Early Career Option: Applicant Profile
To help you determine if applying as an early career candidate is right for you, please consider the following guidelines:
Applicants in Final Year of College
If you are in your final year of college and thinking about whether or not to apply to Chicago GSB, we look for students with the following qualities:
- Quality work experience (such as professional internships and an entrepreneurial spirit)
- Competitive GPA (3.3 or higher on 4.0 scale)
- Competitive GMAT score
- Student leadership role(s) during college
- Intellectual curiosity
- Two recommendations, including one from an internship supervisor and one from a professor (three letters are preferred)
- Demonstrates 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 why you want to get an MBA now
Applicants with One Year of Full-time Work Experience
If you are currently in your first year of employment and considering whether or not to apply to Chicago GSB, we look for individuals with the following qualities:
- Quality full-time work experience
- Competitive GPA (3.3 or higher on 4.0 scale)
- Competitive GMAT score
- Student leadership role(s) during college
- Intellectual curiosity
- Two recommendations (one must be a nomination from a supervisor indicating why going for an MBA now makes sense)
- Demonstrates the ability to question the status quo, engage in the process of learning, and thrive on an academic challenge
- Consistently a top performer getting noticed by supervisors as having above average potential
- Personal maturity
- Ability to talk about why you want to get an MBA now
