by Marquis | Oct 12, 2008 | career, mba, private equity, Stanford GSB
What’s good, peoples. I hope you’re all having a nice weekend. The email below is from a reader with pre-MBA experience in consulting and private equity who wonders how well Stanford would set him up to return to PE. I’m far from an expert at the...
by Marquis | Aug 31, 2008 | Bschool admissions, Business School, mba, recruiting
What’s good, folk. After my recent looooong entry about myself, it’s time for me to get back to dispensing advice to readers. The email below is from a teacher who wants to make a big career switch, facilitated by earning an MBA. She has a few starter...
by Marquis | Aug 21, 2008 | application process, Bschool admissions, mba, Stanford GSB
What’s good, folk. I hope you’re all doing well and enjoying your summers as the days tick by in August. The email below is from a prospective re-applicant to Stanford GSB who really seems to be buggin’ out as she approaches the new application...
by Marquis | Jul 10, 2008 | Bschool admissions, consulting, mba, pre-MBA grad degrees, recruiting
What’s good, everyone. The message below is from a reader who will soon be starting an M.Eng program at Cornell and would like to eventually follow it up with an MBA. When I got this email, I had to chuckle a bit because it was the third message I’d...
by Marquis | Jun 21, 2008 | Bschool admissions, mba, Stanford GSB
What’s up, readers. As you can tell, I’m trying to get to more of my reader emails lately, so I’ll be posting a little more regularly to cut down on the backlog. This entry is my response to a reader who is pretty young, but has a strong desire to...
by Marquis | Mar 20, 2008 | Bschool experience, mba, my peoples, other blogs
I know that many of you are about to make the journey into business school and I wanted to lead you to a tool that might help you along that path. I can’t claim credit for it, but I wish I’d had the forethought to come up with it back in the day. Instead,...