Sloan 2013 (MIT) - Calling All Applicants

Answer received: They encourage us to get it in by deadline, but there's about a week of forgiveness (no formal drop dead date though).

Called the admissions office.

Update...now after passing through verification the error reads "merchant has been cancelled"... come on MIT, did someone forget to pay the bill ?

I saw some analysis on applicant numbers for R1. If there is any truth to it I feel little better but at the same time MIT Sloan has very objective admission process. They rank applicants on 0-10 scale for 9 different traits. I have faith in their process. I have a good feeling about this app.

Their yield went high last year and they had to open more seats (415 total). So based on that their yield went to 70%. So this year, they will offer admission to around 571 people and 400 of them will accept the offer.

Let's say their acceptance rate is 13% so that brings number of applicant to 4392. If I follow the information in KingFalcon's post, that means 1460 people applied in R1.

Also generally they offer few more spots in R1 so say they offered 220 spots from 400 spots, they want to send out number corresponding to their yield. This year they adjust to yield data from last year they want to offer admission to 314 people in R1.

Rod Garcia said it in an interview that Sloan generally invites double the number of people they want to admit so they will send out interview invite to 628 people.

So out of 1460, I need to be one of those 628 people. Phew..I like the odds compare to Stanford GSB.

Although this calculation exercise is quite futile it is fun. I am pretty sure my boss would appreciate it.

Skipping the supplemental essay for MFin is a cause for auto-ding? Or?

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!

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!!!!

Congrats!! Let the invites start flowing. Anyone else lucky enough to get one today?

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Got my interview earlier this afternoon (I'm in Boston).

Received my invitation interview today. I'm also based in DC and am interviewing in Cambridge the week of the 17th.

24, 3.86 GPA, 3+ years in consulting

I got mine around 245 EST! Seem to be bucking the East Coast trend since I'm based in the great state of Texas!

Could you please share your interview experience? Was it mostly behavioral questions or "why MBA/ why Sloan?" questions?
Any tricky questions?

Thank you

After looking at last year's forums, if you're a West Coast applicant, don't expect to get an invite until the end of December.

They do it regionally, and we're much later down the road.

Thanks str1der!It's an adcom member.

No invites for US mid-west region yet. Although I pretty much resign because I am an Indian male engineer candidate with a below avg GMAT and GPA. Huh..no country for Indian men

Thanks IcanIwill. I am just putt-sing around. Of course I am eagerly waiting for that interview invite. Sometimes all the hyper competitiveness gets me. Right after I wrote that, I walked by an ugly poster in my office saying "Attitudes are contagious" and then I raelize that I shouldn't be spreading this down attitude.

Occam's razor (also written as Ockham's razor, Latin lex parsimoniae) is the law of parsimony, economy, or succinctness. It is a principle stating that among competing hypotheses, the one that makes the fewest assumptions should be selected.

Given that nobody has viewed your video and that they say they haven't read all applications, I think it's simplest to just take a deep breath and trust them.