Blog Archive Beyond the MBA Classroom Winter Fun at Chicago Booth

Blog Archive Beyond the MBA Classroom Winter Fun at Chicago Booth When you select an MBA program, you are not just choosing your learning environment but are also committing to becoming part of a community. Each Thursday, we offer a window into life “beyond the MBA classroom” at a top business school. Business school candidates who decide to attend Chicago Booth can look forwardâ€"with approximately 500 of their closest friends in the community (partners are invited as well)â€"to the school’s annual ski trip, which takes place over winter break. The trip shifts locations each year, but in December 2013, more than 250 Chicago Booth students and partners traveled to Steamboat Springs, Colorado. After a full first day of skiing and snowboarding, trip attendees enjoyed back-to-back themed partiesâ€"donning their “most radical attire,” as one first-year student stated in a January 2014 post on The Booth Experience blog, for an ’80s-themed happy hour before partying late into the night at a “Heaven and Hell” rave. Other activities on the 2013 trip included a flip cup tournament, a pub crawl, a grilled cheese bake-off, and a visit to a local hot spring. Students and partners who were not interested in skiing or snowboarding could take advantage of Steamboat Springs’ other o fferings, such as bumper cars on ice, snowmobiling, and snowshoeing. Also, members of the Chicago Booth Ski and Snowboard Club participate in the annual Tuck Winter Carnival (at Dartmouth), for which many of the country’s top business schools send teams to compete in a ski raceâ€"though we learned the event tends to be more about beer than competition. For in-depth descriptions of social and community activities at Chicago Booth and 15 other top MBA programs, check out the mbaMission Insider’s Guides. Share ThisTweet Beyond the MBA Classroom University of Chicago (Booth) Blog Archive Beyond the MBA Classroom Winter Fun at Chicago Booth When you select an MBA program, you are not just choosing your learning environment, but are also committing to becoming part of a community. Each Thursday, we offer a window into life “beyond the MBA classroom” at a top business school. Business school candidates who decide to attend Chicago Booth can look forwardâ€"with approximately 500 of their closest friends in the community (partners are invited as well)â€"to the school’s annual ski trip, which takes place over winter break. The trip shifts locations each year, but in December 2012, more than 200 Chicago Booth students and partners traveled to Telluride, Colorado. A 2012â€"2013 co-chair for the trip told mbaMission, “We kicked off the week with a ’90s theme party, which featured a private Coolio concert, and held other fun events, such as a scavenger hunt and ugly holiday sweater party.” In the spring of 2012, students also spent a long weekend in Breckenridge, Colorado, where the event’s co-chair claimed they “got in two to three days of powder skiing due to a late-season storm that came through.”  Also, members of the Chicago Booth Ski and Snowboard Club participate in the annual Tuck Winter Carnival (at Dartmouth), for which many of the countr y’s top business schools send teams to compete in a ski raceâ€"though we learned the event tends to be more about beer than competition. For in-depth descriptions of social and community activities at Chicago Booth and 15 other top MBA programs, check out the  mbaMission Insider’s Guides. Share ThisTweet Beyond the MBA Classroom University of Chicago (Booth) Blog Archive Beyond the MBA Classroom Winter Fun at Chicago Booth When you select an MBA program, you are not just choosing your learning environment but are also committing to becoming part of a community. Each Thursday, we offer a window into life “beyond the MBA classroom” at a top business school. Business school candidates who decide to attend Chicago Booth can look forwardâ€"with approximately 500 of their closest friends in the community (partners are invited as well)â€"to the school’s  annual ski trip, which takes place over winter break. The trip is held in a different location each year; at the end of the 2015 fall quarter, approximately 400 Chicago Booth students and partners traveled to Aspen, Colorado. After a full first day of skiing and snowboarding, trip attendees enjoyed back-to-back themed partiesâ€"among the themes in 2015 were “Arctic Yachting,” where students donned nautical gear, and “Après the World,” where attendees were requested to wear costumes from around the world. Members of the Chicago Booth Ski and Snowboard Club also participate in the annual  Tuck Winter Carnival  (at Dartmouth), for which many of the country’s top business schools send teams to compete in a ski raceâ€"though we learned the event tends to be more about beer than compe tition. For in-depth descriptions of social and community activities at Chicago Booth and 15 other top MBA programs, check out the  mbaMission Insider’s Guides. Share ThisTweet Beyond the MBA Classroom University of Chicago (Booth) Blog Archive Beyond the MBA Classroom Winter Fun at Chicago Booth When you select an MBA program, you are not just choosing your learning environment but are also committing to becoming part of a community. Each Thursday, we offer a window into life “beyond the MBA classroom” at a top business school. Business school candidates who decide to attend Chicago Booth can look forwardâ€"with approximately 500 of their closest friends in the community (partners are invited as well)â€"to the school’s  annual ski trip, which takes place over winter break. The trip is held in a different location each year; at the end of the 2014 fall quarter, more than 330 Chicago Booth students and partners traveled to Vail, Colorado. After a full first day of skiing and snowboarding, trip attendees enjoyed back-to-back themed partiesâ€"donning bathing suits and Hawaiian shirts for a “Summertime Fun”â€"inspired celebration. Other theme parties that took place during the 2014 trip included Ugly Holiday, Choose Your Decade, and Broomball Costume. Members of the Chicago Booth Ski and Snowboard Club also participate in the annual  Tuck Winter Carnival  (at Dartmouth), for which many of the country’s top business schools send teams to compete in a ski raceâ€"though we learned the event tends to be more about beer than competition. For in-depth descriptions of social and community activities at Chicago Booth and 15 other top MBA programs, check out the  mbaMission Insider’s Guides. Share ThisTweet Beyond the MBA Classroom University of Chicago (Booth)