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Current Student Blogs "The best advice I have ever received was from my fellow applicants" - this is a quote I hear almost daily from GMAT Club members. This thread is bringing you the latest and greatest from the MBA blogosphere! This thread will be a collection of Currently Enrolled GMAT Club member blog posts brought directly from their blogs. You can pick up what they have found to be worthwhile and understand what bSchool life is really about! Here is a list of users/blogs that are currently participating (want to add your blog? You can do it here ) 1. Stevenfuqua - https://www.stevensma.com/ 2. etoubes - https://reachingthethirties.wordpress.com/ 3. Whiplasher - https://oxonian2013mba.wordpress.com/ - The Oxford Comma 4. NewCardinal - https://sloanlife.com/ - Sharing my journey through Stanford GSB 5. Defying Gravity https://defyinggravitymba.blogspot.com/ - moving from Applicant to the Current Student Blogs - HBS 6. uwengdori https://joshatrotman.wordpress.com/ - Study. Exercise. Food. Toronto. Friends. All about life at Rotman. 7. Domotron - https://domotron.wordpress.com/ 8. Hamm0 - https://hamm0.wordpress.com/ 9. Sarahrs - https://sarahmbajourney.wordpress.com/ 10. Timbob - https://timbob101.wordpress.com/ 11. gamalhot - https://gmalhotra.com/ 12. gmat4IMD - https://captainimd.tumblr.com/ - A blog by former Ship Captain and Current IMD Student 13. J2insead https://journey2insead.wordpress.com/ - A Nigerian's journey to the Business School for the World 14. mybjourney https://fromjeanstosuits.wordpress.com/ - My Journey through the MBA 15. Yudanashi https://blog.davidbbaker.com/ - My journey to Oxford's MBA Program at the Said Business School. 16. bschooladmit20 - https://medium.com/@Natasha_Malpani - MBA’18 @stanfordbiz, ex-investor @bigsocietycap. Exploring the future of #media entreprenuership. See Also.... MBA Applicant Blogs

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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: A tale of two classmates

Omar Khan interviews two of his classmates to showcase the diversity of his cohort

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FROM NandoParrado: Application #7: Interview

Once you click “Submit” on the online form, you should give a high-five to your reflection in the mirror. The amount of work which went into the application, on top of everything else in your life, is simply remarkable. You should then … Continue reading →

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FROM Sarah's MBA Journey: Women and work: international women’s day

Went along to a women’s event in my office to celebrate international women’s day. We discussed our experience of being a women in the work place and future challenges. Thought I would share my experience here.

Have I experienced sexism?

Yes, but not always overt. When I was seventeen I wanted to study psychology and went along to university open days. Now in the UK you ideally want your course to be recognised by the British psychological society. The university I was looking at was starting a new course and not yet recognised. I asked the course leader whether the course would be recognised in time, he told me not to worry my pretty head. I,of course, went to another university for that reason alone. I was gleeful when I found out later that the course hadn’t been recognised.

Yep; I have had the classic of having my bum pinched. I worked in a hotel bar and when I leaned down to place drinks ona table my bum was pinched by a customer. The son couldn’t decide whether to congratulate his dad or be offended on my behalf. I couldn’t decide either. I was in shock and he a customer, so what I could was limited. I think I just glared and commented that Wasn’t appropriate.

How has the work place changed?

When I started in the civil service I was regaled with stories of what it was to be like included that if a women got married she had to resign. Now of course that doesn’t happen.

My work is very supportive has good maternity benefits and both genders make use of the flexible working policy. We still don’t have enough women in senior management, but that the same as most workplaces.

Though more often than not I am still the only women in the room when I work on projects of a technical nature, specially when I’m at a clients. Be great when that less likely to be the case.

Challenges

I don’t perceive my gender to be an issue in the workplace. In general I’ve found discrimination around my disability more of an issue. As I’m still single I also don’t need to overly worry about maternity offers, and balancing home and work. But those are issues that my friends are grappling with, both male and female.

But as i reported in an earlierpostI was secretly glad I wasn’t accepted by Duke for their MBA programme as I couldn’t see how I could have kids and pay off the massive student loan I would have accursed. Some of that is just an age thing, and an inbuilt assumption that student loans don’t have repayment holidays if your on maternity leave. To widen the appeal of MBA for women can repayment holidays on student loans be built-in?

What has been your experience at work based on your gender? What do you think the future challenges are?

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17 Mar 2015, 06:01

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FROM NandoParrado: Application #8: Pride and/or celebration

Completing your interview(s), and submitting the “Post-Interview Reflection” if Harvard is in the mix, effectively marks the end of your MBA application process. Nothing else is left to affect your chances. In the following days, you will feel both energized and drained … Continue reading →

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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: Time to take on Singapore

Despite hours of hard work, Monica Dee finds the student trip she helps organise is a success

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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: Study trip part two

Brenden Sheehan describes his cohort's journey to Singapore for their last study abroad session before graduation

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FROM NandoParrado: Great Product vs Great ROI

Last night I had the pleasure of watching on YouTube a one-hour chat with Fred Wilson, co-founder and managing partner of New York-based venture capital firm Union Square Ventures. If you do not know him, Fred Wilson is one of the top … Continue reading →

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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: My definitive MBA reading list

Nearing the end of his time at LBS, Owen Woolcock describes his favourite books

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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: The power of Cotopaxi

Philippa Rock attempts to climb the second highest summit in Ecuador

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FROM NandoParrado: Last word on the Application process

I had an interesting conversation with a friend this morning, and I realized I need to add a last word on the series of posts on my application process. Five key words: it is not admission advice! It is simply the summary of the … Continue reading →

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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: A dash of fintech and venture capital

Challenging environments provide some intensive training in financial matters for Michael Wieder

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FROM uwengdori - Current Student: Life these days

Almost half of MBA is finally coming to an end. I still have the intensive Capstone remaining which started this week, but things have been ok so far.

I also recently found my engineering ring again (lucky). Must not forget where I started.

I noticed that Rotman Problem Solving Challenge was taking place today. I noticed it’s already been a year since I attended RPSC2014. Interesting memories. Time passes.

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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: The sharing economy

Gareth Rees researches what to write about in his final dissertation

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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: A day in the life

Brenden Sheehan provides a glimpse into a typical weekend during his rigorous MBA programme

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FROM Reaching the Thirties: Duke back in Final Four!!

YESSSSS!!!! Yesterday Duke beat Gonzaga, 52-66, and qualified for the final four!!! (what we would call semifinals in the rest of the world). For those who don’t know much about basketball, this is big guys. If you have been following my blog, you know that I am a Duke basketball fan. Back in Spain I … Continue reading →

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FROM uwengdori - Current Student: More reasons to join Rotman

We strive to achieve the best technology for students.

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FROM NandoParrado: Reading, writing, number… and coding skills

In the not-too-distant future, coding will be part of the mandatory curriculum in schools around the world. It is just inevitable, since technology will deeply affect the lives of humans and organizations, and “communicating” to a computer will become as important as speaking to a person. … Continue reading →

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