Re: Sloan (MIT): MIT-LGO 2014 Calling all applicants!
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09 Nov 2013, 17:19
Np! Oh, I also forgot to mention that you will be partaking in the LGO seminars. These are weekly classes where speakers come and give presentation about specific topics. Your only job is to come to class awake and be enlightened (most of the time!). There are two specific LGO seminars: one is required and one is optional. Both focused on leadership and operations.
Don't forget that you get the whole summer before the Fall (though your schedule is predetermined for that summer). So, yes - you have to choose Sloan/MBA electives. For example, this semester I am taking the following (in addition to the main core classes with Sloan)
Competitive Strategy (sloan elective)
System Dynamics (sloan elective)
Airline Industry
It is plenty of work, but nothing to stop me from being involved in clubs, LGO committees, and other activities. And, I would say this is the case for my LGO class-mates. Some of them are involved in clubs, competing in case competitions, etc etc.
That is said, I am on the very upper/higher end of the work-load. And, I know plenty of classmates who opt to take two classes (an engineering and sloan elective) or even just only one (an engineering class) in addition to the core MBA classes. Sloan is very flexible in figuring out your schedule. And, it is about your comfort zone and what you want to do.
Ultimately, It's definitely more work than regular MBA. But we help each other and pull through. I couldn't see anyone regretting the LGO experience because of the workload. There is so much going on at Sloan that you will probably fill-up your time just the same if you are in the full time program. So I feel in either cases the limitation is only you and what you are comfortable with :D