12 Nov 07 Chicago GSB - Applicants be creative in your MBA Applications

In their July Press Release Chicago GSB announced that they would be requiring all the MBA applicants to submit a presentation (with upto four slides) along with the usual application requirements. This move is serves the dual purpose of challenging the MBA applicants to present themselves in a creative way and it helps the Admissions Committee to get a quick glance at the overall understanding of the candidates in consideration.

Since the inclusions of effects animations, embedded flash and music etc can cause discrepancy amongst the applications, the slides would be printed on paper (and not a soft-copy) as a part of application for assessment. Apart from this, the applicants can use graphs, charts, pictures and any other printable form of presentation to create the presentation.

This is a brilliant way to challenge the applicants' creativity and expression.

The full press release can be read here: http://www.chicagogsb.edu/newsmedia/releases/2007-07-12_admission-slides.aspx