It is 100% normal and natural to feel the jitters when you’re going into your MBA interview. We talked a little about anxiety in our post yesterday about whether or not to research your MBA interviewer. Anxiety has a bit of a bad rap in society these days. Lots of people struggle with extreme anxiety […]
Continue reading...Now that most apps are in: What to do with your life
A person we know who exemplifies leadership, who is engaged in constant change and personal improvement for themselves over time, sent us this recently, and it has so much wisdom. It’s from Peter Drucker, who was a management genius, which means he was a people genius. If you’ve not heard the name before, you will […]
Continue reading...Doing a post-mortem on the experience of applying to business school.
Some of you are still working on apps to schools like NYU Stern (Round 3 — totally viable!! — due on January 15) or MIT Sloan (how on earth have they managed to be so awesome in setting their deadline so late in January??) or INSEAD or LBS who both have viable deadlines in the […]
Continue reading...Do you really want to change the world?
We hope so! The world seems to be in quite a bit of trouble ATM! If you’re inspired to go make a difference, then we hope you’ll read this post carefully. If you’re in a hurry, then the tl;dr is: Just say no. Say no to shady employers. Say no to working on projects that […]
Continue reading...This post is for everyone who INTENDED to do Round 1…
Did you not manage to submit the apps you had planned to for Round 1? If so, we want you to not feel bad about this. There’s likely only one of these two reasons why this has happened, and neither one of them is your fault. You either got stung by: Procrastination (which may feel […]
Continue reading...($) What would it take for you to be the best at something?
Today is the last post in our Resume Week series. First post here, in case you missed it! (Can you believe that another week has cruised past? How on earth did it happen that HBS Rd 1 is in less than two weeks?!?) What we’re going to suggest to you today is really-truly still related...
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Don’t click on crap.
Want to change the world? Here’s what you can do: STOP READING STUPID DRAMA-PORN. Doesn’t matter how you feel about the Kardashians. By clicking on an article about any of them — good or bad — you are feeding an industry that survives on peddling trash. It’s not that those people are trash. It’s that […]
Continue reading...($) If you got into a top bschool and now you’re thinking you’re not going to go
Whenever we hear of a BSer who made it in somewhere and is now having second thoughts, it always makes us go “Hmm.” Sometimes, what happened is the BSer applied to Schools A, B, and C…. and also School N. Nobody wants to go to School N. Getting in to School N didn’t even make...
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($) “What can I do to increase my chances after submitting?”
Many of you are still in recovery from the stress of submitting your Round 2 applications – or you still haven’t submitted all of them that you’re trying for. However, some of you may come off the rollercoaster of the past few days and then stand there feeling a little lost. There’s often a big...
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Quote of the Day
“Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of–for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way you gain a good reputation is […]
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