chicago_emba

DEADLINES

Round Submission Deadline

Early Deadline December 1, 2008

First Deadline February 2, 2009

Final Deadline April 1, 2009

ESSAYS

1. Why are you seeking an MBA from the Chicago GSB, what do you hope to experience and contribute, and what are your plans and goals after you receive your degree?

(maximum two pages, single spaced, 12pt. Times New Roman)

2. Chicago GSB Career Services delivers innovative educational programming, offers one-on-one coaching, provides numerous networking opportunities, and provides access to job search tools in order to support your own career management. We would like to learn more about your career strategy and objectives. Please outline your career objectives, how you hope to achieve them, and what you hope to gain from the MBA to help you achieve them.

(maximum 1 page, single spaced, 12 pt. Times New Roman)

3. OPTIONAL: If there is anything else you would like the admissions committee to know about you, please share that information here. (maximum 1 page, single spaced, 12pt. Times New Roman)

RECOMMENDATION QUESTIONS

1. How long and in what capacity you have known the applicant

2. The applicant’s intellectual strength, judgment, and creativity

3. The applicant’s ability to work effectively in groups

4. The applicant’s potential for assuming major management responsibilities

5. Any professional limitations or areas of weakness in the applicant

REAPPLY

1. Please update your professional, academic, and community activities since your previous application and highlight what you have done to strengthen your application since you last applied .

(maximum one page, single spaced, 12pt. Times New Roman)

2. Please provide an example of a time you worked in a challenging group/team situation. What were the challenges? How did you resolve any conflicts? What was the final outcome?

(maximum two pages, single spaced, 12pt. Times New Roman)

3. Chicago GSB Career Services delivers innovative educational programming, offers one-on-one coaching, provides numerous networking opportunities, and provides access to job search tools in order to support your own career management. We would like to learn more about your career strategy and objectives. Please outline your career objectives, how you hope to achieve them, and what you hope to gain from the MBA to help you achieve them. (maximum 1 page, single spaced, 12 pt. Times New Roman)

4. OPTIONAL: If there is anything else you would like the admissions committee to know about you, please share that information here. (maximum one page, single spaced, 12pt. Times New Roman)

OTHER INFORMATION

The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

5807 South Woodlawn Avenue

Chicago, IL 60637

Website: http://www.chicagogsb.edu/execmba/

contact info: http://www.chicagogsb.edu/execmba/contact.aspx