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Question about why I keep maintaining this blog… (WARNING: this is a long entry)

by Marquis | Aug 29, 2008 | Bschool experience, my motivations, shout outs to me, Stanford GSB

What’s up, peoples. I hope you’re all doing well and looking forward to the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend (at least in the U.S.). For those of you about to start your MBA programs, make sure you do it up this weekend because you’re about to get...

Giving advice to a very worried MBA re-applicant

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...

Question from an aspiring non-profit endowment manager

by Marquis | Aug 14, 2008 | Bschool experience, Education, Joint degree, Non-profit

Hey, everyone. After the deaths of Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes this weekend, I was seriously thrown for a loop. Now that it’s all settled in, I thought I should get back to addressing entries because my Inbox is getting extra, extra backed up.The email below is...

Answering several user emails in a single entry

by Marquis | Aug 2, 2008 | APD recruiting, application process, Bschool admissions, consulting, other blogs, professional advice, recruiting, Technology-related, venture capital

What’s good, everyone. Recently, I’ve had a few emails asking relatively straightforward questions that I’ve been able to crank out pretty quickly. I thought about making separate entries for them, but each would have been so short that it made more...

How to start your B-school research

by Marquis | Jul 23, 2008 | Bschool admissions, Business School, notable organizations, other blogs, other sites

What’s good, y’all. I hope you’re having a good week. I’m writing a quick post to pass along some information that might be useful to those of you planning to apply to B-school this year. By now, you’ve seen references to a couple of blog...

Question from an undergrad about choosing extracurricular activities

by Marquis | Jul 21, 2008 | Bschool admissions, extracurricular activities

Hello all. I’ve got an email below from a student at Cornell who is considering applying to the schools M.Eng program, but hopes to get an MBA in the future. Sounds similar to the reader whose email I addressed a few days ago, right? Well, this guy has a...
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