Imagine you are standing in front of a wooden door. You think you might want to go through it, but the door seems pretty impossible to open. The door is heavy with only a small doorknob that doesn’t seem nearly durable enough to swing open the door. In fact, you think the door may be […]
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In January, I wrote a blog about the steps candidates needed to take to be on track to submit MBA applications in the fall – essentially 12 months to business school applications. With a couple of days until May, the application season inches closer and closer. Now with only 5-6 months until 1st round application […]
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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 […]
Read MoreAt this time of year, when you say “I’m healthy” people immediately think that you are free of colds or viruses. It seems that everyone is fighting some cold, bug, strep, bronchitis or dreaded influenza – that would be the flu! Of course, we know that being healthy extends well past our colds and coughs […]
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At the beginning of an NFL season, there are 32 teams with one singular aim – winning the Super Bowl. I’m sure every head coach gives a speech before the opening game to get his players hyped and focused on that goal. In September, John Harbaugh, the Ravens coach, had his team watch a video […]
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You have a “good” job. You make more than your parents – possibly more than them combined. You are doing well – getting promotions and raises. And you work for a good company with benefits and a strong reputation. Why the heck would you give that up to go back to school? You already have […]
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I launched DiversityMBAPrep.com in September and it’s been a pretty “good” ride so far. Talk to any entrepreneur and they will use non-descript words to share how business is going. “Good”, “it’s going”, “things are really starting to move”. The true translation goes something like this: (a) this building-a-business thing is harder than I thought […]
Read MoreConfession: I have ADD – ADHD, to be exact. (My friends are laughing because they can’t imagine that anyone on the planet doesn’t know that about me already). Most people with ADD find it hard to sit still and focus at times, and then at other times have a ridiculous “Rain Man”-like focus on a […]
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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 […]
Read MoreTalk to just about any MBA applicant and they will give you an earful about the GMAT – about the studying, the time commitment (it can take over your life) and the stress. Oh the pesky GMAT. I always say – it’s not the most important part of your MBA application, but the GMAT is […]
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