Every time I go to a school’s MBA information session, I learn something. The other night I attended a session at UC Berkeley’s Haas school, and , despite the amount of time I put in to learning about this school (it’s right in my neighborhood),…
About a week ago, I gave an MBA essay workshop to about 25 aspiring students and each one was remarkable. I don’t think they all would have agreed with my statement until they saw it with their own eyes. To start the evening off, we…
Rose Martinelli, head of admissions at Chicago Booth is an outstanding blogger. This week she asks, “What if I don’t manage people?” She says: “While several members of our team are heading to Europe, I’ll be heading to Southern California for the next few days…
As usual, Rose Martinelli, the articulate head of admissions at the Chicago Booth School of Business posted an insightful series of articles on reapplying. I like the fact that she is so specific. She talks about filling out data forms carefully and rounds it up…
I’m no fan of the Graduate Management Admission Test, the GMAT. It’s a tricky, exasperating standardized test that sorts MBA aspirants into two categories: Those that have to worry about their scores and those that don’t. Critics proclaim that the test doesn’t measure success in…
