NEW HERE? LEARN MORE
closeclose
Last visit was: 26 Apr 2024, 11:48 It is currently 26 Apr 2024, 11:48
Decision Tracker
My Rewards
New posts
New comers' posts

Close
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.

Customized
for You

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Track
Your Progress

every week, we’ll send you an estimated GMAT score based on your performance

Practice
Pays

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Go to My Error Log Learn more
Close
Request Expert Reply
Confirm Cancel

Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants

   1  ...  32   33   34   35   36   37   38  ...  57   
User avatar
Dbalks
Manager
Manager
Joined: 29 Jul 2011
Status:Disbelief! The Countdown Begins
Affiliations: CFA
Posts: 214
Own Kudos [?]: 96 [0]
Given Kudos: 7
Concentration: Finance, Economics
Schools: Johnson '15 (M)
GMAT 1: 600 Q45 V28
GMAT 2: 670 Q44 V39
GMAT 3: 750 Q49 V42
GPA: 3.5
WE:Accounting (Insurance)
Send PM
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2013, 07:28
Agree with above two posters.. There is no way there 1 hour session is worth driving 4 hours there and 4 hours back for. I sat through it (from North Jersey), but I also attended class, caught up with a friend, received a tour and ate lunch with a fellow student. I committed a week long vacation last year to visiting the 4 schools I applied to, so it made sense because it was kind of up the road from Yale (or at least I was halfway there).

But the info session was the least valuable of all the activities. It didnt last the full hour and most of the time was spent by people asking app questions (obviously this one will be different since apps are in)
avatar
bigserve
Intern
Intern
Joined: 07 Dec 2012
Posts: 38
Own Kudos [?]: [0]
Given Kudos: 48
Schools: Sloan '15 (II) Booth '15 (II) Wharton '15 (II) CBS '15 (D)
GMAT 1: 740 Q50 V40
Send PM
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2013, 07:35
Thank you aerien,kingfalcon and Dbalks. I'll cancel the trip. I actually attended an event in NY in December before the application. I was just worried not showing up on campus is bad considering Sloan this year is extra challenging. Good Luck everyone!
User avatar
Dbalks
Manager
Manager
Joined: 29 Jul 2011
Status:Disbelief! The Countdown Begins
Affiliations: CFA
Posts: 214
Own Kudos [?]: 96 [0]
Given Kudos: 7
Concentration: Finance, Economics
Schools: Johnson '15 (M)
GMAT 1: 600 Q45 V28
GMAT 2: 670 Q44 V39
GMAT 3: 750 Q49 V42
GPA: 3.5
WE:Accounting (Insurance)
Send PM
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2013, 07:45
bigserve wrote:
Thank you aerien,kingfalcon and Dbalks. I'll cancel the trip. I actually attended an event in NY in December before the application. I was just worried not showing up on campus is bad considering Sloan this year is extra challenging. Good Luck everyone!


My impression of Sloan (and its just my own impression after visiting twice and observing) is that they dont care too much about our visits. They dont care about where they rank. The dont care about what your goals are. They care about their own special little things. Which mainly is judging your past performance and seeing if it will equate to future success.

I've said it before and will say it again. MIT marches to the beat of their own drum and I really dig that about them. They are kind of the hipster of B-schools. With any sort of pandering, they could increase their ranking a couple spots. I didnt even really know they had a bschool (shame on me) until I went to the MBA tour over the summer and saw their little booth off to the side.
User avatar
kingfalcon
Director
Director
Joined: 26 May 2010
Posts: 719
Own Kudos [?]: 215 [0]
Given Kudos: 642
Location: United States (MA)
Concentration: Strategy
Schools: MIT Sloan - Class of 2015
WE:Consulting (Mutual Funds and Brokerage)
Send PM
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2013, 08:30
I agree with most of what Dbalks said. I've visited quite a few times now (I live in MA) and Sloan definitely has an off-beat culture (in a great way!). That said, I think Sloan does want to see that you've taken an effort to get to know the school. Plus, given that all applications are scored numerically, I would not be shocked to hear that registered visits are part of your overall, computed score. Again, though, that's completely a guess on my part.
User avatar
Dbalks
Manager
Manager
Joined: 29 Jul 2011
Status:Disbelief! The Countdown Begins
Affiliations: CFA
Posts: 214
Own Kudos [?]: 96 [0]
Given Kudos: 7
Concentration: Finance, Economics
Schools: Johnson '15 (M)
GMAT 1: 600 Q45 V28
GMAT 2: 670 Q44 V39
GMAT 3: 750 Q49 V42
GPA: 3.5
WE:Accounting (Insurance)
Send PM
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2013, 08:37
kingfalcon wrote:
I agree with most of what Dbalks said. I've visited quite a few times now (I live in MA) and Sloan definitely has an off-beat culture (in a great way!). That said, I think Sloan does want to see that you've taken an effort to get to know the school. Plus, given that all applications are scored numerically, I would not be shocked to hear that registered visits are part of your overall, computed score. Again, though, that's completely a guess on my part.


Fair point falcon, its possible they give you an extra point or 2 for registering a visit. Maybe they consider it an indicator that you are serious about b-school and will be productive there? My guess is they arent concerned about yield because they dont seem to care about that kind of stuff.

It is possible I got an extra point or 2 from visiting which might help explain how I miraculously got invited to interview.
avatar
thelegend
Current Student
Joined: 05 Nov 2012
Posts: 35
Own Kudos [?]: 27 [0]
Given Kudos: 5
Location: United States
Schools: Chicago Booth - Class of 2015
GMAT 1: 690 Q49 V35
Send PM
GMAT ToolKit User
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2013, 11:55
DING DONG!!! greeting me this lovely afternoon...
avatar
bigserve
Intern
Intern
Joined: 07 Dec 2012
Posts: 38
Own Kudos [?]: [0]
Given Kudos: 48
Schools: Sloan '15 (II) Booth '15 (II) Wharton '15 (II) CBS '15 (D)
GMAT 1: 740 Q50 V40
Send PM
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2013, 12:39
thelegend wrote:
DING DONG!!! greeting me this lovely afternoon...


MIT must have heard about your Kellogg admit :-D Can you share your time line?
avatar
thelegend
Current Student
Joined: 05 Nov 2012
Posts: 35
Own Kudos [?]: 27 [0]
Given Kudos: 5
Location: United States
Schools: Chicago Booth - Class of 2015
GMAT 1: 690 Q49 V35
Send PM
GMAT ToolKit User
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2013, 12:58
bigserve wrote:
thelegend wrote:
DING DONG!!! greeting me this lovely afternoon...


MIT must have heard about your Kellogg admit :-D Can you share your time line?


Hehehe...I really do believe that Kellogg was a better fit for me. For some reason this guys just know! They are expeters, indeed...

Well there really is not much to tell. I applied a couple of days before the deadline and only had replies from their MBA staff when I updated them about certain changes in my profile.

But up until today, I had had no feedback at all! This just happened minutes before I posted.

Well, good luck to you all with the process!
avatar
Parselmouth
Intern
Intern
Joined: 16 Dec 2012
Posts: 18
Own Kudos [?]: 25 [0]
Given Kudos: 0
Send PM
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   17 Jan 2013, 02:16
I also strongly suspect that Sloan gives applicants more than brownie points for visiting PRIOR to submitting an application. Skip the visit if you've already applied, because that wouldn't sway interview decisions any way. As someone posted above, you should sitting in on class when you go visit for interviews.
avatar
fljorge
Intern
Intern
Joined: 14 Apr 2012
Posts: 14
Own Kudos [?]: 9 [0]
Given Kudos: 1
Location: Brazil
Concentration: Finance, Entrepreneurship
Schools: Booth '15 (M) CBS '15 (WD) HBS '15 (D) Sloan '15 (A)
WE:Asset Management (Commercial Banking)
Send PM
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   17 Jan 2013, 10:48
Just finished my interview with Julie Strong, she is an awesome person. So nice and so interested in our stories. I was very happy in meeting her. Hope i can get admitted.
avatar
shinestar
Intern
Intern
Joined: 30 Dec 2012
Posts: 12
Own Kudos [?]: 1 [0]
Given Kudos: 0
Schools: Haas '15 (D) Sloan '15 (D) Ross '15 (WL) Kellogg '15 (D) Stanford '15 (D)
Send PM
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   17 Jan 2013, 17:04
Any idea when R2 interview invites will start? Anyone already got one?
User avatar
ak2012
Current Student
Joined: 26 Feb 2012
Posts: 100
Own Kudos [?]: 38 [0]
Given Kudos: 23
Concentration: Strategy, General Management
Schools: Booth '15 (M) Sloan '15 (A) Kellogg '15 (A) HBS '15 (D) Wharton '15 (D)
Send PM
GMAT ToolKit User
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   17 Jan 2013, 20:44
shinestar wrote:
Any idea when R2 interview invites will start? Anyone already got one?


In R1, the interviews started going out about 6 weeks after the deadline (Oct 24th was the deadline and we heard of the first invites in the beginning of December). I am not sure if the timeline is the same for R2 though.
avatar
stayfrosty6
Intern
Intern
Joined: 18 Oct 2012
Posts: 33
Own Kudos [?]: 20 [6]
Given Kudos: 1
Location: United States (CA)
Concentration: Strategy, Technology
Schools: Stanford '15 (D) Haas '15 (A) Sloan '15 (A) Anderson '15 (A$)
Send PM
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   18 Jan 2013, 17:15
6
Kudos
So I had my Sloan interview today. I think I might just be the last person Sloan interviewed for R1. Well R2ers, hope this helps you -

1) Started with my resume - tell me about your current position, we discussed my role etc.
2) Tell me about a time you had to take others' interests into account.
3) Tell me about a time you had to lead a team.
4) Tell me about a time when you set a goal for yourself.
5) Why MBA? Why Sloan?
6) My questions to him.
User avatar
L
bb
Founder
Founder
Joined: 04 Dec 2002
Posts: 37311
Own Kudos [?]: 72892 [0]
Given Kudos: 18869
Location: United States (WA)
GMAT 1: 750 Q49 V42
GPA: 3
Send PM
GMAT ToolKit User CAT Tests Forum Quiz Mode
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   19 Jan 2013, 14:40
Expert Reply
stayfrosty6 wrote:
So I had my Sloan interview today. I think I might just be the last person Sloan interviewed for R1. Well R2ers, hope this helps you -

1) Started with my resume - tell me about your current position, we discussed my role etc.
2) Tell me about a time you had to take others' interests into account.
3) Tell me about a time you had to lead a team.
4) Tell me about a time when you set a goal for yourself.
5) Why MBA? Why Sloan?
6) My questions to him.



Thank you! This helps!
Was this Adcom or a second year student/alum who conducted the interview?
In person or on the phone?
avatar
stayfrosty6
Intern
Intern
Joined: 18 Oct 2012
Posts: 33
Own Kudos [?]: 20 [0]
Given Kudos: 1
Location: United States (CA)
Concentration: Strategy, Technology
Schools: Stanford '15 (D) Haas '15 (A) Sloan '15 (A) Anderson '15 (A$)
Send PM
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   19 Jan 2013, 18:05
bb wrote:
stayfrosty6 wrote:
So I had my Sloan interview today. I think I might just be the last person Sloan interviewed for R1. Well R2ers, hope this helps you -

1) Started with my resume - tell me about your current position, we discussed my role etc.
2) Tell me about a time you had to take others' interests into account.
3) Tell me about a time you had to lead a team.
4) Tell me about a time when you set a goal for yourself.
5) Why MBA? Why Sloan?
6) My questions to him.



Thank you! This helps!
Was this Adcom or a second year student/alum who conducted the interview?
In person or on the phone?



Adcom - in person in CA. I remember reading somewhere that all Sloan interviews are by adcom members.
User avatar
kingfalcon
Director
Director
Joined: 26 May 2010
Posts: 719
Own Kudos [?]: 215 [0]
Given Kudos: 642
Location: United States (MA)
Concentration: Strategy
Schools: MIT Sloan - Class of 2015
WE:Consulting (Mutual Funds and Brokerage)
Send PM
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   19 Jan 2013, 21:02
stayfrosty6 wrote:
bb wrote:
stayfrosty6 wrote:
So I had my Sloan interview today. I think I might just be the last person Sloan interviewed for R1. Well R2ers, hope this helps you -

1) Started with my resume - tell me about your current position, we discussed my role etc.
2) Tell me about a time you had to take others' interests into account.
3) Tell me about a time you had to lead a team.
4) Tell me about a time when you set a goal for yourself.
5) Why MBA? Why Sloan?
6) My questions to him.



Thank you! This helps!
Was this Adcom or a second year student/alum who conducted the interview?
In person or on the phone?



Adcom - in person in CA. I remember reading somewhere that all Sloan interviews are by adcom members.

Correct. All interviews are done by either full-time adcom staff or contract adcom staff.
avatar
stayfrosty6
Intern
Intern
Joined: 18 Oct 2012
Posts: 33
Own Kudos [?]: 20 [1]
Given Kudos: 1
Location: United States (CA)
Concentration: Strategy, Technology
Schools: Stanford '15 (D) Haas '15 (A) Sloan '15 (A) Anderson '15 (A$)
Send PM
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   22 Jan 2013, 14:00
1
Kudos
#thumbtwiddle
User avatar
pinchharmonic
Manager
Manager
Joined: 03 Aug 2011
Posts: 191
Own Kudos [?]: 55 [0]
Given Kudos: 12
Location: United States
Concentration: General Management, Entrepreneurship
GMAT 1: 750 Q49 V44
GPA: 3.38
WE:Engineering (Computer Software)
Send PM
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   22 Jan 2013, 15:53
stayfrosty6 wrote:
So I had my Sloan interview today. I think I might just be the last person Sloan interviewed for R1. Well R2ers, hope this helps you -

1) Started with my resume - tell me about your current position, we discussed my role etc.
2) Tell me about a time you had to take others' interests into account.
3) Tell me about a time you had to lead a team.
4) Tell me about a time when you set a goal for yourself.
5) Why MBA? Why Sloan?
6) My questions to him.



I think I was the last :-D

I had mine at Jan 18th, 4pm in San Francisco and the interviewer was getting ready to head back to Boston right after. I saw 2 names before mine at the McKinsey sign in sheet with "Sloan" in one of the columns (interview was at McKinsey office).. you must be one of them?

As far as the interview, ours became very conversational right off the bat. All the questions were products of the answers to previous questions. It started with updates to the resume, then clarification on my work (i'm an engineer), then into some behavioral type questions, same as the ones I've quoted above.

we ended with Why MBA, then questions for him.
avatar
mbaBoston2012
Intern
Intern
Joined: 16 Dec 2012
Posts: 14
Own Kudos [?]: 9 [0]
Given Kudos: 0
Location: United States
Schools: Sloan '15 (A) Tuck '15 (A) CBS '15 (D) Stern '15 (II) HBS '15 (S)
Send PM
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   22 Jan 2013, 19:46
what is the process for notification? do they call you first and then email you an update or vice versa for the deadline coming up next Tuesday?
User avatar
kingfalcon
Director
Director
Joined: 26 May 2010
Posts: 719
Own Kudos [?]: 215 [0]
Given Kudos: 642
Location: United States (MA)
Concentration: Strategy
Schools: MIT Sloan - Class of 2015
WE:Consulting (Mutual Funds and Brokerage)
Send PM
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink] New post   23 Jan 2013, 06:23
mbaBoston2012 wrote:
what is the process for notification? do they call you first and then email you an update or vice versa for the deadline coming up next Tuesday?

Email then call, according to some first-years I met on campus last week.
GMAT Club Bot
gmatclubot
Re: Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants [#permalink]
23 Jan 2013, 06:23
   1  ...  32   33   34   35   36   37   38  ...  57   
Moderators:
GMATNinja
GMAT Club Verbal Expert
6921 posts
GMATNinjaTwo
GMAT Club Verbal Expert
238 posts

Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group | Emoji artwork provided by EmojiOne
Main navigation
GMAT Resources
Partners
MBA Resources
www.gmac.com|www.mba.com | | GMAT Club Rules | Terms and Conditions