Final Thoughts After 20 Years of MBA Advising (Part 1): B-Schooled episode 274
B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit
Release Date: 01/07/2026
Final Thoughts After 20 Years of MBA Advising (Part 1): B-Schooled episode 274
B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit
Final Thoughts After 20 Years of MBA Advising: Part 1 This episode is bittersweet for our longtime podcast co-host, Chandler. Chandler is preparing to step away from his co-hosting responsibilities in order to care for his aging parents and launch a new venture for philanthropists. He would like to share how much he has enjoyed co-hosting and wants to say a HUGE thank you to Stacy, Erika, Yvonne, Esther, Alex and the entire SBC team for their amazing friendship and support along the way. As Chandler thought about how to frame his last podcast, he ultimately decided to take...
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Before you submit for Round 2: B-Schooled episode 273
B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit
This episode gives applicants 10 things to think about in the days before submitting their applications. This is not intended as something to listen to an hour before you submit… but it does offer incredibly useful information to think about a day or two before the application deadline. As we always say: you want an application that is authentic, bold, and that offers a clear and consistent narrative. You want this narrative to come across cohesively via all elements of your application: your essays, your resume, your recommendations, and your interviews. To help set you up for success,...
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AI and the MBA Application: B-Schooled Episode 272
B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit
AI AND THE MBA APPLICATION Today we are talking about ai and the MBA application with SBC expert, Yvette. After graduating from HBS, Yvette led the HBS Alumni Circle and served as VP of HBS alumni club. Unique among MBA admissions consultants, Yvette also has extensive experience in the AI space and is the architect of MBA AI, an AI specifically focus on MBA admissions. In this segment Chandler and Yvette sit down to discuss: · What top MBA programs are saying about AI with regard to their application processes, ...
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Focus on: UNC Kenan-Flagler: B-Schooled episode 271
B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit
This episode focuses on UNC's Kenan-Flagler MBA program.
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How to use the MBA data form to your advantage: B-Schooled episode 270
B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit
In this episode, we cover how to make the most of a program’s data form—the actual online application itself—which is made up several informational data fields, dropdowns selections and short-answer fields. Too many applicants overlook the opportunities in this unassuming form! We’ll cover: • Optional fields • Common questions applicants have about certain fields and dropdowns • The awards section(s) • How you can use the data form fields to...
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The Benefits of an MBA During Uncertain Times: B-Schooled episode 269
B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit
The Benefits of an MBA During Uncertain Times Today’s guest, Dawn, graduated as a PepsiCo Scholar from Harvard Business School with concentrations in finance and marketing. Dawn was also admitted to the Stanford GSB. Dawn is a full-time advisor and senior consultant with SBC who has 18+ years of experience getting clients from around the world admitted into full-time, deferred and executive MBA programs. Dawn has a high success rate having clients admitted every year. 99% of clients who work with her on four or more schools have gained admission. She has had several double admits...
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Key Questions To Consider for Round Two Applicants: B-Schooled episode 268
B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit
For this episode Chandler and SBC consultant Dawn talk about key questions to consider when applying during Round Two. Dawn graduated as a PepsiCo Scholar from Harvard Business School with concentrations in finance and marketing. Dawn was also admitted to the Stanford GSB. Dawn is a full-time advisor and senior consultant with SBC who has 18+ years of experience getting clients from around the world admitted into full-time, deferred and executive MBA programs. Dawn has a high success rate having clients admitted every year. 99% of clients who work with her on four or more schools...
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Chat with HBS alum Rahul Mehendale (Part 3 of 3: Being an HBS alum): B-Schooled episode 267
B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit
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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Chat with HBS alum Rahul Mehendale (Part 2 of 3: At and After HBS): B-Schooled episode 266
B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit
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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Chat with HBS alum Rahul Mehendale (Part 1 of 3: Getting in): B-Schooled episode 265
B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit
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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This episode is bittersweet for our longtime podcast co-host, Chandler.
Chandler is preparing to step away from his co-hosting responsibilities in order to care for his aging parents and launch a new venture for philanthropists. He would like to share how much he has enjoyed co-hosting and wants to say a HUGE thank you to Stacy, Erika, Yvonne, Esther, Alex and the entire SBC team for their amazing friendship and support along the way.
As Chandler thought about how to frame his last podcast, he ultimately decided to take my own advice. As our loyal listeners know, Chandler has closed each of his podcasts over the past four years with the words “be authentic, be bold, and to have a solid plan”.
To that end, he will conclude his four years as co-host (and 20 years of advising MBA applicants) with a three-part series in which he gets very authentic and very bold in order to help you create a solid application plan.
In this first of three episodes, Chandler takes a no-holds barred look at the first phase of the application process, and shares his biggest pieces of advice in each of the following categories:
- Planning your application (including the very best place to begin, which most people miss)
- Defining career goals,
- Addressing lower-than-desired quant scores,
- Quantifying your resume,
- Using the data forms strategically, and
- … a special surprise at the end of the episode he hasn’t shared before.