{"id":7558,"date":"2011-12-02T10:53:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T16:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=7558"},"modified":"2011-12-08T09:09:20","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T15:09:20","slug":"friday-factoid-how-mit-sloan-reviews-mba-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/friday-factoid-how-mit-sloan-reviews-mba-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Factoid: How MIT Sloan Reviews MBA Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"

How does MIT-Sloan review applications? True to the rigorous analytic nature of its curriculum\u2014in a rigorous analytic fashion! When the admissions office receives an application, the candidate\u2019s information is loaded into a database and the application is printed. Rod Garcia, who has been admissions director for MIT-Sloan for the past decade, first reviews every application online, then distributes applications randomly among readers, all of whom are either internal admissions staff members or contract readers. After picking up a batch of applications, readers review, score and then return them one week later. The scores are entered into the database, where Garcia reviews them to determine which candidates will be interviewed.<\/p>\n

After the selected candidates have been interviewed, their applications are scored again, and the committee then decides which ones to admit. Application scoring is based on nine attributes, which Sloan divides into two major groups: demonstrated success (e.g., GPA, GMAT, work accomplishments) and leadership (e.g., high competency in creativity, relationship building, goal setting, influencing). Each attribute group is scored separately, and the two scores are added together. At mbaMission, we always tell candidates that MBA admissions is not a science\u2014yet at MIT Sloan, there is some after all…<\/p>\n

For more information on MIT-Sloan or 14 other leading MBA programs, check out the mbaMission Insider\u2019s Guides<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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