The MBA Show by GMAT Club: Recent Episodes
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In this show, GMAT Club partners with some of the best admission consultants to deliver the latest MBA news. The MBA Show by GMAT Club is your one-stop shop for all things MBA. We conduct sessions on MBA Admissions, interview MBA students and alumni, interview admissions directors, interview successful business school admits and admission consultants and give free advice to our community!
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In this episode, Tanya Aggarwal shares her approach towards applications essays and interviews which landed her a forte fellowship and Dean's fellowship worth USD 100k.
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Which actions to prioritize with the time you have left
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Some pragmatic advice on selecting school(s) to apply to
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How to "speed run" your way through the application, including essays, recommendations, and the resume
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Should you address your last-minute application in the "Optional Essay"?
What type of students thrive at IESE?
What do admissions look for in an applicant?
How to address the lack of international experience?
Suggestions for prospective applicants
Case method and popular classes at IESE
International experience through Overseas module at IESE
Women and leadership programs at IESE
Career support and placements at IESE
How does IESE MBA transforms a person and their career?
How to use ChatGPT in your MBA applications?
For this MBA interview prep session, we will have Diana Economy who is a former Ross admissions director. Diana talks about the following questions.
Resume tips
What kind of questions to ask an alum?
Ross essay questions
About Ross’ hands on learning
Ross interview questions
How to answer questions? STAR format? Or CAR format?
How to answer the question why MBA?
How long should we keep our answer?
How to tackle leadership questions?
Why Ross?
Sonali's background
Why MBA?
How did you choose your target business schools?
Why Fuqua?
Culture at Fuqua
About Fuqua's 20 random things about yourself essay
One surprising thing about Fuqua MBA experience
About #TeamFuqua
Advise for Fuqua applicants
Career support at Fuqua
Join Senior Associate Dean, Russ Morgan, for insight into what is new at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. From a new Diversity, equity, and inclusion concentration to the entire MBA program becoming STEM-designated, Morgan will shed light on the new and exciting things happening in the MBA program.
How and why did you choose LBS?
What kind of students thrive at LBS?
About the Exchange program with NYU stern
Differences between European MBA and US MBA
How LBS has helped you in your career?
Advice for prospective LBS applicants
Consultant's corner: Advice for constructing a powerful and effective personal statement
Tips on how to start a career in Europe.
Starting a career in Europe as a non-European?
Programs at RSM that help International students?
Advise for students thinking about an MBA?
Can you learn to start a business through an MBA successfully?
How to apply for an MBA as an entrepreneur?
Erasmus centre for entrepreneurship.
How are the students different at the end of the RSM MBA?
How to pronounce Emory Goizueta?
Why MBA and Why now?
Non-quantitative background for taking the GMAT
Non-quantitative background for an MBA
Business school applications during the lockdown
How to write a compelling MBA essay?
How to address a few drawbacks in your MBA applications?
Why Emory Goizueta MBA?
Why it is important to choose the correct school for the MBA?
What are some surprising things about Emory's MBA?
Core MBA classes
About Emory MBA’s small class size and why it is helpful.
What advice do you have for Emory Goizueta MBA applicants?
What are some overwhelming parts of the MBA applications?
How to spend time on the MBA application process?
Consultant's Corner - Most common mistakes in personal statements and how to avoid them.
In this episode, we look into the #MBASuccess story of Rashmi Singh, a first-generation college grad. In this session, we will uncover her #MBA journey by discussing on the following.
Rashmi’s consulting background
Why MBA?
Thoughts on Impact Consulting
Why Oxford Said MBA?
Gender equity
Why now for the MBA?
European MBA vs US MBA vs Indian MBA
Oxford Said’s application process
Advice on Letters of Recommendation
Tips on how to prepare a comprehensive MBA application
How to write post-MBA goals?
Oxford Said admissions interview
How to use LinkedIn during your application process?
Mistakes made as an applicant
Negotiating a scholarship
Oxford Said cohort/community
In this video, Brian Fobi, CEO - Gurufi, tells us whom should you ask to write your recommendations and how you can ensure you get a strong recommendation letter.
Host: Selbi Allaberenova, Marketing Manager at GMAT Club
Lisa Rios serves as Assistant Dean for MBA Admissions at NYU Stern School of Business, leading a team of 20 professionals. In this capacity, she oversees the core admissions function for the School’s full-time MBA programs, as well as marketing and operations. Lisa joined Stern in 2008 and has evaluated nearly 50,000 full-time MBA applications and seen nearly 5,000 new full-time students start their MBA journeys during her nearly 14 years at the School.
The best part of her role is that it does not feel like a “job”; she loves what she does. The biggest reason for this is the “Sternies” with whom she works every day; the second is the fast pace at which Stern innovates and challenges its people (including the Admissions team) to ideate, to try new things, and to continue to learn. She also enjoys the travel that is part of her job and the chance to explore other cultures; Mumbai, London, Istanbul, Tokyo, Toronto, and Beijing are just a few of her recruiting stops. And, the places she does not get to visit in person, she experiences through applicants’ vivid images and descriptions in their “Pick Six” visual personal expressions admissions essays.
In addition to her role leading the MBA Admissions team, Lisa also serves as a program chair for a cohort of MBA students as part of the School’s Leadership Fellows Program. She also hosts one-on-one sessions with students to help them understand their individual Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®) results and development plan as part of Stern’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, belonging, and equity (IDBE).
Devna Shukla is an Emmy award-winning producer and currently a Senior Business Development Manager at Microsoft. Before Microsoft, Devna studied political science at UCLA and received an MBA from NYU Stern. After graduating from UCLA, Devna joined CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" and ultimately became an editorial producer for the program, covering historic moments including the Newtown shooting, the Ebola crisis, and the Boston Marathon bombing. While at NYU, Devna was co-president of the Stern Technology Association, Vice President of Allyship for the Hispanic and Black Student Association, and co-host of the student podcast, "Stern Chats." Devna was also awarded the Joseph H. Taggart award, Stern's highest honor for excellence in leadership, community service, and academics. Now at Microsoft, Devna works on strategic content partnerships to engage over a billion users across Windows, Edge, MSN and Bing.
Drew Stern (He/Him) is an award-winning technology CEO and a proud LGBTQ+ leader with 3 high growth exits over the last 9 years. Throughout his career he's cultivated a portfolio of experience creating, growing and exiting successful SaaS start-ups, as well as leading Product, Marketing, Operations and Alliances for Fortune 100 companies.
Drew is currently the CEO and Founder of Stageyo- an early stage start-up and the world’s 1st digital marketplace specifically for stage performers to directly engage their supporters through unique content, experiences and patronage. Previously, he was the CEO & Co-Founder of Esquify, a venture-backed, AI-driven tech company which was acquired by Xact Data Discovery (XDD) in Dec. 2018.
As a product innovator and accomplished technology executive, Drew has held leadership positions at Salesforce/Buddy Media, XDD/Consilio and American Express, has been recognized as ‘40 Under 40’ by M&A Advisor, winner of the "US LegalTech Venture Competition" and a ‘Notable LGBTQ Exec’ and a "Notable Entrepreneur" by Crain’s Business Chicago. He holds his MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business.
Host: Selbi Allaberenova, Marketing Manager at GMAT Club
Guest: James Kent is the Marketing Manager for the full-time MBA programme at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai. Before pivoting his career to b-school admissions, James ran the China desk for a London based recruitment firm providing pathways for China talents to work in Europe.
Host: Brian from Gurufi.com for GMAT Club
Guest: Andrea Flores from IE university
Andrea Flores is a professional in the higher-education sector with over 10 years of experience, currently Head of Global Recruitment at IE University in Madrid, Spain. Her passion is to see education shape the future of society and how, through sharing IE University’s values of humanities, entrepreneurship, social responsibility, and innovation, she can have an impact on the leaders of tomorrow. She currently manages the Global Recruitment department for both graduate and undergraduate degrees at IE University across the five schools, including IE Business School and the MBA programs. Her purpose is to provide candidates an experience in line with IE’s vision of the future, to recruit the best talent globally.
Episode Summary:
0:00 Introduction to the podcast
2:10 Introduction to Andrea Flores from IE Business school
2:50 Entrepreneurship at IE Business school
5:20 Area 31 and VentureLab at IE Business school
7:40 The type of students that can thrive at IE Business school
12:50 Startup lab at IE business school
13:50 Return on Investment of an MBA
16:35 Why is ROI important?
19:10 what do you mean by “purpose”? The purpose of doing an MBA or a life purpose?
20:50 best ways to calculate the ROI of an MBA
29:50 What is good vs a bad ROI?
32:00 Can a business school experience really help me find my purpose?
35:10 Consultants corner: Sam and Nina from Gurufi.com answer the question "How to talk about failure in the context of a business school application?”
45:40 Closing
From his experience of guiding several MBA applicants, Brian Fobi shares 5 key mistakes that every MBA applicant should avoid to get into their dream business school.