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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Hi all, I just want to wish good luck to all new candidates. I will be joining Booth this Summer and I am as exited as when I pressed "submit" on my application.
A word of advice from me will be to try to reach out to alumns and current students. It helped me a great deal and provided me with great insight. Don't be afraid to mention those that helped you (after you get his/her permission). I was honest and upfront with my applications and it worked out for me so I think it is a good tactic. Let me know if you have any specific question and I will try to help. :-D

Again, good luck!

Thanks for your kind words of advice! I hope Chicago treats you well this fall!

Funny story: I'm an American currently living in Taiwan, and reached out to Booth inquiring about Taiwan events just before Worldwide Booth Night back in April. The alumni group invited me to their get-together. I was the only recruit who came, almost everyone there had attended the EMBA program in Singapore and is quite senior in their respective companies. The event was held in a private karaoke room, and I was asked to SING in front of everyone!

Please keep your fingers crossed that my lousy version of New York, New York doesn't put me on the ding list :-D

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I am a reapplicant at Booth. Since I have to redo the PPT, it is fairly hard for me to come up with new themes and concepts to use in my new presentation. Should I use the same ideas and try to convey them differently? Is a certain degree of repetition acceptable?

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Would there be an interest in a webinar where I cover common pitfalls / errors people make in applying to Booth? If so, PM me or post here.

Definitely! In for R1 depending on GMAT scores (retaking next month)

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hello all, also applying to booth for sep 2011 entry

booth alums i've talked to...they stressed that the collaboration culture is ontheir main thing

i see why - also in for the webinar!! weekend preferred.

thanks ryhme, keep us posted!!

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I had not mentioned in my earlier post that I'd be applying R1 to Booth. Please update the roll call.

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also forgot to mention that i was applying R1
please update the roll call - thanks!

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in 4 R2!

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Roll call updated. w103psp, g/l on the GMAT and hope to have you confirmed for R1.

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Hi guys, I will also apply on Round1.
Good luck to everybody.

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Anyone of you guys ever joined one of the live admission chats?

There is one ongoing as we speak and wow, it's deep....let me give you two examples:

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Wilma: Q2. what is the proper time to apply for the 2011 fall semester? what is the deadtime? thanks!
Joanna: To view the application deadlines visit: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/fulltime/ad ... apply.aspx

or

Bedo: What is the required GMAT score for the full-time MBA program?
Joanne: Hi Bedo. We do not have a minimum GMAT score requirement for application to the Full Time Program at Chicago Booth.

Questions that I am asking about information that is not readily available on the web and that I would consider 'insightful' are being ignored....It's frustrating it's been like that last time as well

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ThomasD: Worse yet, they'll probably answer a few more questions related to minimum GMAT scores on this same chat! Just like they did on the last one, and the one before that, and the one before that....

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That's why we've rhyme here.

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Moss

That's why we've rhyme here.

You are right!

While no one of us here can guarantee that we will all be accepted at the B-school of our choice, it is very amusing to see with what lack of professionalism others pursue their B-school dreams......anyhow, I just don't understand why adcom even bothers with some of those questions, to me this clearly indicates someone is not prepared and what do you want with him/her in your incoming class....but I'll take this a confidence booster that my application will clearly not be at the bottom of applicant pool.

:beer

Cheers to those who know when the application deadlines are :lol:

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IS Booth "reapplicant friendly"??

I mean 'really' reap friendly not just the official speech " ... we strongly encourage reapplicant to submit an application Bla Bla bla.."

Any insider info?
thanks.

I was wondering the same thing about reapplying. I'm still on the summer waitlist after applying to R2, but it isn't looking too promising to be admitted at this point. I was admitted to a couple other programs, and am debating whether to reapply or go to one of the other schools I was accepted at.

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I've added some excerpts from admissions chat events to the rollcall post - be sure to check it out!

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Thanks rhyme, i'm interested in what you have to say. in for R1

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I'm also in for round 1

Starting on the essays this week.

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In for R1 myself! This should be interesting...

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In for R1.

Wow!! the blank page essay is really gonna be make or break.
How are you guys approaching it? Any suggestions on size/word limit.

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In for R1.

Wow!! the blank page essay is really gonna be make or break.
How are you guys approaching it? Any suggestions on size/word limit.

I don't think writing an essay is a good idea. I can't see how the "blank page" is different form the last year's presentation.

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