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MIT Sloan Cover Letter Prepare a cover letter 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. (500 words) This hasn’t changed. But here are a few thoughts, having read through hunnnndreds of these suckers. A good cover letter leaps off the page …
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Essay 3: Please describe a time when you took responsibility for achieving an objective. (500 words or fewer, limited to one page) Huge assumption in here… “took responsibility.” Think about it. How many people are applying to MIT? How many of those people have “achieved an objective”? Well, I’m no all-seeing deity (usually), but I can say with a certain degree of confidence that the answer is darn near 100%. So let’s not get too excited about having achieved an …
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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) Let’s look at the key assumption here. What does it mean to convince? Imagine I said this: I have a proposition for you. I’ve arranged for you to spend the night with either Carmen Electra or George Clooney, your choice. And for your troubles, I also have a briefcase here that contains 1 …
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Let’s roll. First step in analysis… never speak when you can listen. Study their words: “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 …
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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. Ah, the ol MIT cover letter. Before we crack this sucker, let’s take a super brief glimpse at the content portion: • Accomplishments • Examples of …
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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. Ah, the ol MIT cover letter. Before we crack this sucker, let’s take a super brief glimpse at the content portion: – Accomplishments – Examples of …
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Please describe a time when you coached, trained, or mentored a person or group. (500 words or less, limited to one page) Seemingly straightforward, no real curveballs here. But it never hurts to dissect the living crap out of these things, right? Developing that skill is easily half the battle. Let’s dig, shall we? Common mistakes/traps: • Accomplishment • Explaining the situation Don’t dwell on either. In 500 words, you will almost inevitably need to “set the table” very quickly. …
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Essay 1: Please describe a time when you went beyond what was defined, expected, established, or popular. [500 words] Right away, you can look at 500 words (or one page) and start thinking about structure. This will be 2 beefy paragraphs, or 3 very tight paragraphs. Of course, essays won’t always break down into neat little compartments, and you shouldn’t feel walled-in by any formula. This is simply an initial step you can take to condition your mind for thinking …
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