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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12 May 2011, 07:28

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I got an email to check my status online, and then showed Deny, with a generic letter on your login page...good luck to all!

Were you a R3 candidate or on the waitlist?

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12 May 2011, 07:30

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Has anybody on the waitlist heard anything? For those who visited campus (waitlisted candidates) , what was your experience like? Did Adcom provide any insights into the process?

Nothing yet here, Nikki.

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Silence is good as long as everyone else's phones are silent. It's bad when it feels like only you're not getting a call.

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Silence is good as long as everyone else's phones are silent. It's bad when it feels like only you're not getting a call.

I know , D day is less than a week away but calling makes the process even more stressful.

Do they start calling a day in advance or two days in advance?

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12 May 2011, 17:55

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cwhs

Silence is good as long as everyone else's phones are silent. It's bad when it feels like only you're not getting a call.

I know , D day is less than a week away but calling makes the process even more stressful.

Do they start calling a day in advance or two days in advance?

In round 2 it was just the day before.

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cwhs

Silence is good as long as everyone else's phones are silent. It's bad when it feels like only you're not getting a call.

I know , D day is less than a week away but calling makes the process even more stressful.

Do they start calling a day in advance or two days in advance?

In round 2 it was just the day before.

So Tuesday it is.
Does Chicago call 100% of its applicants?

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hello Folks.... When does the term begin in 2011???

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Whatzz worse than the silence from Booth Ad Comm is the silence in the GC Booth Forum... Kinda makes me wonder... Am I the only bloke still clinging on to athin ray of hope that my last chance to attend B-school this year works out tomm....

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Hey CalvinNHobbes, likewise, I've been thinking that way for a while.. earlier, we rolled over GC pages in hours, now we had been on page 170 for weeks... guys where are you all? or has everyone moved on with other plans?

Good luck for tomorrow to those waiting!

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16 May 2011, 06:40

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You're not the only ones waiting. It's definitely quiet in here, though...

Calls tomorrow?

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hello Folks.... When does the term begin in 2011???

7 Sep

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Hey guys, I applied in R3 and am also anxiously waiting the decisions. I hate to say it but the other schools I applied to in R3 didn't seem to accept anyone at all based on what I've seen on GC. Also, browsing through the previous years' Booth threads it's tough to find a single R3 admit. At the very least I'm hoping we can give people looking back in future years a decent idea of what to expect, so who else is out there waiting from R3?

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I am hoping for a call tomorrow or Wednesday as well. It has been so long since I submitted the application!

By the way, does anyone know if there's another admit weekend planned for R3 admits?

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16 May 2011, 10:37

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I'm in the same boat -- patiently waiting for a call from Booth..... I got my fingers crossed. Best of luck to everyone. Lets hope we start getting calls tomorrow!

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Hi R3 and waitlisted applicants,
I called up the admissions office to find out whether calls will be made on Tuesday.
The guy basically said that he "doesn't know whether calls will be made on Tuesday or Wednesday at this stage but all decisions will be posted online at 9am Wed"
Hope this helps

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sapphiral

They never acknowledge the fact that they will be calling people in advance (they consider Wednesday morning the official notification time), but I think it's pretty safe to say that anyone who gets admitted will receive a call tomorrow.

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16 May 2011, 13:13

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It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!

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16 May 2011, 14:03

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alienfluid

I am hoping for a call tomorrow or Wednesday as well. It has been so long since I submitted the application!

By the way, does anyone know if there's another admit weekend planned for R3 admits?

They said they would not be holding a 3rd admit weekend. Good luck to everyone tomorrow, hopefully will have some more fellow Gmatclubbers as classmates next year!

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Hi guys,

Be sure to update this thread if you get a phone call and I will too.

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Its D-Day people.........well the D-Day before the D-Day.

Can waitlisters share their updates to Adcom during this period. I pretty much sent two updates and got an alumnus to send in a LOR on my behalf.