Blog: Archive for the “Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)” Category

So, you think some business schools have an age bias? Really? Well, MIT Sloan admitted not only a 60-year-old former Wall Street executive, but also a 21-year-old straight out of college in its incoming Class of 2013. MIT Sloan’s newest class of approximately 400 students is truly a diverse one, with almost 40% of students … Read More  

MIT Sloan takes a slightly different approach with its essay questions than most top schools do. The admissions committee has stated explicitly in various admissions chats that Sloan’s application is unique in that it focuses exclusively on candidates’ past behaviors. The committee is more interested in the details of an applicant’s story and in his/her … Read More  

Our title may be a bit misleading, but did you know that some of the biggest names in sports have met annually since 2007 for an event at the MIT Sloan School of Management that Bill Simmons, ESPN columnist, has described as “dorkapalooza”? At the annual student-run Sports Analytics conference, participants discuss the increasing role of analytics in … Read More  

Twice a year, in the fall and in the spring, MIT Sloan students organize charity auctions. Each “ocean” (the 60-person cohort with which students take their first-semester core classes) selects a charity to support and identifies items to be auctioned, from lunch with a professor to a home-cooked meal by a student to more unusual … Read More  

Sustainability is at the heart of MIT Sloan’s nonprofit/social entrepreneurship curriculum. Examples of the more than a dozen sustainability-focused courses are “Entrepreneurs in Innovation: Information Technology, Energy, Biotechnology and Communications,” “Leading Profound Innovation for a More Sustainable World” and “Strategic Opportunities in Energy.” In February 2010, Sloan announced its third specialty certificate option, the Sustainability … Read More