Chicago (Booth) 2013 - Calling All Applicants

Top10, when did you have your interview? I had mine last week and it was eerily similar to what you have described. Maybe the 2nd year students are told to stick to a script of sorts.

December 18th/19th cannot come fast enough...

Did anyone get a chance to get the interviewer's business card? Anyone sending thank you emails?

If you have the contact information, always send a thank-you note. Doesn't have to be a novel, just a quick note to say thanks.

Potential Round 2 applicant here -- I will probably go to the event on the 29th. I was going to apply to the PT program but am now thinking that I should try a FT application first. Hello everyone

Had my interview in Calcutta, India today. My interviewer told me that the adcom/ another alum will contact me for a second round of interview. Booth website says that we will have "only one interview".
Any idea?

Thanks!

He must have been joking! Or maybe, he's referring to the congratulatory call for the admit!

Yeah, you only do one interview. Dunno what he was going on about.

I had my interview on 11/17 and my application still doesn't say that my interview feedback was submitted. Anyone else in the same boat?

Look up 6 or so posts.

Haha awesome, missed that one. Thanks!

I had my on-campus interview a couple of days ago. Very conversational, with pretty much the same questions that people have posted here. Oh man, the next two and a half weeks are going be really really long.

Good luck everyone!

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Did anyone goto the info session on November 29th? I am scheduled to visit campus this Friday, December 7th. I have been to the Gleacher Center several times, but I have never been to the Hyde Park campus, and I'm a Chicago native! lol

Hello, I would really appreciate the expert/peer opinion on this:

I am applying to Booth and Wharton in R2 - both require 2 recommendations. I am an entrepreneur in a brick and mortar business with a total 10 years of work experience, the last 5 of which were spent starting and growing my business successfully. Prior to that, I worked as an IT management consultant with a well-known firm.

I have the option of choosing 1) My Auditor/Financial adviser/mentor from my current business, 2) A senior customer representative from my current business or 3) My Practice partner from my previous consulting job as my recommenders. I am planning to choose the first 2, but that makes my application pretty uni-dimensional as my essays also focus on my business venture. My practice partner from consulting can bring a different perspective on my managerial/leadership skills (examples of my leading teams internationally across different countries). On the other hand, if I choose the partner from my previous job, it makes the recommendation content 5 years old. That makes the recommendation's current relevance questionable.

So, I am pondering over whom to choose as my recommenders. Would be grateful for your inputs.

Thanks.

I would choose recommenders based on how well the recommender knows you and the recency of the professional experience. In my view this is more important
than breadth of content, especially if the previous interviewer knew you 5 years ago.

You can balance this in your short-answers, CV and essays by making sure you mention the IT consulting experience in detail.

I know it is not relevant for the final decision, but I am just wondering if anyone of you has not received any update on the application since the interview invitation. I see nothing related to an interview feedback submitted, and my test scores are still on Awaiting!
Thanks

Same here