MIT Sloan Executive MBA Essay Tips Deadlines [2019 - 2020]

These essay questions show that the MIT EMBA adcom seeks applicants who have the judgment and practical skills to take on the challenges that will fly at them as they re-define industries and functions. Applicants who push the boundary of what’s possible and provide â€Å"principled leadership† amidst a torrent of change. The essays (including Statement of Purpose) are your main means to show that you possess the qualities that indicate fit for MIT EMBA: leadership impact, global mindset, functional depth, and experience with innovation. While the statement of purpose challenges you to succinctly create your applicant portrait, the three essay questions probe how your perspective, ideas, and thinking lead to specific impacts and outcomes. As always, MIT Sloan is interested in what you’ve done – actions you’ve taken and impacts you’ve created. In an overall plan for the essays, the statement of purpose works as a positioner, an opening pitch, a frame. In each of the three essays, strategically select experiences that show different facets of you to give a comprehensive view. Also, if possible, discuss recent experiences in at least 2 of the essays, to allow the adcom to see you working at a high level and to show what you’ll bring to the table.   Also, a pitfall of the essays is potential overlap in topics and examples. Before drafting essays, I suggest mapping out your topics and examples to ensure you present different types of impacts and experiences and â€Å"allocate† your relevant examples/experiences optimally. MIT Executive MBA application writing prompts MIT Executive MBA statement of purpose Taking the above into consideration [description of MIT fit], please tell us why you are pursuing the MIT Executive MBA now. What has influenced your decision to apply, and what you will contribute to your classmates and the MIT community? Include examples of success working with organizations, groups, and individuals. (500 words or less) This is your portrait – your candidacy at a glance. It should convey a vivid, immediate sense of you as a person and as a candidate for this program. It should go beyond just facts to present a point of view and a message (theme). Determine your message first, before drafting the essay, and let it guide you in selecting and elaborating the content details. Beware of a potential pitfall: in discussing the requested examples of success working with organizations, groups, and people, do not repeat your resume in prose format. Select your examples thoughtfully, focusing on those that (a) are truly distinctive and relevant to the EMBA and/or (b) support your goals directly or indirectly, and (c) reflect your message. Make a short, meaningful point about each, such as the insight it lends or its influence on you. For why you are pursuing the EMBA, of course you’ll discuss your professional goals and objectives. Focus not only on what you want to do, but also why — what you want to accomplish for the organization and/or its customers/market (your â€Å"vision†). Addressing â€Å"why now† should be part of this goals discussion.   The contributions should reference your experience from work or outside work; think of what about you would be most meaningful and interesting to prospective classmates. This element of your response is an opportunity to show that you understand the program. MIT Executive MBA essay #1 The educational mission of the MIT Sloan School of Management is to develop principled, innovative leaders who improve the world and to generate ideas that advance management practice. With this in mind, tell us about a time when you made an impact through your leadership.  (250 words or less) The bulk of the essay will focus on action – your chosen story of making an impact through leadership. The story itself should reflect MIT’s educational mission, but don’t strain to find something that literally mirrors all the specific points (innovative, principled, generate ideas, advance management practice).   Rather, your story can succeed by reflecting the spirit of this mission.   That means you really have to â€Å"get it† deeply.   Most people will have a story that strongly illustrates perhaps one of these elements while not being inconsistent with the others.   The key to making this a gripping, memorable essay is including a bit about your thought process as you narrate the actions – at a key point, why you made an important decision, etc.   ; MIT Executive MBA essay #2 We believe that a commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and well-being is a key component of both principled leadership and sound management practice. We seek to create a community that encompasses all dimensions of diversity and fosters excellence within MIT Sloan. This includes diversity of identity, thought, role, and perspective.  Please describe a time when you contributed toward making a work environment or organization more welcoming, inclusive, and diverse. (250 words or less) Again, MIT seeks evidence that you take actions and have an impact that are consistent with its values.   They are interested in learning how you implement change in the dimension of diversity – which they define broadly.   Here too, with only 250 words, keep it simple, focus on telling the story. Be sure to clarify your own actions and also your thinking at 1-2 key points.   In selecting your example, keep in mind your topics for essays 1 and 3, to ensure that all together you are representing strategically meaningful aspects of your experience. MIT Executive MBA essay #3 Please tell us about a time when you introduced an idea that changed the way in which your organization approached a business challenge or opportunity.   What factors did you consider, what barriers or obstacles did you face, and how did you measure success? (500 words or less) This question requires you to address both thought (idea) and action (you introduced†¦). MIT Sloan seeks people who have strength in both areas – who have vision and can execute that vision. A suggested approach is to draft it straightforwardly, as a story: start with your idea and what prompted it, and then narrate your action – how you introduced the idea, and how you implemented it. Conclude with the results, clarifying the change in approach to the opportunity or challenge, and how you measured the success. There are 2 ways to make this approach work. Option A: As you narrate, include and â€Å"zoom in† on factors you considered and the barriers you encountered in the process; make them part of the story. Option B: narrate the story, and then in a concluding paragraph discuss the factors you considered and the barriers/obstacles faced. For expert guidance with your MIT Sloan EMBA application, check out Accepted’s  MBA Application Packages, which include comprehensive guidance from an experienced admissions consultant. We’ve helped hundreds of applicants get accepted to MIT Sloan’s EMBA program and look forward to helping you too! MIT Executive MBA application deadlines for 2019-2020 Deadline 1January 7, 2020 Deadline 2March 12, 2020 Deadline 3May 28, 2020 ***Disclaimer: Information is subject to change. Please check with individual programs to verify the essay questions, instructions and deadlines.*** ; Cindy Tokumitsu has advised hundreds of successful applicants, helping them gain acceptance to top MBA and EMBA programs in her 20 years with Accepted. She would love to help you too. Want Cindy to help you get Accepted? Click here to get in touch! Related Resources: †¢Ã‚  Ace the EMBA: Expert Advice for Rising Executives, a free guide †¢ A Non-Traditional Applicant Accepted to the Columbia EMBA Program, a podcast episode †¢ MIT Sloan EMBA and Sloan Fellows Programs: Move from Success to Significance, a podcast episode MIT Sloan Executive MBA Essay Tips Deadlines [2019 - 2020] These essay questions show that the MIT EMBA adcom seeks applicants who have the judgment and practical skills to take on the challenges that will fly at them as they re-define industries and functions. Applicants who push the boundary of what’s possible and provide â€Å"principled leadership† amidst a torrent of change. The essays (including Statement of Purpose) are your main means to show that you possess the qualities that indicate fit for MIT EMBA: leadership impact, global mindset, functional depth, and experience with innovation. While the statement of purpose challenges you to succinctly create your applicant portrait, the three essay questions probe how your perspective, ideas, and thinking lead to specific impacts and outcomes. As always, MIT Sloan is interested in what you’ve done – actions you’ve taken and impacts you’ve created. In an overall plan for the essays, the statement of purpose works as a positioner, an opening pitch, a frame. In each of the three essays, strategically select experiences that show different facets of you to give a comprehensive view. Also, if possible, discuss recent experiences in at least 2 of the essays, to allow the adcom to see you working at a high level and to show what you’ll bring to the table.   Also, a pitfall of the essays is potential overlap in topics and examples. Before drafting essays, I suggest mapping out your topics and examples to ensure you present different types of impacts and experiences and â€Å"allocate† your relevant examples/experiences optimally. MIT Executive MBA application writing prompts MIT Executive MBA statement of purpose Taking the above into consideration [description of MIT fit], please tell us why you are pursuing the MIT Executive MBA now. What has influenced your decision to apply, and what you will contribute to your classmates and the MIT community? Include examples of success working with organizations, groups, and individuals. (500 words or less) This is your portrait – your candidacy at a glance. It should convey a vivid, immediate sense of you as a person and as a candidate for this program. It should go beyond just facts to present a point of view and a message (theme). Determine your message first, before drafting the essay, and let it guide you in selecting and elaborating the content details. Beware of a potential pitfall: in discussing the requested examples of success working with organizations, groups, and people, do not repeat your resume in prose format. Select your examples thoughtfully, focusing on those that (a) are truly distinctive and relevant to the EMBA and/or (b) support your goals directly or indirectly, and (c) reflect your message. Make a short, meaningful point about each, such as the insight it lends or its influence on you. For why you are pursuing the EMBA, of course you’ll discuss your professional goals and objectives. Focus not only on what you want to do, but also why — what you want to accomplish for the organization and/or its customers/market (your â€Å"vision†). Addressing â€Å"why now† should be part of this goals discussion.   The contributions should reference your experience from work or outside work; think of what about you would be most meaningful and interesting to prospective classmates. This element of your response is an opportunity to show that you understand the program. MIT Executive MBA essay #1 The educational mission of the MIT Sloan School of Management is to develop principled, innovative leaders who improve the world and to generate ideas that advance management practice. With this in mind, tell us about a time when you made an impact through your leadership.  (250 words or less) The bulk of the essay will focus on action – your chosen story of making an impact through leadership. The story itself should reflect MIT’s educational mission, but don’t strain to find something that literally mirrors all the specific points (innovative, principled, generate ideas, advance management practice).   Rather, your story can succeed by reflecting the spirit of this mission.   That means you really have to â€Å"get it† deeply.   Most people will have a story that strongly illustrates perhaps one of these elements while not being inconsistent with the others.   The key to making this a gripping, memorable essay is including a bit about your thought process as you narrate the actions – at a key point, why you made an important decision, etc.   ; MIT Executive MBA essay #2 We believe that a commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and well-being is a key component of both principled leadership and sound management practice. We seek to create a community that encompasses all dimensions of diversity and fosters excellence within MIT Sloan. This includes diversity of identity, thought, role, and perspective.  Please describe a time when you contributed toward making a work environment or organization more welcoming, inclusive, and diverse. (250 words or less) Again, MIT seeks evidence that you take actions and have an impact that are consistent with its values.   They are interested in learning how you implement change in the dimension of diversity – which they define broadly.   Here too, with only 250 words, keep it simple, focus on telling the story. Be sure to clarify your own actions and also your thinking at 1-2 key points.   In selecting your example, keep in mind your topics for essays 1 and 3, to ensure that all together you are representing strategically meaningful aspects of your experience. MIT Executive MBA essay #3 Please tell us about a time when you introduced an idea that changed the way in which your organization approached a business challenge or opportunity.   What factors did you consider, what barriers or obstacles did you face, and how did you measure success? (500 words or less) This question requires you to address both thought (idea) and action (you introduced†¦). MIT Sloan seeks people who have strength in both areas – who have vision and can execute that vision. A suggested approach is to draft it straightforwardly, as a story: start with your idea and what prompted it, and then narrate your action – how you introduced the idea, and how you implemented it. Conclude with the results, clarifying the change in approach to the opportunity or challenge, and how you measured the success. There are 2 ways to make this approach work. Option A: As you narrate, include and â€Å"zoom in† on factors you considered and the barriers you encountered in the process; make them part of the story. Option B: narrate the story, and then in a concluding paragraph discuss the factors you considered and the barriers/obstacles faced. For expert guidance with your MIT Sloan EMBA application, check out Accepted’s  MBA Application Packages, which include comprehensive guidance from an experienced admissions consultant. We’ve helped hundreds of applicants get accepted to MIT Sloan’s EMBA program and look forward to helping you too! MIT Executive MBA application deadlines for 2019-2020 Deadline 1January 7, 2020 Deadline 2March 12, 2020 Deadline 3May 28, 2020 ***Disclaimer: Information is subject to change. Please check with individual programs to verify the essay questions, instructions and deadlines.*** ; Cindy Tokumitsu has advised hundreds of successful applicants, helping them gain acceptance to top MBA and EMBA programs in her 20 years with Accepted. She would love to help you too. Want Cindy to help you get Accepted? Click here to get in touch! Related Resources: †¢Ã‚  Ace the EMBA: Expert Advice for Rising Executives, a free guide †¢ A Non-Traditional Applicant Accepted to the Columbia EMBA Program, a podcast episode †¢ MIT Sloan EMBA and Sloan Fellows Programs: Move from Success to Significance, a podcast episode MIT Sloan Executive MBA Essay Tips Deadlines [2019 - 2020] These essay questions show that the MIT EMBA adcom seeks applicants who have the judgment and practical skills to take on the challenges that will fly at them as they re-define industries and functions. Applicants who push the boundary of what’s possible and provide â€Å"principled leadership† amidst a torrent of change. The essays (including Statement of Purpose) are your main means to show that you possess the qualities that indicate fit for MIT EMBA: leadership impact, global mindset, functional depth, and experience with innovation. While the statement of purpose challenges you to succinctly create your applicant portrait, the three essay questions probe how your perspective, ideas, and thinking lead to specific impacts and outcomes. As always, MIT Sloan is interested in what you’ve done – actions you’ve taken and impacts you’ve created. In an overall plan for the essays, the statement of purpose works as a positioner, an opening pitch, a frame. In each of the three essays, strategically select experiences that show different facets of you to give a comprehensive view. Also, if possible, discuss recent experiences in at least 2 of the essays, to allow the adcom to see you working at a high level and to show what you’ll bring to the table.   Also, a pitfall of the essays is potential overlap in topics and examples. Before drafting essays, I suggest mapping out your topics and examples to ensure you present different types of impacts and experiences and â€Å"allocate† your relevant examples/experiences optimally. MIT Executive MBA application writing prompts MIT Executive MBA statement of purpose Taking the above into consideration [description of MIT fit], please tell us why you are pursuing the MIT Executive MBA now. What has influenced your decision to apply, and what you will contribute to your classmates and the MIT community? Include examples of success working with organizations, groups, and individuals. (500 words or less) This is your portrait – your candidacy at a glance. It should convey a vivid, immediate sense of you as a person and as a candidate for this program. It should go beyond just facts to present a point of view and a message (theme). Determine your message first, before drafting the essay, and let it guide you in selecting and elaborating the content details. Beware of a potential pitfall: in discussing the requested examples of success working with organizations, groups, and people, do not repeat your resume in prose format. Select your examples thoughtfully, focusing on those that (a) are truly distinctive and relevant to the EMBA and/or (b) support your goals directly or indirectly, and (c) reflect your message. Make a short, meaningful point about each, such as the insight it lends or its influence on you. For why you are pursuing the EMBA, of course you’ll discuss your professional goals and objectives. Focus not only on what you want to do, but also why — what you want to accomplish for the organization and/or its customers/market (your â€Å"vision†). Addressing â€Å"why now† should be part of this goals discussion.   The contributions should reference your experience from work or outside work; think of what about you would be most meaningful and interesting to prospective classmates. This element of your response is an opportunity to show that you understand the program. MIT Executive MBA essay #1 The educational mission of the MIT Sloan School of Management is to develop principled, innovative leaders who improve the world and to generate ideas that advance management practice. With this in mind, tell us about a time when you made an impact through your leadership.  (250 words or less) The bulk of the essay will focus on action – your chosen story of making an impact through leadership. The story itself should reflect MIT’s educational mission, but don’t strain to find something that literally mirrors all the specific points (innovative, principled, generate ideas, advance management practice).   Rather, your story can succeed by reflecting the spirit of this mission.   That means you really have to â€Å"get it† deeply.   Most people will have a story that strongly illustrates perhaps one of these elements while not being inconsistent with the others.   The key to making this a gripping, memorable essay is including a bit about your thought process as you narrate the actions – at a key point, why you made an important decision, etc.   ; MIT Executive MBA essay #2 We believe that a commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and well-being is a key component of both principled leadership and sound management practice. We seek to create a community that encompasses all dimensions of diversity and fosters excellence within MIT Sloan. This includes diversity of identity, thought, role, and perspective.  Please describe a time when you contributed toward making a work environment or organization more welcoming, inclusive, and diverse. (250 words or less) Again, MIT seeks evidence that you take actions and have an impact that are consistent with its values.   They are interested in learning how you implement change in the dimension of diversity – which they define broadly.   Here too, with only 250 words, keep it simple, focus on telling the story. Be sure to clarify your own actions and also your thinking at 1-2 key points.   In selecting your example, keep in mind your topics for essays 1 and 3, to ensure that all together you are representing strategically meaningful aspects of your experience. MIT Executive MBA essay #3 Please tell us about a time when you introduced an idea that changed the way in which your organization approached a business challenge or opportunity.   What factors did you consider, what barriers or obstacles did you face, and how did you measure success? (500 words or less) This question requires you to address both thought (idea) and action (you introduced†¦). MIT Sloan seeks people who have strength in both areas – who have vision and can execute that vision. A suggested approach is to draft it straightforwardly, as a story: start with your idea and what prompted it, and then narrate your action – how you introduced the idea, and how you implemented it. Conclude with the results, clarifying the change in approach to the opportunity or challenge, and how you measured the success. There are 2 ways to make this approach work. Option A: As you narrate, include and â€Å"zoom in† on factors you considered and the barriers you encountered in the process; make them part of the story. Option B: narrate the story, and then in a concluding paragraph discuss the factors you considered and the barriers/obstacles faced. For expert guidance with your MIT Sloan EMBA application, check out Accepted’s  MBA Application Packages, which include comprehensive guidance from an experienced admissions consultant. We’ve helped hundreds of applicants get accepted to MIT Sloan’s EMBA program and look forward to helping you too! MIT Executive MBA application deadlines for 2019-2020 Deadline 1January 7, 2020 Deadline 2March 12, 2020 Deadline 3May 28, 2020 ***Disclaimer: Information is subject to change. Please check with individual programs to verify the essay questions, instructions and deadlines.*** ; Cindy Tokumitsu has advised hundreds of successful applicants, helping them gain acceptance to top MBA and EMBA programs in her 20 years with Accepted. She would love to help you too. Want Cindy to help you get Accepted? Click here to get in touch! Related Resources: †¢Ã‚  Ace the EMBA: Expert Advice for Rising Executives, a free guide †¢ A Non-Traditional Applicant Accepted to the Columbia EMBA Program, a podcast episode †¢ MIT Sloan EMBA and Sloan Fellows Programs: Move from Success to Significance, a podcast episode MIT Sloan Executive MBA Essay Tips Deadlines [2019 - 2020] These essay questions show that the MIT EMBA adcom seeks applicants who have the judgment and practical skills to take on the challenges that will fly at them as they re-define industries and functions. Applicants who push the boundary of what’s possible and provide â€Å"principled leadership† amidst a torrent of change. The essays (including Statement of Purpose) are your main means to show that you possess the qualities that indicate fit for MIT EMBA: leadership impact, global mindset, functional depth, and experience with innovation. While the statement of purpose challenges you to succinctly create your applicant portrait, the three essay questions probe how your perspective, ideas, and thinking lead to specific impacts and outcomes. As always, MIT Sloan is interested in what you’ve done – actions you’ve taken and impacts you’ve created. In an overall plan for the essays, the statement of purpose works as a positioner, an opening pitch, a frame. In each of the three essays, strategically select experiences that show different facets of you to give a comprehensive view. Also, if possible, discuss recent experiences in at least 2 of the essays, to allow the adcom to see you working at a high level and to show what you’ll bring to the table.   Also, a pitfall of the essays is potential overlap in topics and examples. Before drafting essays, I suggest mapping out your topics and examples to ensure you present different types of impacts and experiences and â€Å"allocate† your relevant examples/experiences optimally. MIT Executive MBA application writing prompts MIT Executive MBA statement of purpose Taking the above into consideration [description of MIT fit], please tell us why you are pursuing the MIT Executive MBA now. What has influenced your decision to apply, and what you will contribute to your classmates and the MIT community? Include examples of success working with organizations, groups, and individuals. (500 words or less) This is your portrait – your candidacy at a glance. It should convey a vivid, immediate sense of you as a person and as a candidate for this program. It should go beyond just facts to present a point of view and a message (theme). Determine your message first, before drafting the essay, and let it guide you in selecting and elaborating the content details. Beware of a potential pitfall: in discussing the requested examples of success working with organizations, groups, and people, do not repeat your resume in prose format. Select your examples thoughtfully, focusing on those that (a) are truly distinctive and relevant to the EMBA and/or (b) support your goals directly or indirectly, and (c) reflect your message. Make a short, meaningful point about each, such as the insight it lends or its influence on you. For why you are pursuing the EMBA, of course you’ll discuss your professional goals and objectives. Focus not only on what you want to do, but also why — what you want to accomplish for the organization and/or its customers/market (your â€Å"vision†). Addressing â€Å"why now† should be part of this goals discussion.   The contributions should reference your experience from work or outside work; think of what about you would be most meaningful and interesting to prospective classmates. This element of your response is an opportunity to show that you understand the program. MIT Executive MBA essay #1 The educational mission of the MIT Sloan School of Management is to develop principled, innovative leaders who improve the world and to generate ideas that advance management practice. With this in mind, tell us about a time when you made an impact through your leadership.  (250 words or less) The bulk of the essay will focus on action – your chosen story of making an impact through leadership. The story itself should reflect MIT’s educational mission, but don’t strain to find something that literally mirrors all the specific points (innovative, principled, generate ideas, advance management practice).   Rather, your story can succeed by reflecting the spirit of this mission.   That means you really have to â€Å"get it† deeply.   Most people will have a story that strongly illustrates perhaps one of these elements while not being inconsistent with the others.   The key to making this a gripping, memorable essay is including a bit about your thought process as you narrate the actions – at a key point, why you made an important decision, etc.   ; MIT Executive MBA essay #2 We believe that a commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and well-being is a key component of both principled leadership and sound management practice. We seek to create a community that encompasses all dimensions of diversity and fosters excellence within MIT Sloan. This includes diversity of identity, thought, role, and perspective.  Please describe a time when you contributed toward making a work environment or organization more welcoming, inclusive, and diverse. (250 words or less) Again, MIT seeks evidence that you take actions and have an impact that are consistent with its values.   They are interested in learning how you implement change in the dimension of diversity – which they define broadly.   Here too, with only 250 words, keep it simple, focus on telling the story. Be sure to clarify your own actions and also your thinking at 1-2 key points.   In selecting your example, keep in mind your topics for essays 1 and 3, to ensure that all together you are representing strategically meaningful aspects of your experience. MIT Executive MBA essay #3 Please tell us about a time when you introduced an idea that changed the way in which your organization approached a business challenge or opportunity.   What factors did you consider, what barriers or obstacles did you face, and how did you measure success? (500 words or less) This question requires you to address both thought (idea) and action (you introduced†¦). MIT Sloan seeks people who have strength in both areas – who have vision and can execute that vision. A suggested approach is to draft it straightforwardly, as a story: start with your idea and what prompted it, and then narrate your action – how you introduced the idea, and how you implemented it. Conclude with the results, clarifying the change in approach to the opportunity or challenge, and how you measured the success. There are 2 ways to make this approach work. Option A: As you narrate, include and â€Å"zoom in† on factors you considered and the barriers you encountered in the process; make them part of the story. Option B: narrate the story, and then in a concluding paragraph discuss the factors you considered and the barriers/obstacles faced. For expert guidance with your MIT Sloan EMBA application, check out Accepted’s  MBA Application Packages, which include comprehensive guidance from an experienced admissions consultant. We’ve helped hundreds of applicants get accepted to MIT Sloan’s EMBA program and look forward to helping you too! MIT Executive MBA application deadlines for 2019-2020 Deadline 1January 7, 2020 Deadline 2March 12, 2020 Deadline 3May 28, 2020 ***Disclaimer: Information is subject to change. Please check with individual programs to verify the essay questions, instructions and deadlines.*** ; Cindy Tokumitsu has advised hundreds of successful applicants, helping them gain acceptance to top MBA and EMBA programs in her 20 years with Accepted. She would love to help you too. Want Cindy to help you get Accepted? Click here to get in touch! Related Resources: †¢Ã‚  Ace the EMBA: Expert Advice for Rising Executives, a free guide †¢ A Non-Traditional Applicant Accepted to the Columbia EMBA Program, a podcast episode †¢ MIT Sloan EMBA and Sloan Fellows Programs: Move from Success to Significance, a podcast episode MIT Sloan Executive MBA Essay Tips Deadlines [2019 - 2020] These essay questions show that the MIT EMBA adcom seeks applicants who have the judgment and practical skills to take on the challenges that will fly at them as they re-define industries and functions. Applicants who push the boundary of what’s possible and provide â€Å"principled leadership† amidst a torrent of change. The essays (including Statement of Purpose) are your main means to show that you possess the qualities that indicate fit for MIT EMBA: leadership impact, global mindset, functional depth, and experience with innovation. While the statement of purpose challenges you to succinctly create your applicant portrait, the three essay questions probe how your perspective, ideas, and thinking lead to specific impacts and outcomes. As always, MIT Sloan is interested in what you’ve done – actions you’ve taken and impacts you’ve created. In an overall plan for the essays, the statement of purpose works as a positioner, an opening pitch, a frame. In each of the three essays, strategically select experiences that show different facets of you to give a comprehensive view. Also, if possible, discuss recent experiences in at least 2 of the essays, to allow the adcom to see you working at a high level and to show what you’ll bring to the table.   Also, a pitfall of the essays is potential overlap in topics and examples. Before drafting essays, I suggest mapping out your topics and examples to ensure you present different types of impacts and experiences and â€Å"allocate† your relevant examples/experiences optimally. MIT Executive MBA application writing prompts MIT Executive MBA statement of purpose Taking the above into consideration [description of MIT fit], please tell us why you are pursuing the MIT Executive MBA now. What has influenced your decision to apply, and what you will contribute to your classmates and the MIT community? Include examples of success working with organizations, groups, and individuals. (500 words or less) This is your portrait – your candidacy at a glance. It should convey a vivid, immediate sense of you as a person and as a candidate for this program. It should go beyond just facts to present a point of view and a message (theme). Determine your message first, before drafting the essay, and let it guide you in selecting and elaborating the content details. Beware of a potential pitfall: in discussing the requested examples of success working with organizations, groups, and people, do not repeat your resume in prose format. Select your examples thoughtfully, focusing on those that (a) are truly distinctive and relevant to the EMBA and/or (b) support your goals directly or indirectly, and (c) reflect your message. Make a short, meaningful point about each, such as the insight it lends or its influence on you. For why you are pursuing the EMBA, of course you’ll discuss your professional goals and objectives. Focus not only on what you want to do, but also why — what you want to accomplish for the organization and/or its customers/market (your â€Å"vision†). Addressing â€Å"why now† should be part of this goals discussion.   The contributions should reference your experience from work or outside work; think of what about you would be most meaningful and interesting to prospective classmates. This element of your response is an opportunity to show that you understand the program. MIT Executive MBA essay #1 The educational mission of the MIT Sloan School of Management is to develop principled, innovative leaders who improve the world and to generate ideas that advance management practice. With this in mind, tell us about a time when you made an impact through your leadership.  (250 words or less) The bulk of the essay will focus on action – your chosen story of making an impact through leadership. The story itself should reflect MIT’s educational mission, but don’t strain to find something that literally mirrors all the specific points (innovative, principled, generate ideas, advance management practice).   Rather, your story can succeed by reflecting the spirit of this mission.   That means you really have to â€Å"get it† deeply.   Most people will have a story that strongly illustrates perhaps one of these elements while not being inconsistent with the others.   The key to making this a gripping, memorable essay is including a bit about your thought process as you narrate the actions – at a key point, why you made an important decision, etc.   ; MIT Executive MBA essay #2 We believe that a commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and well-being is a key component of both principled leadership and sound management practice. We seek to create a community that encompasses all dimensions of diversity and fosters excellence within MIT Sloan. This includes diversity of identity, thought, role, and perspective.  Please describe a time when you contributed toward making a work environment or organization more welcoming, inclusive, and diverse. (250 words or less) Again, MIT seeks evidence that you take actions and have an impact that are consistent with its values.   They are interested in learning how you implement change in the dimension of diversity – which they define broadly.   Here too, with only 250 words, keep it simple, focus on telling the story. Be sure to clarify your own actions and also your thinking at 1-2 key points.   In selecting your example, keep in mind your topics for essays 1 and 3, to ensure that all together you are representing strategically meaningful aspects of your experience. MIT Executive MBA essay #3 Please tell us about a time when you introduced an idea that changed the way in which your organization approached a business challenge or opportunity.   What factors did you consider, what barriers or obstacles did you face, and how did you measure success? (500 words or less) This question requires you to address both thought (idea) and action (you introduced†¦). MIT Sloan seeks people who have strength in both areas – who have vision and can execute that vision. A suggested approach is to draft it straightforwardly, as a story: start with your idea and what prompted it, and then narrate your action – how you introduced the idea, and how you implemented it. Conclude with the results, clarifying the change in approach to the opportunity or challenge, and how you measured the success. There are 2 ways to make this approach work. Option A: As you narrate, include and â€Å"zoom in† on factors you considered and the barriers you encountered in the process; make them part of the story. Option B: narrate the story, and then in a concluding paragraph discuss the factors you considered and the barriers/obstacles faced. For expert guidance with your MIT Sloan EMBA application, check out Accepted’s  MBA Application Packages, which include comprehensive guidance from an experienced admissions consultant. We’ve helped hundreds of applicants get accepted to MIT Sloan’s EMBA program and look forward to helping you too! MIT Executive MBA application deadlines for 2019-2020 Deadline 1January 7, 2020 Deadline 2March 12, 2020 Deadline 3May 28, 2020 ***Disclaimer: Information is subject to change. Please check with individual programs to verify the essay questions, instructions and deadlines.*** ; Cindy Tokumitsu has advised hundreds of successful applicants, helping them gain acceptance to top MBA and EMBA programs in her 20 years with Accepted. She would love to help you too. Want Cindy to help you get Accepted? Click here to get in touch! Related Resources: †¢Ã‚  Ace the EMBA: Expert Advice for Rising Executives, a free guide †¢ A Non-Traditional Applicant Accepted to the Columbia EMBA Program, a podcast episode †¢ MIT Sloan EMBA and Sloan Fellows Programs: Move from Success to Significance, a podcast episode MIT Sloan Executive MBA Essay Tips Deadlines [2019 - 2020] These essay questions show that the MIT EMBA adcom seeks applicants who have the judgment and practical skills to take on the challenges that will fly at them as they re-define industries and functions. Applicants who push the boundary of what’s possible and provide â€Å"principled leadership† amidst a torrent of change. The essays (including Statement of Purpose) are your main means to show that you possess the qualities that indicate fit for MIT EMBA: leadership impact, global mindset, functional depth, and experience with innovation. While the statement of purpose challenges you to succinctly create your applicant portrait, the three essay questions probe how your perspective, ideas, and thinking lead to specific impacts and outcomes. As always, MIT Sloan is interested in what you’ve done – actions you’ve taken and impacts you’ve created. In an overall plan for the essays, the statement of purpose works as a positioner, an opening pitch, a frame. In each of the three essays, strategically select experiences that show different facets of you to give a comprehensive view. Also, if possible, discuss recent experiences in at least 2 of the essays, to allow the adcom to see you working at a high level and to show what you’ll bring to the table.   Also, a pitfall of the essays is potential overlap in topics and examples. Before drafting essays, I suggest mapping out your topics and examples to ensure you present different types of impacts and experiences and â€Å"allocate† your relevant examples/experiences optimally. MIT Executive MBA application writing prompts MIT Executive MBA statement of purpose Taking the above into consideration [description of MIT fit], please tell us why you are pursuing the MIT Executive MBA now. What has influenced your decision to apply, and what you will contribute to your classmates and the MIT community? Include examples of success working with organizations, groups, and individuals. (500 words or less) This is your portrait – your candidacy at a glance. It should convey a vivid, immediate sense of you as a person and as a candidate for this program. It should go beyond just facts to present a point of view and a message (theme). Determine your message first, before drafting the essay, and let it guide you in selecting and elaborating the content details. Beware of a potential pitfall: in discussing the requested examples of success working with organizations, groups, and people, do not repeat your resume in prose format. Select your examples thoughtfully, focusing on those that (a) are truly distinctive and relevant to the EMBA and/or (b) support your goals directly or indirectly, and (c) reflect your message. Make a short, meaningful point about each, such as the insight it lends or its influence on you. For why you are pursuing the EMBA, of course you’ll discuss your professional goals and objectives. Focus not only on what you want to do, but also why — what you want to accomplish for the organization and/or its customers/market (your â€Å"vision†). Addressing â€Å"why now† should be part of this goals discussion.   The contributions should reference your experience from work or outside work; think of what about you would be most meaningful and interesting to prospective classmates. This element of your response is an opportunity to show that you understand the program. MIT Executive MBA essay #1 The educational mission of the MIT Sloan School of Management is to develop principled, innovative leaders who improve the world and to generate ideas that advance management practice. With this in mind, tell us about a time when you made an impact through your leadership.  (250 words or less) The bulk of the essay will focus on action – your chosen story of making an impact through leadership. The story itself should reflect MIT’s educational mission, but don’t strain to find something that literally mirrors all the specific points (innovative, principled, generate ideas, advance management practice).   Rather, your story can succeed by reflecting the spirit of this mission.   That means you really have to â€Å"get it† deeply.   Most people will have a story that strongly illustrates perhaps one of these elements while not being inconsistent with the others.   The key to making this a gripping, memorable essay is including a bit about your thought process as you narrate the actions – at a key point, why you made an important decision, etc.   ; MIT Executive MBA essay #2 We believe that a commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and well-being is a key component of both principled leadership and sound management practice. We seek to create a community that encompasses all dimensions of diversity and fosters excellence within MIT Sloan. This includes diversity of identity, thought, role, and perspective.  Please describe a time when you contributed toward making a work environment or organization more welcoming, inclusive, and diverse. (250 words or less) Again, MIT seeks evidence that you take actions and have an impact that are consistent with its values.   They are interested in learning how you implement change in the dimension of diversity – which they define broadly.   Here too, with only 250 words, keep it simple, focus on telling the story. Be sure to clarify your own actions and also your thinking at 1-2 key points.   In selecting your example, keep in mind your topics for essays 1 and 3, to ensure that all together you are representing strategically meaningful aspects of your experience. MIT Executive MBA essay #3 Please tell us about a time when you introduced an idea that changed the way in which your organization approached a business challenge or opportunity.   What factors did you consider, what barriers or obstacles did you face, and how did you measure success? (500 words or less) This question requires you to address both thought (idea) and action (you introduced†¦). MIT Sloan seeks people who have strength in both areas – who have vision and can execute that vision. A suggested approach is to draft it straightforwardly, as a story: start with your idea and what prompted it, and then narrate your action – how you introduced the idea, and how you implemented it. Conclude with the results, clarifying the change in approach to the opportunity or challenge, and how you measured the success. There are 2 ways to make this approach work. Option A: As you narrate, include and â€Å"zoom in† on factors you considered and the barriers you encountered in the process; make them part of the story. Option B: narrate the story, and then in a concluding paragraph discuss the factors you considered and the barriers/obstacles faced. For expert guidance with your MIT Sloan EMBA application, check out Accepted’s  MBA Application Packages, which include comprehensive guidance from an experienced admissions consultant. We’ve helped hundreds of applicants get accepted to MIT Sloan’s EMBA program and look forward to helping you too! MIT Executive MBA application deadlines for 2019-2020 Deadline 1January 7, 2020 Deadline 2March 12, 2020 Deadline 3May 28, 2020 ***Disclaimer: Information is subject to change. Please check with individual programs to verify the essay questions, instructions and deadlines.*** ; Cindy Tokumitsu has advised hundreds of successful applicants, helping them gain acceptance to top MBA and EMBA programs in her 20 years with Accepted. She would love to help you too. Want Cindy to help you get Accepted? Click here to get in touch! Related Resources: †¢Ã‚  Ace the EMBA: Expert Advice for Rising Executives, a free guide †¢ A Non-Traditional Applicant Accepted to the Columbia EMBA Program, a podcast episode †¢ MIT Sloan EMBA and Sloan Fellows Programs: Move from Success to Significance, a podcast episode