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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Hey everyone,
There's one thing I'm curious about. Did everyone get their interview decision at 9:05 Chicago time, or did anyone get it at a random time in the day?
Also, I'm a bit confused about the "complete" vs "invited to interview" status - I thought we'd get an email saying that it would stay "invited to interview" until the decision date, but some people are saying it's gone complete. Is complete that they've already completed their fourth read/discussion of your application, or is it just that they've reprinted the file with the interviewer feedback?

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23 Nov 2010, 06:31

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1) Everyone received their invites on or around 9:05 AM (some could have received it a little later due to their email servers being slow).

2) There are two statuses when you log in. One is your general application status, that stays as "invited to interview" until you get your final decision. There's also another status that you can see once you click your existing interview schedule, which shows whether the interview is scheduled, in progress, or complete. The latter status is what people have been talking about. Complete interview status means your interviewer submitted his/her report.

I hope this clears it up.

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23 Nov 2010, 06:51

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Yes it does!
1) Thanks! My work computer and my home computer are set on different times (blame my work computer) so for some reason I thought I had gotten it at a different hour.
2) Okay, I've gone complete. There's no time stamp on it, right? No way to know what day the interviewer did it? (It was very quick!)

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Just completed my off-campus interview last night. It was very relaxed, maybe too relaxed. She was a recent alum and she was very friendly but we didn't really click since our backgrounds were so different. Mostly typical questions.

Walk me through your resume.
Asked a leadership question about a specific part of my resume.
What is your leadership style?
Why career switch?
Why Booth?
What extracurricular activities are you involved in?

Then I asked her questions about her experience at Booth. It was very quick, about 30 minutes. It definitely felt like a "dead meat" interview. I wasn't as crisp as I would have liked to have been since I spent so much time preparing for weird behavioural questions.

Oh well, as part of the "Just in case" interview cohort, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a waitlist status update on December 15!!

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23 Nov 2010, 07:39

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Hey man, it ain't over till it's over! The was a recent alumna and you're unlikely to be dead meat if the interviewer isn't already feeling the saturation. I had virtually nothing in common with my interviewer in terms of background but I walked away from that way better than I felt from one of my other interviewers. And this year I doubt there's much of a "just in case" thing because a lot of people didn't go under review until quite late. Hang in there!

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Heh. I wish I could share your optimism osborne. Oh wait, I can. I am very optimistic about your chances at Booth.

Seriously though, if I make it in, the first one is on me. And I'm a very cheap man, so that says something. =D

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Ya never know.

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I had my interview on-campus with an alum on Saturday. It was a very relaxed and conversational interview. We went through the usual "walk me through your resume", "why an MBA?", and "Why Booth" kind of questions. We also discussed at length my work profile because of how uncommon it is. Finally, I asked him about his experiences at Booth. I thought I did well, but I guess we'll find out soon enough.

Which leads me to ask, do we know if they are going to be calling admitted applicant before the 15th or will all decisions be sent out only on the 15th?

Hi JustAnotherIndian, did you get a reply to the thank you note?

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in case someone is in the same situation, my interview status is still "In Progress" even if my interview was 2 weeks ago. Fortunately I realized that and I contacted the school. They confirmed that my interviewer hasn't sent the report yet (he forgot maybe?), and they have contacted him.
Not sure what he is going to remember after 2 weeks....

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Hi JustAnotherIndian, did you get a reply to the thank you note?

Yes, I did. He asked me to go ahead and shoot him questions if I wanted. I don't really know what to ask him though

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I interviewed earlier this week and it still reads invite to interview. Av when did your status change?

I called the Adcom, they told me that the decision does not change from "Invite for Interview" till Decision date. The next status after "Invite for Interview" is Reject or Admit. Hope this helps.

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Hi JustAnotherIndian, did you get a reply to the thank you note?

Yes, I did. He asked me to go ahead and shoot him questions if I wanted. I don't really know what to ask him though

JustAnotherIndian --> Thanks for the reply. Did he wish you luck for your bschool application? Did he wish you luck in general?

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I interviewed earlier this week and it still reads invite to interview. Av when did your status change?

I called the Adcom, they told me that the decision does not change from "Invite for Interview" till Decision date. The next status after "Invite for Interview" is Reject or Admit. Hope this helps.

You forgot waitlist.

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Hi JustAnotherIndian, did you get a reply to the thank you note?

Yes, I did. He asked me to go ahead and shoot him questions if I wanted. I don't really know what to ask him though

JustAnotherIndian --> Thanks for the reply. Did he wish you luck for your bschool application? Did he wish you luck in general?

He just said "Best of luck in this process"
I'm guessing the interviewer doesn't know if the person will get in or not.

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Mine wished me a Happy Thanksgiving in his reply. That means I'm totally in!!!!!

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I'm in the exact same position (In Progress). It's a little nerve racking. I don't even remember exactly what I answered. Did they contact him before you called or do you think I should also contact admissions?

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Mine wished me a Happy Thanksgiving in his reply. That means I'm totally in!!!!!

I'm pretty sure that's actually code for Full Ride! Congrats! :-D

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I was In Progress until yesterday, then the status changed once the interviewer submitted his report. It took about 10 days or so, but he was having some technical difficulties in between, which he was kind enough to let me know of.

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Just got a call from the Admissions Director at Booth.
I have been accepted into the Evening MBA program for summer 2011.
I was surprised to get an admission decision in less thank a week.
Wow I am excited, Booth was the only school I applied to and was accepted.

Feel free to PM me with any questions you might have.

Thanks,
Atish

Do your research before attending. PT != FT. You probably know that but just in case.....

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Do your research before attending. PT != FT. You probably know that but just in case.....

You have HHonors Diamond as an affiliation? Makes two of us -- I have enough points to spend 15 days at a level 6. Was that affiliation included in your application?