Chicago (Booth) 2013 - Calling All Applicants

Two thoughts:

- The applicant's opportunity to provide the school with a co-worker's opinion is in the recommendation. I think with the interview the school is looking for as independent and objective a feedback provider they can get. Seems like a co-worker or a close acquaintance of any kind would be inappropriate. Since the school will know where both the applicant and the interviewer are employed, an accidental match seems unlikely.

- If you don't want anyone at your office to know about your MBA plans I assume this came up in some type of "why isn't my supervisor providing my recommendation?" explanation. I would imagine that even if point one above wasn't true that the school will know your feelings on the subject based on that explanation and will be sensitive on the issue.

Basically...I would guess that there is almost zero chance that you will be paired to interview with a colleague.

Agreed, but I'm just worried that the assignments may be done automatically by a computer which may not take into account these constraints. Obviously I'm being paranoid here but let's worry about getting that invite first. Good luck everyone!

Only a few minutes left to the mid-decision announcement

Good luck!

Only a few minutes left to the mid-decision announcement

Good luck!