2000 Rank:    10 1998 Rank:    3 1996 Rank:    8		Students less satisfied than peers at any other top 10 school. But recruiters give career center top billing for effectiveness.		CHICAGO INSIDER CONTENT Admissions Q&A Admission Interview Tips Sample Application Essays Best Schools for Marketing Best Schools for Finance Best Schools for Management School Tour CHICAGO PROFILES Full-time '04 | '03 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 Part-time '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 EMBA '03 | '01 Exec ed '03 | '01 CHICAGO INFO Admissions Q&A '02 | '01 | '00 | '97 Placement Q&A '03 | '00 | '98 Financial Aid Q&A '02 | '99 | Video Views Dean Snyder - 2002 | 2006 | 2005 Search for articles about Chicago CHICAGO RANKINGS Full-time MBA rank: 2004:   2     1994:   3     2002:   2     1992:   2     2000:   10     1990:   4     1998:   3     1988:   11     1996:   8     BW ranking history EMBA rank: 2003:   2     1997:   --     2001:   2     1993:   --     1999:   --     Exec Ed rank: 2003:   12     1997:   --     2001:   20     1993:   --     1999:   --     1991:   --

* Business Week uses the Graduate Management Admission Council's standards for reporting data.

** Underrepresented minority students are defined as U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic American, and Native American. They do not include Asian Americans.

Recruitment * Estimated percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who took a job at a company with fewer than 100 employees N/A Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 96% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships N/A Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year N/A Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] N/A

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. McKinsey & Company 31 6. Andersen Consulting LLP 13 2. Lehman Brothers 20 7. Chase 13 3. Booz-Allen & Hamilton 16 8. The Boston Consulting Grp 13 4. Goldman Sachs & Co. 15 9. Bain & Company, Inc. 12 5. Merrill Lynch 14 10. Salomon Smith Barney 10

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $85,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $88,727 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $25,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $23,434 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 95% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 83%

Students Report Median total investment $167,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $85,000 Median MBA loans $58,000 Median signing bonus $25,000 Number of job offers by graduation 3 Median other compensation $25,000 Average number of business plans written 2

* The information presented in this section was collected using the MBA Career Services Council's Standards for Reporting MBA Employment Statistics

Basic Information Institution is Private Core MBA curriculum last revised in 1997 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $207,693,080 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Accounting Econometrics and Statistics Economics Entrepreneurship & E-ventures Finance Analytic Finance General Management Human Resource Management International Business Managerial & Organizational Behavior Marketing Management Operations Management Strategic Management

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years N/A

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives S. Kaplan James Schrager Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity Cases in Financial Management

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 50% Case study 25% Other 25% Grading system Letter grades, maximum grade point average of 3.25 Describe other Laboratories, simulations Average number of students in core class 53 Average number of students in elective class 39 Mandatory study trip abroad? No Exchange programs or campuses abroad? N/A Accelerated MBA program? N/A Distance learning degree program? No

Faculty Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 108 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 67 Number of tenured professors 52 Percent of tenured professors who are female 6% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 0% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience N/A

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $8,235,000 Changes made over the past three years The school implemented a Web-based student and alumni directory, equipped nearly all classrooms with data/video projectors, and implemented Web-based email. Chicago also added 18 email-express kiosks, and is developing a wireless network.

Tuition and Fees Resident $29,231 Nonresident $29,231 Room & board $10,800 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $46,266

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Nov. 3, 2000 International Nov. 3, 2000 Domestic Jan. 5, 2001 Domestic Jan. 5, 2001 International Jan. 5, 2001 International Jan. 5, 2001 Domestic Mar. 9, 2001 International Mar. 9, 2001         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   No

Dean		Robert S. Hamada		E-mail address		robert.hamada@gsb.uchicago.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Mark Zmijewski		E-mail address		mark.zmijewski@gsb.uchicago.edu
Director of Admissions		Carol Swanberg		E-mail address		carol.swanberg@gsb.uchicago.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Danielle Palmer		E-mail address		danielle.palmer@gsb.uchicago.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Carol Swanberg		E-mail address		carol.swanberg@gsb.uchicago.edu
Director of Career Services		Glenn Sykes		E-mail address		glenn.sykes@gsb.uchicago.edu

Living MBA alumni

33,348

Alumni clubs

72

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

Percent of living alumni who gave to the school's fund-raising efforts in 1999-2000

6%

Median gift

$100

Average gift

$8,598

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name James Veeneman Title Director, Accounting & Budget