Q) MIT Sloan MBA Video Essay: 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! (60 seconds)
Background Information: A technology Consultant and an Indian classical dancer, the applicant shares how creativity has helped her find new expressions in the traditional dance form and design an educational product with one of the highest user engagements in the 5-8 year-old educational app market.
Theme: Creativity
Theme (Explained): Creativity is rarely captured in the cover letter or the optional essay, if you are focusing on professional experience in the cover letter and one volunteering/extra-curricular in the optional essay. For some, creativity themes are strategically mentioned in the optional essay. The Video Essay is an opportunity to reiterate the theme.
Profile: Technology Consultant
Industry: Technology
MBA Video Essay Script Strategy: In addition to demonstrating her creativity through the Indian classical dance form and the design of the educational App, I also wanted to show her skills as a marketer.
Leading the marketing campaign to raise funds for the inner-city educational project at <x> adds to the repertoire of skills that she needs to transition from technology consulting to Product Management.
The creativity is even more relevant as she plans to start a venture in the educational market to build skills for an increasingly disruptive job market (decline in traditional technology roles and increasing integration of AI into all job functions).
Opener: The best way to open video statements for MIT is by breaking stereotypes. By using two identities – Indian Classical dancer and Technology consultant, the interest in the applicant is immediately elevated.
Sample MIT Sloan MBA Video Statement – Technology Consultant with the ambition to transform Education (168 Words)
Hello friends,
I am <name> - an Indian classical dancer and a technology consultant.
I have been trying new expressions in the traditional dance form – Mohiniyattam for over 5 years. When I showcased the new fusion
