By Nick Banister, Georgia MBA Candidate Class of 2019 After months of preparation beginning well before classes even started, I was determined and ready to land a brand management internship at the upcoming National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Conference in Philadelphia. I wasn’t 100% sold on marketing or brand management, but I knew that this...Continue reading
First Year MBAs Share Their First Semester Recruiting Experiences
For those newly admitted MBAs just starting to plan through their first semester of graduate business school, it can be hard to know what to expect. The transition back to academia after several years in the professional working world guarantees a certain amount of culture shock, and the typical MBA experience bears little resemblance to...Continue reading
First Year MBAs Share Their First Semester Recruiting Experiences
For those newly admitted MBAs just starting to plan through their first semester of graduate business school, it can be hard to know what to expect. The transition back to academia after several years in the professional working world guarantees a certain amount of culture shock, and the typical MBA experience bears little resemblance to...Continue reading
Alumni Testimonials – Consulting vs. Entrepreneurship (Jack Mara, Darden ’15)
Over my five years in the professional world, I worked in consulting and I started a company. Both are great experiences, both are challenging, but they are VERY different animals. My name is Jack Mara, I am a Darden (’15) graduate. I worked on the corporate strategy team at State Street prior to Darden and...Continue reading
Alumni Testimonials – Consulting vs. Entrepreneurship (Jack Mara, Darden ’15)
Over my five years in the professional world, I worked in consulting and I started a company. Both are great experiences, both are challenging, but they are VERY different animals. My name is Jack Mara, I am a Darden (’15) graduate. I worked on the corporate strategy team at State Street prior to Darden and...Continue reading
The MBA Startup Reading List – Daniel McAuley (Wharton ’16)
This article was originally posted to Medium; thanks to Daniel for letting us share it here. I consider myself incredibly fortunate to have spent my summer in Palo Alto, California, interning on the data science team at Wealthfront, a startup innovating in the financial services sector. I learned an incredible amount over those 12 weeks, not...Continue reading
The MBA Startup Reading List – Daniel McAuley (Wharton ’16)
This article was originally posted to Medium; thanks to Daniel for letting us share it here. I consider myself incredibly fortunate to have spent my summer in Palo Alto, California, interning on the data science team at Wealthfront, a startup innovating in the financial services sector. I learned an incredible amount over those 12 weeks, not...Continue reading
Recruiting Testimonial – Non-Traditional Careers, Brandon Chinn (Peer Insight/Darden ’15)
Considering a non-traditional MBA recruiting path? We’ll you’re in for a roller coaster ride in your second year, but it may be worth it. I went through it, so I thought I’d share my story and the few pearls of wisdom I can offer. Darden’s CDC (Career Development Center, not Center for Disease Control) talked...Continue reading
Recruiting Testimonial – Non-Traditional Careers, Brandon Chinn (Peer Insight/Darden ’15)
Considering a non-traditional MBA recruiting path? We’ll you’re in for a roller coaster ride in your second year, but it may be worth it. I went through it, so I thought I’d share my story and the few pearls of wisdom I can offer. Darden’s CDC (Career Development Center, not Center for Disease Control) talked...Continue reading
Finding the Right MBA Internship: A Framework – Alex Dea, Kenan-Flagler ’15
Each fall, thousands of MBA students embark on a tried and true ritual of finding a summer internship. The internship is a vital, hands-on learning experience for an MBA student, and provides a test drive for a student before deciding in which direction to head upon graduation. Selecting an internship is an exciting but challenging...Continue reading