Making the Most of First Day
This week is a special week at Chicago Booth, not only because we are expecting fresh snow, but also because we get to welcome Round One admits for Class of 2024 for admitted students weekend also known as First Day! The Booth community is particularly excited for this year’s First Day, which will be a […]
My Favorite Class at Booth
There is no shortage of incredible classes to take at Booth. It’s a tradition that second years share their all-time favorites in our #academics Slack channel each quarter, which inevitably sends course bid point prices skyrocketing. If you’re unfamiliar with how Booth uses a bid pricing model for classes, I’ll spare you the details, but […]
My Favorite Perk of Being a Boothie
One thing most people don’t know about me is that I minored in Art History in undergrad. Here’s how it happened. One quarter, I stumbled into an Introduction to Art History course because it suited my schedule and fulfilled a fine arts requirement. I enjoyed it so much, the next quarter I took another, and […]
My Journey from Tech Sales to Consulting
Throughout my career in the tech industry prior to business school, I observed that the majority of executives I worked with had experience at top consulting firms. This provided them a broad toolkit across a variety of industries, enabling them to scale businesses and problem solve with incredible finesse. Subsequently, when I arrived at Booth, […]
Get To Know Mac Witmer
For me, attending Booth meant coming “home” (a word I’m still working to define). Let me explain. After undergrad at UC San Diego, I jumped on a wild opportunity with my then company, LinkedIn, to move to Singapore for what was supposed to be a two year adventure. I was fresh out of the inaugural […]