MBAs Scared Straight

In an attempt to “keep it real,” business schools have taken a novel approach to teaching ethics by hiring white-collar felons to tell their stories in the classroom. Jane Porter’s recent article in businessweek.com explores …

MBA Ideas at Work

Columbia’s Professor Nachum Sicherman noticed that dancers often gather outside to smoke after performances. As he put it: “the contradiction of seeing a person smoke who you would assume puts a high premium on …

Stacy Blackman’s Weekly Links

Good news for applicants! Even though Soni’s MBA Adventure swears he’s STILL not planning on applying to Harvard, he shares the news that HBS will release their essay questions early ….in mid-May, about six weeks …

Teaching Biz Fundamentals to Teens

Young women aged 13 to 19 will get a taste of the B-school experience when Cornell University’s Johnson School hosts its seventh annual Camp $tart-Up from June 21 to 28, 2008. Teaming up with Independent …

Aspen Institute’s Latest B-School Survey

While salary is still a high priority for MBA students at top schools, the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education (Aspen CBE) has just released a survey revealing that more of them, especially women, place …

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MBA Applicants, Listen Up: Perfection Not Required

There’s no such thing as a “perfect” B-school candidate. It’s far more common for MBA applicants to have some form of “weakness” or “flaw” they must address head-on in their application. This might include: ...