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. 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I am sure Booth has done some back of the envelope calculations to justify a large number of WLers. I tend to agree with your first assumption since they added even more WL in R2 to the large number of WL people in R1. Would be interesting to see how many folks give up their spots on March 24 when Wharton releases its R2 results. I see a few folks admitted to Booth but WL in Wharton. Here's wishing these folks good luck for Wharton

Are we sure the waitlist grew from R1? It seems like quite a few were either admitted or dinged today. Some R1 waitlisters were dinged at the R2 mid-decision date as well.

No I was just saying we have additional WLed people from R2.
If Booth did receive an overwhelming yield in R1, I thought they would learn from it and factor it into the number of people they WL for R2. But it seems they added a reasonably large number of applicants to R2 WL as well. Are they at this point assuming that they would be able to absorb most of these WLed people or they probably don't care and want to keep as many people WLed as possibly they can so as not to lose on any prospective applicants.

Again if I read the spreadsheet it seems that most R1 WLed people continue to be WLed.

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16 Mar 2011, 19:03

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Yet again....Waitlisted!!

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Are we sure the waitlist grew from R1? It seems like quite a few were either admitted or dinged today. Some R1 waitlisters were dinged at the R2 mid-decision date as well.

If you take the GC as a sample, I only counted 3 ppl that got off the waitlist from R1. And maybe 5 (at max) who were waitlisted in R1 but then were denied admission /dinged today. To be honest, let's not be too optimistic abt the waitlist. Its just sheer speculation bearing in mind ofcourse that GC is just a "sample"

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But do remember that at this time Booth doesn't have a good picture of how many WL folks will give up their seats if accepted to Wharton. As expected they decided to continue waitlisting R1 WL folks rather than dinging some on mid Feb or today. On top of that they added some R2 WLers. Does anyone know when the second half of deposit for R1 and first deposit for R2 are due ?

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Waitlist- but I applied to a joint-degree program so I'm unsure where I'm waitlisted. :-/

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A R1 Waitlister who has had to assimilate the bad news.

I'm down to my last waitlist. This has been such an underwhelming process. Chicago was the only school that actually allowed for space to explain my job (which is not a cookie cutter b school job, though one that I think armed me with highly relevant experiences that my classmates would've found interesting), and perhaps I didn't explain that well enough. Other schools basically assume that they know what every job entails and just want to know about our goals and leadership experiences, rather than the day to day reality of what we do. Although Chicago was my best application overall, I may have missed a chance to explain this to my advantage.

This has been a very long process, and after many emotional highs and lows, it isn't ending well. I was certain that I was a strong fit for Chicago and disheartened that so many hundreds of applicants were considered more useful to the Booth cause than I was. That said, I think it's a great school and they treated me fairly and considerately, so I express my sadness without ill will.

One note: I worked very hard to update Chicago Booth with some quite significant developments on my side. Some were about addressing my weaknesses, and others are about new strengths.

I called a few days before the decision day to check if they had received my updates, and Karen Watt very helpfully checked the system to see if it was added to my file. However, I noticed a slightly awkward pause after she said "yup, you sent it on this day, and it was added to your file... um... so..."

I think my file already had "DENIED" written on it. She must not have felt great knowing that this chirpy guy making a futile call from the other side of the world about his update was about to be sent packing. Bless her.

Congratulations to everyone was admitted - enjoy it!

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Man! 31/M/760/Fin Industry and Not admitted...Anyone here who thinks that my age is NOT a negative point? Didn't hear of anyone over 30 getting admitted.

I am 30 and got in. so i don't think age is the only factor.

Agreed. I am 35+ and got in with $$.

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Looks like I'm going to Kellogg so the WL doesn't gnaw on me too much. Seems to me that they would take fewer admits and WL far more than usual in R2 given the uptick in yield in R1. I would do the same thing if I were them. If the yield is anything like R1, they won't need to dip onto the WL. If it's more in line with historic trends, then far more than usual R1+R2 WLers will get the ring...

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17 Mar 2011, 10:05

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WAITLISTED HERE :cry:

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does booth give feedback to dinged students,
I was really hoping to get into booth and will probably reapply next year.. so it wont hurt to know what was my weakest factor in the app.

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Do you know how many people got off the waitlist last year in May?

The long wait will be excruciating

. I am still waiting for news from Wharton on March, 24th. I don't know whether I could survive the wait until May, 18th. Hopes are low though.

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17 Mar 2011, 10:41

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Longtime lurker, admitted off R1 waitlist. Was very active in pushing to get off waitlist (additional letters, visiting school, etc.)

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What kind of additional letters have you you send? What type of new information have you provided? Thanks in advance.

I sent 2 letters with updates on what I have been up to (new projects I am leading, new extracurricular leadership positions, etc.) and also had an alum and a peer submit letters supporting me.

When did you support your additional materials?

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17 Mar 2011, 11:01

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Ding for me.

I've tried to keep the spreadsheet up-to-date, but when 10+ people show up on decision day who have never contributed to the forum or input info on the page 1 spreadsheet, it's rather discouraging.

Best of luck with Ross then. I've just updated the spreadsheet in page 1. Really appreciate the information shared on this forum.

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Dingeling!

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Long time lurker. Waitlisted on R2.

What a letdown, I was pretty confident about this application.

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17 Mar 2011, 13:10

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Wow .. the WL'ers keep pouring in. Definitely a LOT of us.

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I took the first step and paid the 1k dollars. Now I feel like a Booth student

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