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 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 journey.

AI and the MBA Application: B-Schooled Episode 272 12/17/2025

Focus on: UNC Kenan-Flagler: B-Schooled episode 271 12/10/2025

How to use the MBA data form to your advantage: B-Schooled episode 270 12/03/2025

The Benefits of an MBA During Uncertain Times: B-Schooled episode 269 11/26/2025

Key Questions To Consider for Round Two Applicants: B-Schooled episode 268 11/19/2025

Chat with HBS alum Rahul Mehendale (Part 3 of 3: Being an HBS alum): B-Schooled episode 267 11/05/2025

Chat with HBS alum Rahul Mehendale (Part 2 of 3: At and After HBS): B-Schooled episode 266 10/29/2025

Chat with HBS alum Rahul Mehendale (Part 1 of 3: Getting in): B-Schooled episode 265 10/22/2025

Overcoming MBA Anxiety With The Help of an HBS Admissions Officer, Part 3: B-Schooled episode 264 10/15/2025

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 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 process. Pauline is passionate about Business, Education and Spirituality and worked as a Level 1 Hospital Trauma Chaplain. She also holds a Divinity degree in Pastoral Counseling and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership. In episode one of this series we talked about anxiety in the MBA context: what anxiety is, where it comes from, and discussed very specific strategies for what to do when anxiety strikes in the present moment. In our second episode we dug deeper and talked about how you can HARNESS this worry and anxiety in healthy and productive ways to IMPROVE your application. In today’s episode we talk about how meditation can help you release worry and anxiety as well as tap into deeper parts of your own lived experiences. In this episode Pauline: Talks about how meditation can be helpful to anyone during times of worry and anxiety (or anytime, really). Chandler and Pauline also share specific suggestions about how meditation can be a useful aspect of your MBA application journey. Walks our listeners through three meditations specifically centered around the MBA application process: Getting into a positive state of mind The use of mantras in meditation And a breathing excercise Shares her own advice about how her clients have used meditiations Suggests other free online meditation resources our listeners might be interested in. Chandler and the entire SBC team would like to thank Pauline for this very special three-part series; a must for anyone facing worry or anxiety as a part of their MBA journey. Additional gratitude to Tiana McCaskill for composing and recording the special music for these meditations. /episode/index/show/sbcpodcast/id/38568350

Overcoming MBA Anxiety With The Help of an HBS Admissions Officer, Part 2: B-Schooled episode 263 10/01/2025

Overcoming MBA Anxiety With An HBS Admissions Officer, Part 1: B-Schooled episode 262 09/24/2025

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 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 is passionate about Business, Education and Spirituality and worked as a Level 1 Hospital Trauma Chaplain. She also holds a Divinity degree in Pastoral Counseling and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership. This episode starts with a bit of radical candor about the fact that there are LOTS of things that applicants can find themselves worrying about. This includes the test taking process, starting your application, writing (and rewriting) those essays, pressing send, preparing for interviews, managing worries while waiting for your decision, wrestling with imposter syndrome, and so many other topics. In this episode, Pauline draws from her work as an HBS Admissions Officer—as well as her masters and doctoral work—to: Dive into the scientific underpinnings of anxiety, what it is, and where it comes from Share perspectives from various experts about physiology of anxiety Discuss the neurocognitive components, including the way anxiety affects the way you process information And there is good news—so much good news. Chandler and Pauline also share: a reminder that ALL applicants face anxiety at some point in their application process the benefits of "leaning in" to the discomfort anxiety sometimes brings understanding your own "window of tolerance" as it relates to anxiety ways procrastination and anxiety are often interconnected specific tips and tricks to implement IN THE MOMENT when anxiety strikes the difference between "self-care" and "self-preservation" on your application journey powerful things you can learn about yourself by facing anxiety head-on This podcast is a must for anyone struggling with anxiety, worry, or self-doubt on their MBA journey. /episode/index/show/sbcpodcast/id/38342190

Do's and don'ts after you submit: B-Schooled episode 261 09/17/2025

Life Lessons I'd wished I learned 20 years ago, part 2: B-Schooled episode 260 09/09/2025

Life Lessons I'd wished I learned 20 years ago: B-Schooled episode 259 09/03/2025

How to think like an MBA admissions officer: B-Schooled episode 258 08/27/2025

Why do you need (not just want) an MBA now? : B-Schooled episode 257 08/13/2025

Avoid these MBA application time & energy wasters: B-Schooled episode 256 08/06/2025

MBA your resume: B-Schooled episode 255 07/30/2025

Improving your quantitative profile: B-Schooled episode 254 07/23/2025

The "One-Minute Method" for identifying strengths (Part 2): B-Schooled episode 253 07/09/2025

The "One-Minute Method" for identifying strengths (Part 1): B-Schooled episode 252 07/02/2025

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 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 range of companies, including Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, Pepsi, the Carlyle Group and Warner Bros. In part one of this conversation, Dawn shares her framework the "One Minute Method" for identifying individual strengths and how she uses it with her clients. This exercise focuses on taking one minute to focus on what they do that is AMAZING. This exercise sounds simple, but when done correctly a series of times is incredibly powerful. This exercise is designed to be simple to support you with limited time. You can do it as many times as you would like and it is incredibly powerful. In this segment Dawn focuses specifically on: helping applicants who might be stuck on essay topics, potential interview questions, or other elements of the MBA application, focusing on your instinct and intuition for a brief time rather than over-analyzing or comparing yourself to others, centering who you are at core, clarifying your own internal intrinsic value, and harnessing that to make your application as strong as possible, offering specific and actionable tips on how to think about yourself in new ways or “break out of the box” that others might have put you in. Numerous applicants have found this exercise to be especially useful, when “stuck” or during times of application stress and anxiety. If you enjoy this conversation, we hope you will join us next week for part two of this series. /episode/index/show/sbcpodcast/id/37138105