The University of Chicago MBA 2007 taking questions

machinegun

To potential applicants of the University of Chicago GSB,

The application for your dream schools is upcoming. To provide you more information about Chicago GSB, We, new admits to Chicago GSB, are forthcoming to answer your questions and share our experiences during application.

Please do not hesitate to drop your questions and we will try our best to help.

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zhouziyu800

up!

jingge

芝加哥要求托福的三个分项及总分均超过60，楼主知道这个要求是非常严格执行的吗？有没有人低于60而被录取的？我的听力怎么也上不了60，但是我对芝加哥很向往喔。

machinegun

Unfortunately, you are right at this point: the school follows a strict policy that international students must meet its specific requirements concerning the English proficiency.

It is not certain, however, that the school will following the same policy this year, because the old TOEFL score will expire. Please read the new catalog for the class of 2008 carefully and go to: http://gsb.uchicago.edu/fulltime/admissions/international.aspx

And if you really love Chicago GSB, why dont you give yourself one more chance to meet the criteria? It is worthy!! Good luck!

梦精灵_Fly

谢谢Machinegun的热心。

我有一个问题：都说Chicago是一个财务很强的学校。虽然我喜欢这个学校，但是我一点财务背景也没有。是不是就处于申请的劣势了呢？考虑到我是做市场的，所以我想还是Michigan,duke比较适合一些。但是Chicago是一所很好的学校，还是想尝试一下。

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machinegun

Your worry is unnecessary.

Chicago GSB is famous for its marketing talents. Many professors in Northwestern University's kellogg School of Management graduated from University of Chicago . One of the world's leading authorities on Marketing, Professor Philip Kotler graduated from University of Chicago. I think your experiences in marketing will definitely be echoed in such an environment.

I am willing to provide you some more tips: among the new admits of class 2007, we have people from the functions other than finance include marketing, IT, entrepreneur, real estate and government background.  The key is that you should show your passion and your fit to the school.

I hope you will be relieved a little bit from the information I provided. Concentrate on the application. Good luck.

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梦精灵_Fly

thanks for your patient reply and suggestions!

sweetdream21

I graduated from an American University as Computer Science Engineering last year (GPA3.71), and currently working as a web developer in a small IT company in US.  I am planning to take GMAT sometime end of this year and applying for MBA school 2007.  Chicago is one of my dream schools, should you please tell me what steps I need to follow in order to get accept  Thanks

machinegun

sweetdream, that is probably how our dreams started and I think many people in CD experienced the same phase in our lives: we received good undergraduate education, started our careers, yearned for and planned our MBA route...

First and foremost, you should have a clear picture of what you want to be, what your career aspiration is, what your strength and weakness are, and even what kinda of life style you expect. Until you could depict the whole picture in your application, do not rush to make your decision.

Secondly, Chicago GSB, like many other top-tier business schools, need your story to judge your eligibility. You should relate your current working experiences to your career plan in the future, and the adcom people will find the match between you and the school. Of course, your plan must be logical and reasonable based on your experiences.

Thirdly, you will have to show your quality of working experience, good GPA and GMAT score, and everything makes you unique to distinguish yourself from many IT-background applicants.

Your question is huge to me and I hope you can benefit from my tips. I assure you that you will find more valuable information here in CD. Many CDers have contributed their experiences and knowledge to you. Good luck!

leojin

Machinegun, thanks in advance.

I majored in Accounting in my university years, thus I know Chicago is famous for its research in Economics field - several Nobel prize owners work/worked there. I am wondering does the fact makes an advantage of Chicago? What else makes Chicago stand out from other bschool?