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A close look at Booth's application review process...

https://poetsandquants.com/2011/02/14/wh ... ago-booth/

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First on R1:..."Applicants accepted in Booth’s first round, which had a deadline of Oct. 13th, have until Feb. 25 to tell the school they plan to enroll in the fall and send a deposit against their tuition. “We are running way ahead in terms of deposits,” says Stacey Kole, deputy dean of the full-time MBA program. “We are up over 40% on where we were last year. And we’ve had the largest number of attendees ever for our Admit Weekend program which kicked off on Friday.”"

"It’s a first in, first out (FIFO) process, so the first apps to arrive are the first to be reviewed."

6 seperate parts are graded - Test scores, Quality of academics, work ex, EC, Essays, Recos

The first reader (2nd year student) provides an overall score for the application as well as a “Fit to Booth” score.

"An applicant’s entire file then goes one of six associate directors of admission for a second review. Typically, the students will spend one and one-half hour to two hours on each application. Admissions officials may give the typical application another half hour or so."

"Interviewers grade the candidates on the same one to six scale. Once the interview report comes in, the file is then given to another admissions director who has not yet seen it. That person does an assessment of the entire file, deciding whether to admit, deny, or put the decision to a committee of the six admissions directors and Ahlm"

"All admit and deny recommenrdations go to Ahlm,senior director of admissions, for final decisions. It’s rare for him to override a recommendation, but every year there are several cases where he may turn a deny into an admit or an admit into a deny"

If "FIFO" is the order of the day, then nobody whose application went complete on or before 1/10 should have any hope whatsoever. Thanks for the post !
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Good read, thanks for the link Tradeoff. I know it doesn't affect the bottom line much, but reading the article had a calming effect for whatever reason.
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Can anybody suggest what I should do for the off campus interview?
My original interviewer is not available so I had to email the school for assigning another one for me. I followed the instructions in the system and wrote an email to the school. It's been over 36 hours and I have not heard anything back...
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Can anybody suggest what I should do for the off campus interview?
My original interviewer is not available so I had to email the school for assigning another one for me. I followed the instructions in the system and wrote an email to the school. It's been over 36 hours and I have not heard anything back...

Have you tried calling them?!? I'm sure ad coms get drowned by emails during admissions season - nothing works better than getting them on the phone!
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Can anybody suggest what I should do for the off campus interview?
My original interviewer is not available so I had to email the school for assigning another one for me. I followed the instructions in the system and wrote an email to the school. It's been over 36 hours and I have not heard anything back...

Have you tried calling them?!? I'm sure ad coms get drowned by emails during admissions season - nothing works better than getting them on the phone!

I guess that's what I will have to do. Thanks!
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Had my on-campus interview today. VERY conversational, in fact I think I was only asked 3 questions before we ran out of time (on-campus interviews can't really go over). (1) Walk me through your resume (2) Why Booth (3) Example of leadership. I was really impressed with my overall visit today, really hope I get admitted.

FYI - AdCom said they had already awarded a lot of scholarships in R1 (implying it was a strong applicant pool). R2 applicants will have a harder time getting $$$. Also, AdCom said they had been more selective with their interview invites for R2.

Good luck all!
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well i guess i'm not too optimistic after that last post=( maybe i should sleep instead of wait up
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A close look at Booth's application review process...
If "FIFO" is the order of the day, then nobody whose application went complete on or before 1/10 should have any hope whatsoever. Thanks for the post !

I know some people who got invited a few days ago and their apps went complete on 1/4 so don't count yourself out yet! ...although it's probably best to try to not mull over it too much :)
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Hello,

My application went complete on 15th January. Received and invitation on February 8th only. International applicant (Russia).
My interview was very informal and conversational. Surprisingly, was not stressed at all. Questions were quite standard: why Booth, why MBA, why now, best team-work experience, worst team-work experience, who do you admire (leader). Very liked the experience and how the alum described his school times.

Best of luck!
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good luck all on today!
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Congratulations for all R2 invites and hope many more come out today!

Does anyone has any insight about waitlist movement tomorrow?
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good luck all on today!
Do invites normally get circulated by 9.15cst? The reason I ask is because I will then not bother to check my personal email account past the 9.15 deadline

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good luck all on today!
Do invites normally get circulated by 9.15cst? The reason I ask is because I will then not bother to check my personal email account past the 9.15 deadline

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Officially at 9:05 CST, it may take upto 10 minutes for the email to show up. So yes 9:15 CST is a safe stop time.
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Hi everybody,

I received few days ago an invitation to an interview and the standard questions for Chicago but I lost the link to those questions. Can anybody post them ?
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oh snap...no email but my status just changed to invite to interview!
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oh snap...no email but my status just changed to invite to interview!
congrats!...now grab a beer and relax!
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No change of status..maybe it is Bye Bye Booth!!
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