The MIT Sloan Class of 2015 Applicant Thread https://spectrum.mit.edu/wp-content/images/2011-winter/new-center-for-mit-sloan-school-of-management.jpg Hey Everyone - Welcome to the MIT Sloan Class of 2015 Applicant Thread!! The admissions season is upon us, and Sloan has joined the charge, releasing their deadlines and essay topics for 2012-2013. In the coming months, I'll try to keep this thread as up to date on everything Sloan as I can, but to start things off, here's a cache of information on Sloan for both this year, and past years. MBA Program Application Deadlines and Important Dates - for August 2013 Entry: Round I Application Submission Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 - 3 pm ET Decision Release Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 Reply By Friday, Mar 8, 2013 Round II Application Submission Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 - 3 pm ET Decision Release Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 Reply By Friday, May 24, 2013 *Reapplicants may submit their applications by the Round I or by the Round 2 deadline. LGO reapplicants must submit their reapplications by the LGO deadline. **Decisions will be released early for some candidates who will be denied admission without an interview. MIT Sloan Real time Applicant Summary GMAT Club vs Latest Intake GMAT Club's Real-time Admissions Statistics Latest GMAT Club Member Profile Updates Detailed Applicant List Add Your Profile to This List Questions about this Roll Call ? Rankings (2012 GMAT Club Rankings Table) US News 2012 #4 Entrepreneurship #4 Finance #5 Information Systems #1 Production/Operations #1 Supply Chain/Logistics #1 BusinessWeek 2010 #10 Historical GMAT Club Applicant Threads Fall 2012 - Calling All MIT Sloan Applicants Fall 2011 - Calling All MIT Sloan Applicants Fall 2010 - Calling All MIT Sloan Applicants Fall 2009 - Calling All MIT Sloan Applicants Fall 2008 - Calling All MIT Sloan Applicants Fall 2007 - Calling All MIT Sloan Applicants Popular Links Programs Offered at MIT Sloan MIT Sloan Employment Reports Prominent Faculty Notable Alumni Application Elements 1. Cover Letter 2. Resume 3. Essays 4. Letters of Recommendation 5. Transcript 6. Test Scores 7. Application Fee ________________________________________________________ 1. Cover Letter Please prepare a cover letter (up to 500 words) seeking a place in the MIT Sloan MBA program. Your letter should describe your accomplishments, address any extenuating circumstances that may apply to your application, and conform to standard business correspondence. Your letter should be addressed to Mr. Rod Garcia, Senior Director of Admissions. 2. Resume Please prepare a business resume that includes your employment history in reverse chronological order, with titles, dates, and whether you worked part-time or full-time. Your educational record should also be in reverse chronological order and should indicate dates of attendance and degree(s) earned. Other information appropriate to a business resume is welcomed and encouraged. The resume should not be more than one page in length (up to 50 lines). 3. Essays We are interested in learning more about how you work, think, and act. For each essay, please provide a brief overview of the situation followed by a detailed description of your response. Please limit the experiences you discuss to those which have occurred in the past three years. In each of the essays, please describe in detail what you thought, felt, said, and did. Essay 1: Please describe a time when you had to convince a person or a group of your idea. (500 words or fewer, limited to one page) Essay 2: Please describe a time when you overcame a personal setback. (500 words or fewer, limited to one page) Supplemental Information (Optional) The Admissions Committee invites you to share anything else you would like us or your future classmates to know about you. This may be in written or multimedia format. Please do not use Flash Media Player, and include a URL where it can be accessed online. Written essays should be 300 words or fewer. 4. Letters of Recommendation MBA applicants must submit two letters of recommendation. Professional recommendations are preferred from individuals who are able to speak with certainty about your professional achievements and potential. Recommenders must submit recommendations online. We do not accept mailed recommendations. Recommendations may be in either letter or short answer format and should not exceed two pages each. Please choose recommenders who are able to provide specific answers to the following questions: How long and in what capacity have you known the applicant? How does the applicant stand out from others in a similar capacity? Please give an example of the applicant's impact on a person, group, or organization. Please give a representative example of how the applicant interacts with other people. Which of the applicant's personal or professional characteristics would you change? Please tell us anything else you think we should know about this applicant. 5. Academic Records (Transcripts) Please scan and upload copies of your academic records. Do not mail in your official academic records or transcripts. Applicants invited to interview will be required to provide an official transcript from each school attended. Any discrepancy between the scanned transcripts and official transcripts may result in a rejection in our decision or a withdrawal of our offer of admission. 6. Test Scores The GMAT or GRE is required of all applicants and must be taken before submitting your application. Once your online application is submitted, we will not allow replacement of your test scores. Only tests taken after September 1, 2008 will be considered. The TOEFL or IELTS is not required for MBA or LGO applicants. MBA GMAT School Code: X5X-QS-41 MBA GRE School Code: 3791 7. Application Fee MBA Application Fee: $250.00 ___________________________________________________ CLASS PROFILE Full-time students in newest entering class (2010-2011) that are: Female: 38 % International: 38 % Students from following regions: Africa: 1 % Asia: 18 % Europe: 8 % North America: 64 % Latin America and the Caribbean: 9 % Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are: African American: 8 % Asian American: 24 % Hispanic or Latino American: 15 % Native American: 1 % White (Non-Hispanic): 46 % Chose not to report: 6 % Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class who are from the following regions: Northeast: 52 % Mid-Atlantic: 9 % South: 9 % Southwest: 7 % Midwest: 5 % West: 18 % Work Experience Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 58 Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 60 Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months: From: 36 To: 96 Age Median age of entering class: 28 Mean age of entering class: 28 GMAT score distribution (incoming class): Average GMAT Score: 710 50th Percentile (median): 710 (Official Class Profile Page: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/mba/student-ex ... rofile.php )

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I knew before I posted the question that the correct answer is always to call and ask adcom. So I took your advice after I tried being lazy and posting the question here.

I called and asked the adcom, they said no official copies of the transcript are required this time, just a photo id. Thats a relief. Anyone else's undergrad refuse to give graduates transcripts and instead insist on mailing them directly to the school?

That's great to hear. Indeed a relief.

Good luck for your interview.

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Yeah I like it too. Although, I am two hours north-west of Madison, I go to Madison every once in a while. Where are you located now?

I'm in Boston now; very different from Madison - so expensive! Two hours NW of Madison... hmm... I'll guess in Lacrosse?

Still haven't heard anything back, like several folks here.

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Yeah I like it too. Although, I am two hours north-west of Madison, I go to Madison every once in a while. Where are you located now?

I'm in Boston now; very different from Madison - so expensive! Two hours NW of Madison... hmm... I'll guess in Lacrosse?

Still haven't heard anything back, like several folks here.

Right guess, you still follow the right hand map of Wisconsin well :wink:

Hang in there friend, it will come through.

Everytime I start to have doubts, I go over my Slaon's application. I did my best on that application and it is pretty much out of my hands now.

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Everytime I start to have doubts, I go over my Slaon's application. I did my best on that application and it is pretty much out of my hands now.

I learned to avoid going over my application again as a method to fight my anxiety during this wait game. I think that sometimes, you read blogs or comments from other people and start polluting your own opinions with this external information and end up trying to project these external thoughts onto your own application. Suddenly you start thinking that what you wrote at that point in time is not good because you are now armed with all these opinions from every blog out there and this just becomes a slippery slope that can culminate in suicidal behaviour or autoerotique asfixiation.

Either way, its not good for the soul. I know I did my best, but I refuse to double-click on that damned folder icon until I am preparing for a Sloan interview or if I need to recycle my essays for other applications.

Enjoy the weekend, hopefully next week will bring good news to all of us in the West US region or Latin America applicants.

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I could not agree more. Until you get your interview invitation, rereading your application serves no purpose other than to stress you out. It's time to take a deep breath and let it go, for better or worse! :-D

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I read the whole comment... but my mind fixated on two words: "autoerotique asfixiation" ... what exactly is that?? Are you trying one of those bondage tricks which tie up the neck to asphyxiate, while increasing the erotic orgasm sensitivities?? All this just to relieve MIT anxiety?? Why!?!?!? Why on earth why?? I think in the last years thread someone was mas@@rbating off to Rod Garcia's video.... WHY??

Disclaimer: anxiety relief only. no offences to be taken.

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To relieve my anxiety I have been watching top gear all episodes end to end....

Here is a good piece of anxiety relief:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzjgZpfVcxc&feature=g-high-rec

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Apologize if this is already clear to others, but I wanted to understand the interview style adcom/counselors conduct.

The Sloan interview preparation guide asks interviewees to be prepared to talk about past experiences influencing others, building professional relationships, and exhibiting drive. Given that the guide only mentions to focus on our prior experiences, are we not expected to answer questions like "why MIT?" or "why an MBA" during this interview? I guess I want to know if this interview is strictly related to my professional background and detailed stories of leadership, team work, mentorship, etc. or should I expect general questions on what I want to do at MIT and why I am drawn to the school?

Any insight will help. Thanks guys!

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First up, congrats on landing the interview!
Sloan is a huge proponent of the 'Behavioral Interview' - an interview style wherein the questions are not really about what you want to do in the future, but what you have already done. As they keep saying, 'Past experience is an excellent indicator of future performance'. So they take situations that you are likely to face in business school, and ask you not what you would do in that situation, but what you did when were faced with it. The distinction is subtle but clear - Sloan expects you to have experienced that situation already. A common example would be - 'Tell me about a time when someone in your team was not performing to his/her potential".
A common thread across all Behavioral Interview questions is the way the question is framed - its almost always "Tell me about a time when..." or "Describe a time when.." or "What did you do when...". This lends itself to a very clear answer structure called the STAR method - Situation, Task, Action, Result. What was the situation, what exactly did you need to do (Task), what did you do (Action), and what was the outcome (Result).
But I digress... To answer your question - Sloan usually asks for detailed leadership experiences, and does not worry about Why MBA and Why Sloan. However, you should be prepared with an answer in case they decide to surprise you with it

. Better yet, you could weave it into one of your responses.
(FYI - There are multiple sites where current students have posted transcripts of their interviews. Check last year's thread - am pretty sure I saw some there)

All the best!
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Any LatAM candidate get an invite yet?

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Any West Coast people get in an invite yet? I'm near LA...

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Hi all!
Did any Canadians receive an invite? My supplemental video was viewed on Youtube last week.
Hope it goes well

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Anyone from WI hear anything? My video is still not been reviewed yet.

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Anyone from WI hear anything? My video is still not been reviewed yet.

I am in the same boat. I am in La Crosse area and haven't heard anything. My videos stats are unchanged from October 24th.

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Anyone from WI hear anything? My video is still not been reviewed yet.

I am in the same boat. I am in La Crosse area and haven't heard anything. My videos stats are unchanged from October 24th.

Cool, let's keep each other updated!

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Anyone from WI hear anything? My video is still not been reviewed yet.

I am in the same boat. I am in La Crosse area and haven't heard anything. My videos stats are unchanged from October 24th.

Cool, let's keep each other updated!

will do, where are you located in WI?

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Hi all!
Did any Canadians receive an invite? My supplemental video was viewed on Youtube last week.
Hope it goes well

Not yet. I believe there are few other people from Canada too who haven't received an invite.

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Did anyone else not submit a video? I did not as I thought my video could hurt my application more than it could help me. I have not received an invite though, so am unsure whether or not the optional essay/video is one reason. Guess we will wait and see. Good luck everyone!

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I didn't submit a video and haven't received an invite.

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I did not submit a video and still got an invitation. However, I felt then (and still feel) that the essay was the best forum for my message.

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