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NYC got Rose herself! W00t w00t!

Anyway, I just got back, had a very good time. Interesting people. Though, gosh, I can't believe how many of you are in finance!

Also, egy, met a nice young man from your alma mater, for half a second I entertained the ludicrous notion that it might be you even though I know you're on the opposite coast. Hope you had the pleasure of discussing subaqueous pannier plaiting with an almost-me at your event too.
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NYC got Rose herself! W00t w00t!

Anyway, I just got back, had a very good time. Interesting people. Though, gosh, I can't believe how many of you are in finance!

Also, egy, met a nice young man from your alma mater, for half a second I entertained the ludicrous notion that it might be you even though I know you're on the opposite coast. Hope you had the pleasure of discussing subaqueous pannier plaiting with an almost-me at your event too.
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Just got back from the Booth event in Buenos Aires...my interviewer was there, he had the quote of the night when he told me "I highly recommended you for a spot at Booth...the only concern I included in your report is that you seemed to be 'too Chicago for Chicago'" (note: I am a hardcore libertarian)
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NYC got Rose herself! W00t w00t!

Anyway, I just got back, had a very good time. Interesting people. Though, gosh, I can't believe how many of you are in finance!

Also, egy, met a nice young man from your alma mater, for half a second I entertained the ludicrous notion that it might be you even though I know you're on the opposite coast. Hope you had the pleasure of discussing subaqueous pannier plaiting with an almost-me at your event too.
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I hope you asked him if he was "egy from gmatclub.com"!


Interestingly, no finance admits at the SF event! a consultant, engineer, government dude, small business owner and a publishing gal. All in all, had a great time!
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I hope you asked him if he was "egy from gmatclub.com"!


Interestingly, no finance admits at the SF event! a consultant, engineer, government dude, small business owner and a publishing gal. All in all, had a great time!
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I seriously considered it, but ruled him out by other sleuthful means. You only had a half dozen people at your event? Whew! - we must have had 60+ admits, and that was before we went to the Times Square bar where about 200 Booth-affiliated peoples were drinking. It was hot. Literally.
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Not many admits at my event either, but many alumns.
Just sent my forms and paid the deposit as well, officially a Boothie :-D
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I seriously considered it, but ruled him out by other sleuthful means. You only had a half dozen people at your event? Whew! - we must have had 60+ admits, and that was before we went to the Times Square bar where about 200 Booth-affiliated peoples were drinking. It was hot. Literally.
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I came quite late so there were more that i didn't meet.. but certainly, it wasn't a huge number.
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Not many admits at my event either, but many alumns.
Just sent my forms and paid the deposit as well, officially a Boothie :-D
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Congrats!! I'll be sending in my stuff next week.
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I seriously considered it, but ruled him out by other sleuthful means. You only had a half dozen people at your event? Whew! - we must have had 60+ admits, and that was before we went to the Times Square bar where about 200 Booth-affiliated peoples were drinking. It was hot. Literally.


I came quite late so there were more that i didn't meet.. but certainly, it wasn't a hugenumber.
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I had to miss NY event and attended the one in SF. No finance admits, but there were a bunch of finance alums at the event though. I guess Booth moulds them in bunches. So, egy, I know who you are. Anegima et al, I will probably catch up with you guys in upcoming NYC meet.

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Not many admits at my event either, but many alumns.
Just sent my forms and paid the deposit as well, officially a Boothie :-D
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why booth over wharton?
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Hah! No fair.. who are you!?

EDIT: just figured it out!

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I seriously considered it, but ruled him out by other sleuthful means. You only had a half dozen people at your event? Whew! - we must have had 60+ admits, and that was before we went to the Times Square bar where about 200 Booth-affiliated peoples were drinking. It was hot. Literally.


I came quite late so there were more that i didn't meet.. but certainly, it wasn't a hugenumber.
I had to miss NY event and attended the one in SF. No finance admits, but there were a bunch of finance alums at the event though. I guess Booth moulds them in bunches. So, egy, I know who you are. Anegima et al, I will probably catch up with you guys in upcoming NYC meet.

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Just got an invite to interview! This is great news.

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3 years as a research assistant, published my own research in peer reviewed journals
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so you can call me an 'oddball'
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Congrats soren! When did your app go complete if I might ask?

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My application was submitted March 10 and went complete on March 17. I had trouble submitting my transcript through their form, so I e-mailed it to them, hence the difference. I think many people had that problem, or at least that's what they told me.

I just talked with someone from Booth and they said that interviews aren't starting until after the 21st. So it's not like HBS where they interview some and interview more based on who bombs their interview. In other words, don't panic if you don't have an invite yet - they're still working hard on making their decisions!
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thanks for the quick reply, I submitted 5 Mar and it went complete 10 Mar.

so... urk...

reading all the previous tread pages now and debating whether or not to call in
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Congratulations Sonia.....that is great news. May I ask if you received an email requesting you to check your application status (i.e., that it has been changed to "invite to interview")? Or, did you simply check you status on the Booth website and saw that it had been changed?

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PDX (Joe) :)
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They sent me an e-mail that was very detailed. I had checked the online status earlier in the day, so if there's a spread between the time you get the e-mail and the time they update your status, it must be very brief.

Thanks for the congratulations, and I hope you all get invites too. We can all win this lottery together.
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Well, I'm rooting for you and hopefully we can all meet as accepted Boothies! Thanks for the informative reply.
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are the waitlisters doing anything to stay involved? i'm not even sure what else i can do to show i'm still very interested.
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I have just been invited to the interview. I doubt that there will be any alumni in my country, so I will probably schedule a phone interview. Is there any disadvantages to that?
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I have just been invited to the interview. I doubt that there will be any alumni in my country, so I will probably schedule a phone interview. Is there any disadvantages to that?
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Not necessarily... the interview serves three main purposes:

1) To verify your English-speaking ability and overall communication skills
2) To judge for "fit"
3) To see if you have what it takes to be successful in business (i.e. a source of huge donor $$$ in the future); see if you have any "star-dust"

A phone interview would address (1) and partially address (2) above. It won't add anything special to your candidacy but it can definitely provide cause for a ding (e.g. if you can't communicate clearly and effectively in English).

I would concerntrate on your "Why Booth?" response. You will probably be interviewed by someone with a LOT of interview experience and you don't want to risk sounding contrived/uninteresting when you give your "Why Booth?" spiel.

Overall, the interview is a really small part of decision process... i would not worry too much about it.
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