A major component of this site is a weblog that has had several lives, from its start as a featured MBA applicant/student blog on a separate site to its own presence on the Blogger system and now to its own domain as my personal website.
As you read through the entries, you'll see me go through three distinct phases in my life:
- Pre-MBA experience: Experiences that one typically goes through before matriculating at business school
- Life as an MBA student: Highs and lows of my time as a student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in much more detail than most would expect to see
- Post-MBA life...and serving as a career/education/life coach to the masses: Responses to questions emailed to me by readers, where I use what I have learned through my own missteps and experiences to help others achieve their goals and avoid making the same misstepsÂ
My Stanford GSB admissions interview…
I've got a lot to update you guys on, but it's getting pretty late so I'll have to make a more complete post tomorrow. Over the weekend, I attended Fuqua's Ford Workshop for Minority Applicants and it was a hell of a time...which I'll go into more detail about...
I’m almost finished!!!
Whew! I sure am tired. I just finished the last of my essays for the common Consortium application and I'll probably submit it either today or tomorrow. Next, all I'll have to do is my essays for each of my CGSM schools and then this first round will be finished for...
Another app down and only one more to go…
I finally got my Kellogg application submitted on Tuesday, so I took it easy for the second half of this week. That application was a tough one because of the page/paragraph limits that they put in, so it seems like it took me forever to knock it out. I especially had...
Whew this has been a hell of a week…
What's up, y'all. It is now a little after 8pm EST on Sunday night and I'm seriously beat. This has been one of the longest weeks I've had for a while.It started out tough with Stanford's first round deadline on Tuesday at 8pm EST. I had turned in my app on Sept 23,...
Stressing yet again about an application
Stanford's application is due tomorrow afternoon (10/28/03) and I'm freaking out. I submitted my application over a month ago, so i thought everything was straight, but that isn't the case. I'm starting to worry that my recommenders aren't going to have their parts...
HBS first round deadline
Today was a huge day for me and a lot of other people who were applying to HBS in the first round. I almost didn't get my stuff submitted in time though.I submitted my application on 10/4/03, so, at that point, I only needed to have my recommendations submitted and...
My first entry
What's going on, y'all. My name is Marquis and I'm applying to business school for entrance in Fall 2004. I'm excited to have the chance to share my experiences with all of you because I hope that typing all of this stuff out will help relieve some of the stress that...