Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Chicago says no

Well the first rejection has arrived. Chicago's email arrived this morning, I signed onto their website and in four letter, I read it.

"DENY."


DearXXX

Thank you for applying to Chicago Booth's Full-Time MBA Program. Your application has received the careful consideration of our Admissions Committee. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer you admission to the Class of 2011.

The superb quality of this year's applicant pool presented the Admissions Committee with some difficult decisions. Three members of the Committee reviewed your application in its entirety before our decision was made. Applicants are evaluated on several criteria, including academic preparedness, professional achievements, communication skills, extracurricular/community involvement, leadership, self-awareness, understanding the value of the MBA experience, and fit with Chicago Booth.

We certainly appreciate the effort you put into this process, and we wish you every success as you continue to plan for your future.

Sincerely,

Rosemaria Martinelli
Associate Dean, Student Recruitment and Admissions


Hmm. Not totally surprised but not really happy about it either...

2 comments:

Vitaly Kartsev said...

Bummer — sorry to hear about it. Hopefully the rest of the season will go better for everyone. Last couple of days have been rough!

Jess said...

Sorry to hear about this...but you have some other great ones out there still to hear from. Best of luck!

I was catching up on some of your older posts, I feel the same way about the friends that come with b-school. The academics and career are obviously fantastic, but I'm really looking forward to the community and close friendships as well.