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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Just got this:

'As we outlined in our January Waitlist Update, some of you may receive a final decision on the mid-decision date of February 16 while others will continue to be on the waitlist. For those of you who will continue to be on the waitlist, decisions will be released as part of our Round 2 process on March 16. At this point, there will be the possibility of receiving a final decision or continuing to be on the waitlist into the next application round.'

Does decision mean rejects and admits or only admits, while others still remain in the list? Would be great if someone could clarify!

Word has it that the decision on 2/16 will likely be a rejection... much like a candidate hearing back on mid-decision date...

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Very quiet...... I guess no invitations were communicated today...

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Very quiet...... I guess no invitations were communicated today...

The school/admin offices have been closed since Wednesday. Hopefully they will re-open tomorrow.

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Word has it that the decision on 2/16 will likely be a rejection... much like a candidate hearing back on mid-decision date...

So essentially they've taken the waitlist and are treating it like a deferred decision situation. Now it's Dec 15 all over again. Excellent.

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So essentially they've taken the waitlist and are treating it like a deferred decision situation. Now it's Dec 15 all over again. Excellent.

Except it's like November 10 all over again, because we could get cut on the mid-decision date and then again on March 16th. I think I'm getting an ulcer.

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So essentially they've taken the waitlist and are treating it like a deferred decision situation. Now it's Dec 15 all over again. Excellent.

Except it's like November 10 all over again, because we could get cut on the mid-decision date and then again on March 16th. I think I'm getting an ulcer.

Yeah, I think it's more like November 10th with the reject or waitlist. From what I've heard (from Booth chat/emails), admits aren't happening.

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So essentially they've taken the waitlist and are treating it like a deferred decision situation. Now it's Dec 15 all over again. Excellent.

Except it's like November 10 all over again, because we could get cut on the mid-decision date and then again on March 16th. I think I'm getting an ulcer.

Yeah, I think it's more like November 10th with the reject or waitlist. From what I've heard (from Booth chat/emails), admits aren't happening.

So NO admits at all? Best case scenario is to be able to remain on the list with a greater chance of being admitted mid-March?

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So NO admits at all? Best case scenario is to be able to remain on the list with a greater chance of being admitted mid-March?

That's how I read the emails.

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I'm going to be in Chicago next weekend for my Kellogg interview, think it's a bad idea to drop by the Harper Center? I know it's admit weekend so there's probably a lot going on, but not sure I'd be welcome.

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So NO admits at all? Best case scenario is to be able to remain on the list with a greater chance of being admitted mid-March?

That's how I read the emails.

Fabulous! I am so excited, I cannot wait. Grr... why the hell didn't they just WL a reasonable number of people? Basically, they got greedy, WLed the whole damn world and now they're finding it a pain in the neck to handle so they're offloading those languishing at the bottom of their list at a random time under the guise of doing people a favour when in fact, it makes absolutely no difference because Round 2 deadlines are over.

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I know it's frustrating, but earlycareermba did an excellent analysis earlier in this thread of the waitlist stats, and based on last year's data we're in a pretty good position. The percentage of people waitlisted this year is lower (based on gmatclub stats), and about half of the people on the waitlist last year ended up getting admitted. The waiting game is awful, but at least we're in a much better position than people on the Harvard or Stanford waitlists.

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You are right. Our chances might be good relative to other schools but I feel like Booth is being slimy and not honouring the concept of a waitlist. They're treating it like a deferred decision, which is totally different. Making up the rules as you go along is not cool, regardless of the outcome.

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I'm stilling wondering where all the applicants for R2 are and when they'll come out of the woodwork. R1 at 166 applicants vs. R2 at 59 applicants? Historically R2 is the largest pool, but maybe this year is different.

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All school's waitlists in R1 are have a deferred decision component. When they make R1 waitlist decisions, they still have two unknowns:
1) How strong R2 will be (this might be diminished slightly by schools whose R1 decisions are released after the R2 deadline)
2) What the yield of accepted applicants will eventually be

#1 above refers to your idea of a decision deferral. They want to compare the R1 waitlist with R2 applications. #2 is a pure waitlist idea. Schools need to to plan for the two unknowns above, and the waitlist is how they do it. If you are waitlisted, then you are qualified. At the end of the day, schools need to see how many spots are available, and that isn't clear after R1. Given this, I don't believe Booth is behaving any differently than any other school.

In R2, the waitlist is less of #1 above (a decision deferral) and more of #2 (waiting to see who matriculates or not).

Waitlists aren't fun, but kudos to Booth for releasing some decisions early. I don't think the mid-decision date is necessarily an indication that Booth is abusing the waitlist, if there is such thing as abusing the waitlist. Schools don't want waitlists to be any larger than they have to be because they have to keep track of that many more potential applicants and process updates from a larger pool of people.

Best of luck to those on the waitlist!

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In my application, the recommendations have been verified by the office, but I have not received an interview invitation yet. Can I understand this fact as my applications was already read and I will not get an invitation?

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Unless someone else has picked up where I left off, this might have something to do with the fact that I was meticulous in keeping the spreadsheet rollcall updated based on people's posts in the thread during R1 but I haven't done the same for R2 - there may be people who've identified themselves on the thread but not added their names to the spreadsheet.. also expect a lot of people to show up when admits get announced.

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Yeah I'm R2 but haven't added name to SS yet or anything. Perhaps it's best for me to head to bed. but it's only short 3.5 hours till 9:05!

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Anyone got an invitation today?

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yeah - where was that deluge we were expecting?

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I suppose that the batches come out every morning at 9:05 from applications they reviewed the day before... since they missed the last few days due to the weather, its not really surprising that there aren't any invites that went out this morning.

I'm still waiting and hoping myself...

Best of luck to all.