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Advice for a teacher considering business school

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...

Spreading the word about an organization devoted to helping kids

by Marquis | Aug 31, 2008 | notable organizations

Hey everyone. This is going to be a quick post, but I thought it was worth putting up to help a great organization. One of my GSB classmates forwarded the following email to me about an organization called Embrace that is hoping to help premature babies in developing...

Follow-up email from the August 21 reader…

by Marquis | Aug 30, 2008 | Reader comments, Reader follow-up

I just received this email from the reader I responded to in my August 21 entry. It’s good to see that she’s ready to face the application process with a renewed focus. 🙂 I hope all of you will cross your fingers and wish her well as she prepares to apply...

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...
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