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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 06:17
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Currently in limbo between interview and decision. The wait is killer.

Met up with a Booth alumni to chat tonight, and the alumni suggested something interesting. Knowing that Booth is my #1 choice, he suggested that I reach out to adcom, either via direct email or via an addendum to my app, and explicitly state that "if admitted, I would 100% accept". He reasoned that (a) it shows a high level of interest from the candidate and (b) it incentivizes the school since the metric "percentage of admitted students who accept the offer" is factored into those all-important business school rankings (e.g. US News rankings and Businessweek rankings). Elite business schools want to admit people they know will accept the offer; it helps in the long-run towards upping their rank in those ultra-important rankings list.

Any thoughts?


I agree with the others. This seems too aggressive. Ideally, the interviewer writes in his report that you would 100% accept if admitted.
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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 06:43
Hi Everyone,
I applied in round 2. My application still reads 'submitted". Realistically, by when do interview invitations get sent out? Not sure if I should be hopeful till the Feb 16th deadline or whether its already the end of the road?

Can you please share your insights and experiences

Regards
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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 07:04
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Eilig wrote:
I got my interview invite a few days ago. Does any of you know, or can give a qualified guess, how high percentage of all interview invitees actually get an offer?


Booth gets, on average 5500 applicants. They have a class of 550. They interview 50% of the applicant pool so that's 2750 interviewed candidate of which 550 are eventually selected. That means you have a 20% chance of making it to the class if you are called for an interview. So from pre-interview to post-interview, your chances change from 10% to 20%. No biggie.


Actually I think of the 2750 interviewed, more like 1000 are accepted, since about 50% of them turn booth down, resulting in 500 enrolling. So chances are more like 35-40% after an interview
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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 07:05
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Eilig wrote:
I got my interview invite a few days ago. Does any of you know, or can give a qualified guess, how high percentage of all interview invitees actually get an offer?


Booth gets, on average 5500 applicants. They have a class of 550. They interview 50% of the applicant pool so that's 2750 interviewed candidate of which 550 are eventually selected. That means you have a 20% chance of making it to the class if you are called for an interview. So from pre-interview to post-interview, your chances change from 10% to 20%. No biggie.


Above analysis does not include yield, which for Booth is significantly lower than 100%. The overall acceptance rate published in US News is around 25%...so you can probably make some basic assumptions to get to the interviewed acceptance rate.

debmalyadutta wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I applied in round 2. My application still reads 'submitted". Realistically, by when do interview invitations get sent out? Not sure if I should be hopeful till the Feb 16th deadline or whether its already the end of the road?

Can you please share your insights and experiences

Regards


Refer to the past 20ish pages of this forum...each day wait no further than 9:05 central time.
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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 07:29
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stormbringer wrote:
Eilig wrote:
I got my interview invite a few days ago. Does any of you know, or can give a qualified guess, how high percentage of all interview invitees actually get an offer?


Booth gets, on average 5500 applicants. They have a class of 550. They interview 50% of the applicant pool so that's 2750 interviewed candidate of which 550 are eventually selected. That means you have a 20% chance of making it to the class if you are called for an interview. So from pre-interview to post-interview, your chances change from 10% to 20%. No biggie.


Above analysis does not include yield, which for Booth is significantly lower than 100%. The overall acceptance rate published in US News is around 25%...so you can probably make some basic assumptions to get to the interviewed acceptance rate.

debmalyadutta wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I applied in round 2. My application still reads 'submitted". Realistically, by when do interview invitations get sent out? Not sure if I should be hopeful till the Feb 16th deadline or whether its already the end of the road?

Can you please share your insights and experiences

Regards


Refer to the past 20ish pages of this forum...each day wait no further than 9:05 central time.


From what I've seen I think Booth gets around 4,000 applications, not 5,500. If someone can point me to a site that shows 5,500 I'd be curious to see that.
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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 07:55
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Had my off-campus interview on Friday at an alum's office in downtown Manhattan. I think it went pretty well, although you never really know with these things!

Do any acceptances go out on the mid-decision date or is this just the deadline for interviews and a decision point for waitlist candidates?


Hey Diddle,

I'm meeting someone in downtown Manhattan too. Do you remember who you met with and how it went?
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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 08:07
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Hi Everyone,
I applied in round 2. My application still reads 'submitted".
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Do you not mean "Complete"? I would be very concerned if my application still reads "Submitted"
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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 08:11
Hi Randomwalk,

Sorry I meant 'complete' . It has been in that status since 22nd of Jan. Do you think it's a lost cause?

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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 08:13
I got an invite yesterday..submitted my app an hour before the deadline...
So they are still going out...
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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 08:14
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Hi Randomwalk,

Sorry I meant 'complete' . It has been in that status since 22nd of Jan. Do you think it's a lost cause?

Posted from my mobile device



We are in the same boat. I wouldn't loose hope till Feb 16th. I also hear that, based on Round 1 invites, a lot of us receive invites on the last day. So lets keep the hopes up.
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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 08:15
Any invites today for anyone??

My heart is sinking further n further as 16th approaches... :(
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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 08:26
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longhorn07 wrote:
I got my interview invite a few days ago. Does any of you know, or can give a qualified guess, how high percentage of all interview invitees actually get an offer?


Booth gets, on average 5500 applicants. They have a class of 550. They interview 50% of the applicant pool so that's 2750 interviewed candidate of which 550 are eventually selected. That means you have a 20% chance of making it to the class if you are called for an interview. So from pre-interview to post-interview, your chances change from 10% to 20%. No biggie.



Booth gets about 4400 applicants (according to businessweek) If this number is correct and they interview 50% of applicants then they accept about 850 - 900 or so. Which means about 35 - 40% of applicants who are interviewed are admitted. I heard the yield is between 60 - 70% which explains the ~550 class size.
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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 08:37
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any thoughts on what percentage of applicants are invited for interview and what percentage are admitted?


https://blogs.chicagobooth.edu/boothinsider

We invite approximately half of our applicant pool to interview each year.


I couldn't find the admit rate: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/fulltime/community/stats.aspx


3,900~ applicants. 50~% interviewed. 1950 interviews.

22~% admitted => 858 admits.

Thus if you are invited for an interview, then chance of admission is 44%.

The target class size 590, yield => 69~%.


These figures make sense.
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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 08:39
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Any invites today for anyone??

My heart is sinking further n further as 16th approaches... :(



I'm also waiting. Fingers crossed! We still have a chance!
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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 08:47
I've been perusing this site for some time. Got an invite yesterday!

Submitted: 1/5
Complete: 1/22
Invite:1/9

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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 08:55
To all applicants who have had an on campus visit,

Do you know if the admissions office in the Harper center has a locker/closet. I would very much like to stow my luggage and do my visit here, rather than carry it around . I have a flight to West Coast the same day, so was hoping to go to the airport directly from Booth.
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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 08:58
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To all applicants who have had an on campus visit,

Do you know if the admissions office in the Harper center has a locker/closet. I would very much like to stow my luggage and do my visit here, rather than carry it around . I have a flight to West Coast the same day, so was hoping to go to the airport directly from Booth.



They have a closet. That won't be an issue.
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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 09:20
Nothing today?
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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 09:42
mba2011applier wrote:
stormbringer wrote:
Eilig wrote:
I got my interview invite a few days ago. Does any of you know, or can give a qualified guess, how high percentage of all interview invitees actually get an offer?


Booth gets, on average 5500 applicants. They have a class of 550. They interview 50% of the applicant pool so that's 2750 interviewed candidate of which 550 are eventually selected. That means you have a 20% chance of making it to the class if you are called for an interview. So from pre-interview to post-interview, your chances change from 10% to 20%. No biggie.


Actually I think of the 2750 interviewed, more like 1000 are accepted, since about 50% of them turn booth down, resulting in 500 enrolling. So chances are more like 35-40% after an interview


That's right! My mistake. :) Though historical yield for Booth is more like 65%; not 50%.
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Re: Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!! [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2011, 09:47
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From what I've seen I think Booth gets around 4,000 applications, not 5,500. If someone can point me to a site that shows 5,500 I'd be curious to see that.


Well, a current student told me the average is about 5000 (last year's BW figure is 4400). I made it 5500 for ease in calculation. :P But I did not consider yield. My mistakes. That certainly ups chances to about 30-35%.
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