MIT Sloan Fellows Essays for the Entering Class of 2013 are Available

The MIT Sloan Fellows program's admissions essay topics for the current 2012-13 admissions season have been released.  Here they are: Required - Statement of Objectives:

What are your immediate and ultimate professional objectives for attending the program? Specifically, please indicate how your objectives fit with the purposes of the MIT Sloan Fellows Program in Innovation and Global Leadership and indicate what you would contribute to the Sloan Fellows community. (500 words or less, limited to one page)

Required - Essay 1:

Discuss a defining experience in your development as a leader. How did this experience demonstrate your strengths and weaknesses? (500 words or less, limited to one page)

Required - Essay 2:

Please tell us about a time when you had a difficult interaction with a person or group while working in a team environment. Describe in detail what you thought, felt, said, and did. (500 words or less, limited to one page)

Required - Please answer only ONE of the next two essays.

Essay 3:

Discuss a time when you made an unpopular decision. What did you learn
from the experience? Describe in detail what you thought, felt, said, and did.
(500 words or less, limited to one page)

OR

Essay 4:

Please give an example of a significant innovation (product or process) that you developed for your organization (500 words or less, limited to one page) Additional Information:

Please use this section to include any additional information that you believe
is important for the Program to have in evaluating your application, but that
you were unable to include because of the constraints of the online application.

Please do confirm this information directly in your MIT Sloan Fellows
application, available from the school's admissions website.

John Couke

john.couke@gmail.com