Calling all MIT-Sloan Applicants(2015 Intake) -Class of 2017

I'm a Cambridge interview candidate, so I guess that means I'm out of the running. Thanks for passing along this info.

I think they are still sending out invitations for Cambridge! Don't give up!

I have not heard of any San Francisco or Midwest interview invitations being sent out yet, so I doubt that all stateside invitations have been sent. Also, it is rolling invitations through mid-November, so wouldn't worry too much yet.

reallllllly....hoping this is bs

Got my (Boston) interview! 3PM EST today.

Are you located in Boston or just interviewing there?

Alright guys- I ran some quick numbers on the interview invites that are still outstanding. Assuming that proportionally MIT interviews at the same rate as last year then MIT will send out a total of 81 invites for round 1. If 40% are international applications and assuming the probabilities are the same then 33 interview slots will be given to international and 49 for domestic applicants. Currently, 22 invites have been sent out to domestic students leaving 27 slots still outstanding (Roughly half of US invites have been sent). Hope this helps those that are still waiting.

Not sure why you are using 40% for internationals. The gmatclub intake shows 14.5%. What am I missing?

Just to fight a little bit...
Didn't the adcom say that they would try to cover about 40% of the class in R1?
That would give us ~160 students.
If they have an admittance rate of 50% (being positive), shouldn't they send around 320 invites?

I may be very positive, or may not have understood how interview invites work, but only 81 invites for R1 seems like a bit too few for me.

I think he meant 81 in the gmatclub forum. Which is a reasonable estimate to make. I would suggest inflating it slightly to account for increase in penetration of the forum over the years though. I would think at least a 3-4% increase. So at least 84.

EDIT: Heyyy wait. Last year there were 93 on gmatclub invited to interviews. We should expect this (or more - taking into account increased forum penetration) this year, right?

Number crunching is a good way to kill time, given that MIT is no making it any easier

that approach proved not to be working this year, when only a third of expected gmatclub HBS and Booth candidates actually received invites

I didn't realize it showed international applications on the GMATCLUB statistics, so I took the class profile proportions. New numbers would be 69 invites for domestic, 11 invites for international on this board total, leaving 47 invites for US applicants.

To the person saying the proportions are off because of Booth/HBS, while you may be right that last year for MIT and this year is totally different, MIT has a model driven application process and unless they drastically changed the parameters or if the population of people applying has changed then I would expect the results to be closer in line with last year than other schools.

OK lets change the subject a little bit.
For those that HAVE received invites - are you "preparing" any differently for the Sloan interview?
The reason I ask is because my three previous interviews this year were "blind" (interviewer had not seen my application). At Sloan it is the complete opposite. Not only have they seen it, they will most likely ask questions about it. AND in the end, the interviewer is most likely person that makes the final admissions decision.

Thoughts?
(just so we are clear - I am not trying to start a debate - just looking to shift the discussion and get everyone's thoughts)

Nice! I like the shift. It should get people's minds off of waiting for invites.

Thoughts:
-Interviews should definitely be different compared to other schools because they aren't "blind". I'm guessing that interviewees should review over their applications to make sure they stay consistent with whatever they're saying or if the adcom interviewing asks for more information regarding a specific story they've told.
-If I were interviewing, I'd prepare myself for a behavioral interview where I'd have stories ready to discuss for various situations. (FYI, behavioral interview questions that are typically asked include: "Describe a time when you had difficulty with a team member" or "Describe a time when you disagreed with your boss or team leader"
-From my understanding and the interview I saw of RG in a mbapodcaster video, MIT Sloan does not care as much about a candidate's exact career goals. They appeared more concerned that the individual has the characteristics that will contribute to their class and has the potential to succeed post-MBA. Based on that, I would spend less time on what I'd want to do with an MBA and more on how I would fit in with fellow sloanies and how I have been a proven leader in the workplace.

Just some of my preliminary thoughts. Although, I haven't been invited to an interview, I hope this helps some of you that have been or gets a good discussion going!

Good luck guys!

I just came across this interview with RG - a few years old but really interesting

https://www.mbamission.com/blog/2012/12/ ... anagement/

Found this little snippet!