Last visit was: 21 Apr 2026, 01:37 It is currently 21 Apr 2026, 01:37
Home
Messages
Tests
Schools
Events
Close
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
Close
Request Expert Reply
Confirm Cancel
avatar
aadmi
avatar
Joined: 20 Oct 2009
Last visit: 10 May 2010
Posts: 24
Own Kudos:
1
Given Kudos: 1
Location: Evanston
Schools:Kellogg (Accepted) Booth (WL)
Posts: 24
Kudos: 1
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 07 Nov 2009, 17:12
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
24
shark29
What happened last year?

I interviewed with an international student and let's just say we never got on the same page. The first question I was asked was what I do for fun and I responded that I am a Cubs season ticket holder and spend most of my summer at Wrigley. Response: What are the Cubs? From there I knew I was screwed.
Show more

Could'nt you ask the adcom for a re-interview?
User avatar
ACNguy
User avatar
Current Student
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Last visit: 09 Sep 2011
Posts: 356
Own Kudos:
56
Given Kudos: 20
Location: Ann Arbor
Concentration: General
Schools:Ross Class of 2012
Posts: 356
Kudos: 56
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 07 Nov 2009, 17:39
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
24
shark29
What happened last year?

I interviewed with an international student and let's just say we never got on the same page. The first question I was asked was what I do for fun and I responded that I am a Cubs season ticket holder and spend most of my summer at Wrigley. Response: What are the Cubs? From there I knew I was screwed.
Show more

Ouch, but maybe that's what you get for being a Cubs fan...haha, kidding. In all reality I hate the White Sox much more, being a Twins guy myself.
User avatar
shark29
User avatar
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
Last visit: 23 Dec 2009
Posts: 12
Posts: 12
Kudos: 0
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 07 Nov 2009, 17:46
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Sorry about that man. I know how that would have felt if you dont have a connection with your interviewer.

Good luck this year !!
User avatar
rhyme
User avatar
Major Poster
Joined: 05 Apr 2006
Last visit: 02 Dec 2024
Posts: 5,906
Own Kudos:
3,192
 [1]
Given Kudos: 7
Affiliations: HHonors Diamond, BGS Honor Society
Schools: Chicago (Booth) - Class of 2009
GMAT 1: 730 Q45 V45
WE:Business Development (Consumer Packaged Goods)
Schools: Chicago (Booth) - Class of 2009
GMAT 1: 730 Q45 V45
Posts: 5,906
Kudos: 3,192
 [1]
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 07 Nov 2009, 18:38
1
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
aadmi
24
shark29
What happened last year?

I interviewed with an international student and let's just say we never got on the same page. The first question I was asked was what I do for fun and I responded that I am a Cubs season ticket holder and spend most of my summer at Wrigley. Response: What are the Cubs? From there I knew I was screwed.

Could'nt you ask the adcom for a re-interview?
Show more

Besides the fact that I've never heard of them accommodating such a request, I doubt that "we didn't hit it off" would be sufficient grounds for a re-interview anyway.

This might be a good time to point out that interviews are not phase gates - they are not make or break. Strong interviews won't get you in any more than a weak interview will keep you out. The interviewers comments simply become part of your file and are reviewed alongside everything else at committee.
User avatar
rhyme
User avatar
Major Poster
Joined: 05 Apr 2006
Last visit: 02 Dec 2024
Posts: 5,906
Own Kudos:
3,192
Given Kudos: 7
Affiliations: HHonors Diamond, BGS Honor Society
Schools: Chicago (Booth) - Class of 2009
GMAT 1: 730 Q45 V45
WE:Business Development (Consumer Packaged Goods)
Schools: Chicago (Booth) - Class of 2009
GMAT 1: 730 Q45 V45
Posts: 5,906
Kudos: 3,192
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 07 Nov 2009, 18:39
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
britguy
Oh, now I'm with you. Well it's an interesting statistic but I agree maybe not so robust! Anyway I dunno if many people apply to Booth with less than 650 on the gmat.
Show more

A lot. More than you think.
User avatar
turbo2008
User avatar
Joined: 06 Nov 2009
Last visit: 01 Jun 2010
Posts: 23
Own Kudos:
2
Given Kudos: 2
Location: China
Schools:Booth, Columbia, Stanford, Wharton ...
Posts: 23
Kudos: 2
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 07 Nov 2009, 21:10
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Rhyme – from your previous experience, is Monday the last day that Chicago Booth will be handing out interview invites? Last year the mid-decision deadline was also set on Wednesday and pretty much nobody received an interview invite on the final Tuesday & Wednesday.

The waiting is killing me. Can’t really focus on work or anything else. Like most of the gmatclubers I was extremely confident on my overall chances for Booth. Really surprised I did not receive an invite YET! Hehe … have not given up hopes yet, but the odds are looking bad now.
User avatar
turbo2008
User avatar
Joined: 06 Nov 2009
Last visit: 01 Jun 2010
Posts: 23
Own Kudos:
2
Given Kudos: 2
Location: China
Schools:Booth, Columbia, Stanford, Wharton ...
Posts: 23
Kudos: 2
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 07 Nov 2009, 21:58
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Tired and brain dead … below are some stupid thoughts …
Gmatclub should open a betting house so that applicants can hedge their bets … Procedures are as follow:
1. An applicant that is applying to Chicago Booth R1 will submit his full application to the Gmatclub Betting Services (GBS)
2. GBS will calculate the odds and provide the candidate with betting odds against the candidate’s chances for an interview and/or acceptance.
3. An applicant will be able to bet against himself, and in the case of a ding, he/she will receive cash rewards.

Example:
Candidate A has GMAT of 780, 3.9 GPA from Harvard, great work experience etc. GBS will determine that his odds of receiving an interview are high, therefore for a $1000 bet, the candidate will receive $3500 if the he did not receive an interview.
I am ready to bet $250 against myself at this point … LOL. :lol:
avatar
afan
avatar
Current Student
Joined: 08 Oct 2009
Last visit: 13 Jul 2010
Posts: 31
Own Kudos:
13
Posts: 31
Kudos: 13
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 08 Nov 2009, 00:08
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
turbo2008
Tired and brain dead … below are some stupid thoughts …
Gmatclub should open a betting house so that applicants can hedge their bets … Procedures are as follow:
1. An applicant that is applying to Chicago Booth R1 will submit his full application to the Gmatclub Betting Services (GBS)
2. GBS will calculate the odds and provide the candidate with betting odds against the candidate’s chances for an interview and/or acceptance.
3. An applicant will be able to bet against himself, and in the case of a ding, he/she will receive cash rewards.

Example:
Candidate A has GMAT of 780, 3.9 GPA from Harvard, great work experience etc. GBS will determine that his odds of receiving an interview are high, therefore for a $1000 bet, the candidate will receive $3500 if the he did not receive an interview.
I am ready to bet $250 against myself at this point … LOL. :lol:
Show more

Actually this might also help the applicants to get a real picture about the competition out there.
These odds should be based on the prev data as well as current year applicant pool. (assuming that many people submit to GBS)
avatar
weeksuper
avatar
Joined: 05 Nov 2009
Last visit: 11 May 2010
Posts: 9
Posts: 9
Kudos: 0
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 08 Nov 2009, 01:24
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
just finished my Chicago interview in Shanghai with an alumni. Ordinary questions as you can imagine. Not sure what is the acceptance rate of all the interviewed candidates. Does anyone here have a sense about that? Besides, will all the interviewed candidates receive the final decision on the last day, or we may know the result earlier? Thanks! Good luck to all Chicago Booth applicants.
User avatar
turbo2008
User avatar
Joined: 06 Nov 2009
Last visit: 01 Jun 2010
Posts: 23
Own Kudos:
2
Given Kudos: 2
Location: China
Schools:Booth, Columbia, Stanford, Wharton ...
Posts: 23
Kudos: 2
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 08 Nov 2009, 03:15
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Weeksuper - About 40-50% of those interviewed will receive an offer. I have heard that they interview a larger number of candidates in China in order to weed out a significant number based on among others English proficiency. They should be notifying everyone around the same timeframe … you might have to wait for about a month in order to hear from Booth. Can someone else please confirm this?
Also, can you please list any interesting/unusual interview question that you were asked?

weeksuper
just finished my Chicago interview in Shanghai with an alumni. Ordinary questions as you can imagine. Not sure what is the acceptance rate of all the interviewed candidates. Does anyone here have a sense about that? Besides, will all the interviewed candidates receive the final decision on the last day, or we may know the result earlier? Thanks! Good luck to all Chicago Booth applicants.
Show more
avatar
JamesT
avatar
Joined: 04 Nov 2009
Last visit: 02 Mar 2010
Posts: 18
Own Kudos:
1
Location: International
Schools:Chicago R1 (Accepted), HBS R1 (Accepted), Kellogg R1 (Accepted)
Posts: 18
Kudos: 1
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 08 Nov 2009, 22:02
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Turbo2008 - It's actually closer to the fact that they interview 40% and accept 50% of those (according to an admissions consultant I talked to). I would not think it would make sense for them to disproportionately interview candidates in China.

Anyone who has received an interview has met a benchmark criteria for TOEFL and GMAT verbal, and many have been schooled in English internationally or work with multinational companies. Interviewing more candidates would give China an unfair advantage.

All that to say that if you are Chinese and are selected to interview, I would NOT assume that it's because the standards by which you were given an interview were lower.
avatar
waitinganswers
avatar
Joined: 05 Nov 2009
Last visit: 19 Apr 2010
Posts: 21
Own Kudos:
3
Posts: 21
Kudos: 3
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 08 Nov 2009, 23:50
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
I have a complete from Oct 25- no answer yet.
getting nervous over here....
Someone with a complete after the 23rd got an interview?
avatar
popper
avatar
Joined: 06 Nov 2009
Last visit: 18 Nov 2012
Posts: 101
Own Kudos:
4
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Concentration: Entrepreneurship
Schools:Darden,McCombs,Owen ($$$$),Booth (int),Kellogg (int)
GPA: 3.3
WE 1: 4 years software consulting - US
WE 2: 2 years management consulting - Argentina
Posts: 101
Kudos: 4
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 09 Nov 2009, 03:45
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Mine went complete 10/25 and got an interview 11/6.
avatar
tuck20xx
avatar
Current Student
Joined: 30 Jul 2008
Last visit: 03 Mar 2011
Posts: 170
Own Kudos:
9
Given Kudos: 4
Affiliations: CPA, CFA
Location: East Coast
Concentration: Finance/Entrepreneurship
Schools:Darden Class of 2012
GPA: 3.5
WE 1: Big 4 Accounting
Posts: 170
Kudos: 9
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 09 Nov 2009, 05:51
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
anyone else feel like it's [effectively] d-day today?
avatar
abcdef
avatar
Joined: 28 Oct 2009
Last visit: 16 Mar 2011
Posts: 17
Location: Bangalore, India
Posts: 17
Kudos: 0
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 09 Nov 2009, 06:01
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
At what time is decision released?
User avatar
britguy
User avatar
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
Last visit: 24 May 2010
Posts: 160
Own Kudos:
30
Given Kudos: 6
Location: Milan, Italy
Concentration: Finance
Schools:Booth (admitted R1), NYU (interview Mar 4), UT (withdrawn), Rice (admitted R2) plus dings at HBS, Stanford, Wharton and CBS
GPA: 3.4
WE 1: Oil and gas
Posts: 160
Kudos: 30
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 09 Nov 2009, 06:10
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
not sure about that tuck - what happened last year? if people got invites right up to the last minute then, then I guess we could see the same happen again.
avatar
tuck20xx
avatar
Current Student
Joined: 30 Jul 2008
Last visit: 03 Mar 2011
Posts: 170
Own Kudos:
9
Given Kudos: 4
Affiliations: CPA, CFA
Location: East Coast
Concentration: Finance/Entrepreneurship
Schools:Darden Class of 2012
GPA: 3.5
WE 1: Big 4 Accounting
Posts: 170
Kudos: 9
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 09 Nov 2009, 06:25
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
the last invites were sent on this same day last year. then silence tomorrow. then dings wednesday. i assume if i don't hear today, it will be ding wednesday.
User avatar
britguy
User avatar
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
Last visit: 24 May 2010
Posts: 160
Own Kudos:
30
Given Kudos: 6
Location: Milan, Italy
Concentration: Finance
Schools:Booth (admitted R1), NYU (interview Mar 4), UT (withdrawn), Rice (admitted R2) plus dings at HBS, Stanford, Wharton and CBS
GPA: 3.4
WE 1: Oil and gas
Posts: 160
Kudos: 30
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 09 Nov 2009, 06:42
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
fair enough! my inbox is looking preeety empty so far...

:-D
User avatar
billyjeans
User avatar
Joined: 18 Feb 2008
Last visit: 22 Aug 2011
Posts: 621
Own Kudos:
215
Given Kudos: 25
Posts: 621
Kudos: 215
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 09 Nov 2009, 08:18
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
tuck20xx
the last invites were sent on this same day last year. then silence tomorrow. then dings wednesday. i assume if i don't hear today, it will be ding wednesday.
Show more

Alright guys, looks like I am down and out. :(

Good luck to everyone else.
User avatar
ACNguy
User avatar
Current Student
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Last visit: 09 Sep 2011
Posts: 356
Own Kudos:
56
Given Kudos: 20
Location: Ann Arbor
Concentration: General
Schools:Ross Class of 2012
Posts: 356
Kudos: 56
Calling Fall 2010 Chicago Booth Applicants 09 Nov 2009, 08:25
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
billyjeans
tuck20xx
the last invites were sent on this same day last year. then silence tomorrow. then dings wednesday. i assume if i don't hear today, it will be ding wednesday.

Alright guys, looks like I am down and out. :(

Good luck to everyone else.
Show more

Same here, good luck to everyone else!
   1  ...  23   24   25   26   27  ...  135   
Moderator:
GMATNinja
GMAT Club Verbal Expert
7391 posts