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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Hi,

I am a R1 applicant for Kellogg and Sloan. Considering Booth for R2 just incase I don't get into my R1 schools.

How would one compare Booth to Kellogg and Sloan. My concern is that the Booth brand is not well recognized as compared to Sloan and Kellogg, esp since I am not a finance person.

Post MBA plans: Entrepreneurship in tech or Consulting

Any suggestions / comments will help me select my R2 schools! Thanks.
R1 schools :HBS, Stan, Kellogg, Wharton, Sloan

I too was in your kind of dilemma a year back. What I would suggest is
(1) Try to speak to existing students who had similar background as yours-Linkedin, Student club websites are a good tool to start.
(2) If you know of alums from these schools & you know what they are doing today, then try connecting with the more relevant ones wrt to your goals & personality.
(3) If the above two methods fail to give your answers(yes/no) then apply & give your best shot. However, if its a no then dont apply as you may not end up enjoying the 2yr period afterall.

Personally, I dont think Sloan, Kellogg & Booth are comparable. Each play around their own strengths, and will definitely offer in varied proportions all of what you want. If you are sure what you want then its still easy else go to step 3.
Btw Chicago is a quant heavy school, not finance school. You can add a lot of value to fin guys and learn from them if you have a diff exp :-)

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I am a R2 applicant. What's the percentage of interview invites at Booth?

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The rumor is 50%ish. If you want to know GMAT club % from R1 check the first page in this thread.

Good luck.

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I am a R2 applicant. What's the percentage of interview invites at Booth?

You might find this helpful ... calling-fall-2010-chicago-booth-applicants-78611-700.html#p659596

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12 Dec 2010, 12:37

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Maybe a better question for current students/alums, but I was reading about how Booth has a culture that is relatively distant, due to lack of on-campus living, no cohorts, etc... Mentioned how some grads leave with relatively few classmate relationships.

Is this true, or are they just stereotyping a 'quant' school? Im a pretty social person and I think it would pretty tough for me to be in an impersonal environment.

Thanks

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started feeling the heat....not checking app status or mails but can feel the pressure building now

... was goin thru 2010 thread and didn't see any admit from India in r-1...i think that's the reason for feeling the heat...

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can we be expecting calls to Asia within the next 3 hours?

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can we be expecting calls to Asia within the next 3 hours?

I suggest you to go sleep. Somebody said it is the Adcom itself who makes the calls (not the interviewers). I don't think they will call Asian candidates on Chicago's Monday...

My bet is that Asian candidates will receive the calls on our Wednesday 15 (Chicago's 14). I hope I receive one of those calls...

Good luck guys!

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can we be expecting calls to Asia within the next 3 hours?

I think last year's calls went out on Monday - chinese forums have posts that day, but maybe they changed it this year. This whole week is going to be painful since Tuck EA is coming out too (supposedly starting Monday)

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can we be expecting calls to Asia within the next 3 hours?

And the Kellogg agony continues...

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And the Kellogg agony continues...

Just got my ding from Kellogg - the extra polite "ding with no email". Anybody feel like talking me down from the ledge and telling me these things aren't as correlated as I think? Because I'm seriously not feeling bullish regarding my chances at my other top choices (especially Booth) right now.

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And the Kellogg agony continues...

energyanalyst!

This is just one school! You've got to be strong and forge ahead. All top schools are really competitive and at this level it's about selection more than anything else. You might have come really close in the reckoning and they may have chosen someone else with a similar profile over you just because of a small detail. Just because one school has rejected you, doesn't mean another will. Besides, the K and B applications are so different and the schools seem to look for slightly different people, I think. This is all a test of strength and conviction and belief in oneself and it is the first of many as we go down a competitive and ambitious career path.

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@KT780 I am also an Indian based out of India waiting for results. Last year, the people who got accepted at Booth from India did not post in this forum. I would love to know the exact time at which Booth called the accepted candidates from India last year. My guess is that it should be around 9 PM IST. Do you have any clue? Its not worth waiting anxiously the entire day. It should be a half an hour window within which if one does not get the call, the doors are closed for him

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And the Kellogg agony continues...

SB - that just made my day. I read the speech in my head in a drill sergeant voice, if that's ok... =)

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I would like to have an answer too...a fellow Indian on the same boat...The time seems to have slowed its pace suddenly... :roll:

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Heehee! Absolutely.

We're all friends here. Chin up! Oh and you have a killer GMAT score. Well done! I'm sure that with your essays will work at another school.

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On my 'Interviews' page, my status has changed from "In Progress/Complete" to "Please See Above For Information/Not Available."

Anyone else have this? Think it means anything?

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On my 'Interviews' page, my status has changed from "In Progress/Complete" to "Please See Above For Information/Not Available."

Anyone else have this? Think it means anything?

Mine is still in progress/complete. I don't think it means anything, but details like this definitely freak me out.

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I have the "Please see above for information Not Available" thing as well, in the "Interview" section.

Not sure if this has recently changed or it is like this for weeks...