The University of Chicago Booth School of Business admission staff, rather than students will review applications starting with the 2014-2015 application season.
The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School made a similar change two years ago, discontinuing the use of MBA students as first readers.
Until now, Booth applications were assigned to MBA students known as Admissions Fellows, chosen for their involvement as first-year students in giving tours and running Admit Weekends and their demonstrated passion for the school.
Fellows would be assigned as many as 10 to 12 files a week in peak periods, and they would be tasked with grading each of six elements (test scores, academics, work experience, extracurricular activities, essays and recommendations) on a scale of one to six. They would also provide an overall score for the application as well as a subjective “Fit to Booth” score.
Starting later this year, that responsibility will be handled entirely by admissions staff.
For more information, please see Booth Changes MBA Admissions Process.
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