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 who has 3+ years of experience in a management consulting company serving the healthcare industry starts a Drug Discovery startup and plans to integrate Quantum Computing with AI to accelerate the discovery process.
Theme: Innovation, Drug Discovery
Theme (Explained): MIT values innovators in healthcare, operations, and technology who are disrupting the incumbents and helping communities prosper. For this example, the innovation is in fastening drug discovery.
Profile: Entrepreneur
Industry: Healthcare
MBA Cover Letter Strategy: Entrepreneurial narrative for MIT Sloan MBA application or any school application should make the ‘vision’ as the core of the narrative.
Once the core is established, some progress the entrepreneur made in reaching the first milestone – first customer, first product in the market or the first partnership are all essential to convey that MIT Sloan is not a backup plan but a plan to accelerate an entrepreneurial career.
In addition to citing MIT’s ecosystem and electives, the applicant has prioritized building a team of MIT peers to build credibility for his team and convert a pitch into an investment.
Opener: The opening line establishes the applicant’s experience with a private healthcare network, where he gained a holistic perspective on the reasons behind inequity in accessing healthcare services.
Sample MIT Sloan MBA Cover Letter – Healthcare Entrepreneurship (300 Words)
August 07, 2024
Mr. Ross X
Lansing, Michigan
USA
Dear Admissions Committee,
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142
While guiding the world’s largest private hospital network, I began envisioning solutions that could improve access to healthcare services worldwide.
A trifecta of factors - access to diagnostic data to determine pre-existing conditions, the optimum treatment options, and studies on drug efficacy determine the health outcome for a patient. While most government initiatives are around the first two factors, drug development has remained stagnant for over 20 years.
A Ph.D. friend in Drug Discovery enlightened me about the reasons for the stagnation ..
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