MBA Value Proposition
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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I had the great pleasure to address 60 participants in the Yale Global Pre-MBA program on Sunday evening. Their enthusiasm and thoughtful questions were so energizing – I can’t wait to see them in the MBA applicant pool in a couple of years. When my good friend and event organizer, Chris Grey, Associate Director of […]
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I’m writing from La Jolla, California, which is just north of San Diego. Tony! Toni! Tone! lied when they said that it never rains in southern California. It’s been a little rainy here. I’m planted in a chair working so I guess the weather shouldn’t matter that much, but I want sunshine! Hopefully, Tuesday will […]
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When you are admitted to business school and arrive on campus, you join the community of current students, faculty and staff. If you engage fully, you should expect to form some amazing lifelong bonds. I was reminded of this in an incredibly sad way this past weekend. Columbia Business School lost one of its community […]
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At the end of last week, when I saw the Wall Street Journal article, “For Newly Minted M.B.A.s, a Smaller Paycheck Awaits” and the ensuing bandwagon riding about the glut of MBA graduates, I shook my head and tried to gather my thoughts on this. The WSJ explained that while MBA students are paying higher […]
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I got an email update yesterday from a woman who is now first year business school student. She participated in a program that I ran several years ago. She shared that next semester she will be traveling to India. I was a tad bit jealous. I traveled to India in 2005 (as all of my […]
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.
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