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Question from a GSB applicant with a previous MBA

by Marquis | Jan 20, 2008 | Bschool admissions, career, mba, recruiting, Technology-related

What’s going on, everyone. So, I was just checking the gmail account for this blog and I realized how many people don’t even take the time to send a “thank you” email after I’ve taken the time to write a thorough response. I know...

Merry Christmas…and a question from an applicant to Stanford’s MS&E program

by Marquis | Dec 24, 2007 | career, consulting, mba, recruiting, Technology-related, transition

Happy holidays, everyone. The email below is from an engineer at Yahoo who is looking for a way to keep himself from getting pigeonholed as a techie and wants to pursue a Master’s in Management Science and Engineering at Stanford…I guess this has become an...

Undergrad looking for consulting summer internships through off-campus search

by Marquis | Dec 13, 2007 | career, consulting, recruiting, Technology-related

The email below is from an undergrad who is looking to get a full-time job in Consulting and wants some advice on how to approach it. He emailed me about a month ago and I feel bad for taking so long to get back to him, but I did get to this one in the order that it...

Question about applying to Bschool in Round 3

by Marquis | Nov 25, 2007 | Bschool admissions, mba, Technology-related

What’s good, fam. The email below is from a techie who is planning to apply to the GSB and would like some advice on the timing of his application. Emails like these are always difficult for me to address because they’re asking for admissions office...

Update on the subject of the "pigeon-holed techie" post

by Marquis | Nov 12, 2007 | Bschool admissions, mba, Technology-related

The following email is from a reader that felt pigeon-holed as a techie and wanted some advice on applying for business school. Well, he got a couple of acceptance letters and now he’s looking for some advice on making his choice. I don’t exactly make the...

Question about technology consulting

by Marquis | Nov 2, 2007 | Bschool admissions, career, consulting, mba, Technology-related

What’s good, y’all. The email below is from a software engineer who is planning on applying to business school and wants to pursue technology consulting as a career. He asks several questions that I’ve answered on here before (so I refer him to those...
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