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: Teamwork reach wuthering heights

Leadership is all about teamwork, concludes Copenhagen Business School's Sunny Sheng

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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: Next time you rank MBA programmes, why not judge them on social impact?

Last week, Business Insider published its rankings for the world’s best business schools. Said Business School came in at 26th.
I don’t care much for rankings, but a few of my classmates correctly observed that the average starting salary of Oxford MBA alumni was listed by Business Insider to be $87,700.
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FROM gmat4IMD: Lausanne!

We are here!!! Arrived at Lausanne on the 29th of December.
It’s already been a week here and it was hard to even realize the time pass by. Meeting my cohorts everyday, a new party, pre program assignments and what not.
Completed all the administrative stuff here at Lausanne. The registration and biometric formalities are so organized that it hardly takes 5 to 10 minutes to complete these necessary processes. The metro system really simplifies our commute.
There was always a question on how expensive Lausanne is actually. Lausanne is expensive when we compare it to some of the other european cities. But, stores like Migros and Coop bring down the cost with some of their own budget stuff. I shall post the prices of some of the essential stuff here at Lausanne in one of my future blogs.
Let me post a few photos of Lausanne we took when my wife and I went for a walk along the lake yesterday. Happy New year everyone! Look forward to reading a lot more about IMD very soon.

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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: Beijing’s smog warns of need to tackle climate change

As China's capital remained shrouded in pollution, my own fog lifted as I got to grips with what corporations need to do to improve sustainability and balance economic development with environmental issues

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FROM Ambitiousbusinessguy: Sunset on the Charles

Check out watercolors of Boston and Harvard Business School by my sectionmate!

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FROM Ambitiousbusinessguy: How to Join the GMAT’s 700 Club

If you are struggling to break 700, check out Jon Taves free eBook to help get you over the finish line.

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Happy Holidays from EF Essays! To celebrate this time of year, I’ve compiled all of my GMAT posts from the past year into an eBook. Rumor has it that Santa’s most requested gift is learning how to break into the 700 club. Luckily, you don’t have to wait until Christmas morning.

Here’s a link to the eBook. Happy studying!

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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: Impatient Singapore pushes the boundaries

Shortly before the half-time break of her MBA journey, Laura Melina Loeven reviews her first experiences as an MBA candidate, looks back on her initial challenges as a business school student in Southeast Asia and shares her relocation experience when moving to Singapore

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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: So, what’s the best thing about Durham business school?

One of the most interesting and enriching things about the Durham MBA is the diversity of its cohort, which brings many different points of view

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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: Achieve work-life balance with Google Calendar

The electronic calendar's colour coding can help organise the competing demands of a business course

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FROM gmat4IMD: The first day!!!

It was an incredible and overwhelming experience to finally meet the other 89 cohorts from around the world. The opening exhibition was organized and methodical.
It was good to finally get to sit inside the auditorium as a candidate. It was nice to finally put a face to the people who have made our transition to Switzerland as smooth and easy as possible. The administrative support at IMD is second to none. The bar is set very high even before the course has started.

Lunch at the restaurant was nothing but top notch. It just feels better to know that this is the variety and quality of Lunch that we will be served throughout the year.

The day is here and the hectic schedule starts from Monday. The dean’s speech was informative. The strategy is clear. All 90 ready to walk hand in hand and look forward to the best career opportunities possible by the end of the year. The first two days made us all feel right at home. Let’s see how the rest of the year is going to be. I’m eager to know and experience the IMD Experience.

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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: First year versus second year at Wharton business school

One aspect of Wharton that has not changed over the past year is the intensity of business school life. Balancing academics, recruiting, time with friends and extracurricular activities has been as challenging as ever

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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: The six best business lessons from my MBA so far

The autumn semester at Harvard Business School was the most enjoyable, so far. Here are some key take aways...

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FROM gmat4IMD: The first week!

I never believed that MBA life is hectic till I experienced the first week pass by. Wow… It is like an edge of the seat thriller. The thrill doesn’t seem to cease. And this is just the first week. The economics lectures and the work load on the first day seemed as if we were preparing for the final exams. Such was the level of excitement. Words won’t do justice to describe the amount of stuff we have learnt and the fun we have had learning in the last 4 days!!!
Teamwork it is!

Apart from the studies, we also got to experience the first the snowfall of 2016 today at Lausanne!

I would try my best to keep posting a blog a week at least. Back to studies. Have to complete two pending assignments.
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FROM mybjourney: New year, new term

Michaelmas term officially got over on the 18th, by when a lot of classmates had already taken off for their christmas vacation. I too headed off to Edinburgh for a few days before Christmas with a small group of batchmates. We had an exciting time exploring the city and the highlands, and decided to visit again over the year when the temperature is more friendly. Needless to say, it was a much needed break for me – I used this opportunity to switch off, reflect on what the past three months meant to me and what I hoped to expect from the coming year.

After ringing in the new year from various corners of the world (mine was relatively quieter with brother at London), the batch started pouring back into Oxford for the revision week. We were done with Analytics exam in MT Week 9, but Business Finance and Technology- Operations exams were due for HT Week 0. Still hungover from the vacation, it was a challenge to get around Cash Flows, Asset Pricing, Process optimizations, 3Ms and what not. I decided to study in a small group – locked in a room in the school – where we split topic among ourselves and brainstormed together on concepts and past exam papers. This strategy personally worked well for me as there was a lot to learn from each other’s experiences and also ensured none of us slacked off with our pace.

We all braved our way through the two exams – dressed in the traditional subfusc, pink carnations this time for luck, wading our way through in swarms to the examination halls. I am pretty satisfied with my performance, although in hindsight I could have spent a little more time in Operations theory (was dreading Finance and spent most of my time on it).

On Friday, there Experience Weekend at Said for students with an admission offer for next batch. I along with 4 others from my batch got an opportunity to interact and share our experience with the offer holders, followed with one on one conversations in an informal setting. We were happy to talk to them about our experience and hopefully helped address most of their apprehensions about life after joining the program. I did not get to attend the Experience Weekend during my admission process due to work commitments, but I would highly encourage applicants to avail this opportunity to learn more about theschool and their people. Getting an MBA and choosing the school that is the right fit for one’s expectations from an MBA is a crucial decision, open days as these give a great chance to help make that informed selection.

HT Week 0 concluded with a formal dinner at Exeter College, with the dean, some members of the faculty and advisory along with potential incoming students and more batchmates. Formal dinners are an intrinsic part of the Oxford culture wherein members of the University dress up for attending dinner in a hall and masters cloaked in robes say grace (with an exception of few ‘non-religious colelges’) at the high table and others follow suit prior to eating. Dinners are great way to socialise outside of the business school and with the wider university community, something that makes studying at Oxford a unique experience.

A brief about Exeter – close to 800 years old, this is the fourth oldest college in the University and was an all-males institution until 1979. The college has one of the most beautifully designed chapel and also boasts of some of the most celebrated alumni, including the author J.R.R Tolkein and also J.K. Rowling as the honorary fellow. Each college is unique in its own way and has a distinct characteristic to it. The more I learn about these places, I feel priviledged and humbled to be walking down the same alleys that have centuries of history and grandeur to them.

It’s late in the night and I should end my post here. The weather forecast hints at the possibility of mild snowfall tonight, I am excited!

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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: Reflections on the First Quarter

What happened to my first quarter at business school?
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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: Location, location, location

Location is just as important as the ranking of your target MBA programme, says Kristina Koch.

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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: Live Q&A: FT Global MBA 2016

Are you planning to study for an MBA? Would you like to find out more about the programme? Our panel of experts will answer your questions on Wednesday, 27 January 2016, on this page.

Email your questions to [email protected] or post these under "Live Reader Comments" on the right of this post.

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Geoffrey Garrett, dean of University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School
Nick Hoffman, partner at McKinsey & Company and Harvard MBA graduate
Chioma Isiadinso, co-founder of consultancy Expartus and former admissions officer at Harvard Business School
Stephen Morse, MBA student and blogger at University of Oxford's Saïd Business School
Della Bradshaw, FT Business Education Editor

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FROM gmat4IMD: Back to school!

Things are getting intense though it is just half way through the 2nd week. We did have a small party though during the weekend. A showcase of different cultures. Basically a breather to get us ready for the real stress that is waiting to knock on our doors.
The course is intensifying and so is the winter in Switzerland. It’s been snowing heavily the past week.

The nerves are settling down. Finally we are beginning to comprehend and communicate in the business language. The startup projects are going to begin. Seems like we are set for one hell of a year. Putting theory into practice right from the start. Will be back soon with a different point of view from one of my colleagues… SHASHANK (The one with the Khaki trousers)!!!

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FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: How to be a venture capitalist

Harvard Business School's Rock Accelerator is a great way to experiment with entrepreneurship and develop projects without the risk

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FROM Yudanashi: Exams, or don’t sweat the small stuff

So sorry for the hiatus, term was finished but now I’m back. To all those who are reading this while applying or trying to decide on accepting or not feel free to reach out. I’ve chatted with about a dozen admits or prospective students and I’m always happy to chat. – Now to the blog post itself!

Oxford is richly filled with history, I have no reason to doubt its veracity except that legend grows here faster than moss. One such legend states that a student wore a suit of armor to an exam and was promptly escorted out of the exam schools with a distinction (highest grade) and a fine. A distinction because instead of wearing sub-fusc the typical Oxonian dress he had worn full-fusc the suit of armor; a fine because he failed to wear the traditional broadsword at his hip. We love our legends and I’d like to think that they are true but if not they at least can inspire future generations.

Two weeks ago we had our first set of Exams inside the exam school. We had two over 3 days and the amount of time put in at the library in preparation was absurd (for my tastes). The concern that people had with getting a distinction was so palatable that I had to bring a plate of cookies to get the taste out of my mouth! At Oxford individual class grades are not reported, in fact the only thing that is reported is a simple Fail / Pass / Distinction mark.

Now I have parents who would love me just a smidgen more if I got a distinction, however I looked out at all the stress of the exam prep and realized that all I needed to do was simply pass the exams which wasn’t too difficult. Instead I spent the rest of my time trying to help de-stress the rest of our class. This is because one lesson I learned in the past year is to Not Sweat The Small Stuff (and it’s all small stuff). So I made cookies, provided some comic relief, and most importantly listened to the legend of the brave knight who pushed the boundaries of sub-fusc.

At this point in the story I have to tell you that after a decade of fencing I have a hate/hate relationship with trousers. My booty tends to push beyond the barriers of the physics of pants causing a rip in the fabric of space-time … or just my trousers. During Michaelmas term my tuxedo trousers ripped completely beyond repair … twice.

Facing this lack of supportive sub-fusc; the legend of full-fusc; and the stress on our class for the final exams, I had an idea. While I didn’t have access to a full suit of armor (you were really hoping this was going there … me too!) I did have access to the rule-book for sub-fusc and an Amazon Prime account. So on the day of the exam I strode into the noble halls where generations of Oxonians have quivered in fear of poor performance in full Scottish kilt-fusc!

Yep, As a man with quite hairy legs I skipped in a skirt down the aisles of desks, passed the invigilators who keep a watchful eye on us to prevent cheating and took my seat. Everyone I talked to before and those who saw me walk by the invigilator (and her shocked reaction) relaxed and had a chuckle.

You see a simple black kilt is now acceptable dress for sub-fusc and I had decided to not sweat the small stuff. Now my story will not go down in the annals of history as a legend but I was able to bring smiles to suffering students and prove that I wasn’t going to sweat the small stuff.

As we start the next term in full-swing tomorrow I can’t help but keep that image in my mind and hope that whenever I come across something so inconsequential to the big picture that I can easily dismiss it with the mental image of that day.