How does MIT-Sloan review applications? True to the rigorous analytic nature of its curriculum…in a rigorous analytic fashion! When the admissions office receives an application, the candidate’s data is loaded into a database and the application is printed. Rod Garcia, Admissions Director for 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. Readers pick up a batch of applications, read, score and return them one week later. The scores are entered into the database, where Garcia reviews them in determining which candidates will be interviewed. 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 then added together. We always tell candidates that MBA admissions is not a science — at MIT Sloan, there is some…
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