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. Are there messages or activities that you have not yet been able to communicate to the committee? If so, then the presentation will be an opportunity for you to provide us with this type of information. After reviewing your presentation, we want to have a better understanding of who you are and how you think. Also, please remember that it is the content – not the design – that should be the focus of the presentation. We understand that not everyone is a design guru. So, whether it’s through photos, images, graphs, or just words, the goal is to communicate your messages as effectively as possible.

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Is tomorrow the day for only dings and waitlist?

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15 Feb 2011, 09:30

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ddu

Is tomorrow the day for only dings and waitlist?

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does booth wl people that they havent interviewed?? i thought tomm was all dings

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15 Feb 2011, 09:32

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ddu

Is tomorrow the day for only dings and waitlist?

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Is it just dings or do they also send out waitlist notifications as well?

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15 Feb 2011, 09:33

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Congrats guys! GMAT802 and vixer, I'm very happy for you two! If you haven't yet, try to get into Rhyme's interview seminar and to do a group interview.

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Schools:Wharton (R2), Booth (R2), Yale (Accept R1), MIT (R1, ding), INSEAD (R1 Accept), Stanford (R1, ding)

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15 Feb 2011, 09:47

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Oh well!! Ding it is for me too!!

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15 Feb 2011, 09:53

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It's a ding tomorrow for R2 people; but they are sending out another notification tomorrow for everyone on the waitlist from R1.

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Congrats guys! GMAT802 and vixer, I'm very happy for you two! If you haven't yet, try to get into Rhyme's interview seminar and to do a group interview.

Thanks! Also for the tip on the seminar - had already forgotten about it. Wharton and Chicago interviews next week. Crazy

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15 Feb 2011, 10:06

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ok, stupid question, when contacting the alumni interviewer it it best to address the email Dear Mr..... or should it be more informal using their first name?

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ok, stupid question, when contacting the alumni interviewer it it best to address the email Dear Mr..... or should it be more informal using their first name?

I didn't use Dear or Mr. If your interviewer's name is John Smith, I would start with

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Hi John,

I was just notified that you would be my alumni interviewer....

dalillama

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15 Feb 2011, 11:35

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ok, stupid question, when contacting the alumni interviewer it it best to address the email Dear Mr..... or should it be more informal using their first name?

I didn't use Dear or Mr. If your interviewer's name is John Smith, I would start with

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Hi John,

I was just notified that you would be my alumni interviewer....

+1 what Driege said. That's what I did as well.

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Can anyone let me know what is involved with partners visiting? I just set up some of the non-interview visit schedule, and they asked if I was bringing a partner. I said yes, so what should one expect?

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ok, stupid question, when contacting the alumni interviewer it it best to address the email Dear Mr..... or should it be more informal using their first name?

I didn't use Dear or Mr. If your interviewer's name is John Smith, I would start with

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Hi John,

I was just notified that you would be my alumni interviewer....

Thanks!

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15 Feb 2011, 12:47

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Got an interview invite. Submitted, complete, etc. basically all around the latest days. Excited!

Also, for the sake of others waiting, I do think that the blizzard might allow invites to go out tomorrow. I'll cross my fingers for you.

LoboMBA

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15 Feb 2011, 14:38

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Long time lurker, first time poster.

I received a R2 interview invite for Booth. They have no interviewer in my city, and I'm wondering how they expect me to travel to Chicago with only 1 week's notice? Anyone else in the same boat?

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Did you already download from the interview page and search the Excel file that lists the cities where interviewers are? Maybe there's a city that isn't exactly where you are, but is closer than Chicago? Might be tougher if you are international, but hopefully there's a better alternative. If that doesn't work, maybe you could call the admissions office and explain your situation. Maybe they schedule phone interviews in extreme cases?

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Actualy I emailed the Alumni Interviewing Coordinator, and she is going to try to find an interviewer in my area. My city was listed on that Excel file, so I found it odd that nobody showed up when I did a search. She sounded pretty confident that I would be matched up with someone, which was a relief.

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Glad to hear it. Good luck! If you haven't already, don't forget to look at the Clear Admit wiki page for potential interview questions: https://www.clearadmit.com/wiki/index.ph ... oInterview

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For those of you who have signed up for the Campus Visit program (via the link in the interview email), did you get any sort of email confirmation? I am 99% sure I submitted my form, but can’t find any record of it.

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I am in the same boat. I didn't get anything back after I registered, but I assume they are "building a schedule" which will come to us right before the visit.

driege

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I had my Booth interview / visit on February 5th. I never received a confirmation email about the visit (I just signed up for the student lunch) but they had my name on a list when I arrived.