B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit

This episode gives advice (and warnings) to those attempting to pull together MBA applications in the final weeks before the deadlines.

In this episode Chandler sits down with longtime friend, Anna Anderson, who leads celebrity and influencer engagement for The Nature Conservancy. Anna brings a long history of leading corporate social responsibility and social impact efforts at a number of leading social change organizations. In this episode Anna shares incredible advice for MBAs interested in careers in corporate social responsibility (CSR), Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) and a variety of other social change areas. Anna answers a number of bold questions, including: The best lessons she learned while in business school, What she wishes she'd done differently while earning her MBA, Advice for MBA students looking for summer internships in the social change space, Advice for MBA grads looking to get into CSR, ESG and related social change arenas, And much more... This podcast is a must for anyone interested in using their MBA to advance social change.

It can be quite a challenge to fit an MBA application, data-form or essay response into the space provided when restrictive character or word counts are in play. This episode focuses on specific ways business school applicants can edit down essays and short-answer responses without compromising the power of their stories, anecdotes or statements.

What to do ONE MONTH before the deadline This B-Schooled podcast is designed for MBA applicants one month out from their application deadlines. In this episode our host share specific tips and suggestions for applicants putting the finishing touches on the following application elements: Polishing your resume, especially in terms of adding additional quantification and additional context, Ways to check in with (and support) those writing your recommendations, Ways to take your essays from good to great over a few weeks, Tips and suggestions for filling out the online application itself (AKA the data forms), and Ways to ensure your entire application is cohesive without being redundant. Finally, our host Chandler next encourages listeners tore-read their entire application from start to finish—then ends the podcast with 5 key questions to ensure your application is memorable, authentic and bold. This podcast is a must for anyone wanting to make the most of their last few weeks before application deadlines.

This replay of a past episode covers how to prepare for the various kinds of video essays (pre-recorded, live with known questions, and live with randomized questions) several MBA programs require, as well as general tips on what you should wear, where you should record, and more.

Having worked with MBA applicants for almost 20 years, co-host Chandler has seen levels of stress and anxiety associated with the MBA application journey rise steadily over the years. If you are struggling with stress and anxiety connected with your MBA applications, you've come to the right place. In this episode we've pulled together a range of tools from previous podcasts along with new content, so that you have a host of resources at your fingertips if and when stress and anxiety strike. But first—and this is important—we want to say that feeling stress and anxiety regarding to MBA applications are to be expected and are common to many applicants... definitely much more common than your peers and fellow applicants might be letting on. :) In this episode, Chandler will share: Suggestions for what to do when you are feeling stuck about one or more elements of your application, Tips for how to deal with frequent application concerns that can create stress, Recommendations about dealing with self-doubt (and how sometimes doubt can be a good thing), Comments about the power of remembering all you have already accomplished, and Specific suggestions about what to do IN THE MOMENT if application stress and anxiety strike. This episode is a very hopeful conversation about dealing with application stress and anxiety. Ultimately this is a dialogue about how reframe these feelings; using them as optimistic and productive fuel to propel your application forward.

This episode explores why it's important to demonstrate your knowledge of and fit with the MBA programs you're applying to – and how you can do so in both your written materials and your interview responses.

The first sentence of each of your business school essays is incredibly important. This is your opportunity to start your essay strong, grab your reader's attention, and chart a bold course for where your essay will go. On the other hand, an opening sentence that isn't compelling can dramatically increase your chances of losing your reader's attention and decreasing their engagement. In this podcast we will: Discuss why the first sentence is so important, not only for the essay itself but for the first sentence of each paragraph as well, Share examples of strong opening sentences and different categories of opening sentences you might consider Talk about the power of final sentences (for the essay as a whole as well as for each paragraph), and Share tips to make sure your first (and last) sentences are unique and memorable

In this replay of a popular episode, Erika is joined by her SBC colleague Lisa, former Director of MBA Admissions for the full-time and part-time MBA programs at Rice University's Jones School, to have a discussion about when it is and isn't a good idea to share deeply personal stories in your MBA essays or interview responses. While you want to present your authentic self across your materials, when it comes to writing about certain past struggles or traumas, there is a fine line between what will differentiate you and what might give admissions committees pause.

In today's podcast Chandler sits down with David Morgenstern (he/him). David serves as the Global Kids Apparel Business Operations Director at Nike. David shares his answers to a number of questions, including: What is the best decisions you made in business school? What things would you have done differently in business school? How can an MBA break into the world of sports/apparel? What advice for listeners wanting to thrive within a big company? What advice do you have for families about navigating family, work, and life? Note: David joins us on the podcast today to talk about the sports and apparel industry, thriving within a big company, and balancing the demands of career and family. David is not here at a representative of Nike.