In a post to her blog yesterday, Rose Martinelli, admissions director at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, offered a few reminders to applicants who are busy working toward the school’s upcoming January 6th Round 2 application deadline.
First, Chicago Booth has extended the deadline for submission of letters of recommendation a full week beyond the application deadline, to January 13th. “With the holidays so close to our deadline, we wanted to remove some of the pressure you may feel in having your recommenders submit on time,” Martinelli wrote. Applicants’ portions of the application must still be in by January 6th at 5 p.m. Central Time in order to be accepted as part of Round 2, but it’s okay if recommender are a few days late, Martinelli explained. Having said that, her office can’t begin to review a candidate’s application until all elements – including the recommendations – have been received, she added.
Second, there’s no need to send an official transcript at this stage, Martinelli reminded candidates. A scanned copy as part of your application is all the school needs now. Only candidates who are admitted will need to send official transcripts.
Finally, as long as you have taken any relevant entrance exams (GMAT/TOEFL/IELTS) prior to the deadline, all you need to do is self-report your scores in your application, Martinelli wrote. “We will receive the official score reports directly from the test providers as long as you identified Booth as one of your schools,” she added.
Beginning today, Martinelli’s full admissions team will be back in the office ready to answer any last-minute questions. Best of luck to all round-two applicants to Chicago Booth from those of us here at Clear Admit. Remember to share your experience and learn from those of others on the Clear Admit Wiki.
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