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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Mine still says received.

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25 Jan 2011, 08:37

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Mine status still reads as "RECEIVED" .. any one on the same boat?

gmatalice

mine still says received

Mine still says received
Submitted 1/5
Received 1/22

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25 Jan 2011, 08:49

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Just got an interview invite (R2)

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25 Jan 2011, 08:51

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Congrats green and sunny !
What were your time lines? Submit, complete ?
I am kind of at the end of the rope now. Mentally preparing myself for the....hmmm.

I submitted my app on 12/28, went complete on 01/08 and it said complete until 10.05 this morning. Stay calm and patient... you will see a surprise too, just like me!

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25 Jan 2011, 08:57

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Got my interview invite today. Exactly @ 10.05 am. It gives me some ray of hope...

When did you go complete?

01/08. I think the process is completely random. I submitted in December.

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I submitted on 01/05 and it went to received on 01/20 and it still says received. Good luck to all those who are waiting !!!

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when do we hear about dings typically? Hoping for an int but getting ready =). submitted on 1/5 and went complete 1.17

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25 Jan 2011, 10:06

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when do we hear about dings typically? Hoping for an int but getting ready =). submitted on 1/5 and went complete 1.17

2nd week of Feb--you wouldn't hear about the dings till all invites have been sent out.

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got an interview invitation 10.05 am this morning
submitted on the deadline date
Gmat 720..

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The more and more of this thread I read, I really do think it's completely random. Here is one example of someone who was complete the DAY AFTER the deadline and got their invite 6 days before the notification date. So to relate this to the R2 timetable, that means you can go complete on January 6 and still get an invite on February 10.

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25 Jan 2011, 14:09

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I agree....we just need to relax!!!! But then, the anxiety is painful.

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I have a suspicion a number of people here may be hanging around this thread during the day. If you find yourself bored - join the chat at https://gmatclub.com/chat . There may not be a big group at all times, but I suspect you will overlap with other applicants soon enough. This applies from now until decision day.

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25 Jan 2011, 14:17

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Neat!

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25 Jan 2011, 14:56

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Neat!

What do you guys think in terms of selecting the interviewers. Booth gives two options:

1. On-campus with student associates? (I am sure you do not interview with the admissions officers, correct?)
2. Off-campus with alumni.

I am debating which one to choose and if there is any advantage of going one way over the other.

There was a thread on this discussion but damn I can't find it now..

Any thoughts?

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According to the adcom it doesn't make a difference one way or another whether you do on or offcampus. The interviewers all have the same set of critera for evaluation.

However, on-campus interviews are generally shorter, 30-45 minutes, while off-campus tends to be a little longer. This is purely a personal preference; in an off-campus you have more time to establish rapport but also more time to screw yourself up and say something stupid.

The only reason I chose on-campus was because I had not done a campus visit, so I coincided the interview with a chance to do a class visit to give me a little more ammo when they ask the "Why Booth" question.

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25 Jan 2011, 15:07

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Thanks wmcrockett! I am inclining towards an off-campus interview for multiple reasons:

I have completed Booth Live (full day event, class visit, lunch etc.)
I have attended two student hosted events as well
Travelling is too much expense ( I know its like a drop in the ocean!) and I just had my other two mandatory on-campus interviews so trying to avoid travel if possible.

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25 Jan 2011, 23:33

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I agree....we just need to relax!!!! But then, the anxiety is painful.

It is!
I promised myself to ban GMATClub and all other related resourses after completing the application, but again and again find myself in this thread.

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26 Jan 2011, 04:02

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Any Indian R2 applicant got a reply from admissionsinterview committee on scheduling interviews in India?

Yes I did, yesterday.

Great! could you share if its going to be an alumni interview in India/telephonic/or with some adcom member in India?

face-to-face interview with an alum in India

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My application status says "Incomplete". Have not received any notification from Adcom regarding any missing information.
Is there anyone with incomplete status? Any suggestions if i need to connect with Adcom?