Profile: Mr. A
Profile (Background): An applicant who innovated with low-cost energy fuel cells wants to reinvent traditional entrepreneurship models
Essay Approach: “Why Chicago Booth MBA?”
Profile: Mr. V
Profile (Background): Mr. V, the creator of a tracker for conserving marine life, now seeks a holistic learning experience to bring multiple stakeholders from 100+ countries to his conservation efforts.
Essay Approach: “Why Chicago Booth MBA?”
Profile: Mr. J
Profile (Background): Mr. J wants to leverage the finance heritage of Chicago Booth and the VC community in the US to bring sustainability to African farms.
Essay Approach: “Why Chicago Booth MBA?”
Profile: Miss. C
Profile (Background): Miss C, with strength in deal origination and portfolio company management in Europe in the healthcare and IT industries wants to build her network in the US and Asia and facilitate deals in the Energy industry
Essay Approach: “Why Booth MBA?”
Growth-Oriented Essay: Curiosity can be seen in many ways. Please share an example of how you have demonstrated curiosity and how that has influenced your growth. (up to 250 words)
Background Information: The applicant, a Machine Learning (ML) entrepreneur specializing in healthcare diagnostics, shares how his curiosity to learn other ML algorithms’ evolution in diagnosing Alzheimer’s, cancer, and heart disease transformed his platform into a global community.
Curiosity: Machine Learning
• Leadership-Focused Essay: What experiences have shaped who you are, how you invest in others, and what kind of leader you want to become? (up to 250 words)
Background Information: The applicant, ambivalent to the mental health epidemic, facilitates one of the largest mental health awareness campaigns after tragedy hits home.
Leadership Traits: Openness, Communication
• Leadership-Focused Essay: What experiences have shaped how you invest in others and how you lead? (up to 250 words)
Background Information: The applicant's lack of access to digital infrastructure growing up, inspires him to lead a rural infrastructure project in South Africa.
• Leadership-Focused Essay: What experiences have shaped how you invest in others and how you lead? (up to 250 words)
Background Information: Through the changing economic and family dynamics of her father's mining business, the applicant finds her voice in a unique way, initially to find an audience for her underappreciated voice, and later as one of the youngest subject-matter experts in mining and commodities.
Leadership Traits: Resilience, Authenticity
• Leadership-Focused Essay: What experiences have shaped how you invest in others and how you lead? (up to 250 words)
Background Information: An applicant shares the burden of legacy as the son of an entrepreneur and how he has accumulated his father's leadership principles in his venture.
Leadership Traits: Customer-Centric, Authenticity
• Leadership-Focused Essay: What experiences have shaped how you invest in others and how you lead? (up to 250 words)
Background Information: From the privileges of a cocooned life, the applicant is displaced from Syria and forced to restart her life in the US.
Leadership Traits: Resilience