A peek into what change the Forte Foundation is implementing [Show Summary] In honor of Admissions Straight Talk’s 10th anniversary episode, our first ever guest is back. Elissa Sangster is the CEO of the Forte Foundation which is at the forefront of increasing female representation in the business world – from the classroom to the…
A Kenan-Flagler Student Discusses Industrial Engineering, Healthcare and Business
Learn how real students and recent grads have navigated their way through the business school admissions process and b-school itself with our What is Business School Really Like? series. Meet Harmonie, a second-year MBA student with a background in engineering, future career aspirations in the field of healthcare, and a passion for promoting women and…
Can The Consortium and Forte Foundation Boost Your Goals? [An Interview]
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 Jasmine… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad? Jasmine: Hi everyone! I grew up in Honolulu, HI and…
How This Forté Fellow is Blazing Her Trail in Tech
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 Andrea Caralis… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad? Andrea: I grew up in…
Women Considering an MBA: Be Sure to Attend a Forte Forum!
Future female MBAs, listen up! Forté Foundation is proud to announce the schedule for the 13th annual Forté Forums. Forté Forums are designed to empower you with information about how an MBA can propel your career forward. You will gain an opportunity to speak with representatives, alumnae, and students from top b-schools in North America…
The Toronto Rotman MBA Program: Where Application Volume is Soaring [Episode 243]
Today for the first time we welcome Jamie Young, Director of Recruitment & Admissions for the Full-Time MBA Program at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Jamie graduated from McMaster University in 2008 and has worked in Canadian higher ed since then. He came to Rotman in January 2016 to assume…
How This Leader Knew MIT’s Sloan Fellows Program Was Right for Her
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…
How Forté Helps Women Get into Business and Stay in Business [Episode 200]
Today’s episode is an extra special show. This is AST’s 200th episode! It’s fitting that we welcome back Elissa Sangster, who was the very first guest on AST almost five years ago. Today she is the first guest to come back for a third time. This show should be valuable to you because of Elissa’s…
Launching Her Application with Forte and Following Her Heart to Chicago Booth
This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with Jamie Kwak… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad? Jamie: Hello everyone!…
Becca’s MBA Adventure through Tuck, Forte, and Food Trucks
This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with Becca Grad, a student at Tuck. Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad? Where…
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…
Introducing MBALaunch Prep Program for Women
The Forté Foundation will be unrolling MBALaunch 2016, an intensive business school prep program for women. This 10-month program is designed to help women apply successfully to business school by providing a strong support network and a structured roadmap of the application process. GMAT exam prep is also a focus, as well as interview skill…
Meet Ashley: A Wharton MBA Student Making an Impact
This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with Ashley Wells, a first-year student at Wharton. Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as…
Defining Her Strengths, Researching Schools and Choosing NYU Stern
This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with Lenore, a student at NYU Stern. Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an…
Why Johnson? An Admitted Student Shares her Journey
This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a follow up interview with Debra Yoo, who was recently accepted to Johnson at Cornell University. (We first met Debra last year – you can read our first interview with…
Interview with a Future NYU Stern MBA and Forte Fellow
This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for an interview with Lourdes, a Forte Fellow who was recently accepted to NYU Stern. Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where…
Georgetown MBA Interview with Teri Delgado
This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. We hope to offer you a candid picture of student life, and what you should consider as you prepare your MBA application. Accepted: First, can you tell us a bit…
Forte Helps Women in Business Thrive: Interview with Elissa Sangster
Things have come full circle for Admissions Straight Talk. We couldn’t be more excited about our second interview with the very first guest to have appeared on our podcast: Elissa Sangster, Executive Director for the Forté Foundation. Listen to the recording of our conversation to learn about the newest programs Forté is running to support women MBAs (past, present,…
Leadership, Tech, & Forte: IV with a Cornell MBA Student
This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now, introducing Sarah Markels Maynard, a second year student at Cornell Johnson… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an…
IV with a UC Berkeley Haas Admitted Student and 2013 MBA Launcher
This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with MBA applicants, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at the MBA application process. And now…introducing Marisa who will be starting at UC Berkeley Haas in the fall. Accepted: Let’s start with some basics: Where are you from? Where and what did you study…