Chicago Booth Scholars Program

Corporate recruiters have expressed a strong interest in hiring younger workers with solid business training. If you are a fourth-year student in the College of the University of Chicago, you can apply for admission to Chicago Booth’s Full-Time MBA Program. You will be provisionally admitted with a $10,000 per year scholarship, and granted an automatic two-year deferment. During that time, you will be expected to seek jobs offering substantive experience that will position you to succeed at Chicago Booth.

Candidate Profile

Quality work experience (professional internships and/or entrepreneurial spirit)
Competitive GPA (~3.3 or higher on 4.0 scale)
Competitive GMAT score
Student leadership role(s) during college
Intellectual curiosity
Two letters of recommendation, including one from an internship supervisor and one from a professor (three preferred)
Demonstration of the ability to question the status quo, engage in the process of learning, and thrive on an academic challenge
Personal maturity
Ability to talk about the need for an MBA in the near future

Applying

The deadline to apply for the Scholars program for rising fourth-year students is March 10, 2010. Decisions for the Chicago Booth Scholars Program will be released on May 12, 2010. Interested students may start the application by using the online application system for the Full-Time MBA Program (the fee will be waived). Read more about the Chicago Booth Scholars Program (PDF). If you have questions, please contact the Full-Time MBA Admissions Office.

Information session

Chicago Booth Admissions will be conducting information sessions in November 2009. All majors and class years are welcome to attend one of these sessions to learn more about the Scholars Program and the application for admission.

Questions? Contact Joanne Legler.