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. 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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I posted earlier about getting an invite this morning but didn't include my stats. Because I don't like to trumpet my "measly" 700 But anyways, here they are: 26 / F / 700 (w/very low quant) / 3.6 GPA from University of chicago / 4 WE / measly EC see, I told you there's hope!

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nothing today from booth

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Got the invite! Whew!! I had almost given up on Booth, and didn't even want to look at my inbox this morning. :-)

My application went complete on the 14th. This proves that not all apps are reviewed in order of completion date. For anyone still waiting, don't lose hope!

Brief profile: 30 / 6 yrs WE / 770 GMAT / 3.8 (grad) GPA

congrats!!! wow..what kind of work ex did you have..how about extra-curriculars?

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04 Nov 2010, 07:25

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Got the invite! Whew!! I had almost given up on Booth, and didn't even want to look at my inbox this morning. :-)

Congratulations!

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04 Nov 2010, 07:27

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Man everyone who's getting an invite has a crazy high gmat score. I used to think 710 was a pretty decent score....

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Wow! It looks like most of the invites are going to people with 750-770 GMATs. Guess us folks with measily 700s have no shot.

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OK, guys... now I am starting to panic and lose hope looking at everything that is going here. My short profile:

Female / 25 / from Russia / GMAT 770 / GPA 3.9 (double degree in economics/international relations from the leading Russian University) / 4 years of experience for Ford Motors

Applied on the deadline day, went complete on October 16th... Still no invite! I am already VERY depressed and do not know what to think and what to do! :.( Any suggestions what is wrong with me for Booth?

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Any suggestions what is wrong with me for Booth?

patience

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Wow! It looks like most of the invites are going to people with 750-770 GMATs. Guess us folks with measily 700s have no shot.

I think the high GMAT stats in this thread are skewed by self selection, i.e. those who are on this forum likely spent months studying so they could max out their GMAT. GMAT ninjas aside, I bet the true stats on those invited trend very close to the mean Booth reports, meaning everybody with a solid, above 660 score has a shot.

For those still waiting, I know how you feel - just have faith and realize its only the 4th! There's still another four days to go.

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Got the invite, 9:05. 760/WE 6+/25/GPA 3.9, completion date - 12 October

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Wow! It looks like most of the invites are going to people with 750-770 GMATs. Guess us folks with measily 700s have no shot.

I posted earlier about getting an invite this morning but didn't include my stats. Because I don't like to trumpet my "measly" 700 :-P

But anyways, here they are:

26 / F / 700 (w/very low quant) / 3.6 GPA from University of chicago / 4 WE / measly EC

see, I told you there's hope!

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Any suggestions what is wrong with me for Booth?

patience

My mind tells me you are absolutely right... but I am getting crazy with only 2 interview invites so far while I applied to much more schools - where are the rest of them, what is wrong with me that they don't want to interview me?!

But I guess everything I can do right now is to wait..

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Hey, bonkselle23. Great news! I'm right there with you on stats. Do you think getting your undergrad from Chicago helped? I'm hoping that my rather unique work experience in alternative risk finance will at least peak some interest. Less we forget, this is still a political process. Good luck in your interview!

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Still waiting. Keeping fingers crossed. Congrats to those who got invites!

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04 Nov 2010, 08:33

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I don't know about the 750+ theory there... There definitely seems to be a trend about Chicago applicants having high GMATs on this forum, but I also tend to think that most people who mention their GMATs on a post have a high score. The process is so much more than just a score.

I have a 710, and an invite.

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I think that for me it's a combination of being an alum (and my employer reference letter was also from a young alum) and being a marketing concentrator. The undergrad institution prides itself on its intellectual bent, and that's clearly Booth's shtick as well, so I think was able to tap into that in my essays. And, they're clearly pushing their new marketing center in a huge way and trying to build up their strength in that area, which necessarily means being favorable to marketing applicants for a while.

Those are my conspiracy theories, anyway

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FWIW, I got an interview invite two days ago and have a 730 GMAT, which isn't at the extreme low end of the 700 range, but also is not a 750+.

I think if you have a 700+, it's doesn't make a huge difference, perhaps not counting huge section imbalances, etc.

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Got an invite two hours ago! Profile:

720, Brazilian lawyer, non-profit background, good leadership stories and entrepreneurship post mba.

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There's no science here. Your goal is to put the best app package together for review. After that, you simply let it ride.

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ashindia

anyone with lower gmat scores getting invites? in the region of 700-720, any indian applicants currently working in India in the fray yet?

I have 730...always worked in India...and nothing spectacular in my profile really..

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anyone from india who got the interview plz let me know if he/she is able to schedule an interview in India. I am not able to find any interviewer in India.