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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In for R2. Good luck, everyone!

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For those whose recommendations were submitted late, does your status still show Incomplete, or has it updated to Complete?

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For those whose recommendations were submitted late, does your status still show Incomplete, or has it updated to Complete?

mine said incomplete when my recommender submitted on the R2 deadline. went complete last week.

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Does anyone's application still read "Submitted"? I am curious as mine still does. A little disappointing since invites go out to tomorrow.

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Does anyone's application still read "Submitted"? I am curious as mine still does. A little disappointing since invites go out to tomorrow.

Mine does. Applied at the R2 deadline, and recommendations were submitted well before the deadline.

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Do we know if R2 invites that start tomorrow will be sent out at a particular time in the morning?

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18 Jan 2011, 15:02

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Do we know if R2 invites that start tomorrow will be sent out at a particular time in the morning?

I was looking around earlier in the thread and it seems like they come out around 9 AM Chicago time (10 AM EST).

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Do we know if R2 invites that start tomorrow will be sent out at a particular time in the morning?

I was looking around earlier in the thread and it seems like they come out around 9 AM Chicago time (10 AM EST).

For those of us whose status is still received, I assume that we'll get interview invites much later?

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Do we know if R2 invites that start tomorrow will be sent out at a particular time in the morning?

I was looking around earlier in the thread and it seems like they come out around 9 AM Chicago time (10 AM EST).

For those of us whose status is still received, I assume that we'll get interview invites much later?

That seemed to be the general trend of R1. Mine went complete on one of the last days where they were still changing, and I also got my interview invite on one of the last days. Now I'm on the waitlist

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neildiamond - I emailed my admit contact to ask about that today - I had heard that there are some fellowships that are awarded post-admit and won't be awarded until round 2 decisions are made. I'll let you know if I hear anything back.

Also if I can offer some advice to the round 2 applicants - don't flip out about dates you go complete or even how quickly you get an interview invite. I submitted round 1 a day or so before the deadline, went complete the day before people started getting invites, and got my invite on the last possible day ( the day before the mid-decision date). I got accepted with a sizable scholarship, so I don't think the order is indicative of candidacy.

Congrats with the merit scholarship! I'm in the majority, being admitted with no money. I wonder what adcom will say to your email?

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18 Jan 2011, 18:10

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For those of us whose status still has not gone complete, does that mean that adcom will have less time to read our applications and hence, lower chances of us getting an invite? Hopefully, this doesn't adversely affect my chances too much.

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lol are you trolling?

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Do we know if R2 invites that start tomorrow will be sent out at a particular time in the morning?

Is this confirmed? Where did this piece of information come from? Or is it just speculation?

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Do we know if R2 invites that start tomorrow will be sent out at a particular time in the morning?

Is this confirmed? Where did this piece of information come from? Or is it just speculation?

If you mean the piece of information that R2 invites will start going out tomorrow, it's from the confirmation/timeline email that Booth sent after you submitted your R2 application: "The Admissions Committee will begin to release interview invitations on Wednesday, January 19th and will continue this process through Wednesday, February 16th. Look for an email that asks you to check your status via the Online Application System..."

Don't know what part of the day the invitations will be sent out though. Anyway, my app isn't reflected as "complete" yet, so I anticipate getting an invitation later in the timeline, if at all.

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Do we know if R2 invites that start tomorrow will be sent out at a particular time in the morning?

Is this confirmed? Where did this piece of information come from? Or is it just speculation?

All interview invite emails from Booth in round 1 came at 9:05 am central time.

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Do we know if R2 invites that start tomorrow will be sent out at a particular time in the morning?

Is this confirmed? Where did this piece of information come from? Or is it just speculation?

YES, This is confirmed. Here's what the email said after submission of my r2 information:

The Admissions Committee will begin to release interview invitations on Wednesday, January 19th and will continue this process through Wednesday, February 16th. Look for an email that asks you to check your status via the Online Application System . If your status reads Invite to Interview, the Admissions Committee believes an interview will help us further evaluate your admission credentials. We will provide detailed instructions on scheduling your interview. If you do not receive an invitation to be interviewed by the mid-decision date (February 16), you will receive your final decision on that date

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First interview invites will probably be out in abt 20 minutes

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First interview invites will probably be out in abt 20 minutes

I am glued to my gmail.....

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My status still says "submitted". I think according to the email they sent out, we're suppose to call admissions if our status hasn't changed to "received" by today. Anyone else in the same situation?