oldskooldp wrote:
Paul and Amil, thanks for providing your insights on MIT's LGO program.
I am applying to the MIT LGO for 2011 entry and had some questions, if you wouldn't mind:
1. Does 70% subsidy include housing, food, textbook, etc. costs?
- no, just tuition
2. Are there anymore LGO Ambassador Days coming up shortly?
- no, but if you get selected for an interview, we will hold another information session at the end of january. PM me if you want to set up a visit some other time.
3. What reading would you recommend prior to starting the MIT LGO?
I would read whatever you are interested in since there are thousands of books, but classic operations books include The Goal, Journey to Lean and The Machine that Changed the World.
4. How hard is it to create an East-Asian internship for one of the partner companies? I heard the students are surveyed on their internship interests and then that feedback is discussed with partner companies.
- I believe we will have a few this internship season, but it is still too early to know for sure. If you are interested enough, you can join the internship committee and help develop internships with the companies. The whole program is very student run.
5. Could you potentially complete a full load of MBA electives and core classes while completing the LGO? Minor concern/ambition to exhaust my MBA course experience while accomplishing the Engineering MS requirements.
- You can take as many classes as you really want. A lot of students hit the max limit for # of courses they can take in Sloan and end up auditing or sitting in as a listener. Its really up to you how much time you want to put into classes etc...
6. Do you know of any MIT LGO's that obtained internships or post-LGO positions located in East-Asia (China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, etc.)?
- Not too familiar since I am pursuing more local internships. Send me a message after Dec 1 and I should know better.
(An example of a job I'd like to obtain: GE Energy - based in Singapore, operations role serving satellite operations in neighboring countries - China, Korea, Japan, etc.)
- GE is not a partner company, but you are welcome to pursue any companies you want after graduation.
Thanks again!