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MIT Business School MBA Essay Questions, Topics and Sample Essay Response
Cover Letter
The
cover letter should conform to the standards of business correspondence and
be addressed to the Admissions Committee. It should point out the features
of your resume that you believe to be of interest to the Admissions
Committee, both in your education and in your work history. Further, please
comment on your career goals and those factors that influenced you to pursue
an MBA education at Sloan. Additionally, please discuss your professional
aspirations. We are also interested in what you believe you can contribute
to the Sloan School and your fellow students, and we encourage you to
describe your most substantial accomplishments.
You
must attach your cover letter in Microsoft Word or text format but you must
also cut and paste it into the text field provided below (you will lose some
formatting in the process).
Resume
Your resume should portray your work and educational history in the way you
would present them to a prospective employer. Employment listings should be
in reverse chronological order and must include your title, the dates of
employment, and an indication of part-time versus full-time work status.
Your educational work record should also be in reverse chronological order
and should indicate dates of attendance and degree(s) earned. Other
information that is normally found on a business resume is welcome and
encouraged.
You must attach your resume in Microsoft Word or text format but you must
also cut and paste it into the text field provided below (you will lose some
formatting in the process).
Essays
Choose two out of the following four questions below, limiting your response
to each question to one page (500 words or less). Leaders for Manufacturing
Program (LFM) applicants must also respond to the additional question below.
MBA
and LFM applicants:
1.
What is an important lesson that you have learned
in life? How did you come to learn this lesson? How will you apply this
lesson in your future career?
2.
Sloan is a very diverse place with over 60
countries represented. What will you bring to this diverse community? What
do you expect to gain from the environment?
3.
At Sloan we view leadership as “making things
happen.” Tell us about a time when you made something important happen. What
did you learn about yourself from this experience?
4.
Describe a situation where you introduced and/or
managed change in an organization. Tell us how you influenced others in an
organization (business, school, extracurricular activity) and comment on the
professional and/or personal attributes you used to do that and how these
attributes (and others) might be important in the attainment of your career
goals. How do you expect to further the development of these attributes at
the MIT Sloan School of Management?
LFM
applicants only:
5.
Why do you wish to pursue the LFM Program and, in
particular, the engineering program you selected? (Please be specific as the
engineering department you designate will review your application.) How does
this fit with your future plans?
Supplemental Information
To
the extent that they are not adequately covered in your cover letter, in
your resume and in your responses to the questions we have posed, please
provide additional information about the following topics:
1.
Leadership activities in which you have actively
participated, including your responsibilities and positions held in the
organization, and dates.
2.
Scholastic and/or professional awards, including
the basis for your selection and the date(s) of the honor(s).
3.
Your hobbies, interests, and activities,
including any significant accomplishments related to them.
4.
Special circumstances related to your academic
program which you would like to mention, if any.
5.
Whatever else you would like the Admissions
Committee to know.
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