maidinindya2
I found the numbers a bit odd with the figures Rod mentioned. Let me know if I'm missing some information. I feel like I saw in some interview I read that he said roughly half who get interviewed will get accepted. However, according to businessweek, about 17% were interviewed, and 14% accepted. That is closer to about 75-80% of interviews get accepted. Thoughts?
I think you're right. The feeling is that MIT Sloan does a lot of its evaluation at application stage, so that people who get an interview have a much better than average chance of being accepted.
The most recent numbers from the Businessweek website that you mentioned support that as well:
# of applications for the Class of 2012 (last year): 4,782
# of interviews (admits or denied): 17%, or about 790-830 interviews
# of admits: 13%, or about 600-640 admits
Even at a worst-case scenario, about 72% of interviewees (~600/830) get admitted. Best-case, about 81% (~640/790) of interviewees get admitted. These are rough estimates, but seem to indicate that Rod was speaking off the cuff, not as an exact measurement.
Source:
https://www.businessweek.com/bschools/ra ... sloan.html