Blog: Archive for the “University of Chicago (Booth)” Category

When you select an MBA program, you are not just choosing your learning environment, but are also committing to becoming part of a community. Each Thursday, we offer a window into life “beyond the MBA classroom” at a top business school. Candidates who decide to attend Chicago Booth can look forward—with about 500 of their … Read More  

The Tobaccowala Foundation of India has donated $1M to the University of Chicago Booth School of Business to provide a new scholarship for students from India. The scholarship is in memory of Akhtarali H. Tobaccowala (MBA ’52), who was director of Tata Group, chairman of Voltas Ltd. and founder of Impact India. The Tobaccowala Foundation … Read More  

Again we pose the rhetorical question: Chicago Booth is only a finance school, right? Wrong. In the past, we have discussed the strengths of the school’s marketing program, to the surprise of some. We feel that not enough applicants are aware of Chicago Booth’s robust “hands-on” entrepreneurial offerings, available through its Michael P. Polsky Center … Read More  

Once you have been admitted to business school, the hard part is over, right? Think again. At Chicago’s two top business schools, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, students have to bid for spots in courses. At Kellogg, all students are allotted 3,000 points with which … Read More  

When you select an MBA program, you are not just choosing your learning environment, but are also committing to becoming part of a community. Each Thursday, we offer a window into life “beyond the MBA classroom” at a top business school. A November 2010 Chicago Booth Student Perspectives Blog post called “Fun Times at Booth” … Read More