MIT (Sloan) MBA Essays

Sloan MBA Essays                                                                   2010 - 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.

All Applicants:

Essay 1:  Please describe a time when you went beyond what was defined, expected, established, or popular.  (500 words or less, 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 less, limited to one page)

Essay 3:  Please describe a time when you took responsibility for achieving an objective.  (500 words or less, 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)

Sloan Links

Current Essay Questions!
The essay questions that appear on this page are for candidates who plan to apply during the fall of 2010 or the winter of 2011 and start classes in the fall of 2011.

To return to a list of the essay questions from all schools, click the link below.

MBA Essays Homepage >

Application Deadlines

The Sloan School has just two application deadlines:   
The deadlines below are for the full-time MBA program.  Note that the final application deadline is much earlier than it is at other schools!

  •   Round
  •         1
  •         2
  • Deadline
  • October 26, 2010
  • January 4, 2011

School Data

Ave. GMAT                             717
Middle 80%               680 - 760
Median Age                             28
Median Work (Mos.)          60
Acceptance Rate                   14
Yield                                         68%
BW Ranking                             9
U.S. News Ranking                3