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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Atsushi

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i second this...i applied during r1 and went complete very early,...received invite just a day before the deadline....so dont loose hope...

My completion date was right about in the middle, and I had to sweat it out before receiving an invite on the day before the deadline.

Don't worry. There are plenty of invites yet come!

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31 Jan 2011, 10:19

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Got an invite.

Submission Date: 01/05
Completion Date: 01/14
Invite : 01/31

Are we required to carry official transcripts when we interview on-campus ?

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31 Jan 2011, 10:22

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Seriously, I wouldn't spend any time trying to find a correlation between received dates, complete dates and interview invitations - it's a great example of chaos theory :-D

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31 Jan 2011, 10:23

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Got an invite.

Submission Date: 01/05
Completion Date: 01/14
Invite : 01/31

Are we required to carry official transcripts when we interview on-campus ?

No, you only need to send official transcripts with your first deposit.

chuyrulez

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31 Jan 2011, 10:51

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Uploaded Booth application near the deadline and got interview invite on Jan 24...... decided to have on campus interview and will visit Booth next week... has anyone had an on campus interview and be willing to share their experience?

my profile:

25 year old Male/ 700 GMAT( 48Q 38 V)/ 4 years corporate finance/ Mexico/ TONS of extra curricular activities (competitive sports, Non profit, Leadership roles)

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31 Jan 2011, 11:11

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I had my interview on campus - it was all pretty smooth. I went to a class in the morning and the afternoon (I had a late afternoon interview) and I think that really helped me talk about 'why Booth'. Is there anything in particular you wanted to know?

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31 Jan 2011, 13:23

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"Went to a class" Your location says: India; don't tell me you flew to Chicago for the interview????

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31 Jan 2011, 13:53

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Applied Round 2.

Invited for interview this morning. 1/31

Any other folks in the LA area? When i searched the database for an alumni for the interview (since I have already visited campus), I was given just 1 option. Is that the default? Just curious.

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31 Jan 2011, 14:37

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Round 2 applicant!
Also invited to interview today.
Is anyone out there who has scheduled off campus interview? Just wondering how many alum choices would the search return...

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31 Jan 2011, 14:38

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When I searched, I got one name. I'm in Baltimore, so I assume that the system only gives you one choice- hard to believe that there would be so few alums here.

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Thank you runnergirl, I guess there would be only one choice then. How was your interview btw..

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31 Jan 2011, 14:47

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Not til next week- wish me luck!

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31 Jan 2011, 14:49

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Not til next week- wish me luck!

Good luck! Whatever happened to rhyme's webinar? I bet that would help all those going in for an interview next week.

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31 Jan 2011, 17:43

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Folks,

I need some help. I requested an off-campus interview and when I conducted a search, it gave me a local alum from the mid-atlantic area and I reached out to the interviewer. Its been 3 days and I haven't heard back anything. What should I do? Can I request and alternate alumni interviewer thru the admissions office??? The system is rigid and it doesn't let me search the second time..

Any thoughts?

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31 Jan 2011, 17:56

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sunnyrollen

Like my security class professor used to say, RTFM! :lol:

"If the person you contact responds that they are unavailable or fails to respond within two business days then contact our interview coordinator at admissionsinterviews@chicagobooth.edu."

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31 Jan 2011, 18:03

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I think there are instructions about non-responsive alums in the online system. I don't recall exactly, but it says to e-mail admissionsinterviews@chicagobooth.edu if you don't hear from your interviewer in 48 hours.

My interviewer didn't respond within 48 hours. So, I e-mailed Booth and they reached out to him for me (turns out he was out of the country). In the end, I was able to schedule an interview with that alum, and it was a great experience!

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31 Jan 2011, 18:33

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mjb

"Went to a class" Your location says: India; don't tell me you flew to Chicago for the interview????

Yes, I flew to Chicago for an interview. I clubbed it together with visiting some other B-schools; I saw 4 schools across the country in about 8 days. I figured that if I was about to spend $160k attending somewhere then it was worth spending $2-3k to check it out first. For instance, that trip took MIT off my list.

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31 Jan 2011, 19:10

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"Went to a class" Your location says: India; don't tell me you flew to Chicago for the interview????

Impressive !

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Got an invite this morning.

Submission Date: 01/05
Completion Date: 01/14
Invite : 01/31

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31 Jan 2011, 21:43

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For those still waiting for interviews, this is what I have gleaned from some of the chat transcripts:

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Once an application is submitted, it's actually reviewed by 3 people (one 2nd year student and two admissions directors) before our mid-decision date(invite to interviews). If you're invited to interview, after the interview is conducted 2 additional people on the admissions team review your application before a final decision is made.