What do a Navy SEAL, a 60-year-old Wall Street executive and a Japanese television reporter have in common? They are studying together at MIT Sloan School of Management this year. A story on the Sloan website this week celebrates the diversity of the entering class, which includes students of wide ranging ages, nationalities and professional backgrounds.
According to the official class profile, almost 40 percent of the Class of 2013 herald from countries outside of the United States. The mean work experience is almost five years, but students have come from military backgrounds, financial backgrounds, communications backgrounds and some straight from undergraduate study.
One student, Sean Bonawitz, 27, spent four years as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal platoon commander with the Navy, leading a squad of highly trained bomb technicians in special operations in Iraq. Another, Misato Adachi, 28, is a former Japanese TV reporter who hopes to expand her nation’s media coverage of global issues. “MIT is a unique place to catch up with cutting-edge technologies that are contributing to how people get information,” she said. “Japanese media are very domestic-focused and rarely discuss international matters. My future goal is to reach people around the world to collaborate and solve cross-border issues, such as immigration and refugee problems.”
Another student, George Fisher, 60, brings more than 25 years of experience working on Wall Street at firms such as Prudential-Wachovia, Fidelity Investments and Morgan Stanley. He is working toward MIT Sloan’s Master of Finance degree. “I am hopeful that my training here and the distinction of an MIT degree, combined with my experience, will provide me with an opportunity to get back into the hurly burly of the financial services industry in some interesting and useful capacity.”
Are you considering applying to MIT Sloan? If so, check out this story to see the many different types of students who have decided that the Cambridge school is the right fit for them. It’s a great starting point to see if it might also be the right fit for you.
Read the full article: MIT Sloan School of Management Welcomes Diverse MBA Class
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