Honors

Dean’s Honors List

Students are named to the quarterly Dean’s Honor List based on performance and the courses-completed conditions set forth by their academic program. Only Chicago Booth courses are considered in the criteria for Dean’s Honor List. Nondegree-seeking exchange students are not eligible for the Dean’s Honor List.

Full-Time MBA students registered for 300 to 500 units of Chicago Booth credits in a quarter will be named to the Dean’s Honor List for that quarter if the following conditions are met. The student:

  1. Achieves 3.5 or higher GPA in the courses taken during the quarter;
  2. Earns no grade lower than B;
  3. Receives no pass/fail grades, with the following exception—if a student has taken at least three Chicago Booth courses for a letter grade in that quarter;
  4. Receives no Incompletes in any coursework in the given quarter (Dean’s Honor List may not be retroactively named after a student completes a course previously taken for Incomplete);
  5. Receives no grades of Withdrawal in any coursework in the given quarter.

Evening MBA or Weekend MBA students registered for 300 to 400 units of coursework in a single quarter*; or 300 to 500 units of coursework over the current and previous quarter* will be named to the Dean’s Honor List if the following conditions are met. The student:

  1. Achieves a 3.5 or higher GPA in the Chicago Booth course(s) taken during the qualifying period.
  2. Earns no grade lower than B in the Chicago Booth course(s) in the qualifying period.
  3. Receives no pass/fail grades, with the following exception—if a student has taken at least 300 units of Chicago Booth coursework for a letter grade in the qualifying period.
  4. Receives no Incompletes in any coursework in the qualifying period (Dean’s Honor List may not be retroactively named after a student completes a course previously taken for Incomplete).
  5. Receives no grade of Withdrawal in any coursework in the qualifying period.
  6. Courses have not previously counted toward Dean’s Honor List distinction.

*This will be known as the qualifying period.

Degree with Honors

Chicago Booth offers two honors distinctions, Wallman Scholars and Honors. The Wallman Scholar distinction is assigned to the top five percent of the graduating class who are recognized in honor of the gift made in 2017 by Amy Wallman, MBA '75, and Richard F. Wallman, MBA '74. The Honors distinction is assigned to the next 15 percent. The calculation is based on GPA averages of all MBA graduates from the preceding academic year. Chicago Booth does not release the specific GPA cutoff information to students. The distinctions are based upon the following conditions:

  1. A student’s cumulative GPA in all courses completed through the second week of the quarter in which the student graduates
  2. Incomplete or blank grades on a graduating student’s record in any course at the time when Wallman Scholars and Honors are determined will be considered as a grade of F.

The distinction is noted on a student’s diploma and official transcript. Students receiving the distinction are notified by email in Week 6 of the graduating quarter.

Honors Distinction Post-Graduation

Chicago Booth grants Wallman Scholars and Honors distinctions post-graduation to alumni who qualify based on grades in their last quarter. Following the receipt of final grades, the Booth Registrar’s Office will compile graduate’s GPA information from all programs and all quarters for the previous academic year to determine who achieved distinction post-graduation. The University of Chicago official transcript and diploma will reflect this distinction.