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Booth 2012 - Calling All Applicants 22 Nov 2011, 20:24
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Great post gauravd! Looks like you are in my friend!
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Guys, is there a status change that we see once the interviewer submits the report?
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Booth 2012 - Calling All Applicants 22 Nov 2011, 21:27
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Guys, is there a status change that we see once the interviewer submits the report?
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I interviewed last Tuesday and my status still says Submitted. Seriously though, the only status change you need to worry about will happen on December 14th.
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Had my interview yesterday at a local coffee shop with an alum. Questions (not necessarily in the same order):

-Walk me through your resume
-Tell me about a time you had an ethical dilemma and how you handled it
-Tell me about a time you saw a problem and what you did about it
-Why [my specific career goal]?
-Why MBA?
-Why now?
-Why Booth?
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Great post gauravd! Looks like you are in my friend!
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Thanks but I don't want to count chickens before they hatch...also I know someone with a similar profile like mine and better GMAT :wink:
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So the final decision will only come out on Dec 13 and 14? (I assume the 13th for admit calls and the 14th for dings?)
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Booth 2012 - Calling All Applicants 23 Nov 2011, 21:10
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Hi Everyone,

Just done with my interview.

It was a wonderful conversational interview and I didn't even come to know when the hour finished! The alum was forthcoming with his views and advices and was genuinely concerned about issues that might prevent me from doing well at Booth. My answers eased him out (I hope) and he seemed happy.

Lets hope for the best .... fingers crossed. Too tired to write more. Driving back to my place which is about five hours journey. Will hopefully update this post soon!

Best of luck to all those who are still waiting for their interview; let me know if I can be of any help!

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My first post ever! Thanks everyone for your two pences, experiences, and interview briefs! keep em coming.

I had my interview in India, and met this alum - a serial entrepreneur. The interview was a good conversation and lasted about an hour and we covered pretty much everything starting from :

Tell me about yourself, Academic, Career experiences. By then, I was comfortable with the pace of the interview and settled in well. The interviewer interrupted me quite a few times and posed behavioral questions just to see how I approached them. Things such as 'What are the challenges your new job brought', 'one thing I would like to change about my current job', 'things I wish I hadn't compromised on' and such.
Then we covered the extra currics and fell to the Why MBA (nothing about Booth yet) routine. He asked me whether my end result was realistic and why I thought so. But I had it prepared!

Since we had missed out the 'Why Booth' question, I initiated this and it turned out to be pretty informative with the interviewer moving out of the 'Flexible schedule' 'Academic rigor' blah blah into what exactly makes Booth what it is today. We touched on the other school I was applying to which are Kellogg and UCLA (I know, three schools with nothing in common perhaps, but I had my reasons!).

Towards the end, I questioned him on his post Booth experiences.

Hoping for a good result, Booth is the best school I've apped to!
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Booth 2012 - Calling All Applicants 29 Nov 2011, 10:00
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Just an FYI, Booth chat with students is starting now: https://chicagobooth.askadmissions.net/a ... SZEaaAA%3d
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In the chat someone asked about when/how decisions for R1 are released and they said:

TheCofe: In terms of round 1 decisions, will we be notified by email? phone call if accepted? or just check our application status online? also, are candidates ever notified before the deadline or all on that day?

Carrie: We will be releasing all decisions through our online application system on December 14th at 9am CST. You will be notified that your status has changed through an email at that time, and then you can log in to see your status!

So seems like its all coming out that day, good or bad.
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In the chat someone asked about when/how decisions for R1 are released and they said:

TheCofe: In terms of round 1 decisions, will we be notified by email? phone call if accepted? or just check our application status online? also, are candidates ever notified before the deadline or all on that day?

Carrie: We will be releasing all decisions through our online application system on December 14th at 9am CST. You will be notified that your status has changed through an email at that time, and then you can log in to see your status!

So seems like its all coming out that day, good or bad.
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Saw that as well, but wasn't sure if that was the "party line" or if they are truly departing from their tradition of calling accepted applicants. I'm sure they don't want people calling the admissions office on 12/13 wondering why they haven't received a call yet.

Regardless, 2 weeks to go...
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I interviewed with an adcom member on campus, and when we discussed the next steps she said that they try to call everyone the day before the official emails, but they don't like to leave voicemails and sometimes don't get to everyone. I assume she meant only admits.
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blizzard's post may be right. During my visit to Booth, I was told by a current student that he received a call from the adcom. But he was not sure whether every admitted applicant is called or not.
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blizzard's post may be right. During my visit to Booth, I was told by a current student that he received a call from the adcom. But he was not sure whether every admitted applicant is called or not.
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Looks like we will have to wait until the 14th, the 13th at the earliest.
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I had my interview today with an alum off-campus at a coffee shop.
Started off with him talking about his background and why he did an MBA and his present line of work (consultant a MBB)
Then the usual questions
1)Tell me about yourself?
2)Why Booth?
3)Talk about a situation when you led a team and faced challenges and how did you overcome the challenges?
4)Tel me about a setback? Any setback; professional or personal and what did you learn/how did you react?
5)Short Term/Long Term Goals?
6)What do you like to do outside of your professional life?
7)Have you visited the school?
8)Questions for him?

It lasted about 30-35 mins and was very conversational. He also offered to put me in touch with some partners at his firm. He did mention that the interview is just another part of the application process and is definitely not a Go/No Go decision.

I sent him a thank you note later in the day to which he responded within 5 mins.

Fingers crossed...I have a good vibe about the interview but you can never tell with these things. Overall i felt the guy was really friendly and was pretty grounded inspite of his professional/academic achievements.
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I had my interview today with an alum off-campus at a coffee shop.
Started off with him talking about his background and why he did an MBA and his present line of work (consultant a MBB)
Then the usual questions
1)Tell me about yourself?
2)Why Booth?
3)Talk about a situation when you led a team and faced challenges and how did you overcome the challenges?
4)Tel me about a setback? Any setback; professional or personal and what did you learn/how did you react?
5)Short Term/Long Term Goals?
6)What do you like to do outside of your professional life?
7)Have you visited the school?
8)Questions for him?

It lasted about 30-35 mins and was very conversational. He also offered to put me in touch with some partners at his firm. He did mention that the interview is just another part of the application process and is definitely not a Go/No Go decision.

I sent him a thank you note later in the day to which he responded within 5 mins.

Fingers crossed...I have a good vibe about the interview but you can never tell with these things. Overall i felt the guy was really friendly and was pretty grounded inspite of his professional/academic achievements.
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Good luck.
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Hi everyone,

I'm considering applying round 2, looking to get into healthcare/biotech after graduating. I am trying to locate a course catalog to see what electives Booth offers that relate to these industries, since it does not have a healthcare major/concentration as other bschools do. Does anyone know where the course catalog is online? Thanks.
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Hi everyone,

I'm considering applying round 2, looking to get into healthcare/biotech after graduating. I am trying to locate a course catalog to see what electives Booth offers that relate to these industries, since it does not have a healthcare major/concentration as other bschools do. Does anyone know where the course catalog is online? Thanks.
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Here you go:
https://programs.chicagobooth.edu/curriculum/

You should be able to find an answer within a couple of clicks.
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Hi everyone,

I'm considering applying round 2, looking to get into healthcare/biotech after graduating. I am trying to locate a course catalog to see what electives Booth offers that relate to these industries, since it does not have a healthcare major/concentration as other bschools do. Does anyone know where the course catalog is online? Thanks.

Here you go:
https://programs.chicagobooth.edu/curriculum/

You should be able to find an answer within a couple of clicks.
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Awesome, thank you.
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I interviewed with an adcom member on campus, and when we discussed the next steps she said that they try to call everyone the day before the official emails, but they don't like to leave voicemails and sometimes don't get to everyone. I assume she meant only admits.
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do you guys think they bother calling people in Asia at all? given that by 9am chicago time it would already be 11pm in hong kong and even later in korea/japan
does anyone know/has read in previous threads about this?
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