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. Are there messages or activities that you have not yet been able to communicate to the committee? If so, then the presentation will be an opportunity for you to provide us with this type of information. After reviewing your presentation, we want to have a better understanding of who you are and how you think. Also, please remember that it is the content – not the design – that should be the focus of the presentation. We understand that not everyone is a design guru. So, whether it’s through photos, images, graphs, or just words, the goal is to communicate your messages as effectively as possible.

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arindamcanada

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05 Jan 2011, 09:10

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In for R2 as well. Now time to de-stress till the interview invites start picking up.

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05 Jan 2011, 09:10

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Quick question...can I still modify my application after I make a credit card payment? I will probably fine tune my app until 4 pm but don't want to risk having something go wrong with the payment portion. Thanks!

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05 Jan 2011, 09:22

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I working from memory, but I'm 99.9% certain that yes, you can modify stuff up until the point you hit 'submit' in the application portal.

I seem to recall that making the credit card payment doesn't automatically submit the application (you have to come back and do that yourself) and that I was correcting some of the dreaded '?'s in my essays in the few hours gap I had between when I made the cc payment and when I clicked submit.

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05 Jan 2011, 09:23

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Agreed.

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05 Jan 2011, 09:42

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I will add the remaining 0.1%

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05 Jan 2011, 09:45

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So i just had one of the people I initially approached as a recommender hand me a draft of his letter. I hadn't heard from him, and assumed he wasn't going to write it, so I went ahead and found somebody else. When i submitted my app, I didn't list him as a recommender and obviously didn't describe why I selected him.

Any chance it would hurt me to have him send a hard-copy of his letter directly to the office? I don't want him to have wasted his time, but if I were a member of the adcom i'd think it was a bit odd...

Thoughts?

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05 Jan 2011, 09:47

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Just submitted R2, good luck everyone!

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05 Jan 2011, 09:55

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guys anyone here applying for parttime mba? do you know if the costs include books etc.? I know the emba does, not sure if the parttime did too.. Haas parttime apparently does...

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05 Jan 2011, 10:04

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In for January round.

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05 Jan 2011, 10:40

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Just an update for anyone dealing with the ?'s in their submitted application. I received an email response from admissions saying they wouldn't re-open the application so I could correct, but if I want to send them an email with the corrected essay they would add it to my file. So that's what I did. Hopefully it works out!

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05 Jan 2011, 10:57

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Some interesting updates for us waitlisters...

https://www.chicagobooth.edu/boothconnect/fulltime/Waitlist.aspx

Timeline

Given that many of you have important decisions to make about your future within the coming weeks and months, we have decided to add an initial review to the waitlist process. Before our Round 2 mid-decision date on February 16, we will evaluate waitlisted candidates based on the quality of the applicant pool in Round 2. At this point, we’ll make some decisions regarding the waitlist. While many of you will continue to remain on the waitlist, some of you will receive a final decision at this time. We felt it was important to provide some of our waitlisted candidates with closure much earlier in the process. For those of you who will continue to be on the waitlist, decisions will be released as part of our Round 2 process on March 16. There will be the possibility of receiving a final decision or continuing to be on the waitlist into the next application round.

Does "Final Decision" mean ding only? Or could there be some admits?

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05 Jan 2011, 11:00

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Some interesting updates for us waitlisters...

https://www.chicagobooth.edu/boothconnect/fulltime/Waitlist.aspx

Does "Final Decision" mean ding only? Or could there be some admits?

I was just about to post this same thing. A very interesting update, to be sure. Did they do something similar last year, or is this a first? Either way, I need to get my updates out a lot faster...

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05 Jan 2011, 11:28

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Does "Final Decision" mean ding only? Or could there be some admits?

My guess is both. If they have a strong R2 maybe they'll let go of some of the weaker WL apps from R1. On the other hand, if R2 isn't what they were expecting then perhaps some of the R2 spots will be offered to those on the WL. Also, as the R1 admits have to confirm before the R2 decision date you would expect that Booth will adjust the adjust the number of R2 admits/WL's accordingly.

Basically I think this is about keeping the WL down to a sensible size, being fair to those people on the WL and getting the most suitable applicants into the class regardless of when they applied.

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05 Jan 2011, 11:29

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Some interesting updates for us waitlisters...

https://www.chicagobooth.edu/boothconnect/fulltime/Waitlist.aspx

Does "Final Decision" mean ding only? Or could there be some admits?

It's not explicit, but it sounds like it will be a "continue on the waitlist" or "ding" decision. The only reason I wouldn't expect admits yet is because they haven't interviewed R2 applicants yet. But, it would be great if some admits did come out then. Best of luck to all!

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05 Jan 2011, 11:31

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In for R2. The application says "received." Is there anything else I need to wait for? Also, just to confirm, I'm pretty sure you don't need to have your official transcript sent to the school unless you are admitted, right?

Cookiesn

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05 Jan 2011, 11:49

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I have only uploaded a scanned transcript at this point and my status has been changed to "complete".

mjb

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05 Jan 2011, 11:50

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As long as you've paid your application fee you're done, and you're correct about the transcript; only admits need to send in the original.

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05 Jan 2011, 12:25

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Did you just email the txt file to the admissions email? And they will print it out and put that in the file? I assume that this file should be the same as the one submitted except for the ? etc....

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05 Jan 2011, 12:32

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i modified . It works.

IN for R2.

Michmax3

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05 Jan 2011, 12:56

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Did you just email the txt file to the admissions email? And they will print it out and put that in the file? I assume that this file should be the same as the one submitted except for the ? etc....

I replied to her email with the word document attached, I didn't get a response, but her original reply said they would add it to my file, so I'm assuming they will print it and put it with the rest of my application. And yes, it's exactly the same except for the ?s