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Stephanie Brown- Fuqua School of Business (Duke)
July 14, 2016

Stephanie Brown- Fuqua School of Business (Duke)

Name: Stephanie Brown Age: 28 Hometown: Ottawa, Canada Education: (undergrad): Wellesley College Current MBA program: Fuqua School of Business, Duke University Bio: Originally from Ottawa, Canada, I attended Wellesley College for undergrad and have most recently called Durham, NC home while completing my dual MPP/MBA degree at Duke. My passion lies in agricultural supply chains [...]
Why You Were Rejected From Your Dream Graduate School
July 8, 2016

Why You Were Rejected From Your Dream Graduate School

Graduate school is competitive, and the truth is plenty of candidates get turned away every year, and it can be a tough pill to swallow.  In the fall of 2015 semester, for example, Penn State University had to turn away nearly 15,000 of the 20,000 applicants that applied to their graduate programs.  Understanding that misery […]

Martin Fernandez- Harvard Business School
July 5, 2016

Martin Fernandez- Harvard Business School

Name: Martin Fernandez Age: 30 Hometown: Randolph, NJ Education: University of Rochester Current MBA program: Harvard Business School Bio: Martin Fernandez is a recent graduate of Harvard Business School and will be joining the Financial Planning and Analysis Group at United Airlines in Chicago. Prior to starting at HBS, Mr. Fernandez was a Program Manager [...]
Sarah Kretz- Harvard Business School
July 5, 2016

Sarah Kretz- Harvard Business School

Name: Sarah Kretz Age: 27 Hometown: Amityville, New York Education: (undergrad) Cornell University Current MBA program: Harvard Business School Bio: My name is Sarah Kretz. I was raised in Amityville, a small town on Long Island, New York. I went to Cornell University where I was an economics major and after college worked for 4 [...]
The Top Five Reasons to Enroll in an Online GMAT Prep Course
July 1, 2016

The Top Five Reasons to Enroll in an Online GMAT Prep Course

According to the official website of the GMAT, the exam assesses the test taker’s capacity to assess higher-order reasoning abilities — namely quantitative, verbal, integrated reasoning, and analytical writing. And there is empirical evidence to suggest that the exam accurately projects the success of students in year one of graduate management education. How you do […]

GMAT Practice Questions to Help You Study Online
June 17, 2016

GMAT Practice Questions to Help You Study Online

If an MBA or business-focused master’s degree is in your future, than you’ll likely need to successfully complete the GMAT exam. Owned and administered by the Graduate Management Admission Council, the GMAT exam not only will give you a good indication of what program or specialization you’re best suited for, but also will give admissions […]

Octavio Sandoval- MIT (Sloan)
June 17, 2016

Octavio Sandoval- MIT (Sloan)

Name Octavio Sandoval Age 28 Hometown Bronx, NY Education: Cornell University Current MBA program: MIT Sloan Describe a typical day as a MBA student The beauty of MIT Sloan is that there is no typical day for Sloanies.  One week, there is a flood of top fortune 500 companies on campus wooing students to consider their internship programs.   The [...]
Sara Weber- Harvard Business School
June 17, 2016

Sara Weber- Harvard Business School

Name: Sara Weber Age: 27 Hometown: Holmdel, NJ Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - B.S. Biology Current MBA program: Harvard Business School Describe a typical day as a MBA student There is no such thing as a typical day as an MBA student. I had a lot of freedom over my schedule [...]
Matt Blum- UNC (Kenan Flagler)
June 17, 2016

Matt Blum- UNC (Kenan Flagler)

Name: Matt Blum Age: 30 Hometown: Elkhorn, WI Education: (undergrad) Brigham Young University Current MBA program: UNC Kenan Flagler Describe a typical day as a MBA student I may be considered atypical, but my typical day starts at around 7:00 AM when I get my twin 18-month-old boys out of bed. Before leaving my place [...]
Brent Powers- Harvard Business School
June 17, 2016

Brent Powers- Harvard Business School

Name: Brent Powers Age: 31 Hometown: Boston, MA Education: (undergrad): Duke University- Mechanical Engineering Current MBA program: Harvard Business School Describe a typical day as a MBA student: I went into my outlook calendar and picked a day at random: Tuesday, February 16, 2016. I was up at 8 to make breakfast, get cleaned up, [...]