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A complete application consists of the following. Additionally, instructions for reapplicants and candidates for the Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) and Biomedical Enterprise Program (BEP) are listed below.
A complete application consists of the following:
Recommendations
Self-reported Transcripts
Online Application
Résumé
Cover Letter
Essays
Supplemental Information
Test Scores
Application Fee
Additionally, instructions for reapplicants and candidates for the Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) and Biomedical Enterprise Program (BEP) are listed below.
Please obtain only two recommendations on your behalf (three if you are applying to the BEP or LGO Program) from individuals who are able to speak with certainty about your professional achievements and potential.
Please choose recommenders who are able to provide specific answers to the following questions:
Please note that the LGO and the BEP programs require three evaluations, and one of the three should be from an academic source or someone who can speak definitively of your technical skills.
Recommenders may submit recommendations either online or through the mail. Recommendations should be up to two pages each.
ONLINE RECOMMENDATIONS
Please click on the “Recommendations” link in the left navigation bar and follow the instructions for online recommendation submission. Please ensure that your recommenders submit the recommendations by the appropriate deadline.
MAILED RECOMMENDATIONS
If your recommenders elect to submit a paper recommendation, please allow sufficient time for your recommenders to write your evaluation and ask them to mail it to you. Please advise your recommenders to use your formal full name as it is entered on the application, not your nickname, so that we can match it with your online application.
If both of your recommenders elect to mail in the recommendations, you must send the recommendations together in one envelope and address it as shown below. Please write on the outside of the envelope the application round (MBA Round I, MBA Round II, BEP or LGO Program) for which you are applying.
MIT Sloan School of Management
MBA Application Materials (indicate Round I, II, BEP or LGO)
50 Memorial Drive, Suite E52-126
Cambridge, MA 02142-1347
Download and print the Recommendation Form (for mailed recommendations only).
You should scan and upload original copies of your academic records. If records are not available in English or you do not have a scanner, you may self-report them using the self-reported transcript form. Do not mail in your official academic records or transcripts.
Applicants invited to interview will be required to provide an official transcript from each school attended. Any discrepancy between the scanned or self-reported transcripts and official transcripts may result in a rejection in our decision or a withdrawal of our offer of admission.
LGO applicants cannot submit a self-reported transcript (you should, however, upload a blank document in the Transcripts section). Instead, LGO applicants must mail the official transcripts by December 15, 2009, to:
MIT Sloan School of Management
MBA Application Materials, LGO Transcripts
50 Memorial Drive, Suite E52-126
Cambridge, MA 02142-1347
You may complete the online application at any time. Save your work before moving to the next page and print a copy for your own records. Please note that all required fields are marked with an asterisk(*).
The online application is due 12 noon Pacific Time on the deadline dates.
Please prepare a business résumé that includes your employment history in reverse chronological order, with titles, dates, and whether you worked part-time or full-time. Your educational record should also be in reverse chronological order and should indicate dates of attendance and degree(s) earned. Other information appropriate to a business résumé is welcomed and encouraged. The résumé should not be more than one page in length (up to 50 lines).
Prepare a cover letter (up to 500 words) seeking a place in the MIT Sloan MBA Program. Describe your accomplishments and include an example of how you had an impact on a group or organization. Your letter should conform to standard business correspondence and be addressed to Mr. Rod Garcia, Director of MBA Admissions.
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 less, limited to one page)
Essay 2: Please describe a time when you coached, trained, or mentored a person or group. (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)
Essay 5: Why do you wish to pursue the LGO program? What are the goals that you hope to accomplish both as a student and as a graduate of the program? Be sure to include a description of your post-LGO career plans. (250 words or less, limited to one page) You are welcome to copy and paste text directly from your cover letter.
Essay 6: Why do you wish to pursue the engineering field and specialty area you have selected? (250 words or less, limited to one page) You are welcome to copy and paste text directly from your cover letter.
All applicants to BEP must answer two additional essay questions: Answer essay 6 and essay 7a or 7b.
Essay 6: What is your definition of success as you consider a career in the biomedical sector? Provide a brief overview of your ideal career path over the next 10-15 years as you move toward that success. Explain what you hope to have accomplished at the end of that period and how your experiences in BEP will have helped make those accomplishments possible. (500 words or less)
Essay 7a. Describe one area of science or technology that you believe is particularly promising in terms of having an impact on the practice of medicine and affecting people's health. What is the underlying problem, why is it significant, and what are promising solutions that might address it? (750 words or less)
or
Essay 7b. Describe one medical or healthcare problem on which you hope to make a positive impact. Explain why this problem is meaningful to you and how you hope to promote progress toward solving it. (750 words or less)
Supplemental Information
You may use this section to address whatever else you want the Admissions Committee to know. (250 words or less, limited to one page)
Test Scores
GMAT or GRE
The GMAT or GRE is required of all applicants and must be taken before submitting your application. Once your online application is submitted, we will not allow replacement of your test scores. The MIT Sloan MBA Program school codes are the following: for the GMAT school code is X5X-QS-41; for the GRE the school code is 3791. Test scores are only valid for five years; therefore, only tests taken after January 1, 2005 will be considered.
TOEFL
The TOEFL is not required, but you may report your score if desired. Our TOEFL institution code is 3514-02.
Application Fee
The fee for applying to the MIT Sloan MBA Program is $250, payable by credit card online when you apply. You will be prompted for payment information after pressing the “Submit Application” button. If you wish to pay by means other than a credit card, you must send an email to adcom@sloan.mit.edu at least one week before you intend to submit your online application. We are only able to waive the application fee for current college seniors studying in the United States and/or active members of the US Armed Forces. Those who qualify should email Jennifer Barba at jburke@mit.edu prior to submitting your application.
Instructions for Reapplicants
For applicants who applied for entry in Fall 2009*: We require that you submit the entire application, including two new recommendations, and apply in Round I. You are not required to submit the transcript (you should upload a blank document in the Transcripts section). Reapplicants to the LGO Program must submit their materials in the LGO application round. LGO applicants do not need to resubmit their transcripts.
Applicants who applied for entry prior to Fall 2009 are not considered reapplicants. We require that you submit the entire online application including your transcripts and recommendations. You may apply in either round.
*Applicants who were admitted for Fall 2009 and chose not to matriculate may reapply by filling out the online application, submitting a cover letter and resume, uploading last year's essays, entering the recommender information for the previous year (choose "no" for the online submission option), and paying the application fee. However, only applications from candidates who submit new essays will be considered for scholarship awards.
Instructions for LGO Applicants
Applicants to the Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program should read the LGO Supplemental Section of the online application for further instructions and information. For further details, also visit LGO's application Web site.
Instructions for BEP Applicants
The dual-degree Biomedical Enterprise Program (BEP)-MBA Program offers deep immersion in the fundamentals of management and biomedical science and an extended opportunity to build depth or breadth through elective subjects. Students graduate this program with a Master's in Business Administration from MIT Sloan and a Master's in Health Sciences and Technology degree from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST). The BEP-MBA curriculum is completed in three academic years. Students matriculate in the fall, taking only MIT Sloan subjects during the first semester. The integration of HST and MIT Sloan subjects begins in the spring semester of year one.
All BEP applicants must complete the entire MBA application, checking off the BEP option. In addition to the two MBA letters of recommendation, BEP applicants must also submit a third letter of recommendation. This letter should be from someone who can speak of your ability to handle problems involving science, engineering, or technology. All letters of recommendation should be submitted to the MIT Sloan Admissions Office as directed. BEP applicants are also required to submit a cover letter that requests consideration for admission to the BEP-MBA Dual-degree track. Your application to BEP will not be considered complete until you have satisfied all of these requirements.
Interviews for the BEP are by invitation only. The BEP Office will notify applicants selected to interview. Those who accept the invitation will participate in the MBA one-on-one interview and a second interview with a subset of the joint (HST/MIT Sloan) BEP Admissions Committee.
All applicants to BEP are automatically considered for separate, independent admission to the MIT Sloan MBA Program.
For more information regarding applying to BEP, please visit: http://hst.mit.edu/go/bep_admissions.
