MIT Sloan is all about being innovative, collaborative community and becoming principled leaders. The MIT Sloan’s two year MBA is all about concept based and real world experiences. They have various lab courses like Global Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, and Leadership etc. The school gives you freedom of selecting 75% of your electives. The Sloan Innovative Period is also an important feature of this B-School, where the students and faculty members join together for innovation and experimentation.

The diverse student body governs a wide range of clubs to develop and showcase their leadership skills. In a class size of 335, 45% are international applicants representing 60 countries and having multi lingual background. This diversity brings in strong feeling of community. At MIT Sloan, 85% of the students change their career. The students are given career guidance, summer internships and mentored by peers and the alumni. The school offers dual degree in healthcare known as Biomedical Enterprise program (BEP) in collaboration with HST and they also offer dual degree in collaboration with Harvard Kennedy School. The other highlights of the school include the following:

• Average work experience: 4.9 years
• % Acceptance :15%
• Average GMAT: 718
• Application deadline: Oct. 26, 2010 and Jan. 4, 2011
• Top hiring industries after graduation: Consulting, Investment Banking/Brokerage, Software.

Getting admitted into MIT Sloan’s is highly competitive. The school looks for individuals who are analytically strong, inspiring leaders, socially responsible with academic and professional success. Here every candidate is considered individually and admission decisions are made on a case-by-case basis. So, MIT Sloan is looking for applicants who are enthusiastic learners and can make positive impact on the world. As a part of their application process, MIT Sloan needs the following requirements to be fulfilled:

• No of Recommendations: Two
• No of Essays: Five Mandatory including Cover Letter and Resume

Until you can show the School’s required qualities in your essays and interviews, you don’t stand a chance to be a part of the inspiring and innovative institution. So, the applicant should take pertinent suggestions from experienced professionals regarding their application essays and interviews. General Education being the group of thorough experienced professionals compounded with profound professional capabilities of guiding applicants to write impressive and successful B-School applications would believe that to happen with your collaboration with us. We help you in your journey towards your dream B-School

A bird's eye view of all three essays clearly reflects that different aspects of leadership - vision, ability to make others see your point, and ability to convert the vision into reality or to pursue a meaningful goal are being judged. This does require introspection for answering what you thought and what you felt and they also want proof from real life. So, list the events that highlight these qualities of your personality and project you as a balanced leader. Please strictly follow the instruction about being brief in describing the situation, and detailed in explaining your feelings, and your thoughts. Do not waste words in giving too many facts.

Essays Question for 2011

We are interested in learning more about you and 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 went beyond what was defined, expected, established, or popular. (500 words or fewer, limited to one page)
• Essay 2: Please describe a time when you convinced an individual or group to accept one of your ideas. (500 words or fewer, limited to one page)
• Essay 3: Please describe a time when you took responsibility for achieving an objective. (500 words or fewer, limited to one page)

Supplemental Information (Optional)

You may use this section to address whatever else you want the Admissions Committee to know. (250 words or fewer, limited to one page)

Essay Question For 2010

Essay 1
Please describe a time when you went beyond what was defined, expected, established, or popular. Please limit your response to two, double-spaced, typed pages.

MIT's slogan of open mind, open arms, open eyes, and open doors talks of opening new possibilities. This essay clearly aims at judging the vision - the ability to see beyond what is given, what is there for everybody to see, opening new possibilities. It does not mean when you and your team worked very hard, you motivated your team and went beyond the given sale target. Rather, try to relate an incident when you planned to explore a new market which no body thought had any potential - what made you think that it will click, how you analyzed the scene, how you convinced your team members and your seniors.

Essay 2
Please describe a time when you coached, trained, or mentored a person or group. Please limit your response to two, double-spaced, typed pages.

Again this essay is a reflection of School's basic philosophy of opening mind and doors and eyes. The essay aims at judging the very essential qualities of a leader of making others open their mind through effective communication, and the ability to inspire the team. Any training, coaching or mentoring, is most effective if it comes from somebody who is perceived as the leader. So, narrate a story when you mentored your team. What was your approach? Why you took that particular approach. Please mention how your team was empowered, and how they came up with their own ideas to tackle particular issues- because, considering MIT Sloan's philosophy, that will be the yardstick of your success.

Essay 3
Please describe a time when you took responsibility for achieving an objective. Please limit your response to two, double-spaced, typed pages.

It is very clearly stated in their description of the type of person that they are looking for, that the person must have the ability to pursue a meaningful goal. This is your clue. Narrate the incident where you played a proactive role in leading a task that you considered worthwhile. Explain what exactly made you to take responsibility, why you thought that the job was worthwhile. Also explain the problems, difficulties you faced and what kept you going.