Today’s post is brought to you by MBA House and is written by Jarrod Stokes. To learn more about MBA House, visit the website (find a info on an MBA House promotion DiversityMBAPrep.com Resources page) You’ve done the preparation, taken the test but you still didn’t reach your target GMAT score. Should you take the exam […]
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Read MoreLast week I tweeted out an article called the “Student Loan Debt Crisis Is a Women’s Issue: Here’s Why”. It was an interesting look at how the gender pay gap has implications well beyond salary. You and I both know that it’s totally “bootleg” that a recent female college graduate is paid 7 cents less […]
Read MoreToday’s post is brought to you by MBA House and is written by Meli Wells and Jarrod Stokes. The author Don Clifton began research for his famous book Now, Discover Your Strengths after he found that individuals who read 90 words a minute improved to 150 wpm when given a tutorial but those who were strong […]
Read MoreI was quoted in an article published on US News & World Report yesterday called “Though Useful, Diversity MBA Admissions Events May Be Misleading” by Menachem Wecker. Check out the US News article and also to learn more about leveraging diversity admissions events, check out this blog that I posted in September.
Read MoreI often talk to MBA candidates from “non-traditional” backgrounds who are concerned about how their experience will be perceived by the MBA admissions committee when compared to other candidates. Will they be viable candidates if they came from other sectors like government or non-profit? Will business schools take them seriously if they worked in non-business […]
Read MoreI was in contact with a DiversityMBAPrep.com user who plans to apply to business school next fall. A year out, she is on track to hit the MBA application submit button. She is preparing for the GMAT, which she plans to take in January and she has already begun to build relationships with admissions officers […]
Read MoreToday’s post is brought to you by MBA House and written by Jarrod Stokes, Math Instructor at MBA House. (And I totally agree with him!!!) Going back to business school after years in the workforce isn’t as easy as just filling out the paperwork and walking through the doors. Instead of navigating managers, regular […]
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How many jobs have you had since finishing undergrad? Three? Four? Six? Is your resume stretching onto a second page in only 3-4 years because you’ve had several jobs? When MBA Admissions Officers look at your resume, what are they going to think about all of that job hopping? Will they understand your story or […]
Read More52 days. 1262 hours. That’s what we have left of 2012. I am really stuck on how I finish 2012. It’s been an interesting year for me. It will be the first full year that I didn’t have an employer – my first full year as a consultant. I spent the earlier part of the […]
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