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According to the Nov. 17 chat, invites will go out in early December and continue until the end of January.

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Hello everyone,

I'm a R2 applicant. I wanted to ask you guys for some advice. I don't know if this has been mentioned before but did anyone use any of the three essays to write about something personal, not work-related? I want to use one of the essays to write about overcoming a major physical handicap but I'm not sure if MIT is the right place for that kind of "warm, fuzzy" type of essay.

Does anyone have any thoughts? I'm pretty confused/torn.

Thanks so much, everyone!
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One of my essays was completely personal. I think it's a myth that MIT isn't at all "warm and fuzzy". With three essays and a cover letter, there's plenty of room to talk about work. And I think talking about overcoming a major physical handicap will give a lot of insight as to who you are (in ways that are definitely relevant to b-school/your career).
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Calling all MIT Sloan Fall 2011 Applicants! 30 Nov 2010, 10:31
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Thanks a lot for the advice, tortoiserun! I, too, felt like an application highlighting only my professional accomplishments wasn't a good enough portrayal of myself. I started to doubt myself though when some friends, fellow sloan applicants, mentioned that my essay idea was "risky" for a school like Sloan. But, I'm going to go with my gut on this. And as you said, work experiences are mentioned over and over again throughout the application...and future (hopefully) interview!

Best of luck to you!
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35 days from R1 deadline and still nothing.....

The R1 notification date is 1/31/11. The R2 application date is 1/4/11.

That is the drop dead date for notifications about acceptances or rejections...has no bearing on interview invites and dings.
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:-D The "R1 deadline" is not 35 days from today. That is the R2 deadline. I'm sure it was just a typo. I was clarifying for anyone following.
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35 days from R1 deadline and still nothing.....

:-D The "R1 deadline" is not 35 days from today. That is the R2 deadline. I'm sure it was just a typo. I was clarifying for anyone following.
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I think Bluecollarhero was stating that today is 35 days FROM the R1 deadline- in other words, 35 days have passed since the R1 deadline, and he has not heard anything about his application.
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Thanks a lot for the advice, tortoiserun! I, too, felt like an application highlighting only my professional accomplishments wasn't a good enough portrayal of myself. I started to doubt myself though when some friends, fellow sloan applicants, mentioned that my essay idea was "risky" for a school like Sloan. But, I'm going to go with my gut on this. And as you said, work experiences are mentioned over and over again throughout the application...and future (hopefully) interview!

Best of luck to you!
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You're welcome - best of luck to you too!
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35 days from R1 deadline and still nothing.....

:-D The "R1 deadline" is not 35 days from today. That is the R2 deadline. I'm sure it was just a typo. I was clarifying for anyone following.

I think Bluecollarhero was stating that today is 35 days FROM the R1 deadline- in other words, 35 days have passed since the R1 deadline, and he has not heard anything about his application.
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I see, that makes sense now :oops: .

Regarding essays, I split my three up as one each from home life, work life and volunteer life. I've never heard anyone say that the adcoms want purely work essays. At the admissions events I have been to they always ask that you give them a complete picture of you as a whole, not just between 9-5.
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I had a current Sloan student read my 4 essays and she suggested all 4 be work essays but I decided to not heed her advice and keep my "convince" essay as a personal one. We'll see...
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still my status is "submitted" after 35+ days of R1 deadline...
my application should be at the bottom of the pile
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still my status is "submitted" after 35+ days of R1 deadline...
my application should be at the bottom of the pile
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As it has been said many times on this thread, the status won't change unless you are invited to interview or dinged. No need to worry.
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still my status is "submitted" after 35+ days of R1 deadline...
my application should be at the bottom of the pile
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Don't worry, as far as I know most of the people have their status as submitted. So all of them can't be at the bottom of the pile
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I had a current Sloan student read my 4 essays and she suggested all 4 be work essays but I decided to not heed her advice and keep my "convince" essay as a personal one. We'll see...
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A Sloan alum read mine and said my mix of 2 prof and 1 personal was a good mix.

I did not do the optional essay.
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Include me for round 1
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So yesterday, while I am away from my desk, my wife sits on my laptop and opens up gmail. My account opens up and suddenly she sees an email with subject line

"Calling all MIT Sloan Fall 2011 Applicants!"

She gets so excited as she thinks, it of course has come from MIT (interview call) - only later to click on the link and realize "Damn - that was a bummer!". :shock: :shock: :lol: :lol:

I just thought to share this funny moment as I am sure each one of you and your partners are eagerly waiting for those calls

Later
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So yesterday, while I am away from my desk, my wife sits on my laptop and opens up gmail. My account opens up and suddenly she sees an email with subject line

"Calling all MIT Sloan Fall 2011 Applicants!"

She gets so excited as she thinks, it of course has come from MIT (interview call) - only later to click on the link and realize "Damn - that was a bummer!". :shock: :shock: :lol: :lol:

I just thought to share this funny moment as I am sure each one of you and your partners are eagerly waiting for those calls

Later
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Though I know that this email subject comes from gmatclub and that MIT will most probably start sending interview invitations this Friday or next week, I still have the same exact feeling almost every morning when I see an email with that subject line.
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haha has happened to us all i think, nice to have an online network like this so you do not feel crazy for all the emotional highs and lows of this process...
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emailed them at MIT, following was their response.

'The interview invitations will go out in mid December via e-mail. Decisions will be released by January 31.'

Thank you so much(pun intended)!!!!
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this wait is unbearable!!! my hear skips a beat everytime i see that i get an email notification on my iphone and my gmail is up ALL. DAY. LONG.
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this wait is unbearable!!! my hear skips a beat everytime i see that i get an email notification on my iphone and my gmail is up ALL. DAY. LONG.
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I know the feeling... and the worst part of it is that because of all this wait and distraction, now I NEED to get accepted... my work performance has dropped significantly since October... the damage is irreversible. Only BS can save me haha
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Oh man. More "invitations" to join them for an info sessions. These emails get me everytime!
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