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Booth at a Glance
Class size 586
Applications 4,117
Admissions rate 23.6%
Applicant yield 60%
Average GPA 3.58
Average GMAT score 726
Female students 42%
U.S. Minorities 29%
Key deadlines
Round 1
Application due 26 Sep 2019
Decision release 5 Dec 2019
Round 2
Application due 7 Jan 2020
Decision release 19 Mar 2020
Round 3
Application due 2 Apr 2020
Decision release 21 May 2020
Featured article
Booth Class Profile
More than a quarter of the entering class came from finance and an additional 20% from consulting; the overall class is more diverse than you might think, with consumer products, energy, technology, and government/military all strongly represented.
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Snapshot: Chicago Is a Good Fit for You If…
You’re a quant. The wealth of expertise at Chicago Booth puts it among the top three choices of most candidates interested in finance; the school’s data-driven approach extends across the curriculum into areas like marketing and entrepreneurship.
Culture & Campus life: You oughta know
Lack of cohort structure. Because of the flexible curriculum, after the LEAD course, Chicago Booth doesn’t have the strong cohort/learning team structure that you might find in other schools. Instead, teams tend form on an ad hoc basis and vary by class. The benefit is that you end up with broader relationships than you might have at another school, but they might not be quite as deep as if you’d spent your first semester or year with the same tight-knit group.
Admissions: Preparing to apply
Student environment. As one student put it, “We work hard and we play hard.” Chicago Booth offers plenty of opportunities to have fun, but given the rigorous curriculum, the students also hit the books. Sleep is usually the casualty between these forces, with even former investment bankers reporting they have more to do than they have time to do it!
