by Marquis | Nov 10, 2014 | Bschool admissions, Business School, business school rankings, career, Education, Financing the MBA, mba
The email below is from a Chicago-based engineer who is looking at local MBA programs that he can attend on a part-time basis. His company offers tuition reimbursement as long ad he continues to work there, which is why he’s looking exclusively at part-time...
by Marquis | Oct 26, 2014 | career, career path, consulting, management consulting, mba, professional advice, recruiting
The email below came to me from an India-based professional who, like many folks who write to me, is interested in getting a job at McKinsey & Company. In this case, the writer has applied to McK before and was rejected without receiving an interview. He wrote to...
by Marquis | Oct 8, 2014 | career, internship, professional advice, recruiting
The email below is from a college student that I’ve known for a couple of years now. This student emailed me at the end of the summer toward the end of his internship with some questions about how to manage a full-time offer (if one were to come). Check out the...
by Marquis | Sep 24, 2014 | Business School, Education
As I’ve mentioned a few times on here, I have had a relationship with a subsection of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business for a few years through one of my long-time friends. Through this relationship, I am invited to travel down to Bloomington...
by Marquis | Sep 6, 2014 | Business, career, consulting, Education, management consulting, recruiting
The email below is from a reader who sounds like an incredibly driven young man. He’s currently 18 years old and is in the midst of a post-high school gap year abroad after having graduated a year early. In his message, he lays out a plan to start off at a local...
by Marquis | Aug 22, 2014 | About Marquis, Business School, career, Education, mba, professional advice, real life stuff, Self-confidence, Stanford GSB
The email below came from a reader who received deferred admission to the Stanford MBA program during this year’s admissions cycle. He reached out because he’s battling with Impostor Syndrome, which is something that my longtime readers will recognize from...
