EssaySnark's Strategies for the 2013-'14 MBA Application for MIT Sloan: A SnarkStrategies Guide (EssaySnark's Strategies for Getting into Business School) (Volume 9)

Career goals are surprisingly unimportant at MIT. They want you to be more real with them than that. To assess whether you'll be a high achiever in the future, MIT wants to hear about how you've been a high achiever in the past. Where have you made a contribution? As you might guess, it's easy to stumble on the Sloan app if you've been focusing on the career goals as part of your pitch to other schools. This one needs to be different. This SnarkStrategies Guide provides essential tips and insights into the 2013-'14 MBA application for MIT Sloan, including:

• How do they evaluate a candidate?
• How much does the GMAT matter?
• What is LGO and who is it right for?
• When should you apply?
• What's up with these two essays? How do you write about "advancing the mission"??

EssaySnark never tells you what to write in your essays. You need to come up with the right stories - and the right presentation - on your own. What we will do is flesh out the guidelines that MIT has already provided and give you a framework from which to approach them, to help you structure your thinking. You'll get a bunch of brainstorming exercises as part of this Guide. You also get advice on what makes for a good story, and what maybe should be avoided. Additional discussions of MIT and other top bschools can be found daily at essaysnark.com.