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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Is the LinkedIn profile link necessary for the application?

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Is the LinkedIn profile link necessary for the application?

No, but they had a field for it if you wanted to include a link.

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26 Dec 2012, 17:44

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Ding!

Bon voyage Sloner!

I'm sorry! Plenty of other great schools.

Did you just get an email notification telling you to check?

Yeah. It's time to move on though. This was my last attempt at b-school. Now it's time for some start-up endeavors I have up my sleeve. Best of luck to you!!!

I would use this as motivation to be even more successful with your entrepreneurial endeavors. Maybe recruit at MIT after you get bigger and make the MBAs do your dirty work

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26 Dec 2012, 17:51

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At least they are nice enough to send the email after Christmas and before Jan- which is many other schools' R2 deadline .

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26 Dec 2012, 18:44

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My condolences out to those who got dinged. For the waitlisters, any idea what % manage to get in? I think at wharton/booth, it's around 20-25% but haven't seen similar stats for Sloan.

Also, you guys think it's a huge problem if essay 1 is 520 words? I already submitted and am hoping it won't be too much of an issue.

No. 20 words over the limit is not a big deal

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26 Dec 2012, 19:18

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I'm trying to upload the supplemental information (YouTube link)... for some reason, it's not copying and pasting into the ApplyYourself website. Any ideas? Do I need to manually type in the link?

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26 Dec 2012, 19:42

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Ding w/out interview! And I'm a legacy. My dad's not going to be too happy...

Oh well, life goes on. Agreed with those who have said that it's nice they let us know after Christmas and before other deadlines. Based on the caliber of the folks on this forum, I'm guessing it was a really tough year. Best of luck to all with other decisions/applications!

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I'm trying to upload the supplemental information (YouTube link)... for some reason, it's not copying and pasting into the ApplyYourself website. Any ideas? Do I need to manually type in the link?

The ApplyYourself website is pretty terrible. Try using a different browser. I'm on a Mac and can't copy/paste with Safari and Chrome, but FIrefox works just fine.

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I'm trying to upload the supplemental information (YouTube link)... for some reason, it's not copying and pasting into the ApplyYourself website. Any ideas? Do I need to manually type in the link?

The ApplyYourself website is pretty terrible. Try using a different browser. I'm on a Mac and can't copy/paste with Safari and Chrome, but FIrefox works just fine.

Thanks - I used Internet Explorer and it worked!!! Saved me a heart attack!!!

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Dinged w/o int as well. Just great. 0/6 for R1. A 760 GMAT could not even get me an interview anywhere...well..whatever.
Time to throw away NYE plans and work on R2.

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Dinged w/o int as well. Just great. 0/6 for R1. A 760 GMAT could not even get me an interview anywhere...well..whatever.
Time to throw away NYE plans and work on R2.

You have a great GMAT score and this means that there must be something very wrong with at least one part of your app. It could be either your essays or recos. I suggest you take a look at your essays and also get in touch with your recommenders and request them to rewrite your recos (you may even consider changing your recommenders for the next round). My two cents.

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Dinged w/o int as well. Just great. 0/6 for R1. A 760 GMAT could not even get me an interview anywhere...well..whatever.
Time to throw away NYE plans and work on R2.

Well, more likely the sub-3.0 gpa from an oversubscribed pool of applicants. I was hoping the gmat would ameliorate it, but I guess not. Both my recs were from MIT alums so I am disappointed that I did not even receive an interview. Then again, I was told pretty clearly that MIT, unlike Stanford or Harvard, keeps all external influences shielded from their admissions process. So for those of you contemplating between these schools - do consider that each one of your MIT classmates fully earned their spot!

Anyways, I was definitely aiming too high with my applications, but still, feels kinda crappy to be told that I don't belong in the club

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Dinged w/o int as well. Just great. 0/6 for R1. A 760 GMAT could not even get me an interview anywhere...well..whatever.
Time to throw away NYE plans and work on R2.

Man, I guess having an MIT alum as a recommender doesn't really help. I was really hoping it would speak to adcom more... I also have a recommender who is also an alum.

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Funny how this process works, flat ding at MIT. Not like I care though.

And, for the record, it really does not matter if you recommenders have an MBA or what school they went to. The most important thing, by far, is that they can advocate for you with specific examples of why you would be a good business leader. They must know you well.

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Updated on: 29 May 2014, 11:25

Originally posted by solarzj on 27 Dec 2012, 01:37.
Last edited by solarzj on 29 May 2014, 11:25, edited 1 time in total.

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Got the result yesterday and am not invited

Anyways since I was planning to release some stuff of my application (the optional essay) in case I am rejected here it is ...

Maybe somebody can use it as a thought provoking impulse.

Since the whole application process for an MBA is really dry and MIT states on various occasions that it has a big emphasize on community and honors humor I figured why not making a funny video that shows my personal side.

So here it is ...

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The MIT Sloan ding letter explicitly mentions that there are 324 seats in the MBA program this year. They have mentioned 324 twice, and specifically mentioned that this year 'approx. 4,000 applicants will compete for 324 seats in the MBA program'. This seems a step down - last year they matriculated 400+ students. Hence, even more competitive this year

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Waitlisted without interview...anyone in the same boat?

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27 Dec 2012, 06:34

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Got the result yesterday and am not invited

Great video. I'm dinged too.

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str1der, I saw that as well. I think they're excluding LGO candidates (~50) in that figure. Even so, typically they have ~350 seats available (source: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/mba/admissions/ ... -and-chat/). They overenrolled the Class of 2014 by 9 people, so it appears as if the other 17 seats are reserved for deferrals from last year.

Looks like my prior analysis (sloan-2013-mit-calling-all-applicants-134969-40.html#p1130114) wasn't too far off :D. Unfortunately, it did not help me gain admission to Sloan, haha. Given the new information, it feels like the acceptance rate will drop from 14.4% for the Class of 2014 to 13.1% for the Class of 2015--that's a substantial dip...

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27 Dec 2012, 07:53

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Got the result yesterday and am not invited

Since the whole application process for an MBA is really dry and MIT states on various occasions that it has a big emphasize on community and honors humor I figured why not making a funny video that shows my personal side.

So here it is ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59hwhAKSa_A

Very catchy!