Deadlines:
Round 1: 16 September, 2025
Round 2: 6 January, 2026
Round 3: 2 April, 2026
Booth Scholars: 2 April, 2026
All deadlines are at 11.59 PM CT
MANDATORY ESSAYS
- How will a Booth MBA help you achieve your immediate and long-term post-MBA career goals? (Minimum 250 words, no maximum).
- Chicago Booth appreciates the individual experiences and perspectives that all of our students bring to our community. This respect for different viewpoints creates an open-minded environment that supports curiosity, inspires us to think more broadly, and take risks. At Booth, community is about collaborative thinking and learning from one another to better ourselves, our ideas, and the world around us.
The photos below represent some of the values described above that we uphold at Chicago Booth. Select one and share how it resonates with one of your own values. (250-word minimum)
Optional Essay
Is there any unclear information in your application that needs further explanation? (Maximum 300 words.)
Re-applicant Question:
Upon reflection, how has your perspective regarding your future, Chicago Booth, and/or getting an MBA changed since the time of your last application? (Maximum 300 words.)
Other Application Components:
Recommendations:
Applicants must submit two letters of recommendation. The first LOR should be from your current supervisor. If you are not able to use your current supervisor, explain the reason in the optional essay. The second LOR can be from a person who has worked with you in an organization, club, or on a volunteer project.
Booth has used the common recommendation prescribed by GMAC. Here are the questions:
1. How do the applicant’s performance, potential, background, or personal qualities compare with those of other well-qualified individuals in similar roles? Please provide specific examples.
2. Please describe the most important piece of constructive feedback you have given the applicant. Please detail the circumstances and the applicant’s response.
Interview:
Interviews are held by invitation only and are generally taken by the admissions team, students or an alumnus.