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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Also, has anyone visited the campus after being waitlisted? If so how was the experience? Worth it? I am considering a visit to campus even though classes are out. However, I am coming from California so I'm trying to weigh the benefit vs. cost / time, etc.

I had 2 friends (also from CA) who tried visiting the campus immediately after R2 results were declared. One of them got denied in R3 and the other is still on the WL. So I am not really sure if visiting campus at this point of time is going to make any difference. Again, I am sure there would be folks for whom visiting campus helped. GL !

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Anyone else think that the language in the waitlist letter foreshadows that they might NOT make any more admission decisions?

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We will do our absolute best to keep you posted over the next several weeks as to where we are in the decision process and what the likelihood is that we will make more admission decisions

Similar thoughts here !

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Does anyone know what the first day of classes is this fall?

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Does anyone know what the first day of classes is this fall?

Orientation (mandatory) starts 6th of September.

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Just when I think it is all over, I get the call ! I am in !!!!! Phew!

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Just when I think it is all over, I get the call ! I am in !!!!! Phew!

Same here, congrats! See you in the fall!

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congrats valleyboy and SEOmatt! isn't it so cool.. what a nice way to end this long wait

Good luck you both!

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I got the call today as well around 4 CST (applied in R3).

First post here but have been hanging around for a while - reading through the last years thread was especially helpful while waiting through the WL. Thanks everyone!

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OMG... sooo shocked. Got the call today as well, but was in a meeting. Got a follow up email saying congratulations! (nice of them not to make me wait)

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Congratulations to those of you who got the call today. I'm curious if any of you are NOT planning on attending Booth? It's nice to see this movement but for those of us still on the waitlist it's certainly not looking good now that the big wave of admits has passed.

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congrats valleyboy and SEOmatt! isn't it so cool.. what a nice way to end this long wait

Good luck you both!

Thanks Jerseygirl2011 and congratulations to you as well SEOmatt.. see you in the fall.
Best of luck to folks still on the WL. Hope all of you make it thru.

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I got the call today as well! What a pleasant surprise and a much needed end to the long process!

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Congrats to all those who got in. Must have been the pleasant(est) of surprises especially after the email in the morning asking how long you could wait ..

For the other WL'ers like me, I guess just hang in there. Maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised too some day ..

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Wow maybe I should have stayed on for one more day to see the outcome!

Congrats to everyone! Booth is a great school to attend.

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Just got in as well!! International round 1 applicant from Brazil.

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Congrats to those that got in. Did you respond to the email prior to your phone call?

Best of luck in the fall and beyond!

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Congrats to those that got in. Did you respond to the email prior to your phone call?

Best of luck in the fall and beyond!

Also got the call this afternoon. R3 wailtlist.

I responded to the email this AM before the call and asked specifically if the email response was considered. I was told they decided on these calls last week.

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Congrats to those that got in. Did you respond to the email prior to your phone call?

Best of luck in the fall and beyond!

Since you received your call after the email, I would guess they waited for you to respond to see if you were still interested. I don't think they wanted to make calls to people who had already accepted positions at other schools. Once they knew you were still interested, they made the call. Your acceptance to the school was probably decided last week, but they wanted to ensure you were still interested before calling. That's my thought/hope, as I did not get a call but also I did not respond to their email until last night.

Best of luck to all the fellow waitlisters!

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it's a bummer! I am just signing off from this post and resigning to my fate.... going with what I have and being contended with it! We don't have this process in control and it's too late in the game now!

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If you don't mind my asking - are you joining another program? Are you taking yourself out from the WL too?

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