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Tag: MIT Sloan

  • #163 How I Got into Harvard Business School with Graciela Brewer

    #163 How I Got into Harvard Business School with Graciela Brewer

    As a UX Designer and mother in Kansas City with no MBA network, Graciela Brewer wasn’t sure if she “had a sliver of a chance” at her targets: HBS, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern and Cornell Tech. Four months later, she got into all four programs. In this episode, Grace shares how she shortlisted schools, submitted…

  • #147 ASB MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Sean Ferguson – “An Action-Learning Based Curriculum”

    #147 ASB MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Sean Ferguson – “An Action-Learning Based Curriculum”

    Sean Ferguson, Associate Dean and Director of MBA Program for the Asia School of Business (ASB), discusses what makes the ASB MBA unique, the school’s admissions process, career opportunities and more.

  • #77 Internships, Jobs & Social Life at MIT Sloan

    #77 Internships, Jobs & Social Life at MIT Sloan

    Darren talks to Andrew, a recent MIT Sloan MBA graduate, about his internship and job search experience at Sloan. Andrew worked for Target as a Senior Analyst doing business intelligence and analytics before business school. He landed an internship with Uniqlo (one of the world’s top 5 retailers) in New York City and will be…

  • #53 A Quick Guide to Researching School Strengths

    #53 A Quick Guide to Researching School Strengths

    What’s the best MBA program for supply chain management? Or entrepreneurship? Or marketing? In this episode, Darren gives a 3-step framework for quickly and effectively researching a school’s academic strengths – “The MBA Physical.”

  • #30 How to Improve Your Chances of Getting In

    #30 How to Improve Your Chances of Getting In

    Over the past 6 months, I’ve had over 20 MBA Admissions Directors on the Touch MBA Podcast. I’ve asked all of them, “What would you advise candidates to improve their chances of admissions?” This is what they told me. Here are 10 actionable tips you can use right away to boost your admissions and scholarship…

  • #25 “It’s Such an Entrepreneurial Place” – MIT Sloan MBA Admissions Q&A with Mr. Jeffrey Carbone

    #25 “It’s Such an Entrepreneurial Place” – MIT Sloan MBA Admissions Q&A with Mr. Jeffrey Carbone

    If you were studying business at one of the world’s greatest research institutions, and had to pick 75% of your classes and activities, what would you do? Mr. Jeffrey Carbone, Associate Director of Admissions at MIT Sloan School of Management, started our conversation with “we’re not just an MBA program…” and after you listen to…

Tag: MIT Sloan

  • #163 How I Got into Harvard Business School with Graciela Brewer

    #163 How I Got into Harvard Business School with Graciela Brewer

    As a UX Designer and mother in Kansas City with no MBA network, Graciela Brewer wasn’t sure if she “had a sliver of a chance” at her targets: HBS, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern and Cornell Tech. Four months later, she got into all four programs. In this episode, Grace shares how she shortlisted schools, submitted…

  • #147 ASB MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Sean Ferguson – “An Action-Learning Based Curriculum”

    #147 ASB MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Sean Ferguson – “An Action-Learning Based Curriculum”

    Sean Ferguson, Associate Dean and Director of MBA Program for the Asia School of Business (ASB), discusses what makes the ASB MBA unique, the school’s admissions process, career opportunities and more.

  • #77 Internships, Jobs & Social Life at MIT Sloan

    #77 Internships, Jobs & Social Life at MIT Sloan

    Darren talks to Andrew, a recent MIT Sloan MBA graduate, about his internship and job search experience at Sloan. Andrew worked for Target as a Senior Analyst doing business intelligence and analytics before business school. He landed an internship with Uniqlo (one of the world’s top 5 retailers) in New York City and will be…

  • #53 A Quick Guide to Researching School Strengths

    #53 A Quick Guide to Researching School Strengths

    What’s the best MBA program for supply chain management? Or entrepreneurship? Or marketing? In this episode, Darren gives a 3-step framework for quickly and effectively researching a school’s academic strengths – “The MBA Physical.”

  • #30 How to Improve Your Chances of Getting In

    #30 How to Improve Your Chances of Getting In

    Over the past 6 months, I’ve had over 20 MBA Admissions Directors on the Touch MBA Podcast. I’ve asked all of them, “What would you advise candidates to improve their chances of admissions?” This is what they told me. Here are 10 actionable tips you can use right away to boost your admissions and scholarship…

  • #25 “It’s Such an Entrepreneurial Place” – MIT Sloan MBA Admissions Q&A with Mr. Jeffrey Carbone

    #25 “It’s Such an Entrepreneurial Place” – MIT Sloan MBA Admissions Q&A with Mr. Jeffrey Carbone

    If you were studying business at one of the world’s greatest research institutions, and had to pick 75% of your classes and activities, what would you do? Mr. Jeffrey Carbone, Associate Director of Admissions at MIT Sloan School of Management, started our conversation with “we’re not just an MBA program…” and after you listen to…