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.

Last visit was: 20 Nov 2025, 07:46

It is currently 20 Nov 2025, 07:46

Toolkit

Business School and MBA

MBA Archive

GMAT Club Daily Prep

Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.

Customized
for You

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Track
Your Progress

every week, we’ll send you an estimated GMAT score based on your performance

Practice
Pays

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.

Go to My Error Log Learn more

Request Expert Reply

Confirm Cancel

Nov 20
UCR MBA Impact - Live Q&A with UCR AdCom & Student
07:30 AM PST
-
08:30 AM PST
Learn what truly sets the UC Riverside MBA apart and how it helps in your professional growth

Back to Forum

Create Topic

Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!!

1 ... 40 41 42 43 44 ... 185

BruceLee

Joined: 17 May 2010

Last visit: 22 Feb 2021

Posts: 107

Own Kudos:

Given Kudos: 104

Concentration: Finance; Entrepreneurship

Schools:MIT Sloan Class of 2013

Posts: 107

Kudos: 22

26 Nov 2010, 05:23

Kudos

Bookmarks

shefujain

Hello everyone,
Just found this thread. Wish I had found it earlier. Need some expert opinion. I am a medical doctor and looking for a career in investment banking. I am a EU citizen but would be happy to work in any major city of Europe or US post MBA as long as I get a foot into the IB. Which school do you think is more likely to help me get the foot in? LBS or Chicago Booth?

If you want to work anywhere outside Europe, Booth should definitely be your choice. You should consider LBS if you are planning to stay in Europe, especially UK.

Nick2010

Joined: 06 Jan 2010

Last visit: 23 Jul 2011

Posts: 106

Own Kudos:

Given Kudos: 39

Concentration: Finance & Strategy

Schools:Tuck, Ross, Sloan, Chicago, Kellogg & Darden

WE 1: Energy (Sales)

WE 2: Energy (Corporate Development)

Posts: 106

Kudos: 18

26 Nov 2010, 05:57

Kudos

Bookmarks

While LBS may sound a no brainer, Booth deffinetely has strong ties to the City. I am under the impression it may be the strongest US school in London Financial Services...

cpandya14

Joined: 17 Jun 2008

Last visit: 24 May 2011

Posts: 129

Own Kudos:

Given Kudos: 5

Location: Greater London, UK

Schools:INSEAD Class of J'12

Posts: 129

Kudos: 20

26 Nov 2010, 06:05

Kudos

Bookmarks

I interviewed yesterday and my status has changed to Interview Completed today. I think it goes complete once Alumnus submit their report and it is checked my AdCom.

It is happening too fast for me ....

Now long wait till 15th ............... any ideas to keep motivated at Work??

cpandya14

Joined: 17 Jun 2008

Last visit: 24 May 2011

Posts: 129

Own Kudos:

Given Kudos: 5

Location: Greater London, UK

Schools:INSEAD Class of J'12

Posts: 129

Kudos: 20

26 Nov 2010, 06:07

Kudos

Bookmarks

shefujain

I would apply to both schools and others with good reputation for placement in IB. As with any good B School, applying does not mean you will graduate from it. I live at London and both LBS and Booth has very strong placement record in IB here.

Afterall, London is one of the major financial capitals... so you ought to get an opportunity at London from any decent Top-15 school. Ditto for NY or other EU centres.

All the best.

stormbringer

Joined: 13 Nov 2010

Last visit: 29 Apr 2011

Posts: 156

Own Kudos:

Given Kudos: 13

Posts: 156

Kudos: 10

26 Nov 2010, 06:11

Kudos

Bookmarks

BruceLee

shefujain

If you want to work anywhere outside Europe, Booth should definitely be your choice. You should consider LBS if you are planning to stay in Europe, especially UK.

I have a friend who is a doctor and did his MBA from Michigan Ross. He says it was a great experience. But yes, of LBS and Booth, definitely Booth.

StevenFaulkner

Joined: 11 Dec 2009

Last visit: 11 Feb 2011

Posts: 38

Own Kudos:

[1]

Schools:Col ED, Booth, NYU

Posts: 38

Kudos: 8

[1]

26 Nov 2010, 08:10

Kudos

Bookmarks

Nick2010

Exactly the same happened to me today...

I see that you are a fellow member of the "Just in case" cohort. There were 14 members in last year's cohort and I checked how they did. One got in. The rest were dinged and waitlisted. The good news is that 3 of the 8 that were waitlisted were eventually admitted (2 at the end of Round 2 and 1 at the end of Round 3). So, 4 for 14 is closer to the overall admit rate.

So, at the end of the day, we're in the same boat as everyone else. We're just at the back of the boat.

Anyway, this is my favourite time right now. No pressure, nothing to do. Time for hope, time to dream ... this is "not-dinged" time!!!

osbornecox

Joined: 04 Dec 2009

Last visit: 26 Jan 2016

Posts: 373

Own Kudos:

Given Kudos: 4

Schools: Johnson '14 (A) INSEAD '14 (A) Booth '14 (M) Oxford '14 (A) Kellogg 1YR '13 (D)

WE:Consulting (Consulting)

Schools: Johnson '14 (A) INSEAD '14 (A) Booth '14 (M) Oxford '14 (A) Kellogg 1YR '13 (D)

Posts: 373

Kudos: 80

26 Nov 2010, 23:49

Kudos

Bookmarks

Nick2010

StevenFaulkner

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!!

Exactly the same happened to me today...

¿Tan malas sensaciones tuviste?

Jaimaa

Joined: 23 Dec 2009

Last visit: 17 Dec 2010

Posts: 8

Kudos: 0

28 Nov 2010, 07:01

Kudos

Bookmarks

Guys, gave my interview last day with an alum in India. The interview went well except for the fact that at one point of time during the interview instead of GSB, I , by mistake, told ISB.

The interview was mostly based on my resume. It was conducted in a coffee shop and there were some distraction in between the interview.

At the end of the interview, the interviewer wished me luck for Chicago as well as for my other apps !!

I just got the feeling that probably he feel I am not fit for Booth

earlycareerMBA

Joined: 10 Sep 2010

Last visit: 13 Jan 2011

Posts: 45

Own Kudos:

Given Kudos: 1

Concentration: Entrepreneurship

Schools:Stanford R1, Wharton R1, Chicago R1, UCLA R1, Cornell R2

GPA: 3.96

Posts: 45

Kudos: 21

28 Nov 2010, 11:39

Kudos

Bookmarks

For those that saw, "In progress Interview Completed" as their status, has it changed? Mine has been that way for over a week now and I'm not sure if I should be concerned. Does it ever change to just complete?

Thanks.

BruceLee

Joined: 17 May 2010

Last visit: 22 Feb 2021

Posts: 107

Own Kudos:

Given Kudos: 104

Concentration: Finance; Entrepreneurship

Schools:MIT Sloan Class of 2013

Posts: 107

Kudos: 22

28 Nov 2010, 11:43

Kudos

Bookmarks

earlycareerMBA

My status says the same thing. I don't see why so many of you worry about it so much. You did your job, now all you have to do is sit back and wait for the positive answer. :-D

SLISeattle

Joined: 08 Nov 2010

Last visit: 24 Mar 2011

Posts: 27

Own Kudos:

Given Kudos: 12

Schools:Booth (R1 Accepted)

GPA: 3.5

Posts: 27

Kudos: 8

28 Nov 2010, 11:48

Kudos

Bookmarks

Jaimaa

Guys, gave my interview last day with an alum in India. The interview went well except for the fact that at one point of time during the interview instead of GSB, I , by mistake, told ISB.

Jaimaa, good to hear your interview went well. But try not to read between lines at this point, it can only get you all worked up. Just put yourself in your interviewer's shoes for a bit and try to think about what you would have said at the end of the meeting ... I am sure yours would sound similar to his/hers :-)

Good luck!

Mandy4983

Joined: 30 Jul 2010

Last visit: 27 Jun 2011

Posts: 35

Own Kudos:

Given Kudos: 2

Posts: 35

Kudos: 2

28 Nov 2010, 22:21

Kudos

Bookmarks

My status is still the same too; I don't want to conjecture about what's going on. Though I don't think that there is much reason to bother (and frankly, even if there would be any reason to worry, we can do just that - worry - and nothing else

) Our interviewer has sent the report...we just have to waiiiiiiiiiiit...

earlycareerMBA

MBAgirl2010

Joined: 02 Jun 2009

Last visit: 26 May 2013

Posts: 446

Own Kudos:

178

Given Kudos: 36

Posts: 446

Kudos: 178

29 Nov 2010, 07:36

Kudos

Bookmarks

Hm, I was interviewed a week ago on campus, and my status is still "Invited to Intervew". I wonder if I should call to check.

mohater

Retired Moderator

Joined: 05 Feb 2008

Last visit: 03 Jan 2020

Posts: 1,823

Own Kudos:

1,163

Given Kudos: 234

Status:Accepting donations for the mohater MBA debt repayment fund

Location: United States (CA)

Concentration: Operations, Finance

Schools: Ross '14 (M)

GMAT 1: 710 Q48 V38 Verified score

GPA: 3.54

WE:Accounting (Manufacturing)

Products:

Schools: Ross '14 (M)

GMAT 1: 710 Q48 V38 Verified score

Posts: 1,823

Kudos: 1,163

29 Nov 2010, 07:39

Kudos

Bookmarks

MBAgirl2010

Hm, I was interviewed a week ago on campus, and my status is still "Invited to Intervew". I wonder if I should call to check.

My status is also the same.

I wouldn't worry as the yr 2 interviewers have a lot to do. As the adcomm creates the schedule (unlike the alum interviews, arranged by the students and alum external of the school), I'm assuming there is some accountability set on the students to complete in a timely fashion.

mbaapp07

Joined: 05 Nov 2010

Last visit: 23 Apr 2011

Posts: 80

Own Kudos:

[1]

Given Kudos: 4

Posts: 80

Kudos: 18

[1]

29 Nov 2010, 07:58

Kudos

Bookmarks

MBAgirl2010

Hm, I was interviewed a week ago on campus, and my status is still "Invited to Intervew". I wonder if I should call to check.

All of our official statuses are "Invite to Interview". You have to click the "Interviews" link on the left, then click the "View your interview schedule" link on that page. The status you see there is what we're discussing.

MBAgirl2010

Joined: 02 Jun 2009

Last visit: 26 May 2013

Posts: 446

Own Kudos:

178

Given Kudos: 36

Posts: 446

Kudos: 178

29 Nov 2010, 08:41

Kudos

Bookmarks

mbaapp07

MBAgirl2010

Hm, I was interviewed a week ago on campus, and my status is still "Invited to Intervew". I wonder if I should call to check.

Thanks mbaapp07! I that case I am "In progress Interview Completed".

mohater

Retired Moderator

Joined: 05 Feb 2008

Last visit: 03 Jan 2020

Posts: 1,823

Own Kudos:

1,163

Given Kudos: 234

Status:Accepting donations for the mohater MBA debt repayment fund

Location: United States (CA)

Concentration: Operations, Finance

Schools: Ross '14 (M)

GMAT 1: 710 Q48 V38 Verified score

GPA: 3.54

WE:Accounting (Manufacturing)

Products:

Schools: Ross '14 (M)

GMAT 1: 710 Q48 V38 Verified score

Posts: 1,823

Kudos: 1,163

29 Nov 2010, 08:52

Kudos

Bookmarks

Same here - "In progress Interview Completed".

staind

Current Student

Joined: 07 Apr 2010

Last visit: 11 Nov 2013

Posts: 495

Own Kudos:

374

Given Kudos: 38

Concentration: Finance & Strategic Management

Schools:Wharton/Lauder Class of 2013

GPA: 3.6

WE 1: Big Four Advisory

Posts: 495

Kudos: 374

29 Nov 2010, 23:08

Kudos

Bookmarks

What are people's thoughts on Booth's preference for recommendations? Is it vital to get a different perspective through the second letter? I feel sticking to my two professional recommenders would be safer but at the same time Im not sure whether this would hurt my application.

stormbringer

Joined: 13 Nov 2010

Last visit: 29 Apr 2011

Posts: 156

Own Kudos:

[1]

Given Kudos: 13

Posts: 156

Kudos: 10

[1]

29 Nov 2010, 23:22

Kudos

Bookmarks

staind

Unless you have only been working at one place, I would suggest sticking to two professional recommendations, one from your previous workplace and one from the current place you're at. I've a long history of community service (13 years) but I still chose two professional recommenders simply because I think work experience is more central to my candidacy for business school than community service and extra curricular activities. Those are 'nice to haves' and help to add texture and dimension to one's personality, in my opinion but ultimately you're planning to get an MBA because you are on top of your game professionally and need the career boost.

samwzhang

Joined: 02 Nov 2010

Last visit: 24 Mar 2011

Posts: 5

Own Kudos:

[1]

Posts: 5

Kudos: 1

[1]

30 Nov 2010, 02:37

Kudos

Bookmarks

Hey guys, I emailed Chicago Admissions about the "Interview completed In Progress" status. I received a feedback stating that the status will remain the way it is until final decision. Hope that helps!

Sam