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The MIT Sloan MBA Program has 鈥渂oth the best entrepreneurial program of any business school in the world and the most fantastic technology available,鈥 students insist. And that鈥檚 hardly all the school offers; on the contrary, students tell us that MIT Sloan is 鈥渢he best all-around program in allowing students to learn about innovative endeavors while still teaching and offering the most academically challenging traditional MBA curriculum of all schools.鈥
MIT expertly exploits the synergies of its location in a great city and its affiliation with a great university. Students brag about 鈥淪loan鈥檚 ties to the real business world. In the last week alone, I listened to three Fortune 500 CEOs speak on campus and had dinner with a partner from a local VC firm and a partner from a local law firm. Many of the professors have incredibly deep experience and connections to industry and bring great insight along those dimensions.鈥 They are especially impressed with 鈥渉ow connected MIT Sloan is with companies in a non-recruiting season,鈥 which they justly see as 鈥渁 real point of differentiation鈥 for the program. MIT鈥檚 Herculean status in the worlds of math, engineering, and science contribute substantially to the MBA program. 鈥淭here are very low barriers between schools; interdisciplinary work and entrepreneurship are actively encouraged between business and engineering,鈥 one student writes. MIT鈥檚 many strengths make possible such programs as the Leaders for Global Operations Program鈥斺漚n operations and logistics-focused program鈥 that students call 鈥渢he best dual-degree program in business and engineering in the country.鈥
Throughout the program, MIT Sloan emphasizes 鈥渁 strong hands-on approach to learning鈥 and cooperative work. 鈥淎t MIT Sloan, practically everything is done in teams,鈥 students tell us. The workload 鈥渋s what you expect of MIT: rigorous and quantitative.鈥 Most don鈥檛 mind the challenge; as one explains, 鈥淎lthough the workload is heavy, people actually want to prepare just for the opportunity to participate in discussions in where faculty are posing questions to the most pressing business issues. A place like MIT Sloan is a reason why people want to continue their education.鈥 The cherry on the sundae is global travel; 鈥渆veryone travels on trips or treks, both foreign and domestic. I am headed to Japan for ten days with 200 of my classmates. These are student-planned trips that are excellent ways to get to see other cultures and get business exposure around the world.鈥
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