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McKinsey Award – MIT Sloan MBA $10,000 Award

MIT Sloan School of Management

McKinsey Award at MIT Sloan has a legacy of over 60 years with the first honors in 1959.  

Exceptional First-year MBA students with strong academic, impact, and leadership potential in community, professional or student leadership are given priority.

Amount of Award: Upto $10,000

Number of Awards: Upto 3

Eligibility: All incoming students at MIT Sloan MBA with demonstrable leadership skills

Additional Information: Awards are announced in the fall of the first semester

Application Deadline: See MBA Application Deadlines – Top MBA (MIT)

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MIT Sloan MBA Essay Guide (Includes Sample Cover letters and Sample Essays)

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MIT Sloan MBA Essay Guide

Cover Letter Question: Please submit a cover letter seeking a place in the MIT Sloan MBA program. Your letter should conform to standard business correspondence, include one or more professional examples that illustrate why you meet the desired criteria above, and be addressed to the Admissions Committee (300 words or fewer, excluding address and salutation).

Short Answer Question: How has the world you come from shaped who you are today? For example, your family, culture, community, all help to shape aspects of your identity. Please use this opportunity if you would like to share more about your background. (250 words or less.)

Video Questions

Question 1: Introduce yourself to your future classmates. Here’s your chance to put a face with a name, let your personality shine through, be conversational, be yourself. We can’t wait to meet you!

Question 2: All MBA applicants will be prompted to respond to a randomly generated, open-ended question. The question is designed to help us get to know you better; to see how you express yourself and to assess fit with the MIT Sloan culture. It does not require prior preparation.

Video Question 2 is part of your required application materials and will appear as a page within the application, once the other parts of your application are completed. Applicants are given 10 seconds to prepare for a 60-second response.

The following are examples of questions that may be asked in the Video Question 2:
•    What achievement are you most proud of and why?
•    Tell us about a time a classmate or colleague wasn’t contributing to a group project. What did you do?

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