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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My application status says incomplete even though everything is submitted.

It says that they are missing a letter from one of my recommenders, but right below it says that that person submitted his recommendation.

What gives? It has been this way for about a week now. Should I call the ad office?

If it says that all of your recommenders have submitted their recommendations, but still says incomplete because a recommendation is missing then it's probably worth giving the office a call. There might be some problem with the letter your recommender uploaded or maybe they haven't completed the questions properly. Either way, it won't hurt to call / email the office to check what's going on.

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I just created the "Admitted to Chicago Booth Class of 2013 Full-time MBA Thread" for this year:
admitted-to-chicago-booth-class-of-2013-full-time-mba-thread-107432.html

What a tease for all of us anxious R2 applicants :lol:

Congrats to all of the R1 admits!!

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Hi, I'm new to the forum and I've got a quick question,

Probably too late since I already submitted yesterday, but for the #of month work experience box, should I have used current number of months(which is the one I used) or the longer number upon matriculation? I Have barely 3 years of work experience so I don't know if it will be a big deal or not. Will the admission office look at the other parts of my application which would suggest that I used the shorter# of months and take that into consideration?

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Yeah, it's a little late to be worrying about this. The prompt says to input the number of "Months of full-time post-undergraduate work and military experience at matriculation (September 1, 2011), excluding internships, summer employment, etc" so you should have added an additional 6 months or so for the time b/t now and then.

With over 2000 apps to review, I wouldn't think the admissions office really has the time to be calculating your error so they'll probably take it for face value.

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In for R2

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Thanks for the feedback. I've emailed Booth to see if there is any slight of chance of them updating/noting it. Fingers crossed.

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In for Rd 2...please add to roll call

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why is %acceptance of booth so high 20+ while others are in low tens? Do less people apply to booth?

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why is %acceptance of booth so high 20+ while others are in low tens? Do less people apply to booth?

Check out the stats on Businessweek. Yes, less people apply to Booth in general, but it is also a backup for many people that enroll at H/S/W. It's all about yield. Roughly <65% accepted students enroll at Chicago vs. the other schools >90% accepted enroll. They have to admit more to get more to attend b/c people prefer the other schools.

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I only had added one Recommender to the inline system and since time was running out I submitted with that. Now I can't seem to figure out a way to add the second Recommender, I guess the system is locked. Anyone in the same boat?

I have sent an email to admissions..

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why is %acceptance of booth so high 20+ while others are in low tens? Do less people apply to booth?

I have a theory on this as well. While Booth is pitching itself as a strong all-around school, it still very much occupies a finance niche. I think that a lot of top finance candidates, very often living in NYC, are willing to relocate out of NYC if it means going to H/S/W, but not for Chicago. So you see top finance candidates applying to HSW and then Columbia and NYU as their backups instead of Chicago.

This isn't a 100% rule, but I think it may explain why Columbia and NYU have extremely low admit rates relative to Booth (and their overall ranking) -- finance people simply aren't willing to uproot out of NYC unless they can go to one of the top 3 schools.

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Does anybody know what percent of applicants is invited to an interview at Booth? Thanks

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Does anybody know what percent of applicants is invited to an interview at Booth? Thanks

50% of the applicant pool.

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Does anybody know what percent of applicants is invited to an interview at Booth? Thanks

50% of the applicant pool.

Thanks, stormbringer.

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Does anybody know what percent of applicants is invited to an interview at Booth? Thanks

50% of the applicant pool.

Thanks, stormbringer.

You are welcome! All the best!

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I got a few responses asking about how I was accepted from off of the waitlist last year. I am a poor example because I just sent one three-paragraph email the night before the additional materials were due. It worked for me, but I would advise sending emails and letters of support from anyone you know in the program once every three or four weeks--that seems to be the ideal number of points of contact from the various "waitlist" strategy posts.

My acceptance could illustrate that they use the waitlist as a way to "round out" the class for a specific profile as they accept the stars from the next round. I might not have been accepted if I were competing against other pilots who had been sending lots of letters in. They were just shy on pilots for R2 last year, I guess. :-D

Good luck and I hope to see all of you here this September! I'm applying to become a LEAD facil, so I just may be your first teacher....

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I've been admitted to Booth and CBS and I want do Brand Management post mba - now I need to decide between which school? I know CBS and Booth are more known for Finance but anyone know if CBS or Booth are better known for Brand management?

I really wish schools would give you more time to decide, the deadlines for the 1st deposit are like 1 day apart for CBS and Booth

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I have friends in both CBS & Booth. According to my discussions, CBS is better for brand management

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What's CBS? Columbia? Doesn't it have rolling admissions until mid of April?

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I also face Becky2010's predicament. Speaking of Booth v. CBS, in terms of finance outside of NYC (ex: midwest, west coast, south), I know both schools are very reputable and probably more highly regarded than top 20 regional schools that occupy those areas. Considering that I didn't get into any of the top 3 (H/S/W), which school would be best for finance? And that I want to return to my home state (not NY). Even worse, both school's admit weekend are the same weekend so I have to choose one.