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: A product manager who has worked with the search engine giant Baidu, shares the critical role he played in introducing SAP solutions that streamlined operations for Small and Medium Sized businesses and helped them serve 300 million customers.
Theme: Strategic Thinking, AI
Theme (Explained): MIT values a doer mindset. However, applicants who are in strategy or project managerial roles, highlighting impact through strategic thinking is essential to stand out.
Profile: Product Manager
Industry: Telecom
MBA Cover Letter Strategy: The candidate saw an opportunity to expand China telecom – the fourth largest company to small and medium scale businesses by formulating a strategic partnership with the German software giant SAP.
Scaling to higher net worth customers was the reason his department became the fastest growing in China Telecom.
His biggest achievement - attracting the accounts of 50,000 sellers encompassing 40 million small and midsize businesses (SMBs) alone is not sufficient to demonstrate motivation for MIT Sloan.
The opening half is the growth of the applicant as a strategic leader through experience in two companies – one a startup and the other a government organization.
Motivation: The applicant wants to leverage the school’s AI leadership and go back to mastering a technology that will fundamentally change how businesses scale.
Opener: The opening line shares the unique background of the applicant – working in software before pivoting to digital infrastructure. Sometimes such experiences are not obvious from reading the 1-page resume where the beneficiaries look similar.
Sample MIT Sloan MBA Cover Letter – Product Manager (MIT’s AI Leadership) (300 Words)
August 07, 2024
Mr. Jon X
Shanghai
China
Dear Admissions Committee,
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142
I had the good fortune to work with the Search Engine giant, Baidu, before pursuing my interest in telecom infrastructure with China Telecom - the largest state-owned enterprise.
Working with the nimble expectations in Baidu and a bureaucratic hierarchy in the government gave me the experiences of adapting my leadership to two teams with widely different motivations...
Innovating a visual recognition module ..
