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Suggestion for the site from a reader to introduce a donationware system

Published on July 26, 2009 by Marquis in About this blog, my motivations, Random categories, Reader comments, shout outs to me

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What’s going on, everyone. I’d like to start this entry by passing along an interesting article that was posted on BusinessWeek.com a couple of weeks ago. The article is called
‘How to Write an MBA Admissions Essay’… Read the rest and the author breaks down the steps to compose a good B-school essay. When I first read the article, I found it to be pretty basic and didn’t think it would be useful to post up here. Then, I read it a second time a couple of weeks later and thought back to myself six years ago when I was approaching the MBA

Reader seeking advice on preparing for a Stanford GSB admissions interview

Published on July 25, 2009 by Marquis in admissions interview, Bschool admissions, Business School, interview advice, Stanford GSB

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What’s good, y’all. I hope you’re all enjoying your Saturday so far. This weekend, I’ve got family in town visiting me and I’m looking forward to a couple of days of foolishness and laughs. Unfortunately, I was too busy with work this week to plan anything out, but one of the great things about Chicago is that there’s a lot to do during the summer weekends. So, I’m just going to wing it and hope they have a good time with whatever I can come up with.

The email below is the kind that pains me to receive because it’s… Read the rest

Message from a younger MBA aspirant planning to apply with no work experience

Published on July 12, 2009 by Marquis in application process, Bschool admissions, mba, younger applicants

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Hey there, everyone. I hope you’ve all had a nice weekend and are ready to tackle another week on the grind at work. Some of you may have noticed that my frequency of posting entries has slowed in recent weeks. I apologize for that, but I guess that’s what happens when work gets busy and the summer starts getting fun. I’m going to try to ramp up my posting going forward because my Inbox is filling up, but we’ll see how that goes as the summertime activities keep me busy. Gotta love having time for a real life, huh?

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Prospective MPP/MBA student with doubts about her chances

Published on July 2, 2009 by Marquis in application process, Bschool admissions, Business School, mba

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What’s going on, people. By now, I hope those of you in the U.S. are getting ready for a nice 4th of July weekend. You’ve gotta love three-day weekends, especially in the middle of the summer. Many of you are probably planning on traveling this weekend, so I’d like to encourage all of you to be careful while you’re on the road. With all the stuff going in the world right now, one can never be too careful, especially when he/she is away from home.

The email below is one of the more unusual ones that I’ve seen in the… Read the rest

Interesting initiative to promote education for poor children in New Delhi

Published on July 1, 2009 by Marquis in other blogs, other sites

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Hey there, folk. This is a quick entry to pass along a link to an initiative that caught my eye. Recently, one of my readers emailed me to inform me about a project being launched in New Delhi, India (one of the cities that I visited back in February). According to the project homepage, the JAAGRITI project is “an initiative to impart basic education and bring about a productive change in the lives of poor and underprivileged children in Dwarka, New Delhi (INDIA).”

I know that I’ve got a large contingent of readers from India, so I thought those folks… Read the rest