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. 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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. 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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.

I was just thinking the exact same thing for you when the acceptances started coming in. But hey, what you did takes courage and you had the right motivations. You can be happy that you possibly helped someone get in. I'm sure you'll be equally successful at Stern if not more.

Good luck.

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07 Jun 2011, 08:30

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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.

I agree - Stern's a great school and you will have an awesome time there.

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07 Jun 2011, 10:43

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heard some good news from admissions today - i was admitted off the waitlist. i'm a R3 applicant and intend to matriculate.

keep hope alive!

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07 Jun 2011, 11:07

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heard some good news from admissions today - i was admitted off the waitlist. i'm a R3 applicant and intend to matriculate.

keep hope alive!

Congrats - did you answer the email that was sent yesterday?

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To the people who have just been accepted off the Booth waitlist, did you put down deposits at other schools? If so, what schools?

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I got the call yesterday and no, I hadn't responded to the waitlist email yet.

For those who were accepted yesterday, have you received the admitted students email yet? I got an email about the change of status of my application and then another one from the financial aid office. Still waiting for the one with the admitted students website login details.

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07 Jun 2011, 13:52

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I'm still waiting as well. Glad to see I'm not alone. (I also received the status change and financial aid emails)

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I was admitted yesterday and recieved the admitted to student email this morning, but had an exchange with the admissions officer via email becuase we were unable to reach one another by phone due to schedules, so that might be why.

I hadn't responded to the waitlist email when I got the call either.

Also to the person who I asked about deposits. Yes, I put a deposit down somewhere else and will be declining three admissions offers as a result of getting off the Booth waitlist. McCombs, Tepper, and Duke. Hopefully that will open up some spots for some others out there.

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07 Jun 2011, 14:33

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So you received the details to login to the admitted students website? Or you just received the status change email and decision letter?

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I got an email with the logins, email set up, etc. earlier today. I am sure it will get out to everyone soon. Also got the status change and the financial aid email.

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08 Jun 2011, 09:00

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

Orientation (mandatory) starts 6th of September.

I'm pretty sure that's just for international students and it's optional, first day is Sept 7th for everyone else

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Congrats to all the admitted waitlisters...see you in the Fall

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Hey... Just wondering how many internationals are still on the waitlist? When do u guys think the next wave will come?

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Hey... Just wondering how many internationals are still on the waitlist? When do u guys think the next wave will come?

I'm not really expecting any more 'waves' .. maybe a couple trickles here n there .. just a guess .. i haven't looked at last year or previous years to see if there were more than one waves after R3

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Its not looking good for the WLers.

A question to the admitted off the WL:
Have you contacted Booth during WLed? if so, how?

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any international candidates who have so far converted the wL at R3 results or since?

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Why won't they call me ?!?!?!

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Why won't they call me ?!?!?!

coz they've looked at your profile and they know you're already through to Ross

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Just went through the Booth class of 2013 Facebook page ...Wow... counted 43/313 ppl who are either Indian or of Indian origin....when extrapoled that would about 70 Indians in the entire class... not sure if that is good news or bad... for the first time in the entire app process, I am praying for somebody else in my applicant pool to make the cut... that is for a few of those 70 to get an amit elsewhere and free up spots for me

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but being a part of an over represented group...do not fancy my chances this year...

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Clear Admit wiki lists Booth status as - "A handful of admits and rejections were sent out to waitlisters this week, though on the whole there has been very little news from the admissions office."

Did any decisions go out this week?