“you will make decisions that can greatly impact how you interact with others in the community. Particularly when you are moving to a new city, as many MBA students do, you need an apartment and possibly a roommate… … consider your roommate’s personality and how this could impact your social life and engagement in the […]
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A pre-MBA candidate recently asked me about building relationships with MBA admissions officers. She specifically wanted to know what to do when she didn’t make an immediate connection with an admissions officer – how should she proceed when she had made initial contact with an admissions officer but didn’t feel like they had really “clicked”? […]
Read MoreSecond round MBA application decisions are coming out. Some candidates have already heard great news and others will get their decisions in the next couple of weeks. It’s an exciting time for candidates and schools as the MBA Class of 2015 takes shape. It is also a time when schools often see the character of […]
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When you are admitted to business school and arrive on campus, you join the community of current students, faculty and staff. If you engage fully, you should expect to form some amazing lifelong bonds. I was reminded of this in an incredibly sad way this past weekend. Columbia Business School lost one of its community […]
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Newer is better. In many cases, that is a true statement; but not always. What about with relationships? Are new relationships better than old ones? Most of us would probably say no, yet our actions would tell a different story – when we need something, such as a job or advice, we tend to go […]
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I’ve been in the professional development space for ten years and began coaching and mentoring long before that. Last week, I had this great coaching session with a 24-year old woman. The idea exchange was great; we were able to define a few key issues that needed to be addressed and identify people who might […]
Read MoreAs I drove home last night, I thought to myself, “I’m going to write my Friday morning blog about my eventful evening”. I had just gotten off the Metro-North train from New York City, where I attended a gathering of Darden alumnae (women alumni). By the time I got home, about 15 minutes later, I […]
Read MoreMy parents raised my brothers and me to be independent thinkers. They didn’t want us to fall prey to peer pressure, following the wrong crowd down the wrong path. And they would rhetorically ask “if your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?” My response was generally silence (for fear of bodily harm) and a […]
Read MoreDiversityMBAPrep.com hosted its Tuesday TwitterTalk on October 23rd on Managing Relationships for 1st and 2nd round #MBA applicants. You can download a recording of the talk from Dropbox. Here is a brief summary of the call: The Purpose of MBA relationships: Strengthen your application Improve your admissions odds Grow you professional network #MBA Relationships #1: Understand industry […]
Read MoreCheck out our Tuesday TwitterTalk, tonight at 9PM ET! Tuesday, October 23rd: Managing Relationships for 1st Round and 2nd Round Applicants What is TwitterTalk? TwitterTalk is a weekly 50-minute conference call using Twitter to share information and ask questions. DiversityMBAPrep.com developed this format to deliver connect our community and provide a forum for active discussion about […]
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