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: With the rapid spike in demand for Generative AI, a component engineer’s role evolves from an engineer to an operations manager, inspiring a career pivot to Consulting.
Theme: Adaptability, Generative AI
Theme (Explained): Adaptability as a theme has been overused during the pandemic, but if your industry were the early adopters of Generative AI, capture the ‘change’ narrative.
Profile: Engineer
Industry: Manufacturing, Technology
MBA Cover Letter Strategy: A common motivation to pivot from engineering to consulting is from an applicant’s new roles and responsibilities.
By citing competence in cross-functional roles, especially client-facing responsibilities, you may establish your fit for a role in Consulting.
Instead of making the narrative entirely personal, I am capturing a popular development that impacted almost all industries – the adoption of generative AI.
The spike in demand for AI chips is likely to create chip shortage in 2025. Anticipating the setback, the applicant’s role evolved from a technical to an operational role that involve negotiating with suppliers, finding favorable terms with regulators and anticipating failure in components, before prioritizing procurement.
The new development has qualified the applicant to play a more critical role in Consulting when businesses would need the expertise to choose the right technology for AI integration.
Opener: I wanted to set the scene on the impact Generative AI had on the applicant’s roles and responsibilities.
Sample MIT Sloan MBA Cover Letter – Components Engineer to AI Consulting (287 Words)
August 01, 2024
Ms. Ying X
Beijing, China
Dear Admissions Committee,
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142
The rapid evolution of Generative AI from a philanthropic endeavor to a consumer service triggered fresh demand for AI chips that would lead to chip shortages for personal computers, traditional servers, and even IoT devices in 2025.
Under such a dynamic supply-demand cycle, I developed a dashboard that gave a live update on the life cycle of the phone components. These judgments on prioritizing components, choosing suppliers, and predicting the component's price and its impact on the product pricing upgraded my role from a traditional components engineer to an operations manager. ..
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