Applying for b-school? Your 'slideware,' please.

The article reports on the decision of the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business in Illinois to require prospective students to submit four pages of electronic slides with their applications. The new requirement is partly an acknowledgment that Microsoft Corporation's PowerPoint and similar, though lesser-known, computer programs, have become ubiquitous tools in the business world. By adding a PowerPoint requirement to its application, the university thinks it might attract more students who have the kind of cleverness that can pay off in business. The slideshow presentations will be the last part of the application that the university's admissions office considers in assessing its applicants.