Optional Information for MIT Sloan

Full-Time MBA Application

by Ergun ERDEM

I

was born in a villagesurrounded by high hillsand mountains

live in an amazingcity, Istanbul

work at the Financial Hub of Turkey

am the leader and memberof an incredible team

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I have visited lots of interesting places around the world.I like diversity and learning about different cultures.

I was injured in an accident involving a shuttle bus and a truck when I was thirteen years old. Surviving such a seriousaccident was the turning point in my life.

My brother jokes that I have become a successful and cleverperson thanks to the accident. Maybe he is right

I have a distinctive talent to

memorize phone numbers. I have just

written the phone numbers in the box

within seconds.

I learned to swim when I was 20 years old.Ittook 4 years to overcome my phobia of water. I nearly drowned 2 times in this period, but I didn’t give up. Now, swimming is my passion.

I like

I fall in love with a beautiful lady in purples…

...got married 4 months ago.

GPA

My GPA may seem low compared to average GPA’s of undergraduates in the

United States. I would like to emphasize that faculty was giving lectures on

master's level during my undergraduate years. In most courses, the mean of

grades were DC or CC. So, I would like to highlight:

My grades of Calculus courses in transcript,

My GMAT score (730 with %96 percentile),

My other rankings (ranked in top 1000 among 1.5 million students in

University Entrance Exam, ranked as 1st among 250.000 participants in

State Staff Entrance Exam)

as indicators of my academic aptitude.

GMAT

I did not write an essay in Analytical Writing section of GMAT exams. I wanted to

take quantitative and verbal sections of the exams with a clear mind, so I did not

want to be tired and lose time in AWA section. Hence, I did not answer AWA

question in both GMAT exams I took.

ENGLISH

I got my undergraduate degree from Bogazici University at which English is the

language of instruction. You can access to this information from following URL.

http://www.boun.edu.tr/Default.aspx?SectionID=529