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A few weeks ago, I posted a link to a new blog by a Northwestern University JD/MBA student named Jeremy and I’ve been following his blog ever since. He’s written some really good entries about the B-school admissions game and the start of his journey at Northwestern and it’s defiitely worth a read if you’ve got some time.

I’m bringing up Jeremy’s blog in this entry because he wrote a fantastic entry recently about diversity in the MBA world and, specifically, Hispanic Heritage Month. Diversity is a topic about which I am very passionate and I’ve a bunch of stuff … Read the rest

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The email below is from an MBA applicant who is seeking advice on whether to mention his involvement in massively multiplayer online games (or MMO; “Worlds of Warcraft” is an example) during his college years in his applications and, if so, how he should do so. Really interesting story, right? I can honestly say that this was a brand new issue for me to think about, which is unusual after all of these years. At first, I planned to take some time to think through some key points and write up something detailed that might prove helpful to this reader … Read the rest

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Hey, everyone. As many of my long-time readers know, I’m very open to receiving feedback from my readers about this blog and, at times, I’ll post the feedback in an entry along with my response if it’s relevant. This entry is another example of that.

Earlier today, an anonymous reader posted the following constructive (read: blunt) piece of feedback to me in a comment on one of my past entries about how I’ve pretty much become a less interesting person since I went off to business school. Apparently, the pre-MBA version of me from my first couple of years of … Read the rest

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Hey there. I’m not going to include much of an intro to this entry because this is more in the category of “things that make me grin” than anything that most of you would consider productive.

The email below came in after I mentioned in my Sept 7th entry that I didn’t think people came to this blog to hear stories about me anymore. When the reader sent his email, he probably didn’t think much of it, but reading it truly left me with a smile on my face. After receiving so many emails where people are looking for me … Read the rest

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What’s good, folk. One of the funny side effects of having done this blog for so long is that I’ve developed a sort of brand around providing great information about business school life and am approached to do interviews about it every now and then. Recently, I was approached by the founder of a GMAT prep company called GMATPill.com with a request to be interviewed as a part of its “Post-GMAT/Pre-MBA Interview Series”. The founder of GMATPill, Zeke, is a Stanford graduate and former management consultant, so y’all KNOW I couldn’t say ‘no’ to the request for an interview…Plus, it … Read the rest

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Hello, everyone. The message below is from a reader who started his career as an IT consultant and then transitioned into a role as a founding member of a start-up in his home country. Now, he’s ready to apply to business school and he has questions about how he should proceed and how to address his start-up experience during the application process.

As you’ll notice, this reader’s email goes into the long list of people who decided not to pay attention to my repeated… Read the rest statements of not liking crazy-long emails and, for some reason, it struck a nerve with me

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Ahhhhh, another direct and to-the-point message from a reader…gotta love it. The email below is from a reader who is interested in a position with my former employer has concerns about whether his GPA will keep him out of the running for an interview. It’s been so long since I was there that I can’t really give any specific insights on his question, but I did try to give him some good general advice.

By the way, a piece of overarching advice that I’d like to share with everyone out there is that you should NEVER expect to be rejected,… Read the rest

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This will be a quick entry to pass along some links that might interest those of you who are currently in the middle of a job search. The articles come to us from my friends over at GottaMentor.com, which is a goldmine for career guidance advice. The site sends out email blasts every few days and the following articles appeared in today’s blast. With all of the craziness going on in the economy, I thought some of you might be interested in checking out these articles.

Articles from GottaMentor.com providing tips and techniques for a successful job search:

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