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Question about the Consulting vs. Finance career choice

Published on December 31, 2009 by Marquis in Business School, career, consulting, Finance, mba, strategy

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The email below (or collection of emails) came from an international student wih a Technology background who is currently enrolled at a US business school. He arrived at B-school targeting Consulting as his career path, but has since become interested in Finance. He’s having a tough time deciding which path to take with his career, so he’s looking for my advice on the issue. His original email came to me over the summer, but he made the mistake of sending me a follow-up email to rush a response from me. Y’all know how I am when it comes tot aht … Read the rest

Question from a 30+-year old IT pro targeting Stanford/Harvard

Published on December 31, 2009 by Marquis in Bschool admissions, Business School, mba

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The message below came in at the end of August and, because I’ve been so busy, I’m just now seeing it a few days before the start of 2010. As such, I wonder whether my response will arrive in time to be useful to this recipient. The reader has been following my site for a while and had one of his other emails answered by me about a year ago. He’s an IT professional with 10 years of work experience who is targeting Stanford and Harvard for his MBA. His question is about whether his age and amount of work … Read the rest

Question about submitting supplemental MBA recs

Published on December 31, 2009 by Marquis in Bschool admissions, Bschool experience, Business School, mba

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What’s good, folk. While working my way through my backlog of reader emails, I came across three messages that I was able knock out pretty quickly, so this entry will be followed by two other pretty short entries. Each of these entries will be all-text (i.e. no videos), but I may mix in some videos to make more progress in getting through my old emails. I’m SO far behind in that respect.

The email below is from a Round 1 applicant to the GSB and HBS who had a question about how to best submit supplemental recommendations for her B-school … Read the rest

Introducing a membership model for this site

Published on December 31, 2009 by Marquis in About this blog

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Hey, everyone. This is a quick entry to announce that I’ve implemented a membership-based model for MarquisParker.com. From now on, the majority of the content on the site will only be fully-viewable to registered members who have logged in. For more information about the different membership levels and how to register, please see the “Membership” page (linked on the header navigation bar). Thanks for your support of my site.

My long-time readers are familiar with the content provided on MarquisParker.com, but, for those of you who may be new to my site, the following excerpt from the “About Me” page … Read the rest