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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Congrats!

BTW, are you planning on campus interview or alum interview? just curious about the difference...

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Got one! Timestamp 10:05 EST, submitted oct 12, went complete the 20th.

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Thats a relief.. So, I can expect my invite tomorrow :D (22nd Oct completion)

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Got my invite today (10:05 EDT)

After the disappointment of HBS and Wharton, this feels good

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does anyone know if the application completion date has any bearing as to when the application is read? I submitted mine early and it officially went "complete" on October 14th. Does that mean that mine's probably already read and Booth is not able to extend an interview invite to me, since people whose applications were completed on the 22nd are getting invites already?

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I'm going to do off-campus. They say there's no difference, and it's not an ideal time for me to take off work.

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But I’d be more optimistic. It’s still relatively early in the game and I am going to guess there are still many invites to be extended. Just look at the historical invite ratio. Right now GC is around 20% and I know Booth extends invites to 50%. So assuming GC folks do as well as the overall population, we should see another wave of invites. (Now, if you really think about it, GC folks tend to do better than the overall population and the ratio should be even higher)

Mine went complete on Oct 16th and I am still waiting. Honestly it’s a stressful process, but I ain’t giving up hopes just yet. Try to work on your R2 applications if that makes you feel better.

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Wow. The invitation has slowed quite a bit.

Bakfed, go check out Yale's thread for your question. Nink's answer i think will help you. As a person whose apps went complete on 20th, I am anxious too. But I think it sounds logical that some apps require more review time for adcom (vs. obvious 780 GMAT, 3.9 Harvard app). Since my app is definitely the former, I'm just gonna wait. I thought I did well on the ppt essay, but who knows

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I agree with you, the obvious 780 GMAT, 3.9 Harvard app, would be an easy reject decision. It would be missing the Power Point essay, it would have HBS mentioned on it multiple times, and it would be missing the Why Booth component.

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Tomorrow is my day, I can feel it! Ha ha, if not tomorrow then I'll take any day until the 10th.

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ya, I'm definitely going to keep on waiting, but I just wanted to get all of you guys' input. Hold tight, folk!

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Received an invite today as well. I was a little worried as my application went complete on the 25th. But looks like they're cranking invites out. (This makes me feel that application completion or submission date have little or no bearing on the process) FYI - I applied a couple of hours before deadline. I plan on interviewing off-campus.

I would definitely recommend watching the Chicago Booth podcast by MBAPodcaster (if, like me, you haven't had the chance to spend time at Booth). One of the ad-com members clearly outlines the admissions process. She mentions that they look for "sparkle" - God alone knows what they mean by this.

Good luck and Hang tight friends!

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I submitted my application of the 9th, and it went Complete on the 12th.
Still no reply yet!

...seems it's not getting processed by date, nor by region i suppose! any historical statistics?

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got done with my interview on 1st novemeber - off campus, alum. Easy going, conversational interview, lots of stress on why booth, why mba, why now .... all in all no curveballs... all those with invites, all the very best!! and those who are waiting, hold tight people!!!

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You must be relieved. Guess its the first interview at this forum. All the best. Cheers

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Considering I have come all the way up to visit campus today, it would be a bummer if I don´t get an invitation!

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Called!

I knew today was my day. My application went complete on the 19th.

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congos man!!!

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Congrats.. nothing for me yet..

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Congrats.. nothing for me yet..

Thanks! I know it can be stressful, but be hopeful. It's a 2 week window, and it takes time to go through thousands of applications.

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Called!

I knew today was my day. My application went complete on the 19th.

Congrats w103psp! It's about time

I submitted in the morning of the 13th went complete on the 20th, so still waiting.

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