MIT Sloan Q&A 2008

Behemoth

To snekid,

Normally Sloan does not grant deferral to admissions
unless the candidate has a solid reason. I will
suggest you to check in with the school and ask if under your
situation, will there be a granted deferral.

Good luck!!

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bestluck

Hi Behemoth,

One friend who graduated from top US B-schools told me that MIT does not prefer students from Tsinghua University - strangely enough, isn't it? Do you have any opinion about that? How many people do you know admitted by Sloan are from Tsinghua University (bachelor or master)?

Thanks a lot

tinywhite

Dear All Sloaners,

Today I just read an article about MIT Sloan, & it says that different from other MBA program, Sloan requires all graduates to write a paper before graduation.

Is that true?

How long will the paper be?

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dawntreader

Dear Behemoth,  能否介绍一下LFM program? LFM你觉得毕业后的就业形势和一般MBA相比，有不同的地方吗？

另外目前经济形势比较差，你觉得对MBA就业有没有影响？谢谢！

Behemoth

Hi bestluck,

From what I know, this is definitely not true since from class 2008 - 2010, we have 12 students from Tsinghua (Undergrad or Grad). The number represents about ~45% in the China pool. So what your friend said might just be an urban legend

And from the school perspective, I really can't think of any reason why Sloan won't prefer students from Tsinghua if your academic and professional exp are outstanding. So I would recommend you just go ahead and apply for Sloan. Good luck!

Behemoth

To tinywhite,

Can you cite the source of the article you read about? Sloan doesn't require a thesis for graduation unless you are LFM students. In the latter case, the thesis is about your 6-month internship and the paper is about 60 pages in length.

tinywhite

Dear Bebemoth,

Thank you very much for your info. I read it from an article on certain going abroad website several days ago, it really shocked me.

Thanks.

BenK

Hi, Behemoth and all Sloanies,

Thanks a billion for your kind advise. I am applying for the R1 this year and have planned my trip to Boston on Oct/14. I wonder if you can spare a few minutes with my wife and me on Oct/13, /14 or /15? Maybe just a coffee break or, if possible, a dinner would be perfect. Please feel free to add my MSN:

Benkong.xj(A) hotmail.com

Any solid insight from Sloanies is valuable for me. I appreciate any kind of help and I also understand Sloan is just super busy. If it's not a good timing, please let me know.

Some background:

w/e: telecom engineer/consultant for 8 years in a leading telcom company

gmat 780, toefl 115, Canadian PR, in Montreal

Behemoth

Hi Benk,

Hope you did meet up with Xi yesterday. If there is any question please do not hesitate to let us know. 

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nqren2007

Hi, Behemoth and all Sloanies,

I am applying for R1 and have a question about the cover letter format.  Does it have to be a letter format including the address and date?  Or using "Dear Mr. Garcia:" to start the letter is enough?

Thanks.