Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants

You shouldn't be, because you have no idea what else is in those people's profiles. Your supplemental essay should convey whatever you feel it should to round out your app. I have a weakness in my profile (it's small, but noticeable and needs to be addressed) that I talked about in ALL of my applications. Being that the Sloan video had a 60 second limit, I had a very small amount of time to cover that AND talk about me. I opened with about 20 seconds of a "me stuff" (I kept it to one theme due to time) and spent the other 39 seconds talking about my profile issue and putting a positive spin on it. We'll see if it worked.

hahah wow, my bad!!!! Good fact checking skills. Sorry, I really didn't mean to mislead you all. I just totally remembered incorrectly....

Yes, I got my invite mid-Dec and interviewed in mid-January. The interview was what I was remembering. Sorry

But still, fact remains - you've submitted the best application you can. Nothing to do at this point....except peruse last year's thread

Btw, some insider info - current students are signing up to participate in lunches with on-campus interviewees. These look like they're starting Dec. 10!

aerien, likewise! any odds you are adcom by the way? -)

I wish! Then I'd have the inside scoop on everything I'm just another applicant waiting for good news, like you!

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seems like all the results will be all at the same time , so much for the happy holidays Looks like this xmas may be not so merry

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Just saw a whole bunch of Sloan videos . Lot of them are really creative and very well executed.

Best of luck to everyone else anxiously waiting for an interview invite. My supplemental analytics indicate they still haven't viewed mine.

Anyone know the process for scheduling interviews? When Sloan invites you to interview at a nearby large city, are the # of spots sufficient for the # of candidates, or do slots fill up?

Is the interview invite for a single date or a range of dates to choose from?

If we're asked to do a Skype interview, can we choose to interview on-campus instead? How easy is scheduling on-campus interviews?

Here is the interview invite process from last year...

1. They offer you a range of dates - I think over a two week period - for a specific city. I believe the # of spots closely match the # of invites. Thus, if you want to most flexibility, sign up ASAP. They fill up quite quickly.

2. If you're asked to do a Skype interview because you're not close to an interview hub, I imagine you can ask to come to campus. They value in-person interviews, whether on campus or at an interview hub, so I don't think they would deter you if you want to invest the travel costs

Good luck this next week!!!!

Thanks purpleshirt,

Any insight into when the international applicants will be invited?

Good luck to everyone! Tomorrow may be the start of invitations!

So do we start hearing about the interview invites from today?

Do interview invites start today or this week?

They are supposed to start rolling out on mid december. Even if the comment posted before is true, (stating that an insider from MIT is saying that there is an interview event scheduled for Dec 10), it is now too late to actually get people in time for this event unless they reside in the new england area and can travel with a very short notice.

I am thinking that December 10'sh or so is when the invites roll out and interview slots begin on around the 17th or 18th.

I disagree. If interviews start in December they should start next week. Keep in mind, schools are closed for the holidays and I doubt we would interview during finals week.

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Like I said, if they start next week, it must be for people residing very near the school who can travel in short notice, but I doubt it will be for hubs and so on. Also a friend of mine interviewed on the 22 nd of December two years ago (he was accepted) and got his invite 10 days in advance. So I agree to disagree

Interesting. Are interviews done by 2nd years? The (few) people I know are all going home by the 15th-ish so logistically it doesn't make sense to me to have interviews that close to the holidays (granted, my sample size is small...). I guess we'll see when invites start to roll out.

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