Calling all 2012 Chicago Booth Fall applicants class of 2014. Booth Business School Guide Chicago Booth Applicant Summary (Real Time) Quick Glance: GMAT Club vs. Latest Intake (Class of 2013) Latest GMAT Club Member Profile Updates https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=11967 Detailed Applicant List: Add Yourself to This List (add Chicago Booth to your profile) GMAT Club's Real-time Admissions Statistics Add Your Profile to This List Questions about this Roll Call ? Chicago Booth MBA Guide Application deadlines: Online Application Release: Early August 2011 Round One Deadline: October 12, 2011 Round Two Deadline: January 4, 2012 Round Three Deadline: April 4, 2012 Mid-Decision Date November 9, 2011 February 15, 2012 April 25, 2012 Decision Notification Date December 14, 2011 March 21, 2012 May 16, 2012 LINK TO ON-LINE APPLICATION FORM Essay Questions 1. What are your short- and long-term goals, and how will a Chicago Booth MBA help you reach them? (600 words) 1a. RE-APPLICANTS ONLY: Upon reflection, how has your thinking regarding your future, Chicago Booth, and/or getting an MBA changed since the time of your last application? (300 words) 2. At Chicago Booth, we believe each individual has his or her own leadership style. How has your family, culture, and/or environment influenced you as a leader? (750 words) 3. Considering what you've already included in the application, what else should we know about you? In a maximum of four slides, tell us about yourself. Question 3 Guidelines We have set forth the following guidelines: *The content is completely up to you. There is no right, or even preferred, approach to this presentation. *There is a strict maximum of four pages, though you can provide fewer if you choose. *Acceptable formats for upload in the online application system are PowerPoint or PDF. *The document will be viewed electronically, but we cannot support embedded videos, music, or motion images. *Additionally, all content MUST be included in the four pages; hyperlinks will not be viewed. *The file will be evaluated on the quality of content and ability to convey your ideas, not on technical expertise or presentation. Latest Employment Report Rankings: Full-Time MBA Program #1 BusinessWeek biennial rankings, 2010 #1 The Economist, 2010 #5 (tie) U.S. New & World Report, 2011 #12 Financial Times (global), 2011 #4 Forbes biennial rankings, 2009 #1 BusinessWeek biennial rankings, 2008 Executive MBA Programs #5 Financial Times, 2010 #16 Wall Street Journal, 2010 #2 U.S. News & World Report, 2011 #2 BusinessWeek, 2009 Part-Time MBA Programs #1 (tie) U.S. News & World Report, 2011 #12 nationally, #4 in the Midwest, BusinessWeek, 2009 #4 Forbes biennial rankings, 2005 History: Chicago Booth traces its roots back to 1898 when university faculty member James Laurence Laughlin chartered the College of Commerce and Politics, which was intended to be an extension of the school's founding principles of "scientific guidance and investigation of great economic and social matters of everyday importance." The program originally served as a solely undergraduate institution until 1916, when academically oriented research masters and later doctoral-level degrees were introduced. In 1916, the school was renamed the School of Commerce and Administration. Soon after in 1922, the first doctorate program was offered at the school. In 1932, the school was rechristened as the School of Business. The School of Business offered its first Master of Business Administration (MBA) in 1935. A landmark decision was taken by the school at about this time to concentrate its resources solely on graduate programs, and accordingly, the undergraduate program was phased out in 1942. In 1943, the school launched the first ever Executive MBA program. The school was renamed to Graduate School of Business (or more popularly, the GSB) in 1959, a name that it held till 2008. During the later half of the twentieth century, the business school was instrumental in the development of the Chicago School, an economic philosophy focused on free-market, minimal government involvement, due to faculty and student interaction with members of the university's influential Department of Economics. Other innovations by Chicago Booth include initiating the first PhD program in business (1920), founding the first academic business journal (1928), offering the first Executive MBA (EMBA) program (1943), and for offering the first weekend MBA program (1986). Students at the school founded the National Black MBA Association (1972), and Chicago Booth is the only U.S. business school with permanent campuses on three continents: Asia (2000), Europe (1994), and North America (1898). 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tlbkcal

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I've done a quick analysis comparing Booth to other top programs. Booth comes in at 2 or 3 regardless of how you cut the numbers.

My list uses the latest data that I could find from Forbes, Business Week, FT (US-only), Economist (US-only), CNN and US News. Feel free to update this thread if you find more up-to-date information. I've also re-run the analysis excluding non-business publications (CNN, USNews), which improves Booth's relative rank. Either way, the top 5 (HBS, Booth, Stanford, CBS, Wharton) don't really change.

Published rankings are obviously variable (they change annually), subject to sampling error (not all schools are ranked by all publications), and methodology biased (publications are not uniform in their ranking criteria). All that said, I think this provides a useful benchmark of the top 5 and top 10 programs in the US right now. And I think it reinforces the importance of "fit" if you've been admitted to more than one top 5 programs.

Just took a quick look. How did you get #4 for Wharton US News (I thought it was tied #3 with MIT). And also I thought Booth was #12 on FT (not #6)? Maybe I'm looking the wrong list somehow?

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Got the waitlist as well, good luck to everyone else and congrats to those with admits.

I'm not sure what to do about the video, hopefully I will have some meaningful updates over the next couple months.

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14 Dec 2011, 08:17

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Waitlisted. Guess I need to make a sweet video...

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14 Dec 2011, 08:19

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Waitlist..

Well guess us WL'ers are in good company if our threadmaster is also in the same boat. In any case, since Booth accepts 60+% of students in Rd2 and Rd3, there is still hope. Unfortunately, 70% of applicants are also from those rounds.

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For those others that were accepted, how do you know about scholarships? Was that info volunteered on the call or did you ask? Was it in your official letter? I am very excited to join the class with or without the scholarship, but do want to make sure that I have all of the information that is available. Congrats to those accepted and good luck to all still applying and on the waitlist

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Waitlisted. Indian applicant. Damn the video , not sure whether to take it seriously or put in my best for my R2 apps.

Rhyme! please share your thoughts on what % of waitlisted R1 guys make it through?

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USAinUK

Just took a quick look. How did you get #4 for Wharton US News (I thought it was tied #3 with MIT). And also I thought Booth was #12 on FT (not #6)? Maybe I'm looking the wrong list somehow?

Thanks for the catch on US News: Indeed they are tied. I've updated the file, but this does not affect the overall rankings. For the FT, note that these are US rankings only: I've excluded the European, Canadian and Asian schools. Chicago's rank among FT US Schools is 6, whilst its overall rank is 11/12.

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14 Dec 2011, 08:34

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Dinged..

... hurts so bad...
was atleast in the summer waitlist last year....
Anhow getting on with R2 apps

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Here is some information regarding WL chances put together last year on c/o 2012 data (post by EarlyCareerMBA). Looks like approximately 50% of WL'ers end up getting in.

calling-all-2011-booth-applicants-96912-1320.html

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USAinUK

Just took a quick look. How did you get #4 for Wharton US News (I thought it was tied #3 with MIT). And also I thought Booth was #12 on FT (not #6)? Maybe I'm looking the wrong list somehow?

for those of you interested, here is an interesting read of a weighted index of the rankings from a reliable source.

https://poetsandquants.com/2011/12/08/th ... s-of-2011/

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14 Dec 2011, 08:39

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Waitlisted...

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@ajk9999

Thanks for this. The advantage of the P&Q list is that the author gave some thought to composite weightings. The disadvantage is that composite weightings are highly subjective, while an equal weight index (such as mine or any other simple aggregation) is more transparent. In either event, both indices conclude the same thing: Booth is the number 2 or 3 MBA program in the US. In fact, both lists provide remarkably similar rankings for the top 10. For schools outside of the top 10, it may be better to use the Poets & Quants list, because it presumably is normalized for sampling error. Thanks again for this added input!

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Waitlisted. I just got the email and checked the status. It says that the final decision will be released at the end of R2 (March 21,2012) Its a long long wait!

Does anyone have any idea that whats % of waitlisted from R1 finally got in in the past two years? Any insights? Thank you so much!

Good luck to all of you who are still waiting!

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14 Dec 2011, 08:48

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It was mentioned verbally on the call and was not in the official letter available online. The adcom referenced a follow-up email she would sending and I think she also mentioned a formal acceptance package via mail (though it was a blur of excitement, so maybe I'm mis-remembering).

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I was told by the admissions officer when I received the call. I didn't ask - she volunteered the information.

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14 Dec 2011, 08:54

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Please join us in the Chat to wait for the decisions to be released or to discuss your results.

Also, please be kind to update your status with Booth if you know it - thank you!

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14 Dec 2011, 09:00

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Haha, same thing happened to me! I was so excited, I can barely remember anything she said. I am waiting for the follow up e-mail!

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14 Dec 2011, 09:02

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I was accepted yesterday and offered a merit based scholarship. She told me the amount of the scholarship on the phone. When I logged in to the application system it doesn't mention anything about the scholarship, however. I'm guessing we'll get more information later today.