by Marquis | Jun 15, 2007 | Bschool admissions, mba, Technology-related
The email below is one that got me because it was from a guy who is stuck in the same deeply technical track that I escaped by going off to business school. As I’ve said on here before, it’s really difficult to pull yourself away from the clutches of the...
by Marquis | Jun 6, 2007 | career, mba, transition
The following email is from a young lady who is currently a practicing attorney that is interested in switching careers over to consulting. In addition to making this switch, she’d also like to get an MBA. After exchanging several emails with her, it came out...
by Marquis | Jun 5, 2007 | career, consulting, mba
The email that I’m responding to in this message is from a young lady that I met at a conference back in February. She’s currently in a Public Health grad program and is very interested in making the move toward consulting after she finishes up. In the...
by Marquis | May 22, 2007 | Business School, consulting, mba, recruiting
I got a follow up email from the reader I responded to on May 20th and thought I should post it along with the latest response…———-M.B. wrote:Marquis, I am famous now! Just kidding, thanks again so much for all of the advice, and the blog...
by Marquis | May 4, 2007 | Bschool experience, career, consulting, Stanford GSB
I’m writing this entry from a plane to the Bay area, where I’m heading to participate in my first Stanford GSB reunion. I was a little leary of going at first because it was so far to go from ATL to Palo Alto. Also, going to a GSB event can be somewhat...
by Marquis | Apr 21, 2007 | Bschool admissions, Stanford GSB
In this entry, I’m responding to an email from an applicant who is trying to get off of the GSB’s waitlist. This is a situation that I KNOW some of the readers out there can identify with, so I tried to make my response as general as possible. For those of...
