The SDM application for admission has several components:
Application form: Please complete the online application form.
Three letters of recommendation. Evaluations should be completed by individuals who can comment with some certainty about an applicant's intellectual and professional achievements and leadership potential. If possible, one evaluation should be completed by an academic source for applicants who attended a university within the last five years. Download this evaluation form and send it to your evaluators.
Evaluators should email the completed form to:
SDM-admissions@mit.edu
Or, mail it to:
System Design and Management Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room E40-315
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
GRE or GMAT scores: Applicants must submit current GRE or GMAT scores. Test scores should be sent to the SDM program office. The SDM program code for GMAT is X5X-QS-67, GRE is 3537. The average GRE and GMAT scores for the Cohort for 2009 were:
GRE
Verbal 534
Quantitative 747
GMAT
Verbal 36
Quantitative 45
Total 663
Transcripts: One copy of an official transcript is required from each post-secondary institution attended (for degree programs or single courses). Transcripts from international (non-US) institutions must be in English and certified.
TOEFL: Non-native English speakers who have not obtained a post-secondary degree at an English language institution are required to submit scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Test scores should be sent to the SDM program office. The SDM program code is 3514.
Application fee: The fee for applying to the MIT SDM Program is $75, payable by credit card online when you apply. You will be prompted for payment information after pressing the "Submit Application" button. You can also make the credit card payment before or after submitting your application by visiting the following website: https://lfm.mit.edu/merchant/. If you intend to pay by check rather than credit card, please send an email stating this to SDM-admissions@mit.edu after submitting your application. The check of $75 must be made out to MIT, and sent to the following address:
SDM Admissions
Attn: Chris Bates
77 Massachusetts Ave, E40-315
Cambridge, MA 02142
Reapplying to SDM
Those reapplying to the program need to submit the following:
$75 application fee
Updated statement of objectives
Updated resume
1 new letter of recommendation
GRE or GMAT scores
