2015! Can you believe it? I’ve been reflecting on 2014 and planning for 2015. I guess you could say I set New Year’s resolutions… I’m excited to see what this New Year brings, though I’m a little sad to see 2014 go. All-in-all, it was a great year for me. The good run of […]
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“you will make decisions that can greatly impact how you interact with others in the community. Particularly when you are moving to a new city, as many MBA students do, you need an apartment and possibly a roommate… … consider your roommate’s personality and how this could impact your social life and engagement in the […]
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I awoke this morning at 6:15AM. I’m a late sleeper generally – getting out of bed even when I am excited about the day ahead is one of the hardest things for me to do. Getting up early is becoming more common for me as I have become more mindful of when I do my […]
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This is the second blog that I am writing this morning. The first was about Dr. Maya Angelou – maybe I’ll share that tomorrow. It was that blog about a truly phenomenal woman that led me to reflect on my first phenomenal woman, my mother. My mom’s “60+” birthday is today – suffice it to […]
Read More You might be a non-traditional MBA applicant if: You don’t have mentors or role models that have both an MBA degree and an educational and professional background similar to yours, You don’t have several peers in your network that are pursuing or recently completed business school, or You don’t have a well-articulated plan to get […]
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I talked with a pre-MBA candidate recently who was feverishly studying for the GMAT, which she plans to take in two weeks. When I asked which business schools she was considering, she told me “top 10”. I kept it together, but internally I was having a fit. My disappointment had nothing to do with whether […]
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You will have some big decisions to make in the MBA application process, such as (1) which schools should I apply to, (2) should I retake the GMAT again, or (3) which school should I attend? Of course, these are incredibly important. In actuality though, the MBA application process is made up of so many […]
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Now is the time of year that we see who was really serious about making this year “their year” to apply to business school. The admissions season has already started, but now we are approaching the heart of it. We find that GMAT test slots are harder and harder to secure particularly as candidates try […]
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Last week the Supreme Court ruled on a case, Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. Like with everything else, the analysts and pundits have since picked apart the ruling to determine what it “really” means. My two cents: While the ruling was pretty vague and nebulous, the Supreme Court decision was consistent with the […]
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A pre-MBA candidate recently asked me about building relationships with MBA admissions officers. She specifically wanted to know what to do when she didn’t make an immediate connection with an admissions officer – how should she proceed when she had made initial contact with an admissions officer but didn’t feel like they had really “clicked”? […]
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