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Calling all MIT Sloan Fall 2011 Applicants! 16 Dec 2010, 08:28
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Man why does MIT send "Join MIT Sloan for an information session TOMORROW!" from the MIT Sloan School of Management email address. This time of the year, people are in so much anxiety that anyone may get a heart attack :D
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I received my invite and had interview in Moscow.
Does anybody know, whether the final decision will be announced on the final day, January 31, or on any day in January?.. :help2

The wait will kill me... :stab
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Many international and west coast invites went out on the second Thursday of December last year followed by ding day on Friday. Will the pattern hold?
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I received my invite and had interview in Moscow.
Does anybody know, whether the final decision will be announced on the final day, January 31, or on any day in January?.. :help2

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Hey there, when did you get your invite?
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I am not sure if this has been mentioned earlier on this thread, but does anyone know what % of the applicant pool does MIT invite to interviews?

Businessweek number is 17% interviewed vs. 13% accepted, which means if invited to interview, chances of getting accepted is higher than 75% ? Am I missing something here...?
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Hey there, when did you get your invite?
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On Dec 10
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Any invites today?

Can anyone share what time do invites go out?
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I am not sure if this has been mentioned earlier on this thread, but does anyone know what % of the applicant pool does MIT invite to interviews?

Businessweek number is 17% interviewed vs. 13% accepted, which means if invited to interview, chances of getting accepted is higher than 75% ? Am I missing something here...?
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Yeah it definitely is a mystery. In this interview with Rod Garcia (https://blog.clearadmit.com/2009/06/admi ... od-garcia/), he explicitly said they admit "50% of those interviewed." Definitely contradicting, right?

OR MAYBE.......it depends on the round. I read somewhere that an adcom member said MIT Sloan receives ~33% of their total applications in Round 1 and the rest in Round 2. Maybe since they try to admit about the same amount and there are many fewer in Round 1, they admit a higher percentage of the people interviewed (~70%) and a smaller percentage in Round 2 (~50%). I don't know....When I first sat down for my interview this week, my interviewer made a point of telling me that I should be proud of myself and congratulated me for "making it this far in the application process." They said it was a great accomplishment. I bet they admit a higher percentage of Round 1 interviewees than Round 2. But it evens out in numbers in the end (or comes close at least)
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I am not sure if this has been mentioned earlier on this thread, but does anyone know what % of the applicant pool does MIT invite to interviews?

Businessweek number is 17% interviewed vs. 13% accepted, which means if invited to interview, chances of getting accepted is higher than 75% ? Am I missing something here...?
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That sounds reasonable. My understanding was that Sloan accepts 50-70% of the people they interview.

Also, at an info session one of the admissions people said that they accept an equal number of students from round 1 and round 2, but they get double the applicants in round 2. So if their overall acceptance rate is 13%, in round 1 it's closer to 20%.
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I am not sure if this has been mentioned earlier on this thread, but does anyone know what % of the applicant pool does MIT invite to interviews?

Businessweek number is 17% interviewed vs. 13% accepted, which means if invited to interview, chances of getting accepted is higher than 75% ? Am I missing something here...?

Yeah it definitely is a mystery. In this interview with Rod Garcia (https://blog.clearadmit.com/2009/06/admi ... od-garcia/), he explicitly said they admit "50% of those interviewed." Definitely contradicting, right?
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I've heard other discussions regarding this topic. The general belief is they accept ~75% of the people they interview, placing most of their interest on the written application. Of the people they interview, while 75% are accepted, usually 50-55% enroll. Tough to grasp, I guess some people have the luxury of many options. It'd take a lot to say no thanks to Sloan.
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def gearing up for this interview - jan 7 is my d-day up in cambridge

my buddy who is a first year told me the interviewer is basically your liaison, he/she will go to bat for you/represent you to Rod

he told me just to practice telling my story when meeting new people, practice being comfortable with people and being prepared to tell stories from my essays or alternate examples for those questions
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just got ANOTHER email about info sessions... two in one day, the day before the proported "ding day"... super not cool!
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def gearing up for this interview - jan 7 is my d-day up in cambridge

my buddy who is a first year told me the interviewer is basically your liaison, he/she will go to bat for you/represent you to Rod

he told me just to practice telling my story when meeting new people, practice being comfortable with people and being prepared to tell stories from my essays or alternate examples for those questions
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Definitely not examples from your essays. They explicitly tell you at the beginning that they have your application and want to hear different examples. I had about 5 or 6 (outside of my essays) that I practiced and felt demonstrated an array of qualities. I probably went into detail for about 3 of those...
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Any Interview invites in Asia so far?
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I scheduled for an on-campus interview between January 3-19th and there are still at least 50 slots open (and that's a conservative number).

Thanks for the info.
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Could also be that those who have received invites just haven't signed up for their time slot yet...sorry to paint a dismal picture
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I scheduled for an on-campus interview between January 3-19th and there are still at least 50 slots open (and that's a conservative number).

Thanks for the info.

Could also be that those who have received invites just haven't signed up for their time slot yet...sorry to paint a dismal picture
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Kegewe - very true. still 50+ slots open on campus Jan 3-19th two days after interviews were sent out. while i have no concrete evidence, I'm more inclined to think people register for interviews sooner than later--particularly because of the unknowns: how many people were invited, when they'll register and for what times. Seems the scramble to get first choice makes the most sense here.

I only say all of this because I think there's good reason to stay optimistic.

Ain't over til the fat lady sings! :-D
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def gearing up for this interview - jan 7 is my d-day up in cambridge

my buddy who is a first year told me the interviewer is basically your liaison, he/she will go to bat for you/represent you to Rod

he told me just to practice telling my story when meeting new people, practice being comfortable with people and being prepared to tell stories from my essays or alternate examples for those questions


Definitely not examples from your essays. They explicitly tell you at the beginning that they have your application and want to hear different examples. I had about 5 or 6 (outside of my essays) that I practiced and felt demonstrated an array of qualities. I probably went into detail for about 3 of those...
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thanks for the tip; i just meant he told me to refresh on my essay stories; i have some other examples in mind, good luck and thanks for the advice, hope to see you in the class of 2013
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Anyone knows if they collect the transcripts from you after the interview? Just wondering if I need to order a new set of transcripts.

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Anyone knows if they collect the transcripts from you after the interview? Just wondering if I need to order a new set of transcripts.

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It was actually the first thing my interviewer asked for.
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It was actually the first thing my interviewer asked for.
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So they keep your transcripts? Were yours sealed?
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