MIT Sloan seeks students whose personal characteristics demonstrate that they will make the most of the incredible opportunities at MIT, both academic and non-academic. We are on a quest to find those whose presence will enhance the experience of other students. We seek thoughtful leaders with exceptional intellectual abilities and the drive and determination to put their stamp on the world. We welcome people who are independent, authentic, and fearlessly creative — true doers. We want people who can redefine solutions to conventional problems, and strive to preempt unconventional dilemmas with cutting-edge ideas. We demand integrity and respect passion.
Taking the above into consideration, please submit a cover letter seeking a place in the MIT Sloan MBA program. Your letter should conform to a standard business correspondence, include one or more professional examples that illustrate why you meet the desired criteria above, and can be addressed to: Admissions Committee 50 Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA 02142
Background Information: An applicant with consulting experience in retail shares her experience guiding the team at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to find a unique solution to the 2% internet penetration in Somalia and improve the reach of the vaccine campaign.
Theme: Innovation
Theme (Explained): MIT appreciates applicants who can navigate the constraints in resources, time, funds, and technology to find solutions that have a lasting impact on an organization or beneficiaries.
Innovation theme – more specifically, technological innovation is likely to be common for MIT Sloan MBA applications. Narrate the solution but tie it all together to the impact the solution had on the beneficiary.
Profile: Consultant
Industry: Retail, Non-Profit
MBA Cover Letter Strategy: Any innovation theme requires dedicating at least 20-30% of the words to the unique challenge, your idea, and the implementation of your idea through a solution. For the essay, once I established the applicant’s unique thinking, the motivation pivots to taking on another problem that affects 117 million Americans – lifestyle-related illness.
The technological intervention through an Augmented Reality (AR) app is the innovation that the applicant has prototyped. MIT Sloan MBA is the last mile to his journey to help millions looking for affordable healthcare assistance.
Opener: The opening line starts with the non-profit engagement to clearly establish the applicant’s commitment to a high-profile volunteering engagement when he also has impressive professional growth as a consultant in the retail industry.
Starting a line with healthcare was essential to end the essay with the AR App the applicant had prototyped. The themes of the non-profit experience and the post-MBA goal (healthcare) should match.
Sample MIT Sloan MBA Cover Letter – Consulting to Technology Entrepreneurship (296 Words)
August 01, 2024
Ms. Pallavi X
New York City, USA
Dear Admissions Committee,
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142
Working for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the delivery of vaccines to the remotest villages in Somalia was one of the most technologically and strategically challenging projects. By improving the margin by 2% through predictive data modeling for <retail giant> and adopting gamification to improve engagement by 37% for <start-up’s> Math Educational platform, I was deeply aware of the role data and persuasion played in changing behavior.
In Somalia, Doctors and hospitals rarely kept comprehensive ..
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