by Marquis | Oct 10, 2010 | career, consulting, interview advice, job search resources, mba, professional advice, recruiting, Uncategorized
The email below comes from a reader who has been following my blog for a couple of years now. She reached out to me a few months back to let me know that she’d been admitted to Stanford GSB and we’ve exchanged a few emails since then. Now, she’s in...
by Marquis | Oct 6, 2010 | Bschool admissions, Business School, mba
Hey, folks. At this time of year, there are literally thousands of people diving into the MBA application process and a major part of that process for many will be campus visits. These applicants will either make individual visits to their target schools or will...
by Marquis | Oct 3, 2010 | Business, career, Corporate executives, interesting articles, organization, other blogs, other sites
Back when I was applying to business school, I thought that I didn’t have a legitimate shot because I had no background in business. Until then, my professional career had consisted of several years’ worth of plugging away at Java code and an academic...
by Marquis | Sep 28, 2010 | application process, Bschool admissions, Business School, mba, older applicants, Uncategorized
The message below was sent to me by a Platinum member of this site a couple of days and, as I always try to do for my Platinum members, I made sure to get a response to his email recorded and uploaded as quickly as I could. The sender is a Canadian MBA aspirant who is...
by Marquis | Sep 22, 2010 | Business School, career, career path, consulting, internship, mba, professional advice
The email below came from a first-year MBA student who is interested in pursuing a summer internship with a Big Three consulting firm (McKinsey, Bain, or BCG) as the start to a career in emerging market consulting. In his email, the student stated that a potential...
