UPDATE: And then of course we have the tragic news this morning of another shooting in the U.S., this time on the campus of the University of Virginia… ——————- In the long-ago past here on the blahg, we routinely cautioned candidates to be careful of overdisclosing personal information in their MBA applications. This was a […]
Continue reading...It’s Juneteenth and this is important.
Technically Juneteenth is on Sunday, June 19th, 2022, but some are recognizing it all week. Depending on your background and the region you live, you may have only first heard of Juneteenth in 2020 (when more residents of the United States began to recognize the realities of racism following George Floyd’s murder), or maybe you […]
Continue reading...Interesting clues to getting more out of life (and essays)
Have you heard of flow? It’s that state where you lose track of time because you’re so immersed in your task. Most people don’t expect that writing essays can end up being enjoyable, and frequently, the level of procrastination that goes into the avoidance of writing essays can pile up into real obstacles that create […]
Continue reading...Rankings aren’t real (2022 edition)
If you’re any kind of numbers geek, this article from a Columbia University professor that analyzes the data that make up the U.S. News college rankings — and how Columbia ranks so highly — is well worth a read. (Warning: #longread. Also, PDF here in case that link ever goes dead.) The professor is debunking […]
Continue reading...What impact will the Great Resignation have on MBA hiring?
Well THAT will be an interesting question! The recruiting season for 2Ys on many business school campuses is underway, and the employment market is in a state of chaos in some sectors. What will happen with companies who force employees to come into the office? Will those policies cause the employers to lose talent? How […]
Continue reading...Do you work best under deadline?
This is for the procrastinators among you. The ones who claim that working under pressure is a good thing. Who believe that their best work comes when they’re faced with an immovable deadline. Our question to you today is: Really??? Let’s look at some evidence, shall we? Here’s what we shall offer: If you know […]
Continue reading...Maybe it really is all in your head
From time to time, we like to offer ideas on related-but-not-directly topics like grit and perseverance and offered pointers to the growth mindset ideas from places like University of Pennsylvania and Stanford. Today we’ll give one more argument in favor of this line of thought — specifically, that the limitations you experience may or may […]
Continue reading...Tools for self-improvement
Here is a random assortment of tools and miscellaneous articles with thought-provoking ideas to ponder. We’re showing the URLs instead of cloaking the links so you know where you’ll be clicking to if you choose to follow any of them. The main point is: You’re in a position to be making plans and decisions, but […]
Continue reading...Want to go to work in Big Tech? The FANG story is evolving. (Or devolving.)
In case you’d not heard it before, “FANG”, or more accurately but not as catchily, “FAANG”, is Facebook – Alphabet – Apple – Netflix – Google. Uh, Netflix? Yeah, this witty acronym first came about a little while ago . All the cool kids want to go work at these companies. Honestly, these names show […]
Continue reading...($) Are you a foreign student coming to study in the U.S.? GREAT! Now be careful.
This perhaps is in the category of common sense, but you know how that goes. Sometimes you don’t realize things until later (and if common sense really were all that common, then it seems the world wouldn’t be in quite such the state that it is). If you do make it to the States as […]
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