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B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit

Stacy Blackman Consulting, the leading MBA admissions consulting firm

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 time once you get on campus. We"ll occasionally hold interviews with current business school students and recent graduates, as well as other important players along a typical candidate"s MBA admissions

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21:44

Chat with HBS alum Rahul Mehendale (Part 3 of 3:...

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/11/05

In the final episode of Erika's three-part conversation with her HBS classmate Rahul Mehendale, they discuss the unique role Rahul has taken on in her graduating class that's brought everyone closer together. It's an uplifting, inspiring talk you don't want to miss, full of great advice for aspiring MBAs.

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33:00

Chat with HBS alum Rahul Mehendale (Part 2 of 3: At...

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/10/29

In part two of this three-part discussion, Erika chats with her HBS classmate Rahul Mehendale about his experience at business school, as well as his consulting and entrepreneurial career to-date.

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25:19

Chat with HBS alum Rahul Mehendale (Part 1 of 3:...

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/10/22

In part one of this three-part discussion, Erika chats with her HBS classmate Rahul Mehendale about what he did to differentiate himself from thousands of other Indian male engineers applying to business school.

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37:04

Overcoming MBA Anxiety With The Help of an HBS...

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/10/15

Overcoming MBA Anxiety With The Help of an HBS Admissions Officer Part Three: Three Meditations For Your MBA Application Journey For the final episode of this very special three-part series, we are joined by SBC Consultant Pauline. Pauline holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, worked for years as an HBS Admissions Officer, and has presented/lectured at Stanford, Tufts and Villanova. Pauline is uniquely positioned to speak about anxiety as it relates to the MBA application

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24:47

Overcoming MBA Anxiety With The Help of an HBS...

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/10/01

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 very special three-part series, we are joined by SBC Consultant Pauline. Pauline holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, worked for years as an HBS Admissions Officer, and has presented/lectured at Stanford, Tufts and Villanova. Pauline is uniquely positioned to speak about anxiety as it relates to the MBA application process. Pauline is

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30:09

Overcoming MBA Anxiety With The Help Of An HBS...

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/09/24

Overcoming MBA Anxiety With The Help of an HBS Admissions Officer Part One: Understanding What Anxiety Is In The MBA Application Context For this very special three-part series, we are joined by SBC Consultant Pauline. Pauline holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, worked for years as an HBS Admissions Officer, and has presented/lectured at Stanford, Tufts and Villanova. Pauline is also uniquely positioned to speak about anxiety as it relates to the MBA application process. Pauline

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27:38

Do's and don'ts after you submit: B-Schooled episode 261

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/09/17

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 error in your materials? Should you start preparing for your interviews now? This episode answers those questions and more, and advises listeners on the best way to make use of their time between submission deadlines and their interviews.

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23:29

Life Lessons I'd wished I learned 20 years ago, part...

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/09/09

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 with a number of corporate executives, nonprofit leaders, and wellness icons and asks the question: what life lessons do you know today you wish you’d known 20 years ago? In this episode, Chandler shares 5 pieces of wisdom that stood out – including a personal piece of advice from Stacy Blackman, our founder. Some of these lessons are narrowly

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18:23

Life Lessons I'd wished I learned 20 years ago:...

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/09/03

For this episode our host Chandler spoke with a number of corporate executives, nonprofit leaders, and wellness icons and asked the question, what life lessons do you know today that you wish you’d known 20 years ago? In this episode Chandler shares 5 pieces of wisdom that stood out. Some of these lessons are narrowly focused on applying to business school. Some lessons are about making the most of the magical period of time you are actually *in* business school. And some lessons center the many

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22:34

How to think like an MBA admissions officer:...

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/08/27

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. This episode explains what they're looking for, how to differentiate yourself if you're in an over-represented demographic or industry bucket, and generally what types of themes successful applicants focus on in their essays.

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18:33

Why do you need (not just want) an MBA now? :...

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/08/13

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 up covering in an essay response even if there isn’t a question about it. Questions around the timing of an applicant's MBA pursuit could also be asked in an interview. This episode covers common reasons why applicants need an MBA now versus earlier or later in their careers, and suggests exercises to help articulate a strong response to questions

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22:07

Avoid these MBA application time & energy wasters:...

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/08/06

In this replay of one of our most popular episodes, Meg — a former University of Chicago Booth admissions committee member and current SBC admissions consultant — joins Erika to discuss some of the biggest things they see MBA candidates wasting their precious time on during the application process. They address: Their most-hated question MBA candidates often ask *Why* it doesn't make sense to worry about certain things in the admissions process What applicants' time is better spent on What

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20:15

MBA your resume: B-Schooled episode 255

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/07/30

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

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28:33

Improving your quantitative profile: B-Schooled...

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/07/23

In this new episode, our host Erika and fellow SBC admissions consultant (and former Kellogg adcom) Caryn have a discussion that covers: Multiple tactics applicants can use to raise their quantitative profiles, especially if they don't work in finance- or numbers-heavy roles Insight into who might want to consider the GRE or EA instead of the GMAT for their admissions test How to use the Additional Info field/essay to address any quantitative weaknesses in your candidacy

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27:55

The "One-Minute Method" for identifying strengths...

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/07/09

For this two-part conversation, Chandler sits down with SBC Consultant Dawn Clare to discuss her "One Minute Method" for identifying underrecognized individual strengths. As many of you know, Dawn is no stranger to the podcast and brings so much to this conversation. Dawn graduated as a PepsiCo Scholar from Harvard Business School with concentrations in finance and marketing. Dawn was also admitted to the Stanford GSB. Outside of her work in admissions consulting, Dawn has experience at a wide

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33:09

The "One-Minute Method" for identifying strengths...

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/07/02

For this two-part conversation, Chandler sits down with SBC Consultant Dawn Clare to discuss her "One Minute Method" for identifying underrecognized individual strengths. As many of you know, Dawn is no stranger to the podcast and brings so much to this conversation. Dawn graduated as a PepsiCo Scholar from Harvard Business School with concentrations in finance and marketing. Dawn was also admitted to the Stanford GSB. Outside of her work in admissions consulting, Dawn has experience at a wide

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17:09

6 things you think you know about MBA essays (but...

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/06/25

In this episode replay, Chandler dives into 6 tips for MBA essays that even the most confident writers might miss.

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29:22

Is an MBA (still) worth it? : B-Schooled episode 250

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/06/12

For our milestone 250th (!!!) episode, our host Erika shares her thoughts on if applying to business school still makes sense in these tumultuous times.

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14:15

What 2025-26 MBA applicants should be doing right...

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/05/28

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 before applications are released.

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15:20

2025-26 MBA Admissions Season Kickoff: B-Schooled...

B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit ·

2025/05/21

Memorial Day weekend in the United States represents the unofficial kickoff of the 2025-26 business-school application year! What's the number one thing you should be doing right now if you plan to apply?

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