Ms. Health & Law

Let me just say how much I admire the fact that you were not only able to overcome a terrible situation for so many years but to actually triumph over your abuse. Clearly, your accomplishments (and your raw stats) bode extremely well for an MIT Sloan admit. That is saying something because Sloan is among the most selective MBA programs in the world, admitting just 11.5% of its applicants, a tick under Harvard Business School. Frankly, I think your two big wins will sway things your way: “While practicing litigation at a major law firm, I managed to found a mental health startup that won a Google Award in Indonesia. 2) My interest in healthcare continues to my current role in telemedicine startup, innovating features to battle COVID & partnering with Indonesia COVID agency (BNPB) to digitalize our healthcare industry in the pandemic.” So what could derail you? If the startup you work for is not a highly selective employer and has not had a lot of success, it will be a ding on your application. As we have said before in MBA Watch and other forums, the selectiveness of your undergraduate institution and employer or employers is an important and yet overlooked factor in elite MBA admissions. That is because with so few seats available at the top schools and in a highly competitive applicant pool, the gatekeepers often attempt to make risk-adverse admission decisions. Knowing that you have already passed through two or three tight filters of selection provides a high level of reassurance that they are not taking a risk with you. Given that caveat, I think your chances are very good at Sloan. Good luck to you!