{"id":58524,"date":"2023-08-23T09:56:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T16:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/b-schooled-podcast-episode-174-why-an-mba\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T09:56:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T16:56:36","slug":"b-schooled-podcast-episode-174-why-an-mba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/b-schooled-podcast-episode-174-why-an-mba\/","title":{"rendered":"B-Schooled Podcast Episode #174: Why an MBA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42828 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stacyblackman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/B-SCHOOLED-PODCAST-1920x1080px-1500x1000.png\" alt=\"B-Schooled\" width=\"734\" height=\"489\" \/><br \/>\nIn this episode of <em>B-Schooled<\/em>, we cover why it\u2019s so important to clearly convey the reasons you are pursuing business school. What will an MBA help you achieve that you couldn\u2019t otherwise accomplish? Even though many programs don\u2019t specifically ask this question, that doesn\u2019t mean applicants shouldn\u2019t be prepared with a strong answer.<\/p>\n<p>Other topics covered include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Common reasons for pursuing an MBA<br \/>\n\u2022 Four candidate types that need to ensure they have clear reasons for wanting the degree<br \/>\n\u2022 Reasons for wanting an MBA that you should probably not mention in your materials<\/p>\n<p>Listen to B-Schooled episode #174 here or on any of the podcast apps listed below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h4><strong>B-Schooled is available on most major podcast apps, including:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/b-schooled\/id1510478621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4jw7gkYqwToVeNN47oPu3u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/show\/bschooled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stitcher<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Education-Podcasts\/B-Schooled-p1319978\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TuneIn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please be sure to subscribe to<em>\u00a0B-Schooled<\/em>\u00a0so that you don\u2019t miss a thing. Also, if there\u2019s something you\u2019d like for us to cover in a future episode, please email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:podcast@stacyblackman.com\">&#x70;&#111;d&#x63;&#x61;&#115;t&#x40;&#x73;&#116;a&#x63;&#121;b&#x6c;&#x61;&#099;k&#x6d;&#x61;&#110;&#046;&#x63;&#111;&#109;<\/a>. We\u2019d love to hear from you!<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stacyblackman.com\/blog\/b-schooled-podcast-episode-174-why-an-mba\/\">B-Schooled Podcast Episode #174: Why an MBA?<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stacyblackman.com\">Stacy Blackman Consulting - MBA Admissions Consulting<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of B-Schooled, we cover why it\u2019s so important to clearly convey the reasons you are pursuing business school. What will an MBA help you achieve that you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,749,775,243],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-stacy-blackman","category-admission-consultants","category-blog","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}