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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My application was complete in the end of December. Given that most people who got invites have submitted/completed in Jan, does that mean that they are sending out invites in reverse order? Or has anyone who submitted/completed in December also gotten an invite?

Thanks!

Anyone? It's been more than a month for me. Does that mean a sure ding? Have they forgotten me?

Any thoughts?

No it doesn't. I had written Booth off completely, but this Monday I received an invite. You really never know with any of these schools.

You could model the probability of invite as a uniform distribution from the day your applicant went complete to the last day invites are given, but that would be a little anal.

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One positive thing about on-campus interviews is that they are more predictable.

Alumni interviewers may or may not deviate from the question bank, and thus are less predictable.

There isn't as much difference as you might think. I interviewed on-campus this past weekend and most of the interviewers were actually alums. My guy showed me the really long list of potential questions to ask (several pages printed out with 20 or so questions per page, broken down by areas like leadership and handling conflict). I think they are supposed to touch on all or most of the areas. I assume this is the same whether it is on-campus or off - there are so many questions that it's not like they give them a specific set to ask. The only difference is that on-campus interviews are scheduled every 45 minutes, so it won't last more than a couple minutes longer than a half hour.

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Anyone? It's been more than a month for me. Does that mean a sure ding? Have they forgotten me?

Any thoughts?

Though as a reapp,i would like to model the process as a more fatter tailed distrubution to give myself better hope;)

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This is an interview question:

Since interviewers will only have access to you resume, should you reiterate pretty much everything in your application (they must like what they are seeing if it got you this far) or should you focus on introducing new points in the interview (if the interviewer cites specifics to the adcom, they will have more material to work with)?

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I have been holding out on joining this forum and posting, but I felt compelled today. I have to say, the posts in this forum are like crack for an addict--simply irresistible. After stealthily reading other's posts and gleaming information here and there from others in the Booth 2011 application process, for a while, I am ready to join the community. Two thoughts:

(1) The invite process is random, in my opinion. In my case, my application was received on 1/5 and completed on 1/14, and I received an invite to interview on 2/1. Judging from others' dates, I feel there's no clear pattern. Although, I have to believe there's some sort of internal tiering system that the admissions committee uses. I mean, with tens of thousands of applications, there has to be some level of organization. But how that works, I have no clue.

All of that said, keep your hopes up until the February 16th cutoff date!

(2) It is disappointing to hear that Booth interviews 50% of applicants. It's great that the school values an in-person meeting when evaluating candidates and thus, chooses to interview many from the pool. (Kudos to Kellogg for their 100% interview policy.) But it's not so great to feel only a slight sense of achievement in landing an interview. The reality is that there are still thousands of highly-qualified candidates in the pool; moreover, it's highly likely, especially for such an amazing school as Booth, for candidates to interview incredibly well. But alas, I'm just being Captain Obvious here, in stating the rub.

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Remember that Booth has less applicants than its peer schools (Columbia and Wharton).

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Did anyone that went complete after 1/26 get an interview invite? I can't seem to find a single person, please correct me if I am wrong?

Haven't seen any. Then again, it's been fewer than 10 business days since then, and then that blizzard hit, so I do think Booth will be issuing invites up until the 2/16 deadline.

I believe someone yesterday got an invite that went complete 1/29

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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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Mine went complete on Jan. 21.
Still waiting for interview invite. It's been almost three weeks...Anxiety piling up...

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Sorry, just realized the fine print at the top saying that applicants interviewing in India should contact the coordinator in order to schedule

I guess there's a lot to be said for reading an email thoroughly

Can someone who has interviewed in India share how it works? Thanks in advance.

You send an email to the person concerned. She matches you to an alumnus and CCs him/her on a reply to your email. You then coordinate with the alumnus, agree upon a time and report these details back to the interviewer coordinator. She enters the information in the online application and you get a notification saying you have agreed to interview with Mr./Ms. XYZ on blah day. You do the interview and the alum is supposed to send the report within 48 hours. However, unlike other schools, you don't know when he sends it in or when they receive it because your status does not change until the final decision. Hope this helps! Good luck, everyone in R2!

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Booth interviews ~50%and I dont have an invite. Reapplicants - any luck? There was one in this thread ????

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09 Feb 2011, 07:01

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Long time lurker from Asia.
I submitted application end of Dec, and I completed alumni interview last Tuesday.
I wanted to know from people who had alumni interview exprience if you status changed on the interview scheduling page.

For me, under "Interview Schedule" section, my status is still "In Progress".

Is this normal?

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09 Feb 2011, 07:29

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I suggest you to relax a bit, 1 day is nothing. If the status is in progress the next week then contact the school.

My status was in progress for 2-3 weeks after the interview... I ended contacting them and my interviewer had forgotten to send the report.

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09 Feb 2011, 07:54

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Remember that Booth has less applicants than its peer schools (Columbia and Wharton).

I don't think the 50% number is as bad as it sounds (I was initially a bit put off about it myself). From what I've read I think two things are true:

1) Booth gets less applications than a lot of other schools (which effectively increases the % they interview), and
2) From the numbers I've seen, Booth admits ~23-25% of the class.

So even though 50% get an interview, it seems like once you get the interview your chances of admission are about 1/2 which isn't bad and relatively on par with other school.

Someone please correct me if I'm off on any of those numbers.

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09 Feb 2011, 08:03

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So what's the damage for today's batch?

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No word, today. Anybody else get anything?

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09 Feb 2011, 08:14

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Nothing over here

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09 Feb 2011, 08:15

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one person got invite in chat but nada for me as well

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09 Feb 2011, 08:19

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Zilch.
My app went complete on 1/5 and my hope is diminishing as each day passes.

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09 Feb 2011, 08:22

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Mine went complete on Jan. 21.
Still waiting for interview invite. It's been almost three weeks...Anxiety piling up...

just received the invite a couple of minutes ago...out of my expectations...

So for those who are still waiting, just DO NOT lose hope. 3 weeks or 4 weeks are not much different IMO. Just keep hope until Feb. 16.

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