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December 10, 2018

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Innovative Education in NYC: All About Cornell Tech [Episode 289]

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Interview with Cornell Tech’s Dean Matthew D’Amore and Admissions Director Dr. Raymond Lutzky [Show Summary] The Cornell Tech campus and programs on Roosevelt Island in New York City have INNOVATIVE stamped on them. Hear from Dean Matt D’Amore and Admissions Director Dr. Ray Lutzky about the inception of the program, the innovative degrees currently being offered, how… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions / Cornell Johnson, Cornell Tech, entrepreneurship, podcast

July 25, 2018

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From Hospitality to Kellogg MBA to Accepted MBA Admissions Consultant [Episode 269]

Hospitality to Kellogg MBA [Show Summary] Libby Angst is a 2018 graduate of the Kellogg MBA program and Accepted’s newest MBA admissions consultant. Libby shares her experience in the hospitality industry, her motivations behind her job changes, her decision to pursue an MBA and what she thought was most valuable in the Kellogg MBA program…. 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, MBA Admissions / entrepreneurship, Northwestern Kellogg, podcast

July 10, 2018

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The Inside Scoop on Life as a PA

This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with medical school applicants and students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top medical schools and the med school application process. And now, introducing Andrea… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as… 

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Article by Accepted / Grad School Admissions, Medical School Admissions / entrepreneurship, med school student interview, Physician Assistant, Physician Assistant Student Interview

May 23, 2018

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From Wall St to Wharton, While Starting Wall Street Oasis [Episode 204]

Today’s guest is Patrick Curtis, CEO & Co-founder of Wall Street Oasis. Patrick graduated from Williams College in 2002 and worked as an Investment Banking Analyst for Rothschild & Co for two years. He then joined Tailwind Capital as a Private Equity Associate in 2005 around the same time that he founded Wall Street Oasis,… 

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April 19, 2018

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Goal Setting as an Entrepreneur

I always ask my clients to state their long and short-term goals for me on our first meeting.  Eighty percent of the time I hear the response, “I want to be an entrepreneur.”  So I begin to peel away at the onion. • What problem is your business going to solve? •  Why is it different than… 

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Article by Natalie Grinblatt / MBA Admissions / entrepreneurship

January 8, 2018

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Med School Uncensored: A Realistic Perspective on Medical Training [Episode 236]

Dr. Richard Beddingfield, a practicing cardiothoracic anesthesiologist in Wisconsin, is the author of Med School Uncensored: The Insider’s Guide to Surviving Admissions, Exams, Residency, and Sleepless Nights in the Call Room. The book provides a comprehensive view of the entire becoming-a-doctor process, from choosing to become a physician and taking the MCAT, through med school… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Medical School Admissions / entrepreneurship, podcast

November 5, 2017

Reading Time: 4 minutes

How This Leader Knew MIT’s Sloan Fellows Program Was Right for Her

Student Interview: MIT Sloan Fellow Asha Aravindakshan

This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with business students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top programs. And now, introducing Asha Aravindakshan… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad? Asha: I pursued my Bachelor’s in Business Administration (BBA) in… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / entrepreneurship, Forte, MBA Student Interviews, MIT Sloan, MIT Sloan Fellows

October 25, 2017

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1 Doctor, 2 Entrepreneurs: Eliza Morrison & Andrew Nimmich [Episode 230]

Interview with Nerdly CEOs Eliza Morrison Andrew Nimmich

Meet Eliza Morrison and M4 Andrew Nimmich, the CEOs of Tutor the People and Nerdly. Both of today’s guests attended the College of Charleston in South Carolina where Eliza Morrison majored in French, Russian and Comparative Literature. Andrew Nimmich also attended the College of Charleston and CUNY Brooklyn College and majored in Pre-Medical Studies. He… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / entrepreneurship, MCAT, podcast, Test Prep

July 27, 2017

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An Inside Look at Wharton’s MBA at the 2017 AIGAC Conference

Last month, during the 2017 AIGAC (Association of International Graduate Application Consultants) conference in San Francisco, my consultants, colleagues, and I spent an illuminating morning visiting Wharton West. Wow. It’s on the Embarcadero by the Bay, next door to Google; it has exposed brick walls and soft gray carpets; quiet, glass-walled cubicles; spa waters in… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / AIGAC, AIGAC 2017 Highlights, entrepreneurship, Wharton

June 28, 2017

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What’s Life Like as a Darden MBA and Entrepreneur? [Episode 194]

Our guests today are both 2nd year MBA students at Darden who founded their start-up at the beginning of their MBA program. We’ll learn more in a minute, but a little background first. Maximilian Huc graduated from Princeton in 2013 with a BA in sociology. Outside of class, he started his first start-up called My… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / entrepreneurship, podcast, UVA Darden

June 28, 2017

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Get Into IE, an Innovative Leader in Business Education [Episode 197]

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The MBA application process is multi-faceted and there are a lot of things you can do NOW that will improve your chances of acceptance when you actually apply. I shared those steps, which I’ve seen work over the last 20 years, at our recent webinar 7 Steps to MBA Acceptance in 2018. Click here to view the… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / entrepreneurship, IE, international student, podcast

May 23, 2017

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Making International Student Loans a Prime Investment

B-school students need funding, MBA alumni are looking to invest. Prodigy Finance brings the two together. Listen to the full recording of our conversation with Cameron Stevens, founder and CEO of the company that provides loans to international students and a secure and meaningful investment opportunity for business school graduates. 00:01:30 – Cameron Stevens and… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, MBA Admissions / entrepreneurship, INSEAD, international student, MBA Financial Aid, podcast, prodigy finance

November 12, 2016

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Cornell Johnson Straight Out of College: A Young Entrepreneur’s Story [Episode 144]

Are you an aspiring entrepreneur? Considering an MBA at Cornell Johnson? Or are you thinking of applying to MBA programs with less-than-average work experience? If this is you, you’ll want to listen to this week’s show! Introducing our guest [0:44] Meet Jonathan Hua, a first year MBA student at Cornell Johnson and Editor in Chief of the… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, College Admissions, MBA Admissions / Cornell Johnson, entrepreneurship, podcast

October 5, 2016

Reading Time: 4 minutes

Individual Mobile Test Prep and the MIT Sloan MBA Who Created It [Episode 156]

Would you like to combine a slick, personalized mobile test prep app with access to individual tutoring?  Stick around! Meet Elad Shoushan, a former pro-basketball player in Israel who attended the Technion, Israel’s MIT, got into coding big time, and worked for GE Healthcare. Just before starting at MIT Sloan he founded a little start-up… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / entrepreneurship, GMAT, GRE, MCAT, podcast

August 8, 2016

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What You Need to Know About Finding a Job Post-MBA [Episode 164]

We’re joined today by Shari Hubert, Associate Dean of Admissions at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, and by Doreen Amorosa, Associate Dean and Managing Director of Career Management at McDonough. They’re here to discuss what’s changing in the job search landscape, as well as what’s new at Georgetown. Welcome! How have career services changed due… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, MBA Admissions / entrepreneurship, Georgetown McDonough, podcast

July 18, 2016

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5 Practical Lessons I Learned at HBS that Helped Me Launch My Startup

Harvard Business School is often seen as a “finance” school, or a “consulting” school, or a “general management” school—and usually isn’t the first MBA program you’d think of when it comes to entrepreneurship. My experience, though, was that HBS had a great entrepreneurial curriculum—and despite the fact that I’d founded two businesses prior to the… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / entrepreneurship, Harvard Business School

July 6, 2016

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FT’s Top MBA Programs for Entrepreneurship

This year the Financial Times published a ranking that is a spin-off from their 2016 global MBA ranking and features the top 25 MBA programs for entrepreneurship (last year they published only the top 10). The rankings: 1. Stanford GSB 2. Babson Olin 3. UVA Darden 4. Dartmouth Tuck 5. UCLA Anderson 6. UC Berkeley… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / entrepreneurship, Financial Times, Rankings

June 16, 2016

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The MBA Career Search and Life as a Chicago Booth MBA [Episode 158]

The MBA career search and life as a Chicago Booth MBA – check out the latest episode of Admissions Straight Talk. We are joined today by the co-founders of TransparentMBA, a free career data resource for prospective and current MBA students. Introducing Mitch Kirby, Alyssa Jaffee, and Kevin Marvinac, co-founders of TransparentMBA and students at Chicago Booth…. 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, entrepreneurship, podcast

May 4, 2016

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Wharton MBA Student, Single Mom, Entrepreneur [Episode 152]

With Mother’s Day coming up, this week’s show features a mother, MBA student, and entrepreneur. Meet Divinity Matovu, founder of MBA Mama [1:04] Divinity grew up in Wisconsin, attended USC (where she majored in Political Science and African American Studies), and got bit by the social impact and start-up bug. She’s now studying at Wharton as… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, MBA Admissions / entrepreneurship, Forte, podcast, Wharton

February 10, 2016

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Stanford GSB Alum Transforming Online Dating for the Ambitious [Episode 139]

With a hat-tip to Valentine’s Day, this show is about a dating app for the “smart, busy and ambitious” as well as life at Stanford GSB and start-ups. Meet Amanda Bradford: [0:46] She earned her bachelors in Information Systems in 2007 from Carnegie Mellon.  After getting her degree, Amanda worked for leading tech companies like Salesforce,… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, MBA Admissions / entrepreneurship, podcast, Stanford GSB

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