Booth School of Business

-The overseas component of the program is very valuable, and I would see some benefit to increasing the frequency of interaction with students and faculty throughout the program (ex. beyond kickoff and summer components of program). Perhaps video conferencing or other technologies such as this could increase the level of interaction between the cohorts.

-The program was well worth the money and time spent. I felt I learned more than full-time students, interacted with more mature students, and continued progressing in my career.

-Career services tried to provide interesting opportunities to explore industry areas, to network with alumni and friends, to give career advice, etc. I think they were only partially successful in making me feel fully supported. Since graduation, I think career services, especially the career coaching, has been enormously helpful. I don't know why there isn't a more formal career coaching effort during the program--you can certainly talk to career coaches whenever you please, but their advice, in my experience, tended to be generic. As an alum, I'm finding that their advice is really relevant and insightful. I'm not sure what the reason is for the disconnect.

-I believe Chicago Booth offers one of the best EMBA programs in the country. The professors are world class and will not water down their materials to cater to their students. Unlike other schools, students cannot simply coast and expect to make it through. As such, it is not a program for everyone, the mantra to think critically and quantitatively permeate throughout the school. Lastly, its optional Global New Venture Challenge competition, which is designed for EMBA students and the new Entrepreneurial Leadership class make it one of the best MBA schools to learn how to become an entrepreneur.

-The school could have grouped the classes better each quarter to avoid such heavy out of class workloads that existed in two of the quarters. Electives week needed better coordination of schedules.

-I really supported the grading policies that the university has employed. There is substantial means of differentiating student performance, and contribution. There were no free rides on pass/fail. While the focus was on the material, and we were repeatedly cautioned not to focus too much on grades, understanding how one performed against the pack was critical to enabling self awareness of where one needed to work harder, or to seek out help.

-Chicago Booth has an international component in its EMBA program where students have to spend one week in Singapore and one week in London. However, most of the time overseas are spent in classroom and doing class work. There are no planned events or tours to give its students an understanding of the business and culture of the visiting country. For example, how do you conduct business in Singapore? How is it different from the US? What is it economic growth compare to the rest of the Asia region?

-This was a challenging but very rewarding program. The faculty was absolutely top notch and the classmates were the best surprise. I learned such a great deal from my classmates and study partners through out the program. I continue to contact my classmates to discuss and seek advice for projects or programs that I'm implementing at work.

-I found that the negotiations curriculum was fantastic and provided me new tools that I continue to use everyday - I would have like to have more exposure and practice throughout the program.

-Career Services need to improve. There were no job recruiters or hiring managers on campus for the EMBA program. Non-company sponsored candidates must have the opportunity to meet recruiters/hiring managers.

-I think there is definitely a sense that the Chicago brand is for a certain type of person--we're kind of nerdy. So special efforts needed to be made in order to foster a sense of community. While I think the program office and student activities committee made great efforts to facilitate the development of that spirit of community, I think a greater variety of interactions and activities would have improved the social environment.

-The caliber of the faculty, the students and class discussions resulted in a great learning experience. Some professors brought in C suite executives from Fortune 100 firms and successful entrepreneurs as speakers from relevant industries. The program office also arranged optional special-speaker series throughout the duration of the program. The program office is currently working on more integration between the speaker series and the classroom sessions. The subsequent cohorts will have this added benefit.