Updated March 2026 Chicago Booth is one of the most intellectually distinctive M7 programs – built around "The Chicago Approach," a rigorous, theory-grounded framework, and one of the most flexible curricula of any top MBA program. Booth evaluates candidates on leadership, intellectual curiosity and analytical thinking, and interpersonal qualities – and rewards candidates who arrive with genuine curiosity and a clear sense of what they want to learn. In this post, I break dow