Calling Booth Evening/Weekend MBA Aspirants (2020 Intake)

Question

Anyone who has applied to the Booth evening/weekend 2020 intake, post application status here.

sales2finance · Answer

Applying to Weekend Program.

Interview has been held, now awaiting adcom feedback.

nkdmjsr · Answer

Got admitted for Weekend 2020 at Booth and Kellogg. Now need to decide.

sales2finance · Answer

nkdmjsr , congrats on your acceptance to both! Did you receive information on when the Autumn LAUNCH program for Booth will be held?

2020App · Answer

I talked with Student Life this week about their plan for fall LAUNCH and Lead. For LAUNCH, their plan is to do a couple hour long virtual sessions each week in the weeks before classes start. The sessions won't be required and will be recorded. Lead is going to be transitioned to something kind of like an 8 week class taken during the quarter, which the autumn admits can likely take this fall.

That's the plan for now as I understand it, but of course things can change a lot and quickly these days!

sales2finance · Answer

I received my call from Booth (PT, Weekend) today, and will accept.

shurrburr · Answer

Congrats!!!

redbulladdict · Answer

Congrats! How long did they take to get back to you after the interview?

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sales2finance · Answer

The admissions decision was granted 12 calendar days following the interview.

Overall, the process was very smooth and on target with the communicated timeline. Interview decision within 10 days (5 calendar days actual), interview (9 calendar days post submission), and admissions decision within 4-6 weeks of submission (21 calendar days actual).

PWittenbach · Answer

I posted this over on the Kellogg thread (which has a ton of activity), but I wanted to give the Booth thread some love as well!
 
Timeline of my Kellogg and Booth application process below:

I submitted my application to Kellogg on June 10th, interviewed on June 23rd, and received a call from admissions notifying me of my acceptance on July 9th.

I submitted my application to Booth on July 1st, interviewed on July 7th, and received a call from admissions notifying me of my acceptance on July 10th. I got an email on July 15th notifying me that I had been awarded a merit-based scholarship.

Coming into the process, Booth was my priority target school. Their emphasis on data driven decision making and their strength in finance and consulting were big draws. Also, on more of a light-hearted note, I attended KU for my undergrad, so I'm very familiar with David Booth and his donations to both KU Athletics and Chicago Booth. Throughout the process though, Kellogg began to impress me more and more. I really enjoyed my conversations with the current and former students I spoke with, and they made it a point to stay in constant communication with me throughout the application process. This was in contrast to Booth, who I didn't hear much from unless I reached out to them directly. I also appreciated how accommodating Kellogg was of all the COVID disruption throughout the application process, especially their GMAT waiver offer. I had been studying for the GMAT from December 2019 through March 2020, with the intention of taking the exam in April 2020, but that was obviously blown up by all the test center closures due to COVID. The Online GMAT didn't seem like a viable alternative at first, because of the restriction on whiteboards, but once they began to allow their use I decided to go ahead and signup for the exam (albeit after pausing my studies for 3+ months, thinking that both schools would be offering waivers). I originally applied to Kellogg with the GMAT waiver, but once I completed the Online GMAT for the Booth application, I contacted the Kellogg admissions committee and had it added to my app.

I still haven't accepted either offer, or put down my deposit, but at this point I'm leaning heavily towards Booth. I've joined both schools admitted student Slack channels, and the students on the Booth channel seem to have more impressive backgrounds (based on what I'm interested in). Booth has also already offered a volunteer consulting opportunity through the Polsky Center, working with small business owners in the Chicago area as they recover from COVID shutdowns, which seems like an awesome opportunity to jump in and get involved. Now that I've been accepted, Booth has definitely ratcheted up their outreach, as several current and former students have reached out to me via email to congratulate me and offered to answer questions.

Ultimately, I know there is no wrong decision. Both are amazing schools, and I'm truly lucky to have the opportunity to attend either. I look forward to getting to know some of you in the future, and good luck to everyone else!

ed1990 · Answer

I got admitted to Winter 2021 Evening program. Did anyone get a scholarship at Booth after they accepted the offer of admission?

rball9 · Answer

Congrats  ed1990 !

Winter 2021 Admit here as well. I was told that we will be told our merit scholarship decision prior to the deadline for acceptance (either yes or no). So far i'm around ~2 weeks after acceptance so I am expecting to hear back in the next 1-2 weeks.

Might I add I was pretty impressed with the expediency of Booth regarding decisions.

sanjeetkd8 · Answer

I just got admitted as well ~5 business days after interviewing. Was anyone else able to join the Slack channel for admitted students? I was having some trouble with my email not working to join the workspace, not sure if I need to use a U Chicago email address.

ed1990 · Answer

sanjeetkd8  Congrats! As far as Slack goes, you will be added with your personal email that you used for application. It takes a few days to be added.

Nikhil · Answer

Hi, Can someone tell me whether this Slack group is only for those who decided to matriculate at Booth or for all the admitted students?

Thanks.

bb · Answer

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