This thread is for the Booth 2011 Application Year, meaning applicants that are starting School in the Fall of 2011. Please direct all of your questions for this year into the 2012 thread calling-all-2012-chicago-booth-fall-applicants-116701.html If you are a current student/admit, please consider visiting the thread for Admitted Students admitted-to-chicago-booth-class-of-2013-full-time-mba-thread-107432.html At Chicago Booth, you get more than just a world-class education. You become part of a global business force. Please use the following form to add your stats to the spreadsheet: Form link Edit Link: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Av3d03301eNIdFozSUpyT2lUQzN0TG41MTFDWG83eHc&hl=en#gid=0 Spreadsheet 0Av3d03301eNIdFozSUpyT2lUQzN0TG41MTFDWG83eHc GMAT CLUB STATS Round 1 Deadline: October 13, 2010 Notification: December 15, 2010 Round 2 Deadline: January 5, 2011 Notification: March 16, 2011 Round 3 Deadline: April 13, 2011 Notification: May 18, 2011 Evening/Weekend MBA Deadlines: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/parttime/a ... #deadlines SCHOOL INFO Excerpts from Admissions Chat Events Application Review Process At minimum three people will review an application. We do not review applications in groups but the reader will have access to the previous readers' reviews. Our office hires students to serve as Admissions Fellows. These students will review the files(and conduct our on campus interviews.) Once the Fellows complete their review an admissions officer reviews and will make a recommendation. At this time a candidate is invited to interview or recommended for denial. If denial the Associate Dean will review the file. If invited to interview, after the interview takes place, the file is reviewed again by an admissions officer. A recommendation is made and ultimately the Associate Dean makes the final decision. We do not compare students between rounds; we only evaluate applications based on each round. The chances of being admitted are very similar from one round to the next. Interview As for interviews, Interviewers will NOT have access to your applications. We conduct interviews either on campus by admissions fellows or off campus by alumni. All applicants have the option of coming to campus or interviewing with a local alumni. Academics The Booth MBA is based on a discipline based approach to business education, with finance being at the cornerstone. Chicago Booth boasts a legendary finance curriculum, covering both corporate finance and investments. In addition, our long-standing relationships and success in recruiting with the biggest investment organizations in the world. General Guest: what are the top features booth is looking for in an mba candidate and how can i improve my chances of admission Kurt: The best way to be successful in this process is to really know your story. Where have you been? What skill and experiences have fostered over time? How do these things prepare you for an MBA, and a career post MBA? And finally, how does a specific program i.e. Booth bridge the gap effectively between where you are and where you want to be. Think through this effectively and convey this story utilizing all the aspects provided in the application will give you your best chance of success. To be candid we expect that students applying to a top school are smart, engaged and demonstrate signs for leadership potential. With those things being staples it is at the margins where you can most directly impact your outcome. And your story and fit is what lives in the margins. Neel the overwhelming majority of our students in the FT program are looking to make a career change. To do so you have to think through what you know about the desired industry, what skill and experiences do they covet and what do you bring to the table. In most cases once you do this exercise you will realize where your strengths and weaknesses lie, and at Chicago because of our flexibility and commitment to analytics you will have every opportunity to round out your necessary skill sets and go after the role you desire. Essays 1. The Admissions Committee is interested in learning more about you on both a personal and professional level. Please answer the following (maximum of 300 words for each section): a. Why are you pursuing a full-time MBA at this point in your life? b. Define your short and long term career goals post MBA. c. What is it about Chicago Booth that is going to help you reach your goals? d. REAPPLICANTS 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? These short essays will require you to know yourself. You will need to understand where you have been and where you are going. Before you begin drafting the responses to these essays, take some time for self-reflection. Why do you want to return to school? Why is the MBA the right degree for you? We know that many of you will use your MBA experience to help you figure out what kind of job to pursue next. Even though your future career plans may not be clear at this time, you should still be able to discuss your goals and how they relate to obtaining an MBA. For our reapplicants, question 1d is where you can tell us what, if anything, has changed since the time of your last application. What has occurred in your life or career that has either reinforced or changed your goals? What lessons have you learned or how have you grown since you last applied to Chicago Booth? 2. Chicago Booth is a place that challenges its students to stretch and take risks that they might not take elsewhere. Tell us about a time when you took a risk and what you learned from that experience (maximum of 750 words). You’re probably wondering, “What kind of risk do you want me to discuss?” To be honest, we’re not looking for one kind of risk in particular. It can be a risk related to your professional, academic or personal life. It can be a risk that resulted in either a positive or negative outcome. We want to hear about a time when you challenged yourself and what you learned from that experience. How has that experience influenced your future actions? 3. At Chicago Booth, we teach you HOW to think rather than what to think. With this in mind, we have provided you with “blank pages” in our application. Knowing that there is not a right or even a preferred answer allows you to demonstrate to the committee your ability to navigate ambiguity and provide information that you believe will support your candidacy for Chicago Booth. Earlier this year, there was some discussion as to whether we would continue using the presentation as part of our evaluation process. With the presentation proving to be such an important tool in helping us determine who is a good fit for Chicago Booth, we decided it was necessary to include in our 2011 application. However, this year, we are giving applicants even greater freedom to decide what information they want to convey in the presentation. Since we’re providing you with “blank pages,” what you decide to address in your presentation is up to you. Look at the other aspects of your application. Are there messages or activities that you have not yet been able to communicate to the committee? If so, then the presentation will be an opportunity for you to provide us with this type of information. After reviewing your presentation, we want to have a better understanding of who you are and how you think. Also, please remember that it is the content – not the design – that should be the focus of the presentation. We understand that not everyone is a design guru. So, whether it’s through photos, images, graphs, or just words, the goal is to communicate your messages as effectively as possible.

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I think playing with the numbers and asking ?s is healthy, inquisitive, and just what Booth is looking for in its students. Also, I don't see your name on the R1 spreadsheet :problem:

Agreed.

I am in the same boat, and I wish playing with numbers helped me, but it makes me even more stressed about my application.

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Hi everyone, question to WL candidates: did you receive any reply from adcom after sending them additional materials? I mean a notice about receiving and adding documents to your profile.

Yep i did

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25 Feb 2011, 01:38

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I did not get any reply. Do they provide confirmatory mail?

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25 Feb 2011, 01:49

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I did not get any reply. Do they provide confirmatory mail?

Well they say they do not... but i received an email confirming they recd my supplementals..

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by the way congrats on your ISB admit, warrior007!

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Hi everyone, question to WL candidates: did you receive any reply from adcom after sending them additional materials? I mean a notice about receiving and adding documents to your profile.

What email address did you use to send supplemental information? General adcom or Karen Watt, who deals with waitlisted candidates?

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25 Feb 2011, 07:09

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Hi everyone, question to WL candidates: did you receive any reply from adcom after sending them additional materials? I mean a notice about receiving and adding documents to your profile.

What email address did you use to send supplemental information? General adcom or Karen Watt, who deals with waitlisted candidates?

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I sent to admissions, but Karen Watt sent an email back confirming receipt.

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romanz

Hi everyone, question to WL candidates: did you receive any reply from adcom after sending them additional materials? I mean a notice about receiving and adding documents to your profile.

What email address did you use to send supplemental information? General adcom or Karen Watt, who deals with waitlisted candidates?

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I sent to admissions, but Karen Watt sent an email back confirming receipt.

Thanks!

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romanz

Hi everyone, question to WL candidates: did you receive any reply from adcom after sending them additional materials? I mean a notice about receiving and adding documents to your profile.

What email address did you use to send supplemental information? General adcom or Karen Watt, who deals with waitlisted candidates?

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I sent to admissions, but Karen Watt sent an email back confirming receipt.

same here

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Does anyone know if the interviewer reads through your application after you interview, but before giving a recommendation? A sentence in the article below give me that impression:

"Interviewers grade the candidates on the same one to six scale. Once the interview report comes in, the file is then given to another admissions director who has not yet seen it."

The full article can be found on Poets and Quants (page 5 for quote, I'm not allowed to post links yet

). The "same one to six scale" the article refers to (see page 2) includes recommendations, essays, etc.

Its a small detail, but I think it can make a world of difference for some...

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I had my interview/visit on campus today. For what it is worth, during the info session with a member of the adcom, he said something along the lines of: for reasons not typically seen (perhaps an increase in deposits R1), it was harder than usual to get an R2 interview this year.

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Quick question for you all- I am a R2 applicant and I was just offered a great fellowship opportunity with my company that will be complete before I start b-school in the fall. Should I update the Booth ad-com about this?

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). The "same one to six scale" the article refers to (see page 2) includes recommendations, essays, etc.

Its a small detail, but I think it can make a world of difference for some...

No, I don't think the interviewer reads the application after the interview. I am sure that Booth probably gives the interviewer an instruction packet that details what constitutes a 1 to 6 on their scoring scale, and that is probably what they use to score us. At least that is how I would interpret it occurring.

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). The "same one to six scale" the article refers to (see page 2) includes recommendations, essays, etc.

Its a small detail, but I think it can make a world of difference for some...

I would agree with Brysondavis- I believe Booth wants the interviewer to make an independent assessment of the candidate. Hence, I don't believe that he/she reads the application. Although, he/she may make notes of your goals/items you discuss in the interview. Ofcouse, this should be consistent with the rest of your application (i.e. essays, resume, etc). I would also agree with the point that the interviewer is assessing you on the scale of 1 to 6. No familiar on the categories though of this assessment. But I believe Booth's interview is more fit than anything. Can you walk the talk and really bring that passion into your conversation and engage with another person. It's more a litmus test, can the interviewer see you as a potential classmate that he/she would want to interact with on their assignments, team activities etc. Good luck all

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27 Feb 2011, 11:49

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Take that with a grain of salt considering they interviewed much higher than their historic 50% in R1 and around 50% in R2. The spreadsheet data confirms, at least for GC participants, a greater than 50% chance of interview.

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). The "same one to six scale" the article refers to (see page 2) includes recommendations, essays, etc.

Its a small detail, but I think it can make a world of difference for some...

They do not.

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I got asked the dreaded question in my interview...What other schools did you apply to and tell me your reasoning for choosing each one. Then of course the follow up of What will you do if accepted to all? ughhh

Think it went well overall though

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Which is why I specifically address this question in my Interview Webinar.

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does anyone know what is the significance of interview in the total admission procedure.

many people are writing their bad experience with the interviewer so I think Booth should not be giving to much emphasis on the interview or they should not base their decisions based on interviews right?