2月份在Booth的网站上看到live day的注册，具体见链接http://www.chicagobooth.edu/fulltime/visit/boothlive.aspx，5月份差不多4月就可以开放了。。。以下为内容简介，ZP等LZ回家再陆续上传。。 因为临时住在downtown今天7点多就搭6路车到Harper Center,进门后Kelly会按照姓氏派发各brochure,门口有check-in area方便外地过来的同学存放行李，不过要注意的是下午6:15就关闭了，adcom之一常开玩笑说每次live day之后prospective app落下的衣服都足够开时装展。。具体安排如下。。 9:00-10:15 Breakfast and Chicago Booth Overview:
美丽的Kelly小姐领去楼上后大家贴名牌+领取食物边交谈，鉴于LZ从未有过的7点起床饥饿难耐，第一件任务就是饿虎扑食（真丢人）……吃饱之后才随机加入到附近一组交谈，似乎除了我都是纯tech背景，一亚裔wifi designer+一对engineer印度夫妇+international relations意大利籍大四生（鸭梨）。。。designer GG似乎今年R1杯具打算今年reapp，印度夫妇之一已有某MBA学位（汗），，国际关系弟弟是想借此弄清what is MBA(我了个去，现在的孩子真早规划)。。。之后Brian会介绍Booth的历史、优势和特色（大概强调了下课程方面self-selection的自由度，课程大致是 3 foundation+ 6 other core courses+11 electives( 6 can be taken outside Booth aka medical skl)，另一ADCOM蜀黍（他的铭牌总是闪耀着冰冷的光辉，以至于LZ始终未能看清，望后来同学核实）补充了下reapp的流程，大致是他们会将两年以内reapp的原始资料和最新的 package作对比，主要看if any improvement in test score/promotion/ change of focus on why MBA,也就是说两份PACKAGE都会审核，如果职业目标有大变会希望有reasonable的解释。。
1:30-2:45 pm: Model Class 一律在地下阴冷的课室，相当之郁闷。。topic: employee stock option,但侧重点不在option，只提到一点BS公式，似乎FOCUS在organization方面，介于我是这方面的白痴，就不说了，大致是讨论很热烈，教授很nice,提问环节被问到BOOTH有待改进之处，教授坦言是MKT部分。。
3: 00-4:15 pm Application Review+ Q&A
这部分是最出乎意料的部分，起先小睡了10分钟被邻座大叔鄙夷的我这才有了点精气神。。每人领到一个file folder，里面是一张worksheet+某匿名完整PACKAGE,大家先根据GUIDE浏览整个PACKAGE(CV+RL+ESSAY+TRANSCRIPT+PPT)。。booth有PPT的大家都知道，莫用animation是王道，因为ADCOM是都要打印出来的。。。后面大家就PACKAGE综合讨论，MS申请人的W/E是MKT的research方向，因为是MKT盲，essay很多没看明白说啥，后来事实证明米国人也没看懂，用的词太精太专，不做这行的人很难弄清楚。。第一篇essay是传统的是why MBA? why now? why Booth?第二篇是叙述一个不按常理出牌解决dilemma的话题（这篇更绝，通篇都是不知做什么的什么，adcom说当初读的时候干脆找了个同行业的学生interpret)个人认为WHY MBA也没有解释的很清楚，和前面关于成长的故事联系不大（ADCOM后来评述说要answer the question directly rather than spin a good story）slides太花，似乎连配偶在NAVY服役也写上了。。。。EDU BG很有意思，本科yale liberal arts+尼迫尔交流经验，但似乎没看到旅行过程中有connect with ppl（后来发现不是我一个人这么觉得）。。tips如下：
1.CV: explanation about jumps from one job to another is necessary….clarify your gaps if u have（这姐儿们GAP太多，我投票给deny，ADCOM蜀黍也是这么说的）
2.Transcript: Adcom does focus on GPA, but they also concern about what courses u’ve taken。。蜀黍解释说we encourage applicants to take more challenging( graduate level) courses. Say if you major in liberal arts and take courses in quant, we're happy to see that cos it shows that you are challenge-taking.
3.Extra-curricular activities: Everybody talks about traveling, yet we wanna see sth really behind it. Like how to connect with ppl from a totally different cultural setting and how to resolve conflicts arising from cultural differences.
4.Interviews: All Booth’s interviews are blind interviews, which means that the interviewer has only applicants’ resumes to refer to. Sometimes ppl get interviews cos the first rater and the second rater have disagreement. In this case, interviews just help the raters confirm that candidates are those they rly wanna recruit.
5.GMAT: important? Yes, but only an indicator of your future academic performance. The package will still be viewed as a whole. If you get 790 in GMAT but have very low GPA, the Adcom would be less convinced of your academic capability(maybe you just crack the test..)
照片遗传，那个穹顶下聊天的地方是Winter Garden,LPF（相当于是happy hour）每周在这里举行。。旁边有很多独立的做group discussion的房间（据说适合take a nap= =)。。student lounge另有壁炉，里面很安静，不便拍照
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