![The Journey From India to Harvard MBA [Episode 220]](https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Mba-podcast-HBS-Shantanu-Misra.png)
What’s it like to be a Harvard Business School student and Google Intern? Let’s find out in today’s podcast! Our guest today is Shantanu Misra, currently a 2nd-year Harvard Business School MBA student who just completed a summer internship at Google and will serve this year as the product manager for the Harbus, the independent,…
One Older Med Student’s Path: From Grief to Growth to Giving [Episode 219]
![One Older Med Student’s Path: From Grief to Growth to Giving [Episode 219]](https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/med-podcast-deborah-horenstein.png)
Our guest today has a very unusual path to medical school. I’m going to let her tell her story with very little intro from me. All I’ll say now is she once upon a time had a career in finance, did her postbac at Columbia and attended Rutgers New Jersey Medical School where she earned…
The Leonardo of Langone: Dr. Michael Natter [Episode 217]
![The Leonardo of Langone: Dr. Michael Natter [Episode 217]](https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/med-podcast-with-mike-natter.jpg)
Our guest today is a newly minted internal medicine intern at NYU Langone. He just graduated from the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and is starting his residency in Internal Medicine at Langone almost as we speak. He is also an accomplished artist, cartoonist, and writer who uses his “doodling” as a study tool. Welcome,…
The Consortium Can Help You Get Your MBA [Episode 216]
![The Consortium Can Help You Get Your MBA [Episode 216]](https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/podcast-with-Danni-Young-Consortium.jpg)
It gives me great pleasure to have for the first time on AST, Danni Young, Director of Recruiting at The Consortium for the Graduate Study of Management. Danni earned her bachelors degree from Lincoln University in Missouri and her MBA from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. FYI she loves cats. Welcome! Let’s start with…
UCLA Anderson MBA Admissions According to Dean Alex Lawrence [Episode 215]
![UCLA Anderson MBA Admissions According to Dean Alex Lawrence [Episode 215]](https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/mba_podcast_ucla_alex_lawrence.jpg)
Come learn about UCLA Anderson’s full-time MBA program with Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid Alex Lawrence. It gives me great pleasure to welcome Alex Lawrence, Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid at UCLA Anderson School of Management, which just happens to be where I earned my MBA. Alex is a…
MD, OBGYN, MPH Talks Med School and Residency Admissions [Episode 214]
![MD, OBGYN, MPH Talks Med School and Residency Admissions [Episode 214]](https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/podcast_iv_suzi_schweikert.jpg)
Our guest today is Dr. Suzi Schweikert – a former English major at UCLA who decided she wanted to be an MD. She did so at UCSD, specialized in OBGYN at USC-Los Angeles County Medical Center, and after completing her residency, added an MPH to her credentials. Let’s learn more about Dr. Schweikert’s path in…
Encore: What is Med School Really Like? [Episode 213]
![Encore: What is Med School Really Like? [Episode 213]](https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/med_podcast_natalie_wall.jpg)
For the 4th of July week, we are airing an encore of one of the most popular Admission Straight Talk podcast episodes of 2017. Listen in on our conversation with Natalie Wall, a student at the University of Utah School of Medicine, for a fascinating discussion about her non-traditional path to med school, what it’s like to…
What’s New at NYU Stern? A Lot! [Episode 212]
![What’s New at NYU Stern? A Lot! [Episode 212]](https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/mba_podcast_iv_with_Isser_Gallogly_NYU.jpg)
What’s new at NYU Stern? New MBA programs. New application process. New deadlines. Let’s learn all about it! It gives me great pleasure to welcome back to Admissions Straight Talk Isser Gallogly, Associate Dean of MBA Admissions at NYU Stern School of Business. I almost feel like Isser needs no introduction at Accepted. He participated…
What do the Medical School Admissions Teams Say About Admissions?
Can you think of a better source of medical school admissions advice than the admissions committee directors and deans themselves? Well, neither could we. And that’s why Linda Abraham, founder of Accepted and admissions guru in her own right, has been inviting med school deans, admissions directors, and other admissions insiders as guests on the…
Get Accepted to Baylor College of Medicine [Episode 211]
![Get Accepted to Baylor College of Medicine [Episode 211]](https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/med_podcast_baylor_college_of_medicine.jpg)
I’m really pleased to have back on the show Dr. Karen Johnson, Associate Dean for Admissions at the Baylor College of Medicine and Dr. Jesus Vallejo, Assistant Dean for Admissions at Baylor College of Medicine. When recently looking at our downloads, I noticed that one of our most popular medical school admissions shows was my…
Wharton’s Commitment Project – a Window into Wharton [Episode 210]
![Wharton’s Commitment Project – a Window into Wharton [Episode 210]](https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/podcast_Wharton-commitment-project.jpg)
Today we’re doing something a little different: a deep dive into a specific program at Wharton. It’s a program that reveals a lot about Wharton’s culture, which also gives us insight into what the Wharton admissions committee is looking for. Commitment. Purpose. Meaning. These are all terms that are bandied about amidst the fake news,…
Your Past Doesn’t Define You [Episode 209]
![Your Past Doesn’t Define You [Episode 209]](https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/podcast_past-doesnt-define-you.png)
Today’s one of those shows where I’m going to be the sole presenter. I actually started preparing this show during the World Series way back in October. Yes, folks, after 108 years of losing, the Chicago Cubs finally won the World Series. At the same time, we were working (and have worked in the past)…
Medicinal Magic and Magical Medicine: An Interview with M3 David Elkin [Episode 207]
![Medicinal Magic and Magical Medicine: An Interview with M3 David Elkin [Episode 207]](https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/med_podcast_david-Elkin.jpg)
Our guest today is a fourth year medical student at Stony Brook who graduated from UC San Diego with a bachelors in Physiology and Neuroscience. Nothing too unusual there for a medical student. However, things start to get interesting, maybe even enchanting, when we learn a little about his hobby: magic. He has been performing…
UCLA’s MS in Business Analytics: Prep for the Sexiest Job of the 21st Century [Episode 208]
![UCLA’s MS in Business Analytics: Prep for the Sexiest Job of the 21st Century [Episode 208]](https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mba-podcast-with-paul-brandano.jpg)
Are you a quant jock with a bit of a poet in you? Learn about UCLA Anderson’s new MS in Business Analytics! Harvard Business Review declared in 2012 that being a data scientist is the “sexiest job of the 21st century.” Glassdoor last year claimed it’s the “best job of the year.” And in a…
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans: Funding, Community for Immigrants [Episode 206]
![Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans: Funding, Community for Immigrants [Episode 206]](https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/podcast_iv_with_craig_harwood.png)
Let’s learn about the $90K fellowships awarded by The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Today’s guest, Dr. Craig Harwood, earned his BA in Music from Queens College and then a PhD in Music Theory from Yale University in 2002. Dr. Harwood went on to serve as the dean of Davenport College at…
HMX – Harvard Medical School’s Online Option for Everyone [Episode 205]
![HMX – Harvard Medical School’s Online Option for Everyone [Episode 205]](https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/med_podcast_with_dr_michael_parker.jpg)
I was recently contacted about a fascinating new program at Harvard Medical School called HMX Fundamentals. I wanted to learn more, and I’m delighted to have AST listeners learn more along with me since I’m talking today to Dr. Michael Parker, Harvard Medical School’s Associate Dean for Online Learning and Faculty Director of HMX. Dr….
From the Mouths of MBA Adcom Members
Looking for the best possible admissions advice? How about admissions advice from the admission committee members themselves? Linda Abraham, founder of Accepted and host of the Admissions Straight Talk podcast has a collection of highly enlightening interviews with directors of admissions and adcom members of top business schools! Listen in as Linda asks her adcom…
From Wall St to Wharton, While Starting Wall Street Oasis [Episode 204]
![From Wall St to Wharton, While Starting Wall Street Oasis [Episode 204]](https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/iv_patrick_curtis_MBA-1024x461.jpg)
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,…
Amy Ho: An ER Resident Who Connects with Patients and Society [Episode 203]
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I would like to share with you the email that made me believe that today’s guest, Dr. Amy Faith Ho, a third year ER resident, will be simply outstanding: I love the mission of your site, and the Match was something that endlessly agonized me (see my article in Forbes). It is a great passion…
From Rwanda to Wharton to West Coast Start-Up: MP Davis’ Story [Episode 202]
![From Rwanda to Wharton to West Coast Start-Up: MP Davis’ Story [Episode 202]](https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/mary-patton-davis-wharton-student-nerdwallet.jpg)
Today’s guest, Mary-Patton Davis, earned her BA in Government and French from Georgetown in 2010. She worked in marketing in the U.S. and in Rwanda, started a yoga business in Rwanda among other things, and earned her MBA from Wharton in 2016. While there she co-founded and led LeadUp, a mindful leadership program emphasizing health…
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