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***EDITED: I found a better imageof the photo and have it below***


Please check out the picture located at http://photos23.flickr.com/38725768_16c66eb58b.jpg. It was forwarded to me in an email this morning and served as another “Marquis, yo are a black dude living in America” moment. If the picture doesn’t load up, here’s a description: it’s an AP photo of two scenes from New Orleans, one of a black woman and one of a white couple, both wading through water with groceries. The big difference between the two is that the… Read the rest

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OK, I think I’ve finally figured out how I’m going to get rich in the future…I’m going to start an insurance or pharmaceutical company because I swear that those joints are the biggest money makers in the entire world. I’ve had several encounters recently that have me convinced of this…

1) It all started at the beginning of the summer when Stanford announced that they’d be charging something like $600 to extend our academic health insurance through the summer. Since I don’t get sick often, I figured that I could pass on it and would be fine with just getting… Read the rest

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Well, I’ve made it to the end of my internship and it feels good to have a month of relaxing ahead of me. Going into this summer, people told me that the summer internship would be a breeze, but I definitely had to grind during this one. I’m happy to say that I learned a lot during this summer, but I still don’t know what my status is in terms of a job offer. According to the head recruiter for the summer program, they still need to gather feedback from all of our managers and then have some evaluation meetings… Read the rest

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I just sent the following to one of the readers of this blog in response to some questions he had about the GSB. I hope you guys find it helpful if you’re planning on applying this year:

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1. Why do you choose Stanford as you are accepted in other schools as well?
- My primary reasons for choosing the GSB were:
a. its strength as a General management program
b. its strength in entrepreneurship, leadership development, and reputation for technology (this reputation is associated with “Stanford University” more than the GSB)
c. its diverse and collaborative culture where people… Read the rest

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…and it’s been a long 9 weeks so far. Actually, I should say taht it was a long first 8 weeks followed by a relatively easy 9th one. For the first time this summer, I’ve been able to spend all week here in NYC working on a thought leadership presentation about the increased M&A activity in the Communications space over the past couple of years. This topic is something that I’d been noticing, but I never realized how many issues and concerns these mergers have created for customers of merging companies, so it’s been insightful to look into this area.… Read the rest

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Ahhhhh, I’m back in NYC from my last trip out to Columbus, OH and it feels good to know that I’m not going to have to catch that Monday 7:40am flight anymore. I didn’t mind the traveling itself, but it wasn’t exactly fun to spend most days of the past 7 weeks in The-Middle-of-Nowhere, Ohio with nothing to do after long days at work. As the senior manager on my project has said many times, “that’s the life of a consultant.” Although it was a surprise to not spend as much time in NYC as I expected, it has been… Read the rest

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