Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Sloan School of Management

Pros: Great location, wonderful students, supportive network
Cons: Lack of space

My husband started at Sloan in August 2002 - and it has been a truly wonderful experience for us both.

Initially I was extremely worried about the social atmosphere at the school, as it is closely linked with MIT and all of the usual 'nerd,'...

Pros: Great school, great faculty
Cons: Lack of study space, Boston is cold and expensive

Sloan is a great place to study business. It is a small school (around 700 students) compared to some other highly ranked schools (such as Harvard's B-school with around 1800 students). There are several professors that are cream of the crop in their ...

Pros: Fun, social, tradition
Cons: Off campus, it was hard for people with children

One of the most memorable experiences most of us have at Sloan are the C-functions. These Consumption functions began as weekly, casual beer and pizza social gatherings. But, given the typical MBA penchant for aggrandizing small things, they grew to...

Pros: great recruiting, smaller size, great friends, very international
Cons: Boston can be cold, hectic 1st semester

A had a great overall experience.

Got a solid quant. education and excellent quant. reputation, even though I was a political science major undergrad.

Got many on-campus interviews through recruiting program and landed a great...

Pros: Fantastic start-up opportunities
Cons: It is difficult to start a company and keep up with Sloan's academics

In my opinion, Sloan is simply the best business school in the country for fostering a start-up (especially technology related start-up) environment. The combination of Sloan's entrepreneurship and strategic management programs with MIT's engineering...

Pros: Academics
Cons: Campus life

Ý had the best two years of my educational life at MITSloan. Surrounded by smart, down-to-earth, fun, caring, community conscious people, my learning experience was unique. Case studies were accompanied with valuable lectures and this helped us to fully...