Chicago Booth MBA Class of 2013 校友答疑专贴

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大家好，我们是ChicagoBoothMBA Class of 2013 的学生。开一个帖子来回答申请人的一些问题，希望能给对Chicago Booth 感兴趣的朋友们提供有用的信息和力所能及的帮助。

鉴于目前还未开学，有些需要实践经验才能回答的问题，可能目前还不能给出很详尽客观的回答，希望能谅解。以后尽量补上。

我们也会提供一些自己对学校生活各个方面的信息 - 这些会在开学后慢慢补充。

Booth2013是我们的共用ID，方便大家的使用。

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以下是有关芝加哥商学院的介绍，包括Booth Approach, Admission Criteria  & Employment statistics,

Chicago Booth School of Business

Chicago Booth boasts unmatched faculty and programs on three continents, including London and Singapore, creating a more global focus and attracting a more globally diverse applicant pool. Chicago Booth has a strong reputation for setting trends and is the site of the first Business Ph.D program and the birthplace of the first comprehensive business curriculum. It was also the first business school to have a Nobel Laureate on its faculty and the first business school to have six Nobel Prize-winning faculty members.

The Chicago Booth Approach

The Chicago Booth Approach to an MBA education consists of rigorous analysis, a focus on demanding facts, questioning of assumptions, and the examination of problems from all angles with the intent to examine every idea, evaluate problems and opportunities, and to handle uncertainty. Dissent is not frowned upon at Chicago Booth; in fact, it is expected. Focusing on ever-changing theories and principles, Chicago Booth encourages students to question all assumptions. This approach combines the very best in conceptual knowledge and academic theory with practical real world application. At Chicago Booth, students are encouraged to continually question and test ideas, and seek proof that leads to new ideas and innovative solutions.

Research Focus. Chicago Booth is known globally for ideas that shape business practice and influence public policy. Research at Chicago Booth grows from its intellectual culture and encourages its faculty members to pursue any issues that interest them across various disciplines. Such research regularly spans the pages of over 200 economic and business journals.

Quantitative Reputation. Chicago Booth possesses a strong reputation for its rigor, focus on analysis, and expertise in finance and economics. The finance and economics faculty members at Chicago Booth are outstanding, led by professors such as Eugene F. Fama, whom many call the “father of modern finance”. Chicago Booth is both deserving and proud of its “quant” reputation, but that tends to overshadow strengths in other areas Chicago Booth has been actively improving over the last decade. Not surprisingly, when a Booth admissions representative is asked, “What’s the one thing that applicants should know about Booth?” the answer will often mention Booth’s strengths in academic areas outside of pure finance.

Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is the second largest concentration at Chicago Booth, and the school offers courses taught by renowned faculty such as Steven Kaplan, James Schrager, and Ellen Rudnick. The entrepreneurship faculty at Chicago Booth ranks among the top educators in the world. These professors conduct groundbreaking research, collaborate with the entrepreneurial and private equity communities, and bring their own entrepreneurial experiences into the classroom. In 2002, Chicago Booth alumnus Michael P. Polsky endowed The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship. The Polsky Center provides current students, as well as alumni, with industry specific resources to start companies or support interest in private equity. Melding leading faculty research with hands-on learning, the center drives newto-the world knowledge and entrepreneurial development.

Marketing. Chicago Booth probably does not get the recognition it deserves in the field of marketing. The quality of the marketing faculty at Chicago Booth is exceptional; the school’s marketing professors are among the most widely published in the nation. The Kilts Center for Marketing brings researchers from top business schools and universities around the country for the annual Quantitative Marketing and Economics Conference. According to Booth’s website, the conference provides “a forum where leading thinkers examine empirical and theoretical issues in marketing and economics.” The Center provides financial incentives to students serious about careers in marketing through subsidies and a tuition scholarship award.

Admissions Criteria

Despite the fact that the school’s 22% acceptance rate is a tad bit higher than most peer schools, candidates should not assume that the admissions committee is easy to impress. Much care is given to figuring out whether applicants have the chops to survive in what is one of the most rigorous and analytical MBA programs. Furthermore, the school wants to make sure that incoming students are on board with the various elements of the Booth Approach and have the kind of robust work experience and professional development that will suggest strong performance in group projects. These are just a few of the reasons that Booth decided to include the PowerPoint question explained above as part of the section on essays.

Other factor that are of importance at Booth should be familiar to applicants interested in elite business schools. Booth is looking for academic ability, proper motivation, preparedness, intellectual curiosity, communication skills, and professional success. They find these traits among the usual application suspects: GPA, GMAT, essays, recommendation letters, and the resume.

Interviews. Booth interviews candidates by invitation only and conducts them in every imaginable way: on campus, off campus, with admissions officers, with second year students, and with alumni members. The school does not share the percentage of students who receive an invitation to interview, but a few pieces of evidence suggest that the number is fairly high. For starters, the use of alumni interviewers often indicates a higher percentage. Additionally, Booth’s director of admission mentioned on her blog last year that they were getting ready to have 250 students on campus for interviews … that week alone.

Professional Recruitment at Chicago Booth -- Employment Statistics

Chicago Booth is one of a handful of “finance” schools that send over 50% of each graduating class into the financial sector, with many staying in the Midwest (namely Chicago), but an almost equal number heading to the Northeast. Booth also features a fairly robust group of consulting graduates, but has yet to see the rapid improvement of its marketing programs translate into more graduates working in that area.

Industry
Real Estate 0.8%
Auto Services 1.0%
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Healthcare Services 1.4%
Retail 1.4%
Other Services 1.7%
Manufacturing 2.3%
Energy 2.9%
Consumer Packaged Goods 4.1%
Technology 6.4%
Consulting 23.1%
Government/Nonprofit 1.0%
Media/Entertainment 1.0%
Food Services 0.6%
Financial Services 52.1%

Function
General Management 5.4%
Finance 53.9%
Stragic Planning 3.9%
Risk Management 0.4%
Other 2.7%
Consulting 22.7%
Marketing 7.6%
Business Development 3.3%

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关于Chicago Booth的新闻跟踪：

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has accepted an appointment at the University of Chicago。 Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/06/27/Paulson-to-join-U-of-Chicago/UPI-34971309198993/#ixzz1Qbr059Yk

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lakerfan123

哇...好快...帮顶了...请问2013届拿到的录取的同学里面男女比例是怎么样的？是不是男生希望比女生小很多...

德沃夏克

今年录取的童鞋 有VC背景的录取人吗

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