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B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit
B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit, a podcast from top MBA admissions consulting firm Stacy Blackman Consulting, covers all aspects of the MBA application and admissions process. We offer insight and advice on how to pull together your personal-best business school materials — and make the most of your...
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Overcoming MBA Anxiety With The Help of an HBS Admissions Officer, Part 3: B-Schooled episode 264
Overcoming MBA Anxiety With The Help of an HBS Admissions Officer Part Three: Three Meditations For Your MBA Application Journey For the final e...

Overcoming MBA Anxiety With The Help of an HBS Admissions Officer, Part 2: B-Schooled episode 263
Overcoming MBA Anxiety With The Help of an HBS Admissions Officer Part Two: How Anxiety and Worry Can Be Helpful To Your Application For this ver...

Overcoming MBA Anxiety With An HBS Admissions Officer, Part 1: B-Schooled episode 262
Overcoming MBA Anxiety With The Help of an HBS Admissions Officer Part One: Understanding What Anxiety Is In The MBA Application Context For this...

Do's and don'ts after you submit: B-Schooled episode 261
After you submit your MBA applications, should you contact the admissions committee with updates on your candidacy? What should you do if you find an...

Life Lessons I'd wished I learned 20 years ago, part 2: B-Schooled episode 260
Life Lessons I'd wished I learned 20 Years Ago – Part 2: B-Schooled Episode 260 For this occasional ongoing podcast series, our host Chandler speaks...

Life Lessons I'd wished I learned 20 years ago: B-Schooled episode 259
For this episode our host Chandler spoke with a number of corporate executives, nonprofit leaders, and wellness icons and asked the question, what lif...

How to think like an MBA admissions officer: B-Schooled episode 258
In order to stand out from your MBA competition, you need to take a step back and assess your candidacy from the admissions committee's point of view....

Why do you need (not just want) an MBA now? : B-Schooled episode 257
Sometimes “Why do you need an MBA now?” is an essay question that programs ask directly, but more often than not it’s something applicants should end...

Avoid these MBA application time & energy wasters: B-Schooled episode 256
In this replay of one of our most popular episodes, Meg — a former University of Chicago Booth admissions committee member and current SBC admissions...

MBA your resume: B-Schooled episode 255
Your resume is perhaps the single most important part of your application materials. This episode covers how to maximize that one precious page.

Improving your quantitative profile: B-Schooled episode 254
In this new episode, our host Erika and fellow SBC admissions consultant (and former Kellogg adcom) Caryn have a discussion that covers: Multiple tac...

The "One-Minute Method" for identifying strengths (Part 2): B-Schooled episode 253
For this two-part conversation, Chandler sits down with SBC Consultant Dawn Clare to discuss her "One Minute Method" for identifying underrecognized i...

The "One-Minute Method" for identifying strengths (Part 1): B-Schooled episode 252
For this two-part conversation, Chandler sits down with SBC Consultant Dawn Clare to discuss her "One Minute Method" for identifying underrecognized i...

6 things you think you know about MBA essays (but probably don't): B-Schooled episode 251
In this episode replay, Chandler dives into 6 tips for MBA essays that even the most confident writers might miss.

What 2025-26 MBA applicants should be doing right now: B-Schooled episode 249
This episode will motivate you to get going on your Round 1 MBA materials, and will cover what makes the most sense for you to be working on right now...

2025-26 MBA Admissions Season Kickoff: B-Schooled episode 248
Memorial Day weekend in the United States represents the unofficial kickoff of the 2025-26 business-school application year! What's the number one thi...

MBA applicant pitfalls to avoid: B-Schooled episode 247
This replay episode covers 5 MBA applicant pitfalls – as in, traits, attitudes or approaches that some MBA applicants take that can ultimately derail...

How to address having several employers: B-Schooled episode 246
Have you bounced around in your career a bit? If so, you’ll need to be strategic in how you communicate your career story — and future career goals —...

5 paths forward if you were dinged everywhere: B-Schooled episode 245
After working so hard on your MBA materials for months on end, it can be shocking and devastating if you're not accepted anywhere. What should you do...

Get Your Personal Soundbite Ready for MBA Interviews: B-Schooled episode 244
Many interviewers report that they make up a big percentage of their mind about applicants during the first few minutes of an interview. This episode...

How to pay for your MBA: B-Schooled episode 243
After you've celebrated the huge achievement of getting into an MBA program, you have to figure out how you're going to pay for it! This episode repla...

Your first ding: B-Schooled episode 242
It can be devastating to receive a ding after months of hard work on your MBA applications. This episode replay focuses on what a ding from any given...

An MBA for those in education: B-Schooled episode 241
In this replay episode of B-Schooled we sit down the Recy Dunn. Recy currently serves as the CEO of Ascend Public Charter Schools and oversees a netwo...

European MBA programs - Part 2 of 2: B-Schooled episode 240
In part 2 of this duo of popular past episodes, Cathy, an INSEAD graduate, answers frequently asked questions about MBA programs outside of the US. To...

European MBA programs - Part 1 of 2: B-Schooled episode 239
In this replay episode, our host Erika talks with Cathy, an SBC consultant and INSEAD grad, about some of the major European MBA programs and how they...

Why might similar candidates end up with very different MBA fates? : B-Schooled episode 238
During Round 2 interview season, this episode replay covers 3 reasons why candidates who seem similar on paper could end up with drastically different...

Advice for younger MBA applicants: B-Schooled episode 237
While there are deferred-admissions programs for MBA hopefuls who are still in college, is it possible for someone with just 1 or 2 years of work expe...

The MBA & Futurism: B-Schooled episode 236
Considering this week's surprises in AI advancement, we're replaying Chandler's talk with Futurist Dr. Nathan Walworth. Futurism is a broad term refer...

The power of authenticity in your MBA applications: B-Schooled episode 235
In this replay of co-host Chandler Arnold's very first B-Schooled episode, he welcomes SBC colleague Christina to have an extraordinary conversation a...

Want to be a MBB consultant? Get advice from someone who manages a thousand of them (part 2 of 2): B-Schooled episode 234
Are you interested becoming a McKinsey/Bain/BCG (MBB) consultant after business school? Or are you a pre-MBA consultant interested in applying to a to...

Want to be a MBB consultant? Get advice from someone who manages a thousand of them (part 1 of 2): B-Schooled episode 233
Are you interested becoming a McKinsey/Bain/BCG (MBB) consultant after business school? Or are you a pre-MBA consultant interested in applying to a to...

Here is how admissions reviewed a real MBA application (pt 2 of 2): B-Schooled episode 232
Happy holidays and Merry Christmas to those celebrating today. In this replay episode we share another extensive profile of an applicant Stacy Blackma...

Here is how admissions reviewed a real MBA application (pt 1 of 2): B-Schooled episode 231
In this replay episode, we share an extensive profile of an applicant Stacy Blackman Consulting worked with. We explain how the former admissions comm...

Advice for older applicants: B-Schooled Episode 230
Today we are joined by Brian Plemmons, Director and Global Process Owner for BD, a global medical technology company advancing the world of health. ...

Part-Time Programs: B-Schooled Episode 229
In this replay episode, our host Erika welcomes Bill Chionis, one of Stacy Blackman Consulting's experts on part-time (PT) MBA programs. They have a d...

Friends, Lovers, and Entrepreneurship: B-Schooled episode 228
Friends, Lovers, and Entrepreneurship: Starting a business with a Friend or Spouse Have you ever dreamed of starting a business with a friend? Or mayb...

Facing MBA application fears (Part 2): B-Schooled episode 227
In this two-part series we are going to talk about fear. In the first episode our host Chandler unpacked three of the most frequent MBA application f...

Facing MBA application fears: B-Schooled episode 226
In this two-part series we are going to talk about fear. Fear--and admitting you are afraid--has gotten a bit of a bad rep in our world, especially in...

Short- and long-term post-MBA career goals: B-Schooled episode 225
If there’s one question nearly every school asks somewhere in the application process, it’s a version of “What are your short- and long-term career go...

How to have meaningful interactions with the AdCom during your application journey: B-Schooled Episode 2224
This week our host sits down with Emma from the SBC team. Emma comes from the MBA Admissions Office at Columbia Business School (CBS), where she was A...