Admissions Essays

ANSWER TO QUESTION NO . 1

My decision to pursue the 9-month Master of Science in Management Studies (MSMS ) program on offer at MIT Sloan School of Management was largely influenced by Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK 's Faculty of Business Administration invitation as one of the participating schools for this prestigious program . CUHK 's inclusion affords me the opportunity to fulfill my lifelong desire of acquiring a top-notch global business education from a world-class university

If accepted , enrolling for the MSMS program at MIT will be a kind of a

homecoming . This is because of my prior sojourn to the United States for educational and vocational purposes . I had my college education at both Bentley College , Massachusetts and Washington University in St .Louis Missouri , and I also had a professional stint at the Human Capital Practice unit of Deloitte Consulting which took me to American cities like Houston and Los Angeles

Afterwards , I had to take a diversion to the CUHK to pursue a full-time MBA program with a concentration in China Business . This was to enable me become well-grounded in modern Chinese business practices and also to catch up on developments leading to the emergence of China as the next global economic superpower

When I learnt about the CUMBA /MIT MSc in Management Studies Dual Degree Option , it turned out to be an opportunity of a lifetime . I discovered that the program will not only permit me to continue expanding on my knowledge of Chinese business but also...