{"id":12902,"date":"2013-08-14T08:58:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T12:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=12902"},"modified":"2022-07-24T09:22:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T13:22:40","slug":"professor-profiles-antoinette-schoar-mit-sloan-school-of-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/professor-profiles-antoinette-schoar-mit-sloan-school-of-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Profiles: Antoinette Schoar, MIT Sloan School of Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Many MBA applicants feel that they are purchasing a brand, but the educational experience itself is what is crucial to your future, and no one will affect your education more than your professors. Each Wednesday, we profile a standout professor as identified by students. Today, we profile <strong>Antoinette Schoar<\/strong>\u00a0from the MIT Sloan School of Management.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7919\" title=\"Antoinette Schoar\" alt=\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Antoinette-Schoar.jpg\" width=\"145\" height=\"216\" align=\"right\" \/>Antoinette Schoar<\/strong> (\u201cEntrepreneurial Finance\u201d) won MIT Sloan\u2019s Excellence in Teaching Award, for which she was nominated by the school&#8217;s students, in 2005\u00a0and was described to us at mbaMission as having an amazing ability to explain complicated concepts in entrepreneurial finance in clear and simple terms, and as being \u201cwarm,\u201d \u201ceasy to connect to\u201d and someone who can keep her class on track while still encouraging interaction. A recent alumnus noted that her classes are \u201crigorous, with a steep learning curve\u201d and that she has \u201chigh expectations and challenges students.\u201d In January 2009, Schoar received the Ewing Marion Kauffman Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship, which was established by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in 2005 to motivate and recognize scholars under 40 who devote themselves to contributing to the study of entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information about the MIT Sloan School of Management and other top-ranked MBA schools, check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.mbamission.com\/collections\/insider-s-guides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mbaMission Insider\u2019s Guides<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many MBA applicants feel that they are purchasing a brand, but the educational experience itself is what is crucial to your future, and no one will affect your education more than your professors. 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