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 submitted the application but went back in to check the formatting again in the printed pdf, even though I know I already did and found in 2 lines where the system replaced commas or semi-colons with questions marks. I'm really upset about this, I thought I found and replaced all of them. Is there anything I can do? Should I email admissiions and explain what happened, or is that a lost cause?

You won't be alone. Given the nature of the issue, I'd just let it ago. They'll probably fix the bug next season.

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Anybody know when we'll start to hear about interview invites?

R1 deadline was 10/13 and invites went out from 10/27-11/10. Safe to assume they'll take roughly the same 2-4 week timeframe (maybe a day more thanks to MLK day) and start sending them out from 1/19 -20 thru 2/2-3?

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04 Jan 2011, 22:50

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Wait, what? I copy and pasted essay 2 as well. Am I missing something? Why would I need to add my name? I also didn't have my name anywhere on my PowerPoint - should I be worried about it? It doesn't specifically say you need to.

Also, I assume the both sides of the transcript is only if there is information on both sides, right? I don't think there is anything other than small print on the back of mine and I didn't include it.

Any thoughts on this? This thread made me nervous when I was pretty confident in my application before.

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Any thoughts on this? This thread made me nervous when I was pretty confident in my application before.

I didn't put any name, header, etc.anywhere and I'm in.
Don't over-think guys!
good luck to all of you, hope to see you in Sept

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04 Jan 2011, 23:30

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Any thoughts on this? This thread made me nervous when I was pretty confident in my application before.

It gave you the option of either cutting and pasting or uploading a document with your name at the top of each page. If you cut and paste it then they should already have your name at the top of the application.

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04 Jan 2011, 23:34

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Don't worry about it. I applied in R1 and had several lines with this issue. I got in with scholarship. Admissions is aware of the problem. Good luck.

Thank you...you seriously just made me smile

I sent an email anyway explaining that I noticed it when reviewing the pdf of the printed version and asked if it was possible to re-open the application before the deadline tomorrow so I could correct it. If not, I at least feel better about what you wrote.

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04 Jan 2011, 23:49

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Phew, just submitted mine. Now the wait begins ... glad I noticed all the '?' issues with formatting, and adding my name to the uploaded PDF before submitting. My hands were literally shaking after I clicked submit

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*phewwwww* Just submitted! *fingers crossed* now! Good luck everyone!

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Does booth have a place where you can preview the entire application like other schools do? I don't know what the issue is around ? Etc. Where do I check it?

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Just submitted for Round 2.

One of my LOR says still waiting even though my recommender says he submitted it; i even got an email from booth. Going to call in morning.

Also, I must say that Chicago's online system is absolutely brutal. from the ?s to the flow of the website; it just screams 1970s. It's amazing these schools with hundreds of millions of dollars can't invest a few grand updating the website interface. That being said, good luck to all~

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In for R2...just submitted! Feels great!

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I forgot to put my name on the pdf essays

. I don't know what's gonna happen to my application. I sent them an email asking what to do in this situation but still no reply yet. Will need to call them in the morning.

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I forgot to put my name on the pdf essays

. I don't know what's gonna happen to my application. I sent them an email asking what to do in this situation but still no reply yet. Will need to call them in the morning.

come on guys, please don't overthink, there is no issue with that. As I said I didn't put my name in the pdf in Round1 and I've been admitted.

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Thanks i will put a one liner and then refer to optional essay. I was never on academic probation as my gpa was still above three but did get one failing grade ~

Why do you put a one liner in the education section and actually do the explanation in the optional essay?

Why not just explain it in the education section?

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Thanks i will put a one liner and then refer to optional essay. I was never on academic probation as my gpa was still above three but did get one failing grade ~

Why do you put a one liner in the education section and actually do the explanation in the optional essay?

Why not just explain it in the education section?

Speaking to some alumni who worked on Adcom, it's pretty clear that there isn't a fixed process for reading an application, and that each reviewer is free to read different parts of the application in whatever order they feel like. This means that someone could start by reading your transcript, spot the failing grade and then go looking for an explanation. They might look at the education section, or they might turn straight to the optional essay (which is where you're told to explain anything that might need an explanation).

There's no 'right place', but it makes sense to pick one place and then put in some signposts for the person who has to read your application.

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Any tips on how to handle the extracurricular section of the online application? For instance, in the "Hobbies" section, how detailed should my I answer be? I have a list of hobbies on my resume as well, so should I go into details on why like certain activities?

Did you get any response to this question?

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On my resume I just have a one-liner stating a few hobbies. In the online application I detailed more about why I chose those hobbies and I also wrote about little yet interesting anecdotes I lived doing those hobbies. I did not provide a 600+ words answer though :lol:

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I don't think that there's a 'right' answer. I pretty much wrote a complete essay for each of those questions (I hadn't planned to do that, it was just how it turned out) and got in. On the other hand, I know some people who answered those questions in just a few sentences / bullets and got in as well.

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In for r2. now for some sleep tonight.

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Just got an email notification from the university that my application has been marked as complete! Haha.. it's funny that just this email made my heart skip a beat! Is that normal?