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According to the last email we received, we will get the decision after 5PM through our applyyourself accounts. I wonder if they will call a couple of candidates earlier in the afternoon as they used to do last year. Anyway, I have the feeling it will be a very stressing day...
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Almost every day of this week has been very stressful. Wharton, Booth and now Sloan to top it off. I have always had a good feeling about Sloan since i visited last March. Historically, Sloan has been known to accept more people they interview then peer schools since they choose to interview fewer candidates. I hope that bodes well for most of us :)
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According to the last email we received, we will get the decision after 5PM through our applyyourself accounts. I wonder if they will call a couple of candidates earlier in the afternoon as they used to do last year. Anyway, I have the feeling it will be a very stressing day...

Almost every day of this week has been very stressful. Wharton, Booth and now Sloan to top it off. I have always had a good feeling about Sloan since i visited last March. Historically, Sloan has been known to accept more people they interview then peer schools since they choose to interview fewer candidates. I hope that bodes well for most of us :)
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Oh God, I hope you are right about that aalba005

Someone asked a related question when I was there for my interview and Rebecca said that they take in a little over 50% of those interviewed.

I had a really good interview, but my experience with Wharton (and maybe Booth...still waiting to see my status online) has shown that that doesnt matter in the least. It's really kinda disheartening and frustrating.

Anyway, best of luck to you!
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According to the last email we received, we will get the decision after 5PM through our applyyourself accounts. I wonder if they will call a couple of candidates earlier in the afternoon as they used to do last year. Anyway, I have the feeling it will be a very stressing day...

Almost every day of this week has been very stressful. Wharton, Booth and now Sloan to top it off. I have always had a good feeling about Sloan since i visited last March. Historically, Sloan has been known to accept more people they interview then peer schools since they choose to interview fewer candidates. I hope that bodes well for most of us :)

Oh God, I hope you are right about that aalba005

Someone asked a related question when I was there for my interview and Rebecca said that they take in a little over 50% of those interviewed.

I had a really good interview, but my experience with Wharton (and maybe Booth...still waiting to see my status online) has shown that that doesnt matter in the least. It's really kinda disheartening and frustrating.

Anyway, best of luck to you!
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I hear you. We are in the same boat. Good luck to the both of us.
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Almost every day of this week has been very stressful. Wharton, Booth and now Sloan to top it off. I have always had a good feeling about Sloan since i visited last March. Historically, Sloan has been known to accept more people they interview then peer schools since they choose to interview fewer candidates. I hope that bodes well for most of us :)[/quote]

Oh God, I hope you are right about that aalba005

Someone asked a related question when I was there for my interview and Rebecca said that they take in a little over 50% of those interviewed.

I had a really good interview, but my experience with Wharton (and maybe Booth...still waiting to see my status online) has shown that that doesnt matter in the least. It's really kinda disheartening and frustrating.

Anyway, best of luck to you![/quote]

I hear you. We are in the same boat. Good luck to the both of us.[/quote]

In talking to several alumni, I get the sense that a Sloan interview demonstrates way more advancement in the process than a Wharton/Booth interview. These schools tend to interview a large body of the applicant pool and make a bigger cut then would Sloan. With Sloan, 80% of candidates are already filtered by the interview, we are almost there...

I think the # is 65%, some people told me 70%, and 1 person told me 80%. The Sloan interview is more of a live person/personality check, if you fit with the culture (which is extremely distinct from other schools), you will get in.

Crossing fingers for you - I am also waiting anxiously for tomorrow PM. Stay cool!

Good luck to everyone!
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In talking to several alumni, I get the sense that a Sloan interview demonstrates way more advancement in the process than a Wharton/Booth interview. These schools tend to interview a large body of the applicant pool and make a bigger cut then would Sloan. With Sloan, 80% of candidates are already filtered by the interview, we are almost there...

I think the # is 65%, some people told me 70%, and 1 person told me 80%. The Sloan interview is more of a live person/personality check, if you fit with the culture (which is extremely distinct from other schools), you will get in.

Crossing fingers for you - I am also waiting anxiously for tomorrow PM. Stay cool!

Good luck to everyone![/quote]



Well that's very reassuring and I appreciate the use of percentages. It also explains the use of behavioural questions and the interviewer having read and internalised your application.

Thanks for your positive post. Good luck to you too!
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I think that percentage is a bit high. I would believe Rebecca's a little over 50%. If you look at last years, you will see somewhere between 50-60%.

I definitely agree that Sloan's interview was much more enjoyable than interviews i've had with other schools.
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By moving up their round 1 deadline by over a month, I wonder how that changed the applicant pool this year and how they're handling the spots they're giving out.

If applicant pool went down, then does that mean they will also take fewer students in the first round?

I don't think any of this matters to those of us who have already interviewed but it's still fun speculation :)
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https://www.mbamission.com/blog/2012/12/10/mbamissions-exclusive-interview-with-rod-garcia-senior-director-of-admissions-at-the-mit-sloan-school-of-management/

If they interview ~900 people for a class of 350, then that would indicate to me (assuming a 65% yield), you'd be looking at post int-acceptance of about 60%. A 2nd Year student told me whether you get in or not is mostly a function of whether your interviewer liked you (or at least liked your "fit").
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Either way, for every applicant that is accepted, one will be rejected/waitlisted. But odds are still pretty good - you also need to take into account that Round 1 usually receive fewer applications, but they still plan to fill half of their class with Round I. Plus, the Adcoms said in past chats that this year that Round I application #s have gone down because the deadline was a month early this year.
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And o, I'm pretty sure either Rebecca or Jenna said in one of the chats, that last year, Round I admit % was 16%, versus Round II was 12%
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Hey,
good to see that most of us are pretty excited about tomorrow...
This is what we worked for the last 6-12 month! And hopefully tomorrow is payday :D

Does anybody know how it works with the scholarships?
I just got awarded one from another university and since tuition fees are a big factor for me, I was wondering when MIT announces their merit scholarships... I need to decide until the 10th of Jan... So there is sort of a time pressure on for me...
As an engineer MIT is my perfect fit school, but 100k can also be a big burden ;)

Good luck for everyone!
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Ah man, it's so easy to start thinking of these numbers...it's never ending until we hear tomorrow!

I will restrain myself :) Overall, super excited. This has been way too long in the making..
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Good luck tomorrow, everyone!
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Hey,
good to see that most of us are pretty excited about tomorrow...
This is what we worked for the last 6-12 month! And hopefully tomorrow is payday :D

Does anybody know how it works with the scholarships?
I just got awarded one from another university and since tuition fees are a big factor for me, I was wondering when MIT announces their merit scholarships... I need to decide until the 10th of Jan... So there is sort of a time pressure on for me...
As an engineer MIT is my perfect fit school, but 100k can also be a big burden ;)

Good luck for everyone!
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It doesn't look like there are many basic merit scholarships available - https://mitsloan.mit.edu/mba/admissions ... rships.php. My old boss got one of the McKinsey scholarships some years back.
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Called admissions. Decisions tomorrow hopefully before 5 and they might do some calls as well. seems like it'll be up in the air and will definitely inadvertently create some stress for some of us.

On last year's boards, there were quite a few folks who didn't receive a call and still ended up with good news after checking. I would honestly hate that feeling.

please please please call me early in the day sloan, that's all i ask for xmas.
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Good to see that there is some volume in the thread at last! I hope that our esteemed hosts will put on a special chat room tomorrow where we can all drive ourselves even more paranoid!!

For what it's worth, my buddy who got accepted last year got his call at 7.30pm EST in Greece (basically 2.30am local time!) so it seems it will come on the day after 5pm EST. I'd be happy to be woken up with that news though (assuming I get to sleep in the first place (unlikely!)).

Hang in there. Rooting for you all as my future prospective classmates!!
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Yes - definitely some more volume here... keep an eye out starting tomorrow afternoon and try to stay cool!

Good luck everyone!
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Called admissions. Decisions tomorrow hopefully before 5 and they might do some calls as well. seems like it'll be up in the air and will definitely inadvertently create some stress for some of us.

On last year's boards, there were quite a few folks who didn't receive a call and still ended up with good news after checking. I would honestly hate that feeling.

please please please call me early in the day sloan, that's all i ask for xmas.
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APPSB2013: did Admissions say they would try and call some folks before 5 pm or that they would release decisions online before 5pm?
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Called admissions. Decisions tomorrow hopefully before 5 and they might do some calls as well. seems like it'll be up in the air and will definitely inadvertently create some stress for some of us.

On last year's boards, there were quite a few folks who didn't receive a call and still ended up with good news after checking. I would honestly hate that feeling.

please please please call me early in the day sloan, that's all i ask for xmas.

APPSB2013: did Admissions say they would try and call some folks before 5 pm or that they would release decisions online before 5pm?
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Nope, that is up in the air. They said they "may." 5 pm is definitely not a computerized release time.
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Got it, thanks.
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