Some of you who have been checking out the MBA blog scene for a while may have come across a blog written by a guy with the pen-name “ForrestGump”. He’s been a reader of mine for a while and he and I have interacted a bit over email, with the common theme that we’ve both had our struggles along the way (me with getting a summer internship and him with Bschools). Well, I just got an email from him
What’s up, y’all. It’s been a busy week because my current study ends on Friday, so I haven’t had time to write a whole new entry lately. Instead, I’m going to post an email from a reader and my response to it. I would have posted it earlier, but I didn’t know if the response would be useful to more than a few folks. With that said, I decided to post it anyway for the benefit of those who might
A few days ago, I got another email from a reader whose question I posted recently and he hit me with another one that might help folks who are just now deciding whether they plan on applying to Bschool in the 2007-2008 cycle. It involves the stressful task of getting recommendations, which is one of the most important parts of the entire application process. Wow, it feels like an eternity ago when I was buggin’ out over these sorts of
I recently received an email asking me some general questions about consulting and thought it might be useful for some of you out there. I won’t go into details about the kind of work I’m doing, but I’ll give some general insights/info about what it’s like to be in Consulting. I hope some of you find this helpful…
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Gary wrote:
“Hey Marquis,
I just finished reading all of your entries today, after starting a few days ago. I wanted to learn more about what you do as a consultant (i.e. hrs per week u worked, what type of person… Read the rest
Recently, I was contacted by the founder/host of MBAPodcaster.com, who wanted to do a phone interview with me to contribute to a podcast on helpful words of advice for business school applicants and students. Anyone who has read this blog for more than 5 minutes knows that that’s my “hook”, so there was no way that I could turn that down. I just found out that the final product has been posted. I haven’t listened to the podcast with me
I received an email earlier today from a McKinsey alum from the Milan office who just started a directory of blogs written by McKinsey folks. I know there are several readers who would be interested in this new site, so I’ve added a link to it on the sidebar of this site and have included it below:
The link to the “McKinsey Blogs” site is –>
McKinsey Blogs
So far, the listing of blogs on the site is somewhat short, but the creator of the site is actively looking for current and past McKinsey employees with blogs to add on.… Read the rest
OK, so I knew that I had readers from a variety of age groups, but I just got an email from a high schooler…it’s amazing how early people are starting to think about their careers nowadays. I was SO behind the curve when I was in high school as compared to how kids get down now. Here’s the email I got:
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Tom wrote:
“Hi Marquis,
I’ve been reading your blog for a while now and I
I received an email this morning from a young lady who is a Stanford GSB Round 1 admit and I thought some of the readers here might benefit from my response:
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Maureen wrote:
“Hello Marquis,
I am a Round 1 admit at the Stanford GSB and I have been following your blog for sometime now. I was wondering if you could tell me a little bit about the Class Immersion
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