Questions on MIT's Business School

Vivi
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:13:51 +0000

Piper is correct. However, I will take some of the other questions:

2. To those who are currently attending, how is the program?
Course 15 undergraduates take all of their classes with graduate students in the MBA program. In fact, if you look through the course 15 subject listing ([Course 15: Management](Fall 2023 Course 15: Management)), you’ll find that most of our classes are graduate level (with the exception of some undergrad-specific classes like 15.279 - Management Communications for Undergraduates). Sloan treats you very much like an adult and expects you to maintain a professional and prepared appearance during class and around Sloan. If you step foot onto Sloan grounds during the week, you’ll see people in suits and business casual wear. The first time I went to a Sloan class I wore a baggy sweatshirt and jeans and felt like a slob, haha. It’s not that we’re superficial - it’s that in Sloan we try our best to emulate the business world, and appearances are just as important as strong academics. In addition, we have many amazing professors and the variety of classes is rather large.

3. How are the strengths of recruits and from around where?
I don’t think this is applicable (see Piper’s post). However, you’ll find that there are a LOT of undergraduate double-majors in course 15 (I’m one myself, in 14/15). There are four concentrations - Finance, Marketing, Operations, and Information Technology. Finance is by far the largest concentration, followed by Marketing/Ops. I can’t think of anyone who is doing a concentration in IT, to be honest…

**4. Anything unique about it that seperates it from other business schools such as a trading system? **
Can’t think of anything at the moment, besides the fact that you don’t get a “business” degree - you get a “management” degree ;)