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  • My MBA Experience

    WHY DID YOU GET AN MBA I’ve been asked that so many times – as an icebreaker in a Zoom interview, on a date at Nobu, by the uncle who’s not really an uncle but it’s simpler to just call him that. And I understand from where the confusion stems: I come from a family…

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  • How to write an outstanding Essay/Personal Statement

    Essays and Personal Statements are the most overlooked opportunities in an application. Your transcripts are the story your grades tell, your reference letters are the stories your recommenders tell. But your essays are a blank canvas. An outstanding essay can be the best element of an application because you get to tell your own story…

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  • what I learned from conducting MBA interviews

    Last week, I interviewed some of the applicants to the Deferred MBA program at Columbia Business School in New York City. I feel honored to have spent most of the week speaking to and connecting with some of the brightest young people from all over the world.  On one level, it was something of a…

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