can make a reasonable argument that the use of the picture in this setting constitutes fair use. Just put a small line with the attribution (IE: "Source: economist.com") underneath the picture and be done.

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My app went complete today..

then again I applied wayy early

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My app went complete today..

then again I applied wayy early

Why submit so early? Does it give any advantage? I just hope I can finish my application before the deadline... LOL...

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1. I applied round 1 to few schools, and i was able to pick and part my topics, so writing booth's essay wasn't that hard. And my rec's were sent in at once. So instead of waiting around, i just applied.

2. I dont think there is an advantage...but my guess is:

app sent early
top of the pile
read sooner
interview invite/ding sooner
admit/ding
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profit!

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fyi I've applied in R1, 10 days before the deadline. My app went complete the day after the deadline (others had it completed 3 weeks later).

Not sure if it helped, but I think my app was read early compared with the people that applied the last day.

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Count me in for R2.

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Im in for R2. Essays just about done.

Let's do this! Im REALLLYYY hoping for Booth

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Where are you supposed to upload your transcript? I don't see a place for it in the Education section, am I missing something?

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In for R2. Essays not done yet.

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Where are you supposed to upload your transcript? I don't see a place for it in the Education section, am I missing something?

When you click on "Add New" in the Education section, it takes you to a page where you can add your undergrad university details and upload your transcript. If you've already added your university details, you can click on the edit option to go back and upload the transcript.

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Almost done with my essays, working on the presentation. The risk essay is a bit iffy for me, but I feel others are pretty solid. In for round 2!

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For question 1a, i noticed that booth asks why you want to pursue a FULL-time MBA, rather than just an MBA. Did you guys delve into a brief discussion of why you want to attend the full-time program rather than part-time?

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Interesting observation - personally I didn't. Unless someone has a job in Chicago, I'm not sure how a part-time MBA fits in.

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Interesting observation - personally I didn't. Unless someone has a job in Chicago, I'm not sure how a part-time MBA fits in.

I read an analysis by some consultant who said that if you're "older," you might want to bring it up. I just turned 30 and work in chicago, so i'm wondering if i should delve into it. But with only 300 words, i don't think if i'll have space or if it's even necessary. I might be overanalyzing this.

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Maybe just a sentence or two about why FULL-time (rather than why not PART-time)? For example, for career switchers, it makes sense to go full-time.

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When I visited Booth, I asked one adcom member whether, in essay 1a, they were looking for
(1) why MBA and why now, or
(2)why MBA, why now, and why full-time.

She said it was the latter. I ended up addressing the why full-time question in one sentence.

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Thanks! That was extremely helpful!

Still working on my first drafts. I know it's bad, but the wharton and columbia essays consumed my life for the past month, in addition to calculus and statistics courses.