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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checking everyday for the email that never seems to arrive, suck!

Waiting for Feb 16th to come by so it will be all over. Have to love Wharton's style of sending out invites.

Same boat ! I am beginning to question the strength of my essays, maybe I messed up. App went complete 1/8.

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hey congrats guys. Same time stamp? In that case I guess today's wave is over too.

Yes, Stamp: 9:05

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Yes I did, I submitted on 1/5 and went complete 1/13.

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And hang in there for those who are waiting, I know it's tough seeing people with completion dates after yours getting invites before you do. But now I am a believer, the invites are completely random.

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So is it safe to say that if someone has not received an invite, but has been complete for quite some time that a ding is headed his/her way?

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Yes! I got the invite! Time stamp 9:05 a.m.

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So is it safe to say that if someone has not received an invite, but has been complete for quite some time that a ding is headed his/her way?

No -- its random. Sit back and relax until the ding date

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Yes! I got the invite! Time stamp 9:05 a.m.

Finally--congrats.

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So is it safe to say that if someone has not received an invite, but has been complete for quite some time that a ding is headed his/her way?

No -- its random. Sit back and relax until the ding date

Easy to say, oh)))

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Is the decision really that easy? The schools are quite different: https://poetsandquants.com/2010/07/02/ch ... gg-school/

Be very careful using that as your guide to these schools. I take issue with much of the content in there. I can't speak to Kellogg (surprisingly, I've never been a student there) but this passage is lazy:

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But the school purposely lacks core cohort groups and has no residence halls for its MBAs, factors that make it harder for real community to occur. Some Chicago students say the school still lacks the camaraderie you’ll find at many other b-schools, especially Kellogg, and that some students graduate from Chicago with only a handful of people they would call friends.

While it's true that Booth doesn't have official residence halls, we have unofficial residence halls in the loop downtown. Over 50% of our student body lives in the loop, with 95% of that in 5 or 6 buildings. If you want to live in a building with 200 other Booth students, then live in Millennium Park Plaza. If you would rather live in a nicer building with smaller numbers, take a look at Aqua/Tides/Shoreham. Want to save money? Live in Columbus Plaza.

I was a little worried about community coming to Booth, but that's because of silly websites like this one. Not only has community not been an issue, it's been fantastic. And unlike some other schools that have limited space in their residence halls, the capacity of these buildings is such that it's up to you where you live (...and how much you pay...and how nice your building is...), not a lottery.

I'm not trying to be too critical, but that passage makes me wonder if the authors talked to a single Booth student in the past 3-5 years. Go to the admit weekends, meet the students, ask them questions that address your concerns, etc. They're both great schools and you really can't go wrong, just please don't make your decision off of what you read on one of these websites.

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What ever happened with that webinar that was proposed?

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What ever happened with that webinar that was proposed?

Guess you guys need to ping rhyme.

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07 Feb 2011, 11:09

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I got my invite today also! After going complete on I believe 1/13, I had pretty much given up hope. For those of you who feel like you went complete a while ago, your invite may still come!

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07 Feb 2011, 11:23

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Good luck to all with an interview invite so far. For the rest of us waiting, there is still over a week to go, so hang in there. Booth interviews about half of its applicants, so those odds aren't too bad.

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Please brace yourself for a little emotional outburst. I am prepping for my interview, which is less than a week away now.

What's really interesting is that the more I read about the school, its history, its culture...the ridiculously amazing support system that it provides to its students, the more I am falling in love with it. I can't even begin to express how badly I want to attend Booth (I am sure almost all of us feel that way and this is in no way an exceptional or a good enough reason to get admitted

) but alas!! there's enough brilliant people out there to easily squeeze me out of a spot at the school ten times over! But having said that, I am really really hoping for a miraculous admit come march.

G'luck to all!

I say let that love for Booth be known! Go into your interview with confidence. Don't worry about the brilliance of other applicants. Your profile is a nice match for Booth, given your IB background and nice GPA and GMAT scores. Since your scores put you right in the mix with the average stats from other Booth admits, focus on displaying your fit and allegiance to Booth. That will make the difference for you.

In my opinion, one of Booth's few weaknesses is its yield rate. It's significantly lower than the other elite schools. I think that the adcom is sensitive to that stat and would like to drive it lower by converting more admits to enrolled students. If you can convince your interviewer that if admitted, you are bar-none, absolutely going to Booth, you will have done yourself a great service. I have a former client (from my i-banking life) who obtained the start-up capital for his now successful tech firm while he was a student at Booth. Several of his backers were faculty members at Booth. He told me that if you can convince the folks of Booth of your undying love and commitment to the school, you'll be in very good shape. I think his advice was poignant and played a big part in my successful admit.

Good luck!

Thanks phillypoint. That gives me a lot of encouragement. I am feeling good about the interview, which is only a couple of days away now. *fingers crossed*

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Still waiting for an invitation.

I visited Booth in the fall of 2009, initially aspiring to apply for the class entering 2010. Due to family circumstances, I had to push off the application by a year. But that came as a blessing - I was involved in a few really exciting projects over the past year and it gave me hope that my application was stronger with those experiences.

I still haven't lost all hope, though I met a R1 admitted student at a Chicago Booth event last week that put a dent in my hopes. He has a similar background (works for the same company!) and is from India, just like me. Considering that B-schools carve out a unique class with a diverse set of people, I now question whether there's room for two of us with similar backgrounds. Should have applied in R1. Sigh.

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07 Feb 2011, 12:26

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got my invite today like everyone else that got one today at 9.05 CST
(for those who are keeping track - I think it has no correlation)
- submit 01/04
- received 01/20
- complete 01/29
- invite 02/07

no interviewers in my country, does anyone know if booth offers interviews over skype and whether there are disadvantages to that (other than being interviewed by adcom vs alumnis - thats my biggest issue). Thanks!

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I echo that the invitations must not follow the previously estimated timeline. I submitted my application on 12/31, it was complete on 1/3, and I received my invitation to interview today-35 days later; I believe 19 days after the first day of invitations.

For those commenting on the public transportation, to clarify, are you recommending the METRA because of schedules or because of crime/physical danger? Also, I'm assuming the recommendation against the Red Line would also apply to the Green Line?

Thanks

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Submit - 5 Jan
Complete - 19 Jan
Interview Invite - 7 Feb

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Does anyone know what % of applicants Booth interviews? I've heard it's pretty high.

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