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About MIT SloanThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a prestigious university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston. It is well known as a premier center of research, teaching, and innovation, particularly in areas of science and technology.

While the MIT Sloan School of Management shares some fundamental characteristics with its parent school, such as a passion for innovation, a collaborative and merito-cratic culture, and an emphasis on hands-on learning, it is very much its own unique community within the greater MIT population. Set slightly apart from the main sec-tion of campus, and engaged with the intense pace and cohesive nature of the MBA program, MIT Sloan students tend to stay focused on their business school experience and are generally independent from the rest of the MIT student body. One notable exception to this general rule is that Sloan is one of the few elite business schools to allow undergraduate students to take classes side by side with MBA students. While this adds an additional layer of diversity to the classroom experience, it is worth not-ing since not every MBA student is eager to include undergrads in their educational process.

That said, there are many ways to get involved with the various communities and opportunities that exist across the entire university, and many MIT Sloan students do choose to take advantage of them. It is common for students to get involved with projects at other MIT departments, such as the Center for Real Estate or the MIT Media Lab. Student activities such as the $100K Business Plan Competition, conferences, and campus-wide “Sustainability” initiatives also tend to promote collaboration with rest of the school. There is a strong entrepreneurial drive among Sloan students to work with cutting-edge technologies, and a tremendous potential for strong partnerships with students, faculty, and researchers across the rest of the institution.

MIT Programs

As stated on its website, the mission of MIT is

“to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.”

Across all of its programs, there is a focus on generating, harnessing, and sharing knowledge in order to address some of the world’s greatest challenges.

From the school’s rigorous undergraduate program to its doctoral programs, MIT is consistently named among the top universities in the nation and world across several ranking systems. Most notably, the School of Engineering has been ranked first overall among graduate and undergraduate programs by U.S. News and World Report since the publication first published results in 1994; additionally, the general undergraduate program, the MIT Sloan School of Management, and the Department of Economics have all held top-tier rankings over recent years.

A complete list of schools at MIT includes:

Sloan School of Management

School of Architecture and Planning

School of Engineering

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

School of Science

Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology

“The school’s profile has been on the rise under Dean Robert J. Dolan.”

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The Sloan School of Management

The mission of the MIT Sloan School of Management is to “develop principled, innova-tive leaders who improve the world and to generate ideas that advance management practice.” The school seeks students with integrity, strong leadership potential, lofty as-pirations, and exceptional intellectual ability. MIT Sloan students are inclined to perform rigorous analysis, while also applying real-world experience to drive action and impact. Hallmarks of the MIT Sloan MBA program include such concepts as entrepreneurial in-novation, customizable curriculum, distributed leadership, and action-based learning.

MIT Sloan has consistently had a place in the upper crust of various business school rankings in recent years, and has ranked first in program specialties such as information systems, production/operations, and supply chain/logistics. In addition to the MBA pro-gram, the school offers highly respected undergraduate and doctoral degrees, Masters programs in System Design and Management and Finance, and joint degree opportu-nities with MIT Engineering departments, the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

The Sloan Approach

The MIT Sloan approach to the business school education can be summarized with the Institute’s motto, “mens et manus”, or “mind and hand.” Both in and out of the classroom, it is very much a part of Sloan culture to learn by doing. MIT Sloan wants its students to not only possess a deep understanding of business management theories, but to also be well equipped to execute the practical application of these concepts. Below are some of the key elements of the MIT Sloan experience:

Action-based learning: While case studies and lectures have their place in the Sloan curriculum, there is an emphasis on action-based learning (commonly referred to at other programs as “experiential learning”) as being one of the best ways to learn im-portant business management lessons. Sloan offers a host of project based “lab” classes focused on global entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainability, which pair student teams with companies and organizations around the world. The faculty also embrac-es the idea of learning by doing, whether piloting experimental classes to share their ground-breaking research, or making significant adjustments to flagship courses based on student and partner feedback. Going beyond theoretical discussion to take action is a deeply engrained aspect of the MIT Sloan culture.

Collaboration: A lesser-known fact among many potential applicants is that MIT Sloan enjoys a deeply collaborative culture. From the first moments of the intense “Core Semester” experience, to the launch of fledgling start-ups upon graduation, the desire to work with and help out fellow students is shared by most Sloan students throughout their MBA experience. Sloan views the art of developing high-performing teams as cru-cial to addressing today’s business challenges, and strives to cultivate effective teams and leaders through action-based learning in the field.

Entrepreneurship and Self-direction: The MIT Sloan MBA program is cus-tomizable, allowing for each student to focus on developing specific leadership and ana-lytical skill sets, while pursuing unique set of interests. Following the rigorous and intense experience of the first-semester Core, students are given the remaining 75 percent of their time at Sloan to craft their own curriculum. Sloan students tend to be proactive, creative, and comfortable with ambiguity. These entrepreneurial traits are all helpful in this environment, where each individual student has a higher degree of responsibility of making the most of their time at Sloan.

Global Focus: The school boasts a well-respected global curriculum and actively seeks to further expand the MIT Sloan name and network around the world. Over the course of the two-year MBA program, most students will travel internationally as part of a Sloan sponsored project or trip, or on a student-organized event.

See sections on Global Entrepreneurship Lab and Trips/Treks later in this Annual Report.

“Hallmarks of the MIT Sloan MBA program include such concepts as entrepreneurial innovation, customizable curriculum, distributed leadership, and action-based learning.”

“Going beyond theoretical discussion to take action is a deeply engrained aspect of the MIT Sloan culture.”

“Following the rigorous and intense experience of the first-semester Core, students are given the remaining 75 percent of their time at Sloan to craft their own curriculum.”

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Admissions at SloanApplication Essay Topics

Sloan requires four essays that are designed to draw out how candidates “work, think, and act.” The school asks that experiences be from the previous three years and spe-cifically instructs applicants to describe in detail what they “thought, felt, said, and did” during an experience. Sloan also features a Supplemental Information section that allows candidates to use 250 words or less to address specific circumstances from the applicant’s academic background.

1 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)

2 Please describe a time when you went beyond what was defined, expected, established, or popular. (500 words)

3 Please describe a time when you coached, trained, or mentored a person or group. (500 words)

4 Please describe a time when you took responsibility for achieving an objective. (500 words)

MIT Sloan also features two additional questions for applicants to the Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program:

1 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.

2 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.

Veritas Prep clients working on their Sloan applications will receive expert guidance on each of these essay questions. Head Consultants help clients understand how to highlight strengths and weaknesses as well as unique elements within the confines of the question, while also addressing each of the key business school admissions themes. Furthermore, Sloan Specialists will help clients decide whether to make use of the Supplemental Information section, offer guidance on how to embrace both the freedom and the challenge of Essay 4, and will ensure that all responses are in keeping with what MIT is looking for in its applicants. The program highlights includ-ed in this guide are used as appropriate reference points and examples throughout the process.

Deadlines

Unlike most top business schools, Sloan fea-tures only two rounds of admission during which candidates may apply to the program. The application dates for the 2009-2010 admis-sions cycle are:

Round 1Submission Deadline October 27, 2010

Decision Notification Date February 1, 2010

Round 2Submission Deadline January 12, 2010

Decision Notification Date April 5, 2010

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Admissions Criteria

Some applicants mistakenly assume that the admissions committee screens the ap-plicant pool with an eye for “quant jocks” and math whizzes. The ability to manage the academic rigors of Sloan is one important factor, but the admissions committee is in-terested in learning much more about potential students than simply test scores and undergraduate grades. Rod Garcia, the Director of Admissions, and the other mem-bers of the admissions committee are looking for principled and motivated individu-als who will contribute to a dynamic, engaged, and vibrant community. To identify these people, the committee looks for demonstrated success in past performance (work experience, GMAT score, and undergraduate grades) and then digs deeper to look for evidence of qualities such as leadership, creativity, resilience, and integrity.

Interviews: Interviews are by invitation only and are held on-campus, in key cities internationally, and occasionally, by phone. The MIT Sloan Admissions Com-mittee conducts Behavioral Event Interviews (BEI) with the idea that past behavior is a reliable indicator of future responses in similar situations. As with the application essay questions, the interview will focus on specific experiences in recent years and on what applicants said, felt, and did in each instance. Unlike most elite business schools, the interview process is not “blind,” as interviewers review applications prior to the interview and it is not unusual for them to ask additional questions about ap-plication materials and essays. The Admissions Committee is interested in learning about what makes candidates tick – what motivates them, what guides their deci-sions and actions, and what their passions are. Sometimes the result of this is that there is a greater emphasis on feelings, thought processes, and some of the softer competencies than one might find in other business school interviews.

Student Involvement: Unlike many of its peer schools, Sloan handles its ad-missions process entirely within the Sloan admissions committee. Students are very actively involved with admissions initiatives and activities with prospective students, but do not participate in the evaluation of applicants for admissions purposes.

Admissions Statistics

MIT Sloan features all of the hallmark statis-tics of an elite, selective business school – an average GMAT score above 700, average GPA above 3.50, and a paltry acceptance rate of 15%. One notable admissions stat associated with Sloan is the robust 67% yield rate.

Applications .......................................... 3,896

Acceptance Rate ...................................15%

Yield ..............................................................67%

Average GMAT score ...........................702

20th/80th Percentile GMAT Range ...................................650-760

Average GPA ............................................3.46

The MIT Sloan Admissions office breaks down the admissions criteria into the following areas:

General Criteria• Academic and non-academic characteris-

tics suggestive of making the “most of the opportunities at MIT”

• Enhancement of others

• Motivation

• Involvement

• Interpersonal skills

• Communication skills

• Leadership

• Analytical skills

• Tolerance of uncertainty

Desired Qualifications• High academic potential

• High GMAT scores

• Excellent academic records

• Exceptional recommendations

• Ability to achieve

• Work experience

• Essays

• Recommendations

Work Experience• Not required for admissions, but “helpful”

to get the most of out of the experience

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Visiting Sloan

As with any program, one of the best ways for candidates to truly understand if Sloan is a proper fit is to visit the campus and get a feel for the academic environment, student life, and overall campus culture. Additionally, visiting the school offers the opportunity for face-to-face contact with current students, professors, and admis-sion representatives.

The Student Ambassadors Program: Prospective students are always welcome to visit Sloan, but to get a more complete visiting experience, the school recommends that candidates plan their visits through the MIT Sloan Ambassadors Program. The Ambassadors visit offers a brief introduction and overview of the MBA program with an Admissions Officer, followed by the opportunity to visit a class and speak to current Sloan students over lunch.

The program is offered twice a day on Monday through Thursday when class is in session during the fall semester, and on once a day on Monday and Tuesday during the spring semester. There are a limited number of spaces, so visitors are advised to register in advance. Much of the Ambassador Program is run by student volunteers, even during some exams and interview season, so visitors get a glimpse of the good, the bad, and the very busy aspects of student life at Sloan.

Campus Tours: Given the small size of the MIT Sloan School, no formal tours are offered (or even necessary). A visit with the Ambassadors Program will cover most of the main student areas from the walk from admissions office, to class and then to lunch. If you are interested in exploring the facilities further, the admissions office has maps of campus and visitors are free to look around. Tours of the main MIT campus are provided frequently through the university.

Off-Campus Information Sessions: Throughout the year and around the globe, the admissions office holds MIT Sloan-on-the-Road events. These events present a great chance to meet MIT Sloan alums, current students (if location and time of year permits), and members of the admissions committee.

Contacting Student Organizations: The admissions office does not give out the names of any students or alumni, but if you are interested in a particular club or student group, it is worth checking the organization’s website for student contact information. Students often post contact email addresses exactly for this purpose and tend to be receptive to speaking with applicants and answering questions.

Contact Information

Office of AdmissionsSloan School of Management50 Memorial DriveCambridge, MA 02142

Phone: 617.258.5434Email: [email protected]

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Financial Assistance at SloanFor those who aspire to attend Sloan, the only thing more daunting than gaining ad-missions is figuring out how to foot the bill. Like most elite graduate school programs, MIT offers a variety of programs to help students pay the program’s lofty tuition.

Financial Assistance Options

Sloan presents the following options for exploring financial assistance:

Scholarships and Fellowships:

• Dean’sandDiversityFellowships–For first-year students in the amount of $5,000 on up (to full tuition). All admitted students are considered and fellow-ships are typically awarded to 30 students each year.

• The Class of 2004 Diversity Scholarship – As the name of the fellowship would indicate, this award was established by the Class of 2004 as a way to attract underrepresented students with “unique work experiences, educational endeavors, or national backgrounds.”

• TheWilliamBowesTeachForAmericaFellowship–Awards $50,000 to a selected TFA alum entering Sloan for both 2009 and 2010.

• TheForteFellowship–Specifically for female candidates, the Forte Fellowship is a half-tuition award for both years and is based on community, academic, or workplace leadership in their community, academic institution, or place of work.

• TheLegatumFellowship–Awarded by the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship, these fellowships are offered “to select entrepreneurial graduate students at MIT.”

• The McKinsey Award – $10,000 awards given to four first-year students for “an outstanding record of academic achievement, demonstrated drive and per-sonal impact and distinctive leadership in professional, community or campus activities.” (Note that this award is not restricted to students coming from or ex-pressing an interest in consulting as a profession.)

• ThePeterEnglanderFund–Awards $25,000 to an incoming student from the UK.

• MIT Sloan Merit Awards – These come in two forms: Achievement awards ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 and based on “outstanding student contribu-tions and leadership in the MBA community.” Additionally, five $25,000 scholar-ships for “academic achievement and outstanding leadership” are granted each year by the Siebel Foundation.

Tuition and Cost

Tuition ..................................................$48,650Books and Supplies ....................... $1,800Computer ............................................ $3,000Food ........................................................ $4,500Insurance ............................................. $1,656Personal ................................................ $2,850Housing ..............................................$12,000Transportation .................................. $2,496Fees ............................................................. $272Total.................................$77,224

Federal Loans

As with most graduate programs, Sloan makes available a series of loan programs that comprise the bulk of each student’s financial assistance:

FederalStaffordLoan – Available to U.S. citi-zens and permanent residents. The maximum dollar amount is $20,500 and the subsidized amount can be up to $8,500, depending on financial need.

FederalPerkinsLoan – An interest-free loan while in school, it is a smaller loan program available to qualified students who are U.S. citi-zens and permanent residents.

FederalGraduatePLUSLoans – This loan can cover cost of attendance after other assistance has been calculated, provided the student qual-ifies and is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Private Loan Programs:

Chase Student Loan

Citibank CitiAssist Loan

Discover Student Loan

MEFA graduate loan

MIT Federal Credit Union Custom Loan Program for MIT Sloan School of Management Students

Sallie Mae Signature Student Loan

Sallie Mae “Smart Option” Student Loan

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Sloan StudentsThe student body of MIT Sloan features an array of work and life experience, of unique personalities and perspectives, which contributes to the richness and robustness of each class. Some students come directly from their undergraduate experiences, while others have a decade or more of work experience under their belts. The mix of students features a healthy representation of former consultants and engineers, as well as founders of non-profit organizations and small-business owners.

While the Admissions Committee does actively reach out to underrepresented groups to encourage increased applications, they do not make use of quotas when building each class, but select the candidates that they feel are the strongest.

MIT Sloan’s relatively small class size of around 360 students does breed a strong sense of community. Despite – or perhaps because of – the diverse population, there is a common ethic and shared attitude among students. Visitors often comment on how down-to-earth and collegial Sloan students are. Humility, integrity, self-knowl-edge, intellectual curiosity, and a sense of humor are traits found across the student body, despite the wide range of backgrounds and accomplishments.

World Origin:

Africa <1%

Latin America 7%

Western Europe 8%

Asia 23%

Oceania <1%

NorthAmerica

61%

North American Origin:

Midwest 6%

Other 7%

South 9%

West 15%

Mid-Atlantic 24%

Southwest 5%

Northeast34%

Student Stats

Total Sloan Enrollment ................... 1,128

Full-Time MBA Enrollment ...............780

Average Age ................................................28

Male Students .........................................65%

Female Students ...................................35%

International Students .......................36%

Undergraduate Major:

Engineering ..........................................45.5%

Social Sciences and Humanities .................................20.2%

Business ..................................................18.5%

Sciences and Math ..........................15.8%

Average years of pre-MBA work experience .....................5

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Student Organizations

At the heart of many Sloan students’ business school experiences is their involvement with student clubs and activities. In addition to bringing students together around common interests and goals, student organizations serve as a training ground for man-agement, innovation, and team-building. These clubs and organizations often provide experiences as formative as those that take place in the classroom. Beyond regular meetings, clubs plan speaking events, company visits, offer peer services like case in-terview preparation and resume review for industries, and attend or plan conferences.

MIT Sloan boasts a wide range of clubs that reflect the diversity, passion, and enthusi-asm of the student body. Organizations range in focus from cultural, to professional, to entirely non-academic interests and activities. When interest exists where a club does not, students don’t hesitate to create new organizations, whether small (such as the Sloan Surfing Club) or large (such as the Mobile, Media, and Internet Technology Club).

The Sloan website offers a complete list of student organizations, while groups of note are listed below:

• LeadershipClub–In addition to bringing in dynamic speakers and co-spon-soring service trips, the Leadership Club expeditions have included trips to Tanzania to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro in order to further develop and implement leadership and team-building skills.

• MarketingClub– This group manages MarketLab, a student-run consulting arm of the club that works to combine the interests of students, faculty, and an impressive set of partner companies on projects that create real world value.

• SEID-Student Entrepreneurs for International Development - Sloan Entrepre-neurs for International Development (SEID) seeks to drive sustainable global development through entrepreneurship by raising awareness of the chal-lenges faced by emerging economies and empowering students to take action through projects with entrepreneurial organizations around the world.

• VentureCapitalandPrivateEquityClub(VCPE);SalesClub;Entertain-ment;Media;andSportsatMITSloan;theLatinClub;andtheEnergyand Environment Club – These are just a few student organizations which successfully planned and executed major conferences (many of them sold-out) in recent years.

• TripsandTreks-Every year, students gain unprecedented access to the world’s leaders in business, government, and NGOs through international travel during several break periods throughout the year.

While these Trips (often a week long and for credit) and Treks (usually shorter and not for credit) are executed with great support from the MIT Sloan Student Affairs Office and faculty, much of the momentum is driven by motivated groups of student plan-ners. Recent examples of Trips and Treks include travels to Turkey, Korea, India, and Japan, where student organizers shared their native countries and arranged industry and government visits for up to 100 of their classmates. As almost any Sloan grad will tell you, these journeys are amazing experiences and provide powerful opportunities to meet, establish, and renew lifelong connections within the global Sloan network.

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Sloan AcademicsAccording to the school’s website, MIT Sloan’s MBA curriculum grew out of “the con-viction that, in education as in business, leadership belongs to those who reject the comfort of the status quo.” Therefore, the MIT curriculum is one that offers a high de-gree of flexibility, and encourages freedom and experimentation. After the intense, shared experience of the first-semester core, students are free to build a highly per-sonalized course of study. Courses are designed to be rigorous analytically, but also to push students to think in new ways and experiment with their own development as leaders, managers, and team members. Throughout the wide variety of courses, there is an effort to balance innovative ideas and theories with real-world application.

Teaching Philosophy

MIT Sloan faculty rely on a variety of teaching methods including lectures, case stud-ies, simulations, team projects, problem sets, presentations, company visits, and guest speakers. It is left to individual faculty members’ discretion to determine the most appropriate method and tools to best teach their subject matter. Across the board, there is an emphasis on action-based learning (particularly in the “Lab” classes described in more detail below) and use of real-world examples in order to instill world-class business skills and create leaders with real-world experience.

MIT Sloan’s faculty members are dynamic thinkers and teachers, and many are global leaders in their respective fields. Among even the most well-known professors, there is a genuine desire to share their knowledge with students. Many express a genu-ine willingness to work alongside students to improve, refine, and experiment with courses, and it is common for Sloan professors take it upon themselves to offer open seminars on current issues on which they are experts, as Professor Simon Johnson did with the events of the recent global financial crisis.

Class Organization

Core classes feature about 60 students, with one notable exception, which is the 30-person communications class. These subjects typically have small discussion sec-tions or recitations in which students have the opportunity to discuss conceptual issues and work on problem sets. Elective subjects typically have 25 to 60 students (although a few number as high as 90), and seminars may have even fewer students.

“The MIT curriculum is one that offers a high degree of flexibility, and encourages freedom and experimentation.”

“It is common for Sloan professors take it upon themselves to offer open seminars on current issues on which they are experts, as Professor Simon Johnson did with the events of the recent global financial crisis.”

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Course Enrollment

When enrolling in elective classes, students rely on a computerized bidding system which aims to fill classes as fairly as possible based on student preferences and prior-ity (Sloan students get placement priority over non-Sloan students, as do second-year students over first-year students). Starting with 1,000 points each, students place bids on courses based on their level of interest and the perceived level of de-mand of the rest of the student body. High bids are expected with the most popular courses and the most highly-regarded professors, but students are free to bid based on whatever factors they value most (such as completing a course prior to a summer internship, working with a particular team, or having a certain schedule for classes). There are two rounds of bidding; in the second, any bid that did not result in enroll-ment in a student’s desired course is returned. These remaining points can be used to bid on spaces in the remaining classes.

The bidding process can seem intimidating at first, but there are many resources available for any additional guidance needed. The Student Affairs Office holds a work-shop on the bidding process during the Core semester and second-year students tend to be quite willing to share their insights, resources, and bidding resources with the new class. In typical Sloan fashion, students tend to experiment with ways to gather and share information at nearly every bidding cycle so that the community can make informed decisions and maximize the power of their bid points.

Sloan students can also cross register at Harvard Business School and across other MIT departments, given them the flexibility to pursue a wide range of subjects out-side of Sloan’s curriculum.

Core Classes

MBA students build the foundation of their MIT Sloan education during the first-se-mester Core. Working with a “highly diverse team” of five or six classmates throughout the semester, students develop foundational skills through required courses such as economics, accounting, managerial communication, business statistics, and orga-nizational processes (as well as an elective in either strategic marketing or finance). Throughout this time, students enjoy the camaraderie, classroom contributions, and support of their cohort (called “Oceans” at Sloan) – a group of roughly 60 students who take all core courses together.

A unique aspect of the MIT Sloan MBA program is that the required core is only one semester long. This allows students great freedom and flexibility to pursue their unique goals and interests throughout the rest of their time at MIT Sloan.

There are a number of points at which the Core courses overlap and build off of one another. For example, students will give presentations in Communications based on assignments from Economics or Organizational Processes. Much of this work is done within Core teams, which are intentionally assembled to represent a wide range of skills, personalities, and experience. Learning how to manage this broad and rigorous workload effectively as a team is a very important part of the Core experience.

“In typical Sloan fashion, students tend to experiment with ways to gather and share information at nearly every bidding cycle so that the community can make informed decisions and maximize the power of their bid points.”

Required for all MBA candidates, the MBA Core curriculum consists of the following courses:

• Economic Analysis for Business Decisions

• Data, Models, and Decisions

• Leadership and Personal Effectiveness Coaching

• Communication for Managers

• Organizational Processes

• Team Project — Special Seminar in Organization Studies

• Financial Accounting

• An elective chosen by the student

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Academic Calendar

2009-2010 Student Academic Calendar

August24-28 Pre-term (For incoming MBA ‘11

students) 31-September4 Orientation

September 9 First Day of Fall Classes 22 Bidding begins for Fall ‘09 SIP

October 12 Columbus Day 16 H1 Ends 19-23 SIP (Sloan Innovation Period) 26 H2 Begins

November 11 Veteran’s Day 26-27 Thanksgiving Vacation

December 10 Last Day of Classes 14-18 Exam Period

January 4 IAP (Independent Activities

Period) Begins 18 Martin Luther King Jr. Day 29 IAP Ends

February 2 First Day of Spring Classes 15 President’s Day

March 12 H1 Ends 15-18 SIP 22-26 Spring Vacation 29 H2 Begins

April 19 Patriot’s Day Holiday 20 Student Holiday

May 13 Last Day of Classes 17-21 Final Exam Period

June 4 Commencement

Specialty Tracks

Entrepreneurship&InnovationTrack(E&I) – Introduced in 2008, the new Entre-preneurship and Innovation track focuses on launching and developing emerging technology companies. E&I participants take part in a rigorous curriculum that is run by both faculty members and industry leaders. The program is made up of four re-quired courses as well as six additional electives and includes several highlights, such as weekly dinners and significant access to faculty members and prominent leaders in entrepreneurship and venture capital. In addition to an MBA degree, E&I students receive a Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The program is open to all students who are admitted to Sloan, and has already become a popular offering. All Sloan students are free to bid on and take courses in entrepreneurship, but participants of the E&I program benefit from direct exposure to a rich network of influential players in the entrepreneurial community.

FinanceTrack - The Finance track consists of a set of required courses, electives, and extra-curricular activities designed to prepare MBA students for careers in the finance industry. Any MBA candidate may participate in the Finance Track and, in addition to the MBA degree, will receive a Track in Finance Certificate. MIT Sloan has also recently started offering a Masters Degree in Finance outside of the MBA program.

Academic Year

The MIT Sloan academic year is uniquely structured, with a few distinct pauses in nor-mal academic activity. These periods fall mid-semester and mid-academic year:

SloanInnovationPeriod:At MIT Sloan, the traditional 13-week semester breaks for a unique and intense week of workshops and seminars during the Sloan Innovation Period (SIP). During this week, students break from their regular course schedule in order to learn about groundbreaking faculty research, explore new subjects areas, and take part in experiential learning exercises. This week provides students with a chance to enrich their studies with variety of new and different ideas, and gain some healthy perspective about the world outside of their intense course-load. The sections of each semester before and after SIP week are referred to as H1 and H2, respectively.

A certain number of SIP credits are required for graduation, and students bid on SIP workshops using a similar process as they do for classes.

IndependentActivitiesPeriod:Across all of MIT, the month of January is dedicat-ed as the Independent Activity Period (IAP); a time where students can broaden their educational horizons and explore personal interests. Course offerings over IAP include both credited and non-credited classes, seminars, how-to sessions, forums, lectures, films, recitals, and tours on a wide variety of topics. IAP courses cover everything from the philosophical to the scientific to the less serious—the Annual Mystery Hunt and Charm School are always two of the most popular IAP offerings among MIT students. IAP provides a nice break from the academic grind of the fall and spring semesters and is another unique opportunity for creativity and flexibility in learning. Students can cre-ate their own educational agendas, pursue independent projects, meet with faculty, or pursue many other options not possible during the semester. Faculty members are free to introduce innovative educational experiments as IAP activities or to work with students on independent study projects. Many students travel internationally during IAP, on independent trips, or as part of class work through programs such as the Global Entrepreneurship Lab.

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Sloan Executive Programs, Research Centers, and Joint Degree Programs

Executive ProgramsMITSloanFellowsPrograminInnovationandGlobalLeadershipis an intense, one-year MBA program for mid-level executives.

MITSloanExecutiveCertificates are awarded to students who have completed four or more “open enrollment programs” within a four-year period. Executive Certifi-cates are offered in three concentration areas, providing executives with the oppor-tunity to tailor their education plans to meet their own career development needs:

• Strategy and Innovation• Technology, Operations, and Value Chain Management• Management and Leadership

Joint Degree ProgramsMIT Sloan broadcasts a “commitment to innovation and academic adventure,” so it comes as no surprise that the school offers a variety of joint and dual degree pro-grams, both between Sloan and other MIT programs, as well as between Sloan and other elite universities in the Boston area.

Such programs include:

BiomedicalEnterpriseProgram(BEP). A joint offering between Harvard, the MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST), and Sloan. This program is built for students with both strong business and science backgrounds aiming to enter the biomedical field. BEP is a three-year program that grants its students an incredible amount of access to faculty members from all three schools, as well as cutting edge research.

LeadersforGlobalOperations(LGO).Formerly known as Leaders for Manufactur-ing (LFM), this program is a joint offering between MIT Sloan and the MIT School of Engineering. This two-year program provides students with an MBA or MS in man-agement, as well as an MS from one of eight different engineering programs. Featur-ing nearly 25 partner companies and significant fellowship and internship opportu-nities, LFM features a fairly large class as its 48 students represents nearly 15% of the entire Sloan student body.

MITSloan&HarvardKennedySchoolDualDegreeOption.A three-year pro-gram between Sloan and Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, this dual degree program provides students with an opportunity to acquire an MBA as well as an MPA or an MPP. It is designed for students seeking careers in international man-agement or development.

SystemDesignandManagement(SDM).A joint offering between Sloan and the MIT Engineering program, SDM merges technical proficiency with crucial manage-ment and leadership concepts, designed for students seeking careers in complex system development.

Research Centers• Center for Computational

Research & Management Science

• Center for Energy & Environmental Policy Research

• Center for Future Banking (CFB)

• Center for Information Systems Research

• Institute For Work & Employment Research (IWER)

• Laboratory for Financial Engineering

• Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI)

• MIT Center for Collective Intelligence

• The MIT Center for Digital Business

• MIT Entrepreneurship Center

• MIT Leadership Center

• MIT Workplace Center

• Operations Management Group (OMG)

• Operations Research Center

• Organization Studies Group (OSG)

• Productivity From Information Technology (PROFIT)

• SeeIT

• System Dynamics

• Virtual Customer Initiative

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The Sloan faculty is divided into 16 Research Groups:

1. Accounting

2. Applied Economics

3. Economic Sociology Program

4. Finance

5. Global Economics and Management

6. Information Technology

7. Institute for Work and Employment Research

8. Law

9. Managerial Communication

10. Marketing

11. MIT Engineering Systems Division

12. Operations Management/System Dynamics

13. Operations Research/Statistics

14. Organization Studies

15. Strategy

16. Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship

“Using stocks, flows, and feedback loops, stu-dents taking System Dynamics learn how to model the interconnectedness of complex systems and begin to map the nonlinearity found in so many modern-day problems.”

Notable Courses and Faculty at Sloan

The Sloan faculty is populated with many prominent business leaders, researchers, and teachers. Among Sloan students, there are a handful of courses that are consid-ered a “must,” due to the level of instruction and teaching style of the faculty mem-bers. These notable courses and accompanying professors include:

System DynamicsJohn D. Sterman

System Dynamics is a popular and engaging course that expands the way that stu-dents approach complex problems. Using stocks, flows, and feedback loops, students taking System Dynamics learn how to model the interconnectedness of complex systems and begin to map the nonlinearity found in so many modern-day problems. The class has a notoriously challenging workload to match the elaborate vocabulary, but Professor Sterman teaches with an enthusiasm and clarity that students enjoy and appreciate. Professor Sterman is the Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Director of MIT’s System Dynamics Group. He has won multiple awards for teaching excellence from the students of the MIT Sloan School, and was named one of the MIT Sloan School’s “Outstanding Faculty” by the 2001 BusinessWeek - Guide to the Best Business Schools. Additionally, accord-ing to the Sloan website, Professor Sterman “has been featured on public television’s News Hour, National Public Radio’s Marketplace, CBC television, Fortune, the Finan-cial Times, BusinessWeek, and other newspapers and journals for his research work and innovative use of interactive ‘management flight simulators’ in management education and corporate problem solving.”

Sustainability LabJohn Sterman, Rick Locke, Sarah Slaughter, Anjali Sastry

MIT Sloan is unique in its use of “lab” courses, including Market Lab, Global Entrepre-neurship Lab (G-Lab), Sustainability Lab (S-Lab), and Entrepreneurship Lab (E-Lab) to achieve classroom-based action and experiential learning. S-Lab is one example of the school’s emphasis on “learning by doing,” combined with the desire to have a positive impact on the world. S-Lab is jointly taught by seven of MIT Sloan’s top faculty members and features opportunities to work with a variety of companies as they confront environmental and social business challenges. The S-Lab course uses simulations, in-class role-playing and breakouts, along with case discussions, presentations, and guest speakers to explore the issues the students seek to address through their projects. In the spirit of the school’s motto, “mens et manus,” student teams work with real organizations on semester-long project with real world impact.

Global Entrepreneurship LabSimon Johnson, Anjali Sastry, Rick Locke, Ken Morse

“G-Lab” is considered by many to be Sloan’s flagship international internship course. By linking teams of MIT Sloan MBA students with entrepreneurs in emerging na-tions, this unique course has emerged as a landmark program. G-Lab combines typical classroom learning with an internship in a global (often emerging) market. MBA teams work with companies all over the world on consulting projects that last upward of four months and that seek to solve real business issues. In recent years, students have traveled to and worked in countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America through the G-Lab program.

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Finance IIPaul Asquith

Professor Asquith’s Finance II course is considered by many to be among the most engaging and popular courses at Sloan due to both his teaching excellence (he has been awarded the MIT Sloan student award an incredible thirteen times) as well as his expertise in areas such as corporate finance and control, mergers, dividend policy, financial distress, and market efficiency.

Applied Macro and International EconomicsKristin Forbes

Professor Forbes has recently rotated between academia and policy positions in the United States government. She has served as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers to the White House and as a Deputy Assistant Secretary in the U.S. Treasury Department in addition to her academic duties. As such, she posses an incredible amount of real world experience in her area of expertise. As one of Sloan’s “rock-star” professors, her new course on Global Economic Challenges is certain to be in high demand.

Industrial EconomicsRobert Pindyck

Professor Pindyck works a great deal on irreversible investment decisions, the role of network effects in market structure, and the behavior of commodity prices. His course is known to be demanding, but is also consistently one of the classes with the highest points bid when the time comes to bid for courses. Pindyck is also the co-author of one of the most widely used microeconomics textbooks across universities around the world.

Grading Policies

The MIT Sloan grading system is based on a 5.0 point scale, with a 5.0 being equiva-lent to an A. (A 4.0 is a B, and so on, although an F is a zero.) An average of a 4.0 or higher is required of every student in order to graduate. The school has not adopted the common non-disclosure policy, so recruiters and employers do indeed have ac-cess to students’ academic records. Faculty members are given the freedom to grade in whatever method they feel is most appropriate, which they discuss with the class at the start of each course. Despite the assumption of widespread grade inflation in business schools, some 3.0s (Cs) are given out every year. While MIT Sloan is known for its academic rigor, students are rarely competitive about grades. It is much more common to find students focused on learning and personal goals, and the general culture tends to be one of cooperation and collaboration, especially when course-loads get demanding.

“The school has not adopted the common non-disclosure policy, so recruiters and employers do indeed have access to students’ academic records.”

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Sloan Business Plan Competitions

The MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition is one of the world’s premier uni-versity business plan competitions. Since the inception of the competition 20 years ago, the amount awarded to winners has grown from $10K to $100K and has spawned over 120 companies with a collective market cap of over $10 billion. Some notable companies with roots in this competition are Akamai, Zipcar, and Harmonix, developer of the popular Guitar Hero and Rock Band video games.

The Competition spans most of the academic year and is designed to encourage students and researchers in the MIT community to act on their talent, ideas and energy to produce tomorrow’s leading firms. There are three separate contests within the overall competition, each focused on different skill sets: Elevator Pitch Contest, Executive Summary Contest, and finally, the Business Plan Contest. There are also six distinct tracks, allowing students to concentrate on specific areas such as Life Sciences, Clean Energy, and Development.

The MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition provides teams who enter with valuable resources in the following areas crucial to successful entrepreneurship:

• Networks of world-class entrepreneurs, investors, and potential partners

• Mentorship by successful and seasoned professionals

• Education in specific business planning skills as well as general entrepreneurial insight

• Content rich feedback on their business model from world class entrepreneurs, investors, and professional service providers on our Judging Panel

• Teambuilding opportunities to create a winning team of founders

• Access to members of the private equity community

• Broad media exposure and PR buzz The competition gets by far the most attention of all business plan competitions at Sloan, with many students from all over MIT (not just Sloan) either helping run the sizeable competition or joining a team and competing.

Another competition at Sloan is hosted annually by the Operations Management Club. Taking place entirely on-line, the Operations Simulation Competition at-tracted over 80 teams from 35 universities representing seven countries last year. Outside of Sloan, many student teams participate in competitions hosted by other universities and organizations. In recent years, teams from MIT Sloan have taken first place at the Yahoo! Digital Media Case Competition, the BGALA Reaching Out conference, the Play Digital Media Case Competition, and the Carnegie Mellon Operations Case Competition, among others.

“Since the inception of the competition 20 years ago, the amount awarded to winners has grown from $10K to $100K and has spawned over 120 companies with a collective market cap of over $10 billion.”

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The Sloan School of Management CampusMIT’s 168-acre Cambridge campus stretches for approximately one mile along the north side of the Charles River. The Sloan School occupies a few buildings on the Eastern-most corner of MIT campus which, like most MIT facilities, are most commonly referenced by their assigned numbers rather than names. The following are the build-ings most frequently used by Sloan students:

• E-51(TangCenter): The bulk of Sloan’s classrooms and study areas are located here, as is the main MIT Sloan auditorium. There are lobby areas where career fairs, lunches, and other events are staged, and which also serves as a major hub of student activity.

• E-52 (Sloan Building): This building houses many of MIT Sloan’s administra-tive offices including the Admissions Office, the Student Affairs Office, the Deans’ offices, and faculty and research group offices. The Sloan cafeteria, “Refresher Course” is located here, as well as one of the main computer labs, some class-rooms, and study areas. The lobby outside of the Admissions Office usually serves as the meeting and registration point for the Ambassadors Program for prospec-tive students.

• E-53 (The Dewey Library): The Dewey Library’s collection contains over 500,000 volumes in the areas of management and social sciences. It is one of five major libraries at MIT and the primary library for MIT Sloan. The facility also houses faculty offices, study rooms, and study carrels.

• E-40:This building is connected to the Tang Center by a glass walkway. It is home to the Entrepreneurship Center as well as the LGO Program offices.

MIT Sloan’s facilities have been less than ideal in recent years, with steadily growing class numbers nearly exceeding class and study space, and heavily used classrooms showing signs of wear. But construction of a new 215,000 square foot Sloan building is underway and scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2010. Like many of MIT’s new buildings, E-62 (as it is called), is being built with environmental sustainability in mind and will be submitted for a “LEED Silver” or higher rating by the U.S. Green Building Council. The new facility will have group study areas, useable outdoor spaces, lounge and dining areas, and will overlook the Charles River. This major construction makes the existing facilities seem even less impressive, but when completed, will be a vast improvement and a major point of pride for MIT Sloan.

“Construction of a new 215,000 square foot Sloan building is underway and scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2010.”

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Professional Recruitment at SloanCareer Development Resources

The MIT Sloan Career Development Office (CDO) is the primary student resource for navigating the search for internships and employment. The CDO provides oppor-tunities to learn about career options, teaches the skills needed to market oneself successfully to the professional marketplace, and maximizes employment oppor-tunities for the community. The CDO runs the Career Resource Center (CRC), which features a variety of databases and materials all filtered through industry-specific resources called “Navigators.” Additionally, the CDO provides a series of career man-agement options to Sloan students:

CareerCore–Part of the first-semester Core, this fusion of theory and practice is intended to help students develop career management skills. By working with both faculty members and the CDO, Sloan students gain experience in things like career mapping, networking, interviewing, and negotiation.

ExploringCareerOptionsandNetworkingEvents–The CDO sponsors a series of events such as corporate discussion, company presentations, and networking events. Company presentations, which are held in the fall, are particularly popular, as top recruiters come to campus to showcase their respective companies.

On-Campus Recruiting Program – As with many top MBA programs, the life-blood of the career management process is on-campus recruiting. Sloan is unique in the way that it attracts top companies in wide-ranging industries such as consult-ing, finance, consumer products, and biotechnology.

Treks–For more on Treks, see above.

CareerFair–The MIT Sloan Career Fair is held each April and is more selective and contained than the notion or a career fair would suggest. By involving less than 20 hand-picked companies, Sloan ensures that its students have an opportunity for meaningful access to top recruiters.

Job Postings - MIT Sloan features an electronic MBA Job Posting site with over 1,000 unique postings each year. The job posting mechanism is particularly helpful for small and medium-sized companies who may not be part of the career fair or hold a company presentation, but seeks Sloan students in unique careers and fields.

MITSloanAlumniNetwork–As with most elite business schools, the MIT Sloan alumni network of 20,000 people provides an outstanding career management resource for students. Specifically, the MIT Sloan Alumni Office offers the Alumni Student Mentor Program, which pairs up first-year students with an alumni mentor.

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Employment Statistics

MIT Sloan would probably classified as a “consulting school,” is the program puts nearly half of its graduates into consulting or strategy positions each year. In keeping with MIT tradition, Sloan also places a significant number of students into tech and science-related positions every spring.

By Industry

VC/Private Equity/Hedge Fund 2.3%

Other Manufacturing 2.6%

Pharm/Biotech/Health Care 3.4%

Software 4.7%

Investment Management 6.7%

Electronics 7.7%

Finance 15.4%

Media/Entertainment 4.7%

Retail 3.4%

Energy 1.7%

Consumer Packaged Goods 1.0%

Other Services 1.7%

Transportation 0.7%

Telecommunications 0.7%

Diversified Financial Services 1.7%

Auto/Aerospace 1.7%

Consulting32.7%

By Function

General Management 6.7%

Marketing and Sales 8.1%

Finance 26.1%

Product Management/Development 7.4%

Operations 5.7%

Information Technology 0.7%Other 2.0%

Business Development 2.7%

Consulting40.6%

By Location

Southwest 5.4%

Asia 6.7%

West 18.8%

Europe 5.4%

Midwest 4.0%

Canada > 1%

South 2.6%Latin America 1.7%

Mexico 1.0%

Mid-Atlantic 3.4%

Northwest50.7%

SalariesMean Salary: ..................................$107,990Median Salary: .............................$110,000Range of Salary: ...... $65,000-$161,800Guaranteed bonus average: .............................................$36,025

Major EmployersMajor companies across the globe recruit Sloan graduates and many of the most com-mon employers are similar to those that recruit at other top business schools. The following companies hired five or more graduates from the class of 2008:

• McKinsey (27)• Bain (17)• Boston Consulting Group (16)• Booz Allen Hamilton (12)• Lehman Brothers (9)• Google (8)• Citi (7)• Goldman Sachs (6)• IBM (6)• Dell (5)• Fidelity (5)

Source of Job OffersSloan-facilitatedActivities .. 76.3% • Scheduled Interviews ........... 34.5%

• Summer Internship (Sloan-facilitated) ................... 31.4%

• Sloan Job Posting ....................... 5.6%

• Faculty or Student Referral ... 3.1%

• Resume Book Referral .............. 1.4%

• Club Event.................... Less than 1%

Graduate-facilitatedActivities.............................20.2%• Contacted Directly ..................... 9.4%

• Personal Network ....................... 6.6%

• Previous Employer ..................... 3.1%

• Outside Job Boards ................... 1.1%

Other..................................... 3.5%

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Sloan and Veritas PrepVeritas Prep has a distinguished track record helping our clients gain acceptance to one of the world’s truly unique business schools. The secret to our success, as always, is in first ensuring that Sloan is a proper fit for the client, and then assisting the client in expressing that unique fit in the most articulate and impactful way possible.

Our Team

Our team of Sloan consultants includes former admission representatives, alumni interviewers, members of influential student groups, and, of course, accomplished professionals in a variety of fields. With multiple Sloan consultants on our admis-sion consulting team, we are able to provide customized service to clients based on background, timing, and logistics. Our Sloan consultants have career experience in a variety of industries and functions.

Each client who works with Veritas Prep on a Sloan comprehensive package will re-ceive a customized team of consultants: a Head Consultant and a Sloan Specialist.

Head Consultant. All of our Head Consultants have experiences as admissions representatives that afford each of them a unique perspective on the applicant pool and how candidates must position themselves to express proper fit and to stand out in an increasingly competitive process. The Head Consultant will guide the client through every step of the process: from the initial Diagnostic Session to submission of the application.

Sloan Specialist. Every comprehensive package client who chooses Sloan will also receive an MIT Specialist who is either a current student or recent graduate of the school. This individual will ensure that essay responses are both topical and aligned thematically with the things that matter to Sloan. In addition to helping cli-ents find specific courses, programs, clubs, and professors that match their interests, the MIT Specialist will also comb through each question and answer to ensure that the response is properly aligned with the qualities that Sloan seeks in a candidate.

For more on Veritas Prep’s incredible team and the individuals who serve as our Sloan consultants, please visit the Consultant Profiles page of our website.

“With multiple Sloan consultants on our admission consulting team, we are able to provide customized service to clients based on background, timing, and logistics.”

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Our Sloan Services

The Sloan School of Management is always one of the most popular school selections among our clients due to its reputation as a highly selective, quantitatively rigorous, top-tier program. However, the Veritas Prep approach is built upon identifying the right fit for each client, regardless of the generic qualities of the business school. Only once we have verified a proper match do we begin to build the candidate’s personal market-ing platform and piece together the perfect Sloan application.

Diagnostic Session. Our Diagnostic Session – the first step in our comprehen-sive packages as well as a stand-alone service – assures that each client’s goals and pros-pects are properly aligned. Once we have helped ensure that the client is making sound choices with regard to each business school application, we start building a timeline and a strategy specifically tailored for a Sloan engagement.

Personalized MBA Game Plan. Each client’s Head Consultant will create a Personalized MBA Game Plan, a strategic approach based on the client’s professional, academic, and personal history. Those elements will become the foundation of the Sloan application story, allowing the client to demonstrate leadership, innovation, ma-turity, teamwork skills, analytical ability, and potential for academic excellence. A major component of the Game Plan is the identification of each candidate’s strengths and weaknesses – as well as truly unique qualities – relative to the Sloan applicant pool (this applies to nearly all of the elite business schools). This will create an application platform from which to work and will help mold and shape the strategy of how to address appli-cation components such as the resumé, essays, and letters of recommendations.

Personal Achievement. High GMAT scores and straight As in undergrad are all positive data points, but the Admissions Committee will be looking for more than just impressive numbers. Given the diverse pool of applicants, “achievement” can take on a different shape depending on different applicants’ circumstances. It is critical to be able to demonstrate and highlight a track record of success in leadership, in influencing oth-ers’ behaviors, overcoming adversity, or whatever may apply to a candidate’s personal situation. A well-crafted application that provides compelling evidence of what an ap-plicant is capable of achieving can offset less-than-stellar numbers.

Telling a Unique Story. As the MIT Sloan application essays and Behavioral Inter-views suggest, the admissions committee will want to know a deeper story behind each candidate’s achievements. The admissions committee designed their essay questions and evaluation process to help applicants present themselves in a unique way. Success-ful applicants will not only communicate their achievements clearly, but will also pres-ent the admissions committee with a deeper layer of information bringing to light the unique individual behind the achievements and actions. They look for applicants who tell them a compelling story of who they are, what they can bring to the Sloan commu-nity, and why they will thrive there. Veritas Prep consultants work with clients to identify appropriate achievements and weave information about unique strengths, passions, and skills so that a true identity emerges throughout an application.

Balance and Perfection. Once the themes of personal achievement and uniqueness have been established as the foundation of the Sloan application, the Veri-tas Prep Head Consultant and MIT Sloan Specialist will team up to ensure that all of the questions have been properly answered, that the resumé and essay questions have been crafted with style and efficiency, and that all of the key business school themes have been addressed in a balanced way throughout the application. It’s not easy apply-ing to one of the most popular and unique schools in the country, but our consulting team will ensure that Veritas Prep clients give themselves the best chance of admis-sions success through the most accurate, engaging, and persuasive portrayal of their candidacy that they can possibly create. This is true of our approach to all schools, but particularly at Sloan, where two critical themes – Personal Achievement and Telling a Unique Story – must resonate so strongly and consistently throughout the application.

“Only once we have verified a proper match do we begin to build the candidate’s personal marketing platform and piece together the perfect Sloan application.”

“Each client’s Head Consultant will create a Personalized MBA Game Plan, a strategic approach based on the client’s professional, academic, and personal history.”

“Successful applicants will not only communicate their achievements clearly, but will also present the admissions committee with a deeper layer of information bringing to light the unique individual behind the achievements and actions.”

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“Success Favors the Prepared“

About Veritas PrepFounded in 2002, Veritas Prep has emerged as a global leader in GMAT® education and MBA admissions consulting. The company’s business school team includes more than 300 graduates of the world’s elite MBA programs, managed from its headquarters in Malibu, California.

The Veritas Prep consulting model is built on adding value to a student’s application process by providing both mentorship and expertise. The business school admissions process has become increasingly competitive and applicants must do everything possible to showcase their value. Our consultants assist applicants in presenting their unique stories in the most professional and meaningful way possible. In a sense, our consultants are translators – helping an applicant discover raw materials and informa-tion and then helping that candidate articulate a unique story in a language that ad-missions committees understand. More than anything, Veritas Prep gives candidates a sense of ownership and control over the process. Quality of work, attention to detail, care for the student, and integrity are the lynchpins of a successful consultation.

In addition to elite MBA admissions consulting services, Veritas Prep also offers the fin-est GMAT preparation available in the industry, as well as admissions consulting for law school, medical school, and graduate school services.

For comprehensive information on all of Veritas Prep’s many services, please visit our website.