University of Chicago
Booth School of Business
Full-time MBA program – Application essays
Booth requires two (2) letters of recommendation. The first letter of recommendation should come from a supervisor (If you are unable to use your current supervisor, please explain the circumstances in the optional essay). The second letter can be professional in nature or from an organization, club, or volunteer project with which you are associated.
Booth asks the recommenders to answer the following questions:
- Please provide a written letter of recommendation. Be sure to include how the applicant ranks comparative to his/her peer group. Other items to consider are the applicant’s:
- Most salient strengths
- Areas of development, including efforts the applicant has taken to show improvement
- Team skills and leadership ability
- Initiative, curiosity, and motivation
- Other matters which you feel we should know about the applicant
