We will examine the MIT Sloan School of Management admissions essay topics for the class of 2022–2023 in this blog post. September 29, 2022, is quickly approaching and will be the Round 1 deadline.
With one minor adjustment, the MIT Sloan application this year is mostly unchanged from the previous cycle. Once more, the school demands that applications include a cover letter, organizational plan, an optional short answer question, and 60-second video statement.
MIT Sloan Cover Letter
MIT Sloan seeks students whose personal characteristics demonstrate that they will make the most of the incredible opportunities at MIT, both academic and non-academic. We are on a quest to find those whose presence will enhance the experience of other students. We seek thoughtful leaders with exceptional intellectual abilities and the drive and determination to put their stamp on the world. We welcome people who are independent, authentic, and fearlessly creative — true doers. We want people who can redefine solutions to conventional problems, and strive to preempt unconventional dilemmas with cutting-edge ideas. We demand integrity and respect passion.
Taking the above into consideration, please submit a cover letter seeking a place in the Sloan MIT MBA program. Your letter should conform to a standard business correspondence, include one or more professional examples that illustrate why you meet the desired criteria above, and be addressed to the Admissions Committee (300 words or fewer, excluding address and salutation).
Candidates that know how to sell themselves are sought after by MIT. Sloan requests a cover letter as part of the application for this reason. You must be able to show via your personal qualities that you will make the most amazing academic and personal opportunities at MIT.
When completing this assignment, keep in mind the main aspects of a normal cover letter. These being, your qualifications and talents, your motivation for joining the company (in this example, MIT Sloan), and what you can contribute. It may be tempting to keep your goals essays from other schools and simply add an introduction and conclusion. However, MIT can immediately determine if your essay has been reused by another school by asking this question. As a result, it's crucial to customize your response to the school's inquiry.
The focus should be on who you are and what you have accomplished because MIT has been transparent about why they avoid direct inquiries like "why MIT" and "specific career goals" – even though these subjects can play a role.
You might begin this essay by describing yourself in a few phrases and what you would bring to the institution. Then, write a concise description of your professional goals. And include an explanation of how your prior experience has equipped you to carry them out. Finally, write a succinct "why MIT" part that explains why Sloan is the greatest place for you given your needs for an MBA and how well you fit with the institution. Then follow this with a brief thank you.
It will be crucial to do some research about the program in order to persuade the admissions committee that your background is particularly suited for MIT. Put in the time to research MIT's course offerings, extracurriculars, and special initiatives.
Sloan MBA Essay – Video Prompt
Introduce yourself to your future classmates. Here’s your chance to put a face with a name, let your personality shine through, be conversational, be yourself. We can’t wait to meet you!
Videos should adhere to the following guidelines:
No more than 1 minute (60 second) in length
Single take (no editing)
Speaking directly to the camera
Do not include background music or subtitles
Note: While we ask you to introduce yourself to your future classmates in this video, the video will not be shared beyond the admissions committee and is for use in the application process only.
This year, MIT made a small change: They instructed you to address this video to your fellow students rather than the admissions committee as the audience. We encourage you to utilize this occasion to highlight aspects of your personality and candidacy that you will not have the chance to address in your application papers, with the possible exception of a brief mention of your professional background and long-term aspirations. Perhaps you can talk about a job or extracurricular activity that you found particularly interesting, a personal achievement, or a unique feature of your culture. Then, keeping in mind that you will be sharing this with "future classmates," you might want to relate why MIT is the perfect program for you. The goal is to be specific and demonstrate to the admissions committee that you have done your research. Mentioning clubs, classes, or even the community itself will work here. The admissions committee will find it easier to determine your fit with the program if you are more detailed.
Practice your response to make sure it fits the allotted time in terms of length. Only one opportunity will be given to you to record this. To get better before the real recording, you really should record your own response and watch it. The objective is to avoid creating a final video that is overly robotic and practiced, but one that is clear and simple.
Make sure you are dressed correctly in professional clothes since this is a visual presentation that will be recorded live. Place your focus to the camera. H hHave a clean and stable background. Introduce no props, mementos, or prized possessions. A sincere one-minute introduction is much more impactful than distracting props, posters, or charts, according to MIT (which you can barely see on camera).
Optional Short Answer Question
We’d like to give you the opportunity to expand on your background. This question is completely optional.
How has the world you come from shaped who you are today? For example, your family, culture, community, all help to shape aspects of your identity. Please use this opportunity if you would like to share more about your background.
Please do not include any links in your response. 250 words or less.
Sloan is striving to understand the circumstances in which you have evolved. You ought to think more deeply about how your culture, family background, and community have shaped who you are. You might also be able to mention how the lessons you took away from adversity and peculiar circumstances influenced how you approached your career. But this essay shouldn't be mostly about professional failures. Sloan wants to know what motivates you, your values, or perhaps other facets of your identity. Spend some time thinking about it, then explain to the admissions panel how your circumstances affected you. Don't feel under pressure to make a big deal out of a small thing only to add additional information to your application; remember that this is an optional essay.
MIT Sloan Organizational Chart
To help us better understand your current role and the impact that you have on your team and department, please submit an organizational chart. We should be able to clearly understand the internal structure of your organization, where you sit in your organization, and your line of reporting.
Organizational charts should not be more than two pages and keep the following in mind: Give us as much detail as possible (names, titles, etc.) but it’s ok to redact names if you need to.
Please circle your role in red so that your position is easily identifiable.
Make sure we can easily identify where you are, to whom you report, and if applicable, who reports to you.
If your recommender or references are on your organizational chart (they may not be, and that’s ok!), please highlight them for us.
If you are a consultant, entrepreneur, or affiliated with the military review our FAQs for suggestions on how to approach the organizational chart.
Please upload an organizational chart that outlines the internal structure of your place of employment. Limit to two pages.
Click here to view a sample MIT organizational chart.MIT Sloan Organizational Chart:
The organizational chart has no right or wrong format. The most important things are that it's simple to read, understand, and it lists your direct reports (if any) and who you answer to. Most businesses ought to have a chart you can use as a guide.