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Hi,

Regarding the final essay question about responsibility, I am easily able to convey my story in around 400 words.
Would it look bad, if I don't utilize my full quota of 500 words for this essay ?
Do I need to stuff this answer with sentences to make it reach 500 ?
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thanks!
i am sooooo late in writing this application...will ask to be added to the call, if i manage to submit...

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all.....

wondering if career goals have any place in the cover letter, or anywhere in the essay set?
have a long way to go if i am to make r1....
opinions...?
MIT Sloan explicitly states that they are not interested in your career goals, so keep that in mind when you're evaluating whether they belong in your application. In my opinion, if your career goals are consistent with the theme of your application, it can be very effective to tie your these goals into the end of a sentence. Keep in mind, you shouldn't do this to check a box or win them over with how noble your goals are. You should only add this information if it strengthens your story without being the center of attention.

At the end of the day, it's going to be your judgement call as to whether you should include the information.

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all another question...
for the example of an impact in the cover letter, am i right in writing about a particular project i did for a company?
or are they looking for a broader impact statement as in over XX years I added YY$ in revenue.....?
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all another question...
for the example of an impact in the cover letter, am i right in writing about a particular project i did for a company?
or are they looking for a broader impact statement as in over XX years I added YY$ in revenue.....?
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In my cover letter I used a paragraph to describe how I have contributed to my team withe a very specific project. Then below that I stated how over XX year in this jobs I added YY in revenue and income for WE 1 and added XX years in WE2 added YY in revenues.
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all another question...
for the example of an impact in the cover letter, am i right in writing about a particular project i did for a company?
or are they looking for a broader impact statement as in over XX years I added YY$ in revenue.....?
thanks....

In my cover letter I used a paragraph to describe how I have contributed to my team withe a very specific project. Then below that I stated how over XX year in this jobs I added YY in revenue and income for WE 1 and added XX years in WE2 added YY in revenues.
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Here are two resources I found on the net:

Career Development Workbook - For Resumes, Cover Letters, etc..

https://www.mit.edu/~career/students/workbook.pdf

This one is specifically for Cover letters

https://www.mit.edu/~career/guide/coverletters.pdf
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Hey everyone,

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Avernusaur, I can't thank you enough!

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alright into the breach we go,

submitted Round 1.

Now the waiting game
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Online chat starting at 10AM (~5 minutes from now)
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Thanks rouzbie. I just logged in!
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I know this is relevant to someone else who was in this forum (HKS MIT joint application). I asked on the online chat regarding when they evaluated the application for joint-degree applicants and was informed that I may have been given the wrong information. They'll evaluate you as a regular candidate so the round you apply in will matter. Previously I had been told that it didn't matter when you submitted, joint-degree applicants would all be reviewed after January, but this seems to be false now based on the response I got at the chat.
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Six days til application is due!!! Good luck to all R1 applicants :)
We will have to wait a long time, according to online chat today, the adcm say they review in Nov + Dec applications and in dec + jan they sent out interview invites. They also said last year they interviewed between 800-1000 applicants and had 4700 applications, so it's about 20% interview invites.
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Is MIT Sloan friendly to reapplicants? What are usually the key things that reapplicants have to show in their reapplication to succeed? Career progress? Volunteer activities, or just a better crafted essay?
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Six days til application is due!!! Good luck to all R1 applicants :)
We will have to wait a long time, according to online chat today, the adcm say they review in Nov + Dec applications and in dec + jan they sent out interview invites. They also said last year they interviewed between 800-1000 applicants and had 4700 applications, so it's about 20% interview invites.
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looking at last year's thread, invites came out first week of december and dings on 12/15.
So things become interesting right after thanksgiving break.
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At the information session I attended the admissions officer indicated that MIT Sloan is very friendly to reapplicants. Not sure how that translates.
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Has anyone here considered their LGO program, I know there is a different thread for that, but was curious to know if you considered and why you did not proceed. On the face of it it seems pretty attractive?

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Has anyone here considered their LGO program, I know there is a different thread for that, but was curious to know if you considered and why you did not proceed. On the face of it it seems pretty attractive?

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I'm from an engineering background. The LGO looks great, but I'm not really as interested in technical stuff post-MBA, so that's why I'm not considering it. Several alumni that I spoke to at an information session felt that they wouldn't gain as much from the Masters in Engineering side since they already had a degree in Chemical Engineering and were from heavy lab/science backgrounds.
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I actually have a chme degree but then you can also do a degree in one of the other Engg disciplines... I guess what do you really lose? The cost seems to be less than the mba... I guess if you wanted to do ib or finance only then maybe not, but what else?

Looking at placement stats, you have all kinds of people hiring - consulting, finance In addition to operations...

Is anyone visiting MIT on 25th? Their LGO day.. Would have liked to hook up!

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I registered to visit but I will cancel. I will be changing my cover letter for the 100th time before submitting.

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I actually have a chme degree but then you can also do a degree in one of the other Engg disciplines... I guess what do you really lose? The cost seems to be less than the mba... I guess if you wanted to do ib or finance only then maybe not, but what else?

Looking at placement stats, you have all kinds of people hiring - consulting, finance In addition to operations...

Is anyone visiting MIT on 25th? Their LGO day.. Would have liked to hook up!

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