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Published: December 6, 2023

MIT Sloan MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom

My interview was for MIT on November 7th (Round 1), and it was with an adcom member over Zoom. The interview atmosphere was formal, but friendly. The first question was to describe my data essay in more detail and what were the takeaways. Besides that, she mostly asked me about my background (tell me about job experiences), if there were any updates since I submitted my application, and a few “tell me about a time” scenario questions. At the end, she left some time for me to ask questions as well. I was surprised she didn’t really ask much about Read more

Published: November 20, 2023

LinkedIn Ranks The 50 Best U.S. MBA Programs For 2023

Business- and employment-centered social media site LinkedIn has tapped its vast professional network in an attempt to rank the top MBA programs in the U.S. The site’s “50 best U.S. business schools to grow your career” is its first foray into annual MBA program rankings and effectively uses its own data to do so. What differentiates LinkedIn’s MBA rankings from existing sources such as U.S. News & World Report, Bloomberg, and Financial Times? First, the site researched how valuable an MBA degree is by looking at its own aggregated profile data, Read more

Published: November 16, 2023

MIT Sloan MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom

This was for the Sloan Fellows MBA. Interview was quite short. She was late and then my wifi decided to act up (I didn’t realize it was over Zoom as they had a custom landing page, so I didn’t test ahead of time). The questions she asked were: 1. Tell me about your current role. 2. Tell me about a time when you had to change a process and had to explain/convince others around you. 3. What is the most constructive feedback you have been given? What did you do with it? 4. Why MIT? Read more

Published: November 2, 2023

MBA & Sustainability Spotlight: MIT Sloan School of Management

As MBA programs support sustainability, we’re setting the spotlight on how it’s incorporated into their curriculum, related resources for students, and more in our ongoing series. In this edition, we learn about initiatives at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Jennifer Graham from the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative provides insights into sustainability through the school below. Clear Admit: How does the curriculum for full-time MBA students support leadership in sustainability, or how is it evolving to do so? Jennifer Graham: There are 95 cross-disciplinary sustainability electives that MIT Sloan students can choose Read more

Published: October 22, 2023

The Week Ahead: MBA Admissions Interview Invites, October 23-27, 2023

Welcome back to the series, The Week Ahead, in which we provide a brief rundown of what is happening in MBA admissions this week! A Busy Week for Round 1 Interview Invitations Based on yearly trends, MIT / Sloan may be releasing its Round 1 interview invites this week. Tuesday, October 24, UPenn / Wharton is scheduled to release its Round 1 interview invites. Thursday, October 26, Duke / Fuqua is scheduled to release its Round 1 interview invites. How “The Wires” Can Help Visit MBA LiveWire for the latest “buzz” about MBA admissions, including interview invitations and decision notifications. There Read more

Published: October 11, 2023

MIT Sloan MBA Class of 2025 Profile: Critical Diversity

The 409-member MIT Sloan MBA Class of 2025 was assembled with the program’s goal of building teams of students with a variety of skills and experience. “This diversity is critical to the MBA experience. Together, we benefit from the many perspectives our MBA and LGO students from all over the world bring to the community,” the report opens. Diverse Demographics The MBA class came close to gender parity, with 46 percent of the students being women. International students comprise 40 percent of the class, representing 60 countries. Read more

Published: September 24, 2023

The Week Ahead: MBA Admissions Deadlines, September 25-29, 2023

Welcome back to the series, The Week Ahead, in which we provide a brief rundown of what is happening in MBA admissions this week! First Round deadlines are upon us. The new application season is now underway. Monday, September 25, Dartmouth / Tuck has its Round 1 application deadline. Wednesday, September 27, MIT / Sloan has its Round 1 application deadline. Oxford / Saïd has its Stage 1 application deadline. Thursday, September 28, Duke / Fuqua has its Round 1 application deadline. How “The Wires” Can Help Visit MBA LiveWire for the latest “buzz” about MBA admissions, including interview Read more

Published: September 18, 2023

Stanford GSB Tops Bloomberg Businessweek’s U.S. Business School Rankings 2023-2024

Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2023-2024 Best B-Schools ranks the top business schools globally by region, charting assessments of programs in the U.S., Europe, Asia-Pacific region, and Canada through a rigorous analysis of data and survey responses. This year, the ranking covers 110 full-time MBA programs. To qualify, programs had to be taught primarily in English. Bloomberg Businessweek surveyed 6,574 students, 10,347 alumni, and 713 employers, and also weighed compensation and employment data to determine schools’ scores. The top five of the U.S. business schools ranking sees the same schools as last year’s, with some slight shuffling. The Stanford Graduate Read more

Published: August 3, 2023

Weekly Refresh: Latest MBA Essay Questions, Analyzed – Plus Deadlines & Rec Forms

Welcome to Weekly Refresh, a roundup of admissions advice and updates on the Clear Admit site. In this edition, we round up the essays, recommendation questions and deadlines from the week of July 31st, 2023. Essay Tips Drafting your application essays? See the latest of our experts’ advice in our Essay Topic Analysis. The following schools recently released their essays—click for our advice: Oxford / Saïd UCLA Anderson Deadlines Released See the admissions deadlines that have rolled out: London Business School Oxford / Saïd Read more

Published: July 27, 2023

Admissions Director Q&A: Dawna Levenson of MIT Sloan

In the latest interview for our Admissions Director Q&A series, the Assistant Dean of Admissions at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Dawna Levenson, returns to delve into all things MBA admissions. As the leader of the admissions team, Dawna oversees all recruiting, evaluation, conversion, and marketing activities in support of the MBA, Sloan Fellows MBA, Master of Finance (MFin), Master of Business Analytics (MBAn), MBA Early Admission, and Master of Science in Management Studies (MSMS) programs. Prior to this role, Dawna was the Director of Admissions for five years and the Associate Director for MFin Read more

Published: July 16, 2023

MBA Wire Taps 300—300 Episodes! Military candidate, low GRE. Looking ahead, career switch. Chemical engineer, clean tech

Before pressing play on our 300th podcast episode, take a look back at the Clear Admit podcast recording journey with us as we celebrate this milestone. The first Clear Admit podcast episode aired March 7, 2018, and since then we’ve had 302,000 listeners! The 10 episodes with the most listens thus far are: 7 Hardest MBA Interview Questions and How to Answer Them Admissions Director Q&A with Harvard Business School’s Chad Losee Keith Bevans of Bain & Company Discusses Consulting, Recruiting and More Clear Admit’s 12-Step Program for Read more

Published: June 29, 2023

Weekly Refresh: Latest MBA Essay Questions, Analyzed – Plus Deadlines & Rec Forms

Welcome to Weekly Refresh, a roundup of admissions advice and updates on the Clear Admit site. In this edition, we round up the essays, recommendation questions and deadlines from the week of June 26th, 2023. Essay Tips Drafting your application essays? See the latest of our experts’ advice in our Essay Topic Analysis. The following schools recently released their essays—click for our advice: Indiana / Kelley London Business School Michigan / Ross MIT Sloan Deadlines Released See the admissions deadlines that Read more

Published: June 4, 2023

MIT Sloan MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom

Casual, but straightforward, interview, which put me at ease as I had some issues with the webcam at the beginning of the interview. My interviewer was a senior adcom member who was professional and courteous rather than chatty. The interview is less than 30 mins, so not sure how she feels, but I did the best that I could. Here are the questions: Any updates to your application that you would like us to know about? Tell me about your data visualization. Follow up on data visualization. Tell me about how you joined your current startup (is it pandemic impacted, Read more

Published: June 4, 2023

The Week Ahead: MBA Decisions, June 5-9, 2023

Welcome back to the series, The Week Ahead, in which we provide a brief rundown of what is happening in MBA admissions this week! Final rounds continue. Final rounds continue as we get closer to the end of the cycle. Wednesday, June 7, UVA / Darden is scheduled to release its decisions for its Future Year Scholars program. Thursday, June 8, Texas / McCombs is scheduled to release its Round 4 decisions. MIT / Sloan is scheduled to release its decisions for its Early Admission program. Friday, June 9, LBS is scheduled to release its Round 3 decisions. How “The Read more

Published: May 14, 2023

The Week Ahead: MBA Decisions, May 15-19, 2023

Welcome back to the series, The Week Ahead, in which we provide a brief rundown of what is happening in MBA admissions this week! Late Round Decisions Roll Out Round 3 continues as we get closer to the end of the 2022-2023 admissions cycle. Monday, May 15, USC / Marshall and IESE are scheduled to release their Round 3 decisions. Wednesday, May 17, UCLA / Anderson is scheduled to release its Round 3 decisions. Oxford / Saïd is scheduled to release its Stage 4 decisions. Thursday, May 18, MIT / Sloan and Yale SOM are scheduled to release their Round Read more

Published: April 16, 2023

The Week Ahead: MBA Deadlines, April 17-21, 2023

Welcome back to the series, The Week Ahead, in which we provide a brief rundown of what is happening in MBA admissions this week! Round 3 application deadlines continue. Round 2 decisions have completed, Round 3 and 4 application deadlines continue, along with deferred enrollment deadlines. Monday, April 17, UNC Kenan-Flagler has its Round 4 application deadline. Cambridge / Judge has its Round 5 application deadline. Wednesday, April 19, MIT / Sloan has its deferred enrollment application deadline. Thursday, April 20, Berkeley / Haas has its deferred enrollment application deadline. How “The Wires” Can Help Visit MBA LiveWire for the latest Read more

Published: April 9, 2023

The Week Ahead: MBA Deadlines & Interview Invites, April 10-14, 2023

Welcome back to the series, The Week Ahead, in which we provide a brief rundown of what is happening in MBA admissions this week! Round 3 application deadlines continue. Round 2 decisions have wrapped, Rounds 3 and 4 continue. Tuesday, April 11, Stanford GSB, Chicago / Booth, MIT / Sloan and Yale SOM have their Round 3 application deadlines. Cornell / Johnson has its April round application deadline. Wednesday, April 12, UCLA / Anderson has its Round 3 application deadline. Duke / Fuqua is scheduled to release its Round 4 interview invites. Thursday, April 13, UPenn / Wharton is scheduled Read more

Published: April 2, 2023

MIT Sloan MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom

Interviewer was really friendly, definitely wasn’t a grilling session. They’ll have read your application beforehand so they’ll know your background and video – which was a great icebreaker. 1) Introduce yourself and why you want an MBA. 2) What excites you at work? 3) A challenge faced at work? 4) Tell me about a time you mentored someone. 5) Anything else we haven’t covered? Read more

Published: April 2, 2023

The Week Ahead: MBA Deadlines & Decisions, April 3-7, 2023

Welcome back to the series, The Week Ahead, in which we provide a brief rundown of what is happening in MBA admissions this week! Round 2 final decisions are coming. Round 2 decisions continue to roll out, Round 3 application deadlines also continue. Monday, April 3, MIT / Sloan is scheduled to release its Round 2 decisions. Michigan / Ross has its Round 3 application deadline. Wednesday, April 5, London Business School is scheduled to release its Round 2 decisions. Columbia has its rolling admissions application deadline. Northwestern / Kellogg has its Round 3 application deadline. Thursday, April 6, Cornell Read more

Published: March 28, 2023

MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom

Interview ran for just over 30 minutes. The actual interview went for ~27 minutes, with about 5 minutes for my questions at the end. We started chatting generally about time zones (I’m international) before beginning the interview. Questions asked: 1. Tell me about your data visualization. 2. Any updates to your application? 3. Question about one of my stories from cover letter + follow up question. 4. Tell me about a time you had to convince people as a leader. 5. Tell me about a difficult person you had to work with. 6. Why Read more

Published: March 27, 2023

MIT Sloan MBA Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / Virtual

What kind of professional development have you undertaken since you started your job? Can you walk me through your data example please? Why is it important? Was it all your work? What was the customer’s reaction? Give me an example of you helping an associate who was underperforming. What is the most constructive feedback you have been given? How did you react to it? Give me an example of a not so ideal process at [Company]. What did you do to improve it? Read more

Published: March 21, 2023

MIT Sloan MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom

The interview was kept very strict to 30 minutes, which was unlike every other interview I did. The interviewer had thoroughly read my entire application. Overall, my interviewer was polite it was a pleasant experience. There was some small talk in the beginning, but then we got right to it. *Expect follow-up questions for your answer!* 1. Any updates to your application? 2. Tell me about your Data visualization. 3. What is something you’re working on/doing right now? 4. Proudest accomplishment in the last year? 5. A goal I set in the last year and how Read more

Published: March 14, 2023

‘Big Tech’ Jobs & Careers Remain Popular with MBA Graduates

Take a closer look at MBA graduates’ tech industry jobs placement overall and at Big Tech firms for the full-time MBA Classes of 2018 to 2022. Despite a recent decline in tech industry hiring, the technology sector continues to be a popular choice for MBA graduates because it provides them with the chance to impact a domain with a big influence on everyday life. For example, a project manager role in tech offers MBA graduates an opportunity to manage and launch the latest consumer tech brands. In addition, the top MBA programs have a strong track record Read more

Published: March 7, 2023

MIT Sloan MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom

1. Tell me about yourself beyond your resume. 2. Tell me about a time you had an impact. 3. Tell me about a time you had to work with someone challenging and how did you handle it? 4. Tell me about a time you mentored someone. 5. How do you relax / What do you do in your spare time? 6. Why an MBA? 7. Why MIT? Super friendly and nice interviewer. She seemed interested in what I was saying, the conversation flowed, and time went by quickly. Read more

Published: February 21, 2023

Does ‘MBA’ Now Stand for McKinsey, Bain/BCG and Amazon?

MBA programs provide a great formal business education that can help graduates accelerate their careers in many different business industries. In fact, MBA employment reports published by the business schools often list hundreds of employers who have hired recent MBA graduates. However, a closer inspection of these reports reveal that four firms (McKinsey, BCG, Bain and Amazon) actually represent up to 30% of all jobs accepted by recent graduates at many leading MBA programs. Job Concentration at Top MBA Programs Business school finance faculty often highlight the benefit of diversification. For example, an investor can reduce volatility in their equity Read more

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CLASS SIZE: 433

Women: 49%

Median GMAT: 730

Median GPA: 3.7

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December 23, 2024 7:48am ET

Applying: Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Georgia Tech / Scheller, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Vanderbilt / Owen

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Sports

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Family Business, Other Companies: Accenture , Deloitte

GMAT: 655

GPA: 3.89

Years of Work Experience: 3

Location: South

Notes:

NCAA DI Athlete
Selected for the industry's inaugural women's leadership academy
Variety of volunteer work in and out of my work industry

December 23, 2024 12:19am ET

Applying: Cornell / Johnson, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, UCLA Anderson, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Construction & RE (2nd Gen Entrepreneur)

Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Asset Management, inc. HF, Family Business Companies: Citibank , Credit Suisse , Morgan Stanley

GRE: 326

GPA: 3.80

Years of Work Experience: 5

December 22, 2024 5:00pm ET

Applying: Columbia, Duke / Fuqua

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Finance

Post-MBA Target Industry: Other

GMAT: 730

GPA: 3.4

Years of Work Experience: 5

December 22, 2024 2:49pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM

Pre-MBA Career: Cloud Engineer

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Private Equity, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Goods, Entrepreneurship Companies: Bain , BCG , Amazon , Apple , Google , Bain Capital , Blackstone , Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Group , Johnson & Johnson , Nike

GRE: 324

GPA: 3.42

Years of Work Experience: 3

Location: Virginia

Post MBA Location: anywhere

Notes:

I graduated with a degree in Computer Science and a minor in Psychology. At work I'm involved in many Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives. I regularly volunteer and speak to high school school students on STEAM careers(art included) and hold resume review workshops/interactive labs. I have also spoken at many summits continuing to empower others to adopt new technologies. I would love to get an MBA to continue my passion for mentoring/professional development and democratizing technology! I've always been interested in learning how marketing, finance and other departments interact and operate within an organization and I want to develop crucial skills that make me well rounded enough to be an impactful leader and entrepreneur post-MBA.

December 22, 2024 6:32am ET

Applying: Cornell / Johnson, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UVA / Darden, Vanderbilt / Owen

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Construction & RE (2nd Gen Entrepreneur)

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Asset Management, inc. HF, Commercial Banking, Family Business Companies: Citibank , Deutsche Bank , Morgan Stanley , Accell Partners , Andressen Horowitz , First Round Capital , Sequoia Capital , Bain Capital , Blackstone , Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Group , Blackrock , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan Asset Management , State Street , Citibank , Morgan Stanley

GRE: 326

GPA: 3.80

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: India

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December 23, 2024 10:00am ET

Accepted to Northwestern / Kellogg

Round: Round 1

Received via email

GMAT: 695

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: Taiwan

December 22, 2024 9:40pm ET

Applied to Berkeley / Haas

Round: Round 2

Received via portal

GPA: 3.85

GRE: 339

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

Application Location: Brooklyn, New York

December 22, 2024 1:36pm ET

Accepted to UT Austin / McCombs

Round: Round 1

Received via email on December 16, 2024

GRE: 319

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: United Kingdom

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$20k merit scholarship offer.

December 22, 2024 12:04pm ET

Accepted to Stanford GSB

Round: Round 1

Received via phone

GPA: 3.7

GMAT: 750

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Technology

Application Location: Asia

December 22, 2024 4:59am ET

Accepted to UPenn / Wharton

Round: Round 1

Received via portal

GMAT: 730

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

Application Location: Southeast Asia

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Elated and did not expect it!

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