Chicago Booth Waitlist Guidelines for the Class of 2016 MBA program have been published.
1) Application of Round 1 Waitlisted applicants will be reviewed along with Round 2 applicants
2) Final decisions will be released on March 27.
3) Those who are not accepted or rejected by March 27 will continue to be in waitlist, and their application again considered for Round 3.
4) Applicants will have the choice to accept or reject the invitation.
5) Submit supplemental material only if you have enhanced your profile after the submitting your application
6) Booth offers the option to record a short video, describing why you are a good fit for the MBA program. Updates are optional.
7) Send all your submission before February 21st , 2014. (Details provided in the online application).
Chicago Booth overhauled its essays for 2026-27. Every candidate now submits four short-answer prompts of 300 characters (60 words including space or 80 words without counting space).
Short-answer prompts, 300 characters each:
1) What is your immediate post-MBA career goal?
2) What is your long-term post-MBA career goal?
3) Upload an image and explain its significance to you.
4) Share a fun fact or something unique about yourself.
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For the past 15 years I have edited the application files of admits to the M7 programs: Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Wharton School, MIT Sloan, Chicago Booth, Kellogg School of Management, and Columbia Business School, together with admits to Berkeley Haas, Yale School of Management, NYU Stern, Michigan Ross, Duke Fuqua, Darden, Tuck, IMD, London Business School, INSEAD, SDA Bocconi, IESE Business School, HEC Paris, McCombs, and Tepper, plus other programs inside the global top 30.
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