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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20 Jan 2011, 12:46

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Anyone who was on the chat - was there any information about the waitlist process?

Nope

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20 Jan 2011, 13:13

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Hi guys! I applied to R2 last year and was waitlisted from their final decision date (late March) all throughout the summer. There were fairly regular email updates from Booth regarding your waitlist status (maybe 1-2 emails a month) and at one point they welcomed additional input/updates such as an additional essay, reference letter, etc that may help them further evaluate your candidacy. The final communication in July asked us to notify them what our "drop dead date" would be - mine was Aug 8th or something. Unfortunately I did not receive a call to be accepted from the waitlist. I did see someone's post on a similar blog that they had been admitted July 26th to Booth from the Waitlist. I think this was an exception though as there is typically not much movement.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for this year though! I submitted 1/4, went complete 1/15 and am still crossing my fingers for an interview!

Good luck everyone!

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20 Jan 2011, 13:18

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Got the invite today!

Submitted 1/1
Completed 1/6

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21 Jan 2011, 01:12

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invite is emailed or is it updated on website?

Epple

Got the invite today!

Submitted 1/1
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21 Jan 2011, 03:26

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You should get an email and your status will be updated on the website.

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21 Jan 2011, 03:55

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thanks! i'll cross my fingers i guess!

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21 Jan 2011, 04:03

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Back in R1 when I was waiting to hear from Booth, I made the conscious decision to stop reading gmatclub and all the other MBA related websites. The only thing I allowed myself to do was periodically check the Booth admissions portal. I realised that after I hit submit there was absolutely nothing I could do to improve my chances and visiting sites like this one was only driving up my stress levels.

Frankly, I think the best thing anyone can do is to just forget that you've applied, and carry on with life as if you'd never even thought about an MBA; at least in the periods you're waiting to hear back from the school.

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21 Jan 2011, 07:09

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easier said than done! sure it's anxiety provoking, but the waiting is also kinda fun. it's like watching your baseball team fight for survival in the playoffs (or in my case, to try and snag a wild-card slot). i was wl'ed at two schools last year and i'm back for more. bring it.

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21 Jan 2011, 07:19

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i'm totally with you. anyway, time is flying... it seems like yesterday when I was sending my last-minute app to hbs (the last one...), hopefully we'll make it through this successfully.

on another subject... I did not receive an email telling me when my app went complete. I submitted 1/4 and have no idea when it happened. I checked 1/10 and it still marked submitted, 1/14 and it was marked complete. do you guys know how to retrieve the exact date?

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21 Jan 2011, 07:27

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My app went complete yesterday, so they are still definitely working through them. The way I picture it is as a giant stack of apps that they keep taking a few off of to read each day.

Also, I agree with you all. I find this process enjoyable and kind of fun. I was completely bent out of shape R1, but going through a big ding has helped give me a bit more perspective. The fact that all Booth news comes at 9:05am CST also helps.

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9:06, and no word again... (submitted 1/3, complete 1/7)

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Seems pretty quiet today. Usually there's someone who got one and said by now

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21 Jan 2011, 08:03

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Just went "complete". It took 16 days from submission

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21 Jan 2011, 08:05

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when did you guys hit submit/complete?

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You all should just get on the chat each day at 9:05cst.

I submitted on the 4th and went complete the 20th (yesterday). 16 days for me.

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21 Jan 2011, 08:17

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You all should just get on the chat each day at 9:05cst.

I submitted on the 4th and went complete the 20th (yesterday). 16 days for me.

it is really strange as some people who submitted on 1/3 went complete on 1/5
obviously there is no particular order

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Mine just went from submitted to received. Submitted on 1/5. How long does it take from received to complete typically?

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Cheerio

Mine just went from submitted to received. Submitted on 1/5. How long does it take from received to complete typically?

Mine took a few days. I don't think there is any rhyme or reason to submitted/received.

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21 Jan 2011, 08:41

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You all should just get on the chat each day at 9:05cst.

I submitted on the 4th and went complete the 20th (yesterday). 16 days for me.

it is really strange as some people who submitted on 1/3 went complete on 1/5
obviously there is no particular order

At one of the Booth events I attended they said that when your app gets reviewed is completely random.

More detailed version of what I remember:
Essentially, your app is batched together along with a load of other apps. That batch is then given to an adcom person to read. They want the batches to contain as diverse a set of applications as possible. So there is no way to predict when your app will go 'complete' and you shouldn't read anything into when your app gets reviewed.

My assumptions:
I think the idea is for the first reader to judge each application on its own merits, and not to start comparing it to other applications. I suppose that if apps were just printed in the order they were received then it's possible to get batches with people all from the same region (think timezones on deadline day). That might make it hard for the reader to stay objective about each application and not start ranking them against each other.