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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Don't get too down guys! I went 0 for 3 in all my apps last season, and I know how it feels. A lot of this process seems to be luck, especially considering the profiles of everyone on here. The only bright side is that at least this isn't Round 3, you all have the opportunity to really focus on Round 2 applications going forward (I know I will be as well, December 15th is a long way off).

thanks for the encouragement...i wonder what exactly differentiated people who got an interview invite..quite curious to find out...

I often wonder the same. I thought I had a stronger application for Wharton but yet got dinged without interview. Perhaps my powerpoint made the difference at Booth.

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Don't really get their selection process. I am a re-applicant who was interviewed last year, and had a much stronger application this year, with 2 great recommendations from booth alums, and much better essays than last year(atleast that is what a booth student told me). Yet, didn't even get an interview this year.
I guess booth is not re-applicant friendly as they claim to be!

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ding, as expected.

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For those looking for hotels when visiting Booth, just got this in the mail: $59 -- Downtown Chicago Hotel near Magnificent Mile

https://www.travelzoo.com/hotels/chicago/916161/?utm_source=top20_us&utm_medium=email_top20

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If my alumnus interviewer doesn't respond (only one showed up in the system for the city I live in!), I'll try to trek up to Chicago! Thanks w103psp

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If my alumnus interviewer doesn't respond (only one showed up in the system for the city I live in!), I'll try to trek up to Chicago! Thanks w103psp

Oh, I think that's by design. If the alum doesn't respond, email adcom and perhaps they can assign you someone else.

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Nice tip! Anyone with any experience in Chicago know how difficult it is to make it to camps from here?

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Nice tip! Anyone with any experience in Chicago know how difficult it is to make it to camps from here?

Leave very early and find out how to get to campus in advance. Many people during Booth Live were late because they caught the wrong bus. Traffic is terrible out there so plan ahead and be early.

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Take a cab...Save the stress.

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I have my interview off campus tomorrow.
Any suggestions?

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Hey, got dinged here, so I'm now 1 and 1, for interview invites. Keep on truckin 8-)

Can anyone take a look at my slides and provide me with some feedback?

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Hey, got dinged here, so I'm now 1 and 1, for interview invites. Keep on truckin 8-)

Can anyone take a look at my slides and provide me with some feedback?

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Boy...you have a Wharton invite and a Booth ding!!...Thats kinda unusual for me to know!

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Hey, got dinged here, so I'm now 1 and 1, for interview invites. Keep on truckin 8-)

Can anyone take a look at my slides and provide me with some feedback?

PLEEEESE!!

Boy...you have a Wharton invite and a Booth ding!!...Thats kinda unusual for me to know!

Btw..I just took a look at your ppt. Now, I am no expert, so please take my words with a pinch of salt. Here is what I think of the ppt:

1. Slide 1 is completely wasted in making a cover sort of thing. With only 4 slides of space, may be it could have done a better job. That being said, it is not a make or break act as I have seen successful ppts with 3 slides too.

2. The PPT talks about TECHNOLOGY...and not YOU!! Ideally, you should have used this space to tell them about yourself. While the layout and design of the ppt is neat and clean, I think it really lacked content. It tells nothing about you at all.

Just my 2 cents.

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Hey, got dinged here, so I'm now 1 and 1, for interview invites. Keep on truckin 8-)

Can anyone take a look at my slides and provide me with some feedback?

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Two problems:
1) They want to know about you.
2) In minimum words.

I too learned that the hard way when I applied in 2007... though I did not commit #1 mistake

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Hey, got dinged here, so I'm now 1 and 1, for interview invites. Keep on truckin 8-)

Can anyone take a look at my slides and provide me with some feedback?

PLEEEESE!!

Boy...you have a Wharton invite and a Booth ding!!...Thats kinda unusual for me to know!

First off, congrats on the interview invite to Wharton!

I completely agree with point 2. The slides should be about you, which should implicitly or explicitly demonstrate how you will benefit the Booth community. It should make the reader say: "I want this person as a classmate," and the reader should be able to provide specific reasons that are compelling and differentiated. Even more challenging but potentially more impactful is if your story demonstrates personality traits--intellectual curosity, sense of humor, community service-oriented, etc.--and makes you come alive as a person.

Technology as an overall theme is fine, but this should be a secondary focus (primary focus should be you) and must include a stronger connection to Booth. I think this connection only comes up in a paragraph on the third slide, and this mention isn't specific (maybe you talked about it in more detail in your other essays). Are there tech clubs at Booth that you plan to join and have big plans for? Any tech conferences at Booth you want to help organize? Etc.

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Ditto all of the above. I would also add that your ppt is long on assertion and short on evidence - what is it about you that makes you capable of executing on these plans? I assume you covered that in other essays, but anyone in the world can set goals, and adcom is first and foremost interested in what your past says about your future potential, so any space that isn't directly grounded in evidence from your past is ultimately wasted space that will fail to differentiate you. No one is gonna pull your app out of a long stack just because you set the right goals - even if they are laudable goals, which they are.

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I appreciate the feedback from everyone...I definitely see what you guys are saying. Over this process I have really seen that once you outline your goals, they check the goals box off and then see what you've done so far. Good luck to everyone!!

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Good luck man - just ace that Wharton interview and nail r2 essays, one offer erases all the dings!

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Hey, got dinged here, so I'm now 1 and 1, for interview invites. Keep on truckin 8-)

Can anyone take a look at my slides and provide me with some feedback?

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kegewe, I know some other folks also shared their comments, which I support but I wanted to make one more time. The fact that you can easily share this powerpoint in an anonymous board somewhat speaks volumes about its content. I could have written that presentation... Someone else could have written it as well. It's not unique if it doesn't have YOU in it (not talking pictures but a description of who you are).

My non-admissions-consultant, non-adcom, non-current-student, just an MBA candidate 2 cents.