Sloan School of Management

Although I feel that the program is very strong, I feel that certain classes should be moved into the core curriculum such as Valuation. There are a handful of courses that most students take on their own and are valuable enough to have directly in the core. Also, the order of the core could be adjusted to move the strategy class to the end of the core instead of at the beginning.

We need to continue to improve on the loyalty of the alumni base. Although I got a response to everyone I reached out to when I was internship hunting (a great stat), in comparison to the loyalty of Princeton's alumni network, we still have a ways to go.

I think the quality of students are at the very best - can easily compete with HBS, Stanford and Wharton. However, what differentiates us is the culture of the school - down to earth, friendly, but also go-getters. High degree of entrepreneurship - people looking for the next big idea. Finally, access to unquestionably the best technical students in the world, which greatly enhances entrepreneurial opportunities. This is on top of all the top banks, consulting, and operational firms also recruiting at Sloan.

I think the career placement office could expand their efforts in non-traditional opportunities. Banking and Consulting firms, and other analytical industries recruit very heavily at MIT, but MIT Sloan students aren't always tech-nerds. There are some amazing people interested in other fields. The career placement office doesn't bring in as many firms from a-typical industries.

Sloan really breeds an ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship - whether from its connection to the rest of MIT, or from within (professors, coursework focus). This innovation creates a groundswell of ideas and discourse that runs in the veins of the programs that comprise Sloan.

There is a unique opportunity to break out of its traditional categories of what Sloan is traditionally known for. We need to have recruiters come to Sloan for things that are not traditionally associated with Sloan. An example: Apple presentation in the Fall at Sloan went like this: We love MIT Sloan. We're here to hire Operations and Supply Chain folks. When asked if they could get into product design, recruiters replied: NO, just supply chain and operations. Marketing and other jobs at Apple were listed on job boards at other MBA programs.

Without a doubt, the school's culture is what makes it unique. The values of the student body and the kind of candidates the admissions office select.

Dramatically increase emphasis on communications/leadership. Improve the "table manners" broadly speaking general put togetherness of graduates of the program. Too much emphasis on hard quant which doesn't matter, to little emphasis on polish in speaking/writing/communicating.

I love the size -- large enough that you get many perspectives, yet small enough that you recognize and know something about everyone in your class. This aspect fosters a lot of collaboration and camaraderie.

The coursework load is quite demanding, which leaves less time for networking and social events than some classmates would have liked.

MIT Sloan has the best mix of theoretical knowledge and hands on projects. I learned a lot by doing. In addition, it is great at connecting business school students with the engineering schools to foster cross-campus collaboration.

I think the career department could do more to help students pursue careers with employers who are unable to come on campus for recruiting.

The student caliber is outstanding. Diverse, creative and fun. The school is at an inflexion point -- super-responsive leadership is working hard to improve areas that have been neglected in the past. It's a tightly knit, entrepreneurial environment not quite like any other business school.

MIT Sloan could improve how many marking companies/roles come to on-campus recruiting.