On Saturday, I turned 38th years old. I celebrated my birthday with my husband of more than nine years and three of our closest friends. We had dinner at the uber chic, Blue Ribbon Sushi. Yum! Somewhere close to midnight (feeling a little tired and tipsy), we realized that if we hurried we could catch […]
Read MoreAs I drove home last night, I thought to myself, “I’m going to write my Friday morning blog about my eventful evening”. I had just gotten off the Metro-North train from New York City, where I attended a gathering of Darden alumnae (women alumni). By the time I got home, about 15 minutes later, I […]
Read MoreToday’s post is brought to you by MBA House. To learn more about MBA House, visit the website (find a info on an MBA House promotion DiversityMBAPrep.com Resources page) Most people think math is hard. They’re not wrong, but they’re not always right either. Yes, the GMAT examines some difficult, abstract ideas, but these ideas are grounded in reality, […]
Read MoreIt’s that gut-wrenching time of year – when aspiring second round MBA candidates take the GMAT, but don’t obtain the score that they want and need to be competitive at their target schools. We aren’t talking about 10-20 points off the MBA programs’ average GMAT scores, but rather 80 points or more below the averages. […]
Read MoreEvery business school wants to understand your short-term and long-term career goals. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Admissions Committees want to know the industries you plan to join and in what jobs you plan to work. They are less concerned about whether you will ultimately do exactly what you said […]
Read MoreToday’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.
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