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What’s good, fam. The email below is from a techie who is planning to apply to the GSB and would like some advice on the timing of his application. Emails like these are always difficult for me to address because they’re asking for admissions office insights that I don’t have. I’ve tried to give some decent general advice here, but the response might not be as detailed as he was looking for.

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PK wrote:

“Hi Marquis,
Hope all’s with you. I’ve started reading your blog recently and must say, I enjoy every bit of it.

I’m planning on applying… Read the rest

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I hope everyone is enjoying the last day of the Thanksgiving weekend. I’m making this post to spread the word about a new site launched by some Stanford GSB kids from the Class of 2007. One of my B-school roomies sent me the email about it, so I’m just going to post his message up there.

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RB wrote:

“How’s it going? I just wanted to touch base and say Happy Holiday
where it is applicable. I also wanted to get the word out about a
venture a good friend of mine has gotten well under way. Internet
ventures don’t… Read the rest

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Just wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you’re all surrounded by loved ones and are ready to eat a whole lot of food

Also, I thought I’d pass along information about a new website called Insightory.com that aims to allow business professionals to share knowledge that they’ve accumulated over time. Rather than describing the site myself, I’ll just let you guys read the email that i got from the site’s founder.

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Avneet Jolly wrote:

“Hi Marquis,

I was browsing MBA blogs, and ended up reading a few of your posts. You seem to be… Read the rest

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What’s going on, y’all. The message below is from a professional with experience in marketing and non-profit who is interested in getting an MBA and moving into consulting afterward. I’m going to try my best to give him the sort of response he’s looking for, but I’m not sure if I nailed it the way he expected. We’ll see…

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NN wrote:

“Hi Marquis,

Accidentally run across your blog and found it very helpful and informative. I have 7 years working experience out of which 5 in marketing at FMCG company (brand management and trade marketing) and 2 year at… Read the rest

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Whew, I sure have been posting a lot of entries recently, huh? Anyways, I don’t have any new advice for folks in this entry. Instead, I wanted to send a shout out to one of my readers, “ana”, who posted the following comment on the November 9, 2007 entry. Looks like folks are still checkin’ for The Kid…Stuff like this keeps me maintaining this joint after all these years…

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ana wrote:

“Marquis, you should not close the blog. You have been so so helpful for so much people!

But your help comes in 2 ways and the one that… Read the rest

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What’s up, y’all. Remember when I said how impressed I was with the college undergrads who email me? Well, the email below is from a high school senior who is already thinking about getting an MBA. What is it in the water nowadays that’s making young people think about career and educational pathways so early in life? I was SO behind the curve when I was growing up…

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TW wrote:

“Marquis-

I was on Google looking for information on Stanford because I am a high school senior early applying to Stanford and I happened to stumble upon your blog.… Read the rest

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The following email is from a reader that felt pigeon-holed as a techie and wanted some advice on applying for business school. Well, he got a couple of acceptance letters and now he’s looking for some advice on making his choice. I don’t exactly make the choice for him, but gave him some parameters that he might want to think about. Before posting my response up here, I asked him for permission and he responded:

“Thanks so much Marquis. You da man. Regarding posting the response on the blog, please go ahead. I am sure there are many more candidates… Read the rest

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The email below actually asks be a B-school-related question, which is something I haven’t had in a while. It seems that most of the emails I get nowadays are about consulting. But, this one has a tie to consulting, so I guess it isn’t totally away from this recent norm…

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P wrote:

“Hi Marquis,
Your blog has been incredibly helpful in outlining the b-school experience including both the admission process and the post b-school job/recruiting experience. I was wondering whether you could give any confirmation to the comment I have heard recently from consultants and b-school students. I was… Read the rest

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