MBA 留学 ニュース：シカゴ大学経営大学院・Chicago Booth Releases Interview Notification Timeline

Tyler Smith, Assistant Director of Admissions at Booth, has written a post titled Behind the Scenes of Round One,”  providing details of Booth’s admissions process for Round One applicants, and Booth’s timeline for Round One interview notifications.

The Admissions Committee at Booth is reviewing Round One applications. 

- Applications are read in random order and interview decisions will be made on a rolling basis. 

- Booth will notify candidates whether they have been invited back for an interview beginning in mid-October

-  All candidates should receive notice of their status by October 24th.

The Booth Admissions Committee strongly encourages all applicants who are invited to interview to come to Booth for their interview.

However, alternate interview arrangements available in cities across the world. 

- On-campus interviews are conducted by Booth second-year student fellows.

- Off-campus interviews are conducted by second-year students or alumni.

 Booth’s final admissions decisions will be released at 9:00 AM CST on December 18th.

For more information, see the Booth Insider blog

MBA 留学 ニュース：シカゴ大学経営大学院 Changes Application Process for 2014-2015

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business admission staff, rather than students will review applications starting with the 2014-2015 application season.

The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School made a similar change two years ago, discontinuing the use of MBA students as first readers. 

Until now, Booth applications were assigned to MBA students known as Admissions Fellows, chosen for their involvement as first-year students in giving tours and running Admit Weekends and their demonstrated passion for the school.

Fellows would be assigned as many as 10 to 12 files a week in peak periods, and they would be tasked with grading each of six elements (test scores, academics, work experience, extracurricular activities, essays and recommendations) on a scale of one to six. They would also provide an overall score for the application as well as a subjective “Fit to Booth” score.

Starting later this year, that responsibility will be handled entirely by admissions staff.

For more information, please see Booth Changes MBA Admissions Process.

シカゴ大学経営大学院 ・University of Chicago Booth School of Business Professor Wins ジョン・ベイツ・クラーク賞

The American Economic Association last week awarded the 2014 John Bates Clark Medal to a professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. 

Chicago Booth Professor Matthew Gentzkow won the top honor, which is awarded each year to an American economist under the age of 40 judged to have made the most significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge.

The Clark Medal, named after American economist John Bates Clark (1847–1938), is considered one of the two most prestigious awards in the field of economics, along with the Nobel Prize in economic science.

Gentzkow joins several other members of the University of Chicago community who have won the award, including Kevin Murphy, Gary Becker, Milton Friedman, Jim Heckman and Steve Levitt. Some 40 percent of Clark Medal winners go on to win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, the school reports.

For more information, please see CHICAGO BOOTH'S GENTZKOW AWARDED 2014 CLARK MEDAL

Chicago Booth Deadlines 2012-2013

Chicago Booth deadlines has announced its deadlines for the the 2012-13 application season:

 The deadlines are as follows: 

Round 1

Deadline: October 2, 2012

Notification: December 19, 2012

Round 2

Deadline: January 8, 2013

Notification: March 28, 2013

Round 3

Deadline: April 4, 2013

Notification: May 23, 2013

Applications must be received by 5 p.m. CST on the day of the deadline to be considered for a particular application round.

Source: Chicago Booth Insider

Chicago Booth Encourages Candidates to Visit Campus

Kelley Curtin, Chicago Booth assistant director of admissions is encouraging candidates to visit the school and take advantage of the daily campus visit program, which provides opportunities to engage with current students, sit in on a morning or afternoon class, meet with members of the admissions team and explore the Charles M. Harper Center. 

Visiting prospective applicants will be greeted by Dean’s Student Admissions Committee (DSAC) volunteers, who also help lead a morning admissions information session, conduct tours of campus and arrange informal lunches with current students. 

 

Students should plan on visiting a class; classes are held  Monday through Friday, and class visits can be scheduled either in the morning from 8:30 to 10:15 a.m. or in the afternoon from 1:30 to 3 p.m. 

 

The Daily Campus Visit Program page also includes information about scheduling an informal lunch with student representatives from a range of student groups, including the Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Group (EVC), Marketing Group, African American MBA Association (AAMBAA), Hispanic American Business Students Association (HABSA), Armed Forces Group,Chicago Women in Business (CWiB), and OUTreach (LGBTQ students and allies). Registration for the date of your preference is strongly recommended. Lunches take place from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m., and lunch is provided.

Source: Chicago Booth

Why an MBA Is Not Always the Right Choice

Businessweek has featured a guest post from Rose Martinelli, former admissions director at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, where she wrote a popular admissions blog, The Rose Report.

 Martinelli believes if candidates do not  undergraduate business degree, the MBA may be a good option because of its focus on the fundamentals of business and experiential opportunities, as well as the breadth of career support available. "Even students who have pursued economics majors or who have done consulting can benefit from the MBA degree if one of the driving reasons for pursuing education is the chance to explore and experiment," she says.

But: "If you have an undergraduate business degree and want additional depth in a particular area, a subject-oriented masters degree may be ideal, however," she says.

To read more, please go to the Businessweek article.