Master in Management Recorded Admissions Events

Admissions Director: Thank you everybody again. So glad to have you with us today, joining today's information session for the Master in Management Program at Chicago Booth. Again, as we're getting started, please do feel free to say hello in the chat, share where you're logging in from today, as well as a favorite candy that you're looking forward to this Halloween season. My name is Wynne Strugatch. I'm an Associate Director for Student Recruitment and Admissions here at the University of Chicago with the Booth School of Business. And I'm also joined today by my colleague, Bianca Ward, one of our Assistant Directors who you'll be hearing from in the chat. The Master's in Management Program, commonly referred to as the MiM, is designed for high achieving recent college graduates who are curious about the world of business and searching for a graduate management program that will provide foundational tools to turn their passions, purpose, and potential into careers that matter. We'll start today's session with our introductions, then move into some more information about what the Master in Management Program really is, why students choose to pursue this route of continuing higher education, and then we'll finish by talking about application deadlines and the admissions process. So if you're wondering why join this Masters in Management Program, we ask you to focus on three key elements of the Booth education. The first of those is our cutting-edge business curriculum. Coursework here will cover a wide range of critical areas of study across management, finance, sociology, communications, and more, with our students engaging in the lived experience and practical application that expands beyond our classroom walls. This program offers vibrant curriculum that encourages student dialogue, engagement, collaboration and learning. Through a rigorous transformative curriculum that's taught by world-class faculty, our students will build business fluency, analytical depth, and career momentum that starts immediately and grows throughout their professional lives. Resources on campus include research centers that frequently bring in different speakers, events, and hosted conferences. Master in management students can also engage with the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation, Family Office Initiative, Kilt Center for Marketing, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics, and our Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence, just to name a few of the dynamic groups that are accessible to our students. Beyond our strong business curriculum, with MiM classes led by the same expert faculty who are leading our MBA courses, Booth offers a supportive global community that has individuals based across the world. Booth students connect with MBA and Master in Finance students who they'll take classes with, plus our ever-growing global community of more than 150,000 alumni, allowing you to build a rich network of peers.

Admissions Director: Not only does Booth offer our students exceptional curriculum and community, but we also have dedicated staff to support your growth. Career services staff in the specialized master's program office assist students in securing jobs now and later into the future through a combination of pipeline and network-based career search to help you find and land the perfect position. The Masters in Management program is a 10-month degree plan that begins in the fall and ends the following spring. Enrollment begins annually in late August with Booth Camp, our orientation to Specialized Master's Programs. During these first two weeks at Booth, students will be introduced to a variety of basic foundational concepts in the realm of business from accounting to statistics. You'll be provided with ongoing information following an offer of admission to assist you in your career development goals as well as the job search process. After completing Booth Camp and a three week mini-term in September alongside your cohort, you'll then shift into courses held on the quarter system at the University of Chicago, during which time you'll take 10 classes. The first courses you'll take are five foundational courses, which provide you with a strong basis in the realm of business before moving into elective courses towards specialization in the second half of the program. Whatever your areas of interest, you'll be able to specialize here, supplementing your knowledge through educational opportunities that are offered at Booth. Students will further benefit from co-curricular preparation coursework that takes place throughout the program with curriculum that's designed by our career services office, including a series of interactive workshops, information sessions, and networking events to prepare for the initial stage of looking for your job all the way through applying, earning, and advancing within that space. While you're going through this course load is going to be a great way to get a strong idea of what you want to do with your career and how to find success through the recruitment and job search processes.

Admissions Director: Our MiM program offers five key areas of specialization that you can choose from, each specialization area requiring completion of four classes. This allows our MiMs students to gain not only a strong foundation necessary for entering the business realm, but also to tailor their course of study based on the unique areas of skill development and academic progression that will be beneficial for your job search process. Beyond our five foundational courses and these four classes in your chosen field of specialization, MiM students will also take one Booth elective course. Many electives will be taken alongside Booth MBA students, providing a great chance to get further exposure into the business world and take a more advanced type of coursework. This experience may inspire you to enter a pathway towards a completion of an MBA program following your introductory career experience. After completing your 10 Masters in Management classes, you'll graduate with your Masters degree from Booth in June. Our admissions team aims to instill early confidence that our university and school resources are here to support you from the time of admission through the summer leading up to your program launch with Booth Camp as an enrolled student and beyond graduation as an alumna as well. Students are going to start their curriculum here in the Master in Management program with five foundational courses in business statistics, financial accounting, microeconomics, managerial decision modeling, and managerial psychology. You also have the choice of management electives divided into the optional areas of specialization for analytics, entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, or strategic management. Students can also choose to select none of these areas of specialization, instead selecting from a range of Booth electives to best suit your professional growth goals. Your electives are going to be taken alongside both Master in Management and MBA students to be selected from a wide variety of over a hundred courses available through Booth each year. This model allows students to design their curriculum with coursework from our management and leadership program in marketing and consumer behavior science and more to really tailor this to Booth degree to your needs. With permission, students may also choose to take an elective through the students doctoral program, Harris School of Public Policy, or another UChicago graduate program. We encourage you to get to know Booth faculty, including those who are pictured on this slide. You can use the link that Bianca can add to the chat to learn more about our Faculty here at Booth, their background and research interests, and who will inspire your growth throughout the Master in Management program.

Admissions Director: The individuals seen on this slide are just a few examples of the world renowned brilliant minds and scholars in the fields of finance management and leading organizations who you'll have the opportunity to work with here at Chicago Booth. At this point, you might also be wondering about our class profile and the type of student who's admitted into the Master in Management cohort. Our first cohort began their study in August 2024, 116 students who graduated with their Master in Management degree in June 2025. Our second cohort included 128 students who entered their Booth Specialized Master's Program in August 2025. You can see some details on this slide about the second cohort. This group was 43% female with an average age of 23 and include 15% first generation students and were willing to collaborate together here at Chicago Booth. Notably, 85% of Master in Management students are entering this program directly after completing their undergraduate studies in the spring or summer. Again, these statistics represent averages for those who are admitted to our second cohort of MiM students. They are not minimum requirements that need to be met in order to be eligible for application.

Admissions Director: While GRE or GMAT scores are required for most candidates, many applicants will be exempted from this requirement through a process that we will talk about a little bit later in this presentation. An updated profile for our third cohort who started in August 2026 will be updated to our website by the end of this month. Booth students are pursuing their education in the vibrant city of Chicago, the third largest city in the United States home to 35 Fortune 500 headquarters and ranked by Conde Nast Traveler as the best big city in the US in 2026 for the 10th year running. Our students are active and often balance their time in the classroom with participation in intramural sports, visiting museums, theaters, music venues, attending lecture events through the University and our Chicago partners, collaborating with research centers and sharing their cultural heritage through student organizations and gatherings. We want to support you in making yourselves at home and building your community here in Chicago and at the University of Chicago and Booth School of Business. The philosophy of our Specialized Masters Programs is that you own your career search, but you're not alone in it. Academic programming begins after admission and your commitment to enroll, and it's designed to really educate new Boothies with industry and functional overview sessions. Students will be invited to attend panel events with alumni who have followed similar career pathways and pivots. They'll also conduct a self-assessment, identifying career paths that might be a fit for your interests, values, and priorities. Personalized coaching support offers you assistance in developing your individualized career strategy while helping you to prepare for the search process. We can get help to find your resume, your cover letter, and your personal story to get clear on your why ahead of interviews.

Admissions Director: Students are provided with tools to research companies and identify roles, learning best practices for networking and recruitment to help you stand out in that search process. Our Specialized Masters Program staff will also serve as partners as students are launching their job search, offering guidance and mock interviews to help you towards landing desired roles. Upon graduation, recent alumni from our first two cohorts of Master in Management Program have taken on roles with titles including associate portfolio manager, associate product specialist, consulting associate analyst, and product manager at organizations including those whose logos you can see on this screen. Through MiM enrollment at Booth, our students are developing knowledge and skills and areas of analytical and data-driven decision making, problem solving in complex environments, business judgment across functions, teamwork and collaboration, and effective confident communication that can translate directly into success and ongoing growth in the workplace. Official career outcome data is now available on our website and Bianca can share that link in the chat. Within six months of MiM program completion, graduates reported entering new roles across a variety of sectors, including more than half in financial services, technology and consulting. Graduates are also entering or returning to roles in fields including healthcare, transportation, education, energy and arts with enhanced managerial skills to support successful growth across these industries. Career development support begins before classes and Booth Camp with this orientation experience really designed to introduce core business concepts, team-based work and professional expectations while building connections with cohort members entering the Booth community alongside you. Our Master in Management graduates further benefit from dedicated career support throughout your time as a student and as an alumni for ongoing development as your careers may launch and later evolve. Some of the offices and staff who are supporting Master in Management students with their enrollment needs include our Specialized Master's office, a one-stop shop for student life, career services and academic advising. Students also work with the Bursar's office for questions on tuition and billing and the financial aid office for inquiries on securing loans and planning a budget for graduate enrollment. The Office of International Affairs supports incoming students and working through the visa request process, connecting with international student resources and building community in Chicago.

Admissions Director: Our office for military affiliated communities supports veterans and their families in understanding the resources that are available to support enrollment. Student Disability Services has an office that works with students who are need learning accommodations or resources to support accessibility and success in the classroom. To complete your application to Booth, we ask that you visit chicagobooth.edu/admissions/apply. Applications are available online with no application fee required for Fall 2027 start. Master in Management applicants must complete their prior program of study within two years of intended program start in August 2027. Management applicants must submit GMAT or GRE scores to supplement your application unless they've met test waiver requirements as outlined on our website. To qualify for this test waiver, students are required to have at least a cumulative GPA of a 3.4 or above on a four-point scale across their undergraduate studies with completion of at least three college level STEM courses, including but not limited to the examples that are listed on this slide. By indicating in the application that these criteria have been met, applicants will be automatically waived from the test score requirement. For students who are completing the GRE or GMAT, at home and online test scores can be accepted with official score reports to be authenticated following an offer of admission. Transcripts are also required from all credit granting colleges and universities that you have attended. These transcripts do not need to be official at time of application. However, admitted students will be required to submit their official transcripts from their registrar's office at the previous institution directly to Booth prior to enrolling.

Admissions Director: Transcripts must show completion of at least one college level STEM course. This requirement is intentionally broad to consider prior academics students have taken that will prepare them for this rigorous Masters program at Booth. Transcripts must also confirm your enrollment dates and show that your applicants are completing their prior program of study between September 2025 and August 2027 to be considered for Autumn 2027 start. Individuals who are graduating outside of this timeline are not eligible to apply this year. If you have completed higher education outside the United States, you may need to submit English proficiency exam scores from TOEFL, ILTS or PTE and transcript evaluations if your transcript is not in English. The test score requirement is automatically waived for applicants who have earned their degree in the US or attended a school where English is the primary language of instruction. If you have questions about any of these requirements, waivers, please feel free to contact admissions directly. A completed application will also include one professional resume, two recommendation letters, and three application essays. Applicants must submit a resume with a preferred length of one page and a maximum of two pages. This is an opportunity to showcase your academic background, qualifications, involvement, and professional accomplishments. As early career advancers, our admissions committee is looking more for engagement, leadership, and involvement instead of prior career placement. For applicants who are invited to interview, the resume is the only application piece which your interviewer may review in advance. Two letters of recommendation are also needed, preferably at least one from an academic source such as a faculty member, research mentor, or academic advisor. The second letter can be from an academic or a professional source. When you are sourcing your references, we encourage you to consider relationship over title. Choose the recommenders most familiar with your educational background, aptitude for graduate study and business management, professional career goals, intellectual curiosity, and drive to continue learning. You'll enter your referrer's name, contact information, and relationship in the application, prompting Booth Admissions' outreach to your recommender so that they can supply their recommendation. Letters of recommendation that are submitted from the applicant directly to admissions will not be considered.

Admissions Director: We are also going to ask for three short application essays, two written and one video response. You can see the prompts for those essays on this screen. For the application essays, you'll be asked to respond within 300, 400 words and 60 seconds to these questions respectively. Please be sure to review and spell check your essays ahead of submission, making sure that your responses address the prompted questions. We encourage you to request an outside reviewer who can make suggestions on the quality of your responses. Essay responses should showcase your educational journey and professional goals to be pursued through enrollment in the Booth Master in Management program. Your readers are looking for authentic narrative and perspective highlighted through your writing and communication style. Master in Management applicants will also submit a 60-second video essay offering an introduction of yourself to future classmates. For this application piece, we ask you to focus on content over style. The admissions committee is reviewing this piece of your application to get to know you better, learn about your interests and goals and your growth potential. We'll be assessing your skill and communication through this self-reflection. In addition to introducing yourself, tell us about an activity or pursuit that you do simply for the joy that it brings you. This is the kind of information that really helps bring your application to life, helping to humanize you and let the admissions committee know who you are more off of the paper application just from your transcripts and your test scores, for instance. Applications for August 2027 entry are now available. For 2027 enrollment, we're again offering four rounds of application review. Application review for candidates who submit completed application materials by the listed deadlines listed here will learn if they're being invited to the interview stage within four weeks of each application deadline.

Admissions Director: All applications will undergo our multi-phase review process beginning after each round deadline with select candidates invited to participate in a virtual interview with a Booth representative. Following interviews, admission decisions for all candidates who have met that deadline will be released within six weeks with admitted students provided a timeline for accepting their offer to commit to Booth. We are now just past our Round One deadline for the year, so we are deep into review of our completed Round One applications and will be beginning to send out interview requests later this week for students who have met that deadline. If you did not, no worries. You have still plenty of time to complete your application by our second round deadline, which is typically the biggest each year coming up on January 7th of 2027. Admitted students will be considered at time of admission for merit-based scholarships. Notification of scholarship offers will be released with admission decisions. No additional application is required to apply for these merit-based scholarships. Booth does not offer any need-based funding. Admitted students are encouraged to work with Booth Financial Aid representatives to plan a budget, search for external funding, and apply for loans, grants, and financial aid to help fund their Masters program enrollment. The Office of Military Affiliated Families can also assist eligible students in learning about funding that might be available through the GI Bill, Yellow Ribbon Program, and more. That does bring us to the conclusion of our formal presentation, but I want to take this time to thank you all so much for joining today's session and remind you that if you do have further questions that we have not covered in today's session, you can always reach out to our admissions team at masteradmissions@chicagobooth.edu. You can also use the QR code on this screen to find our Linktree and access more information about the Master in Management Program.