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.

MBA Test-Prep Pitfalls & How to Avoid Them: B-Schooled episode 292 06/03/2026

Paths Less Traveled: Dave Aufhauser: B-Schooled episode 291 05/27/2026

2026-27 MBA Application Season Kickoff: B-Schooled episode 290 05/20/2026

10 tips if you're waitlisted: B-Schooled episode 289 05/13/2026

Michael Rosenband, Kellogg MBA & Founder of the Requity Foundation: B-Schooled episode 288 05/06/2026

Interview with the Deans of Cornell's Johnson Graduate SOM: B-Schooled episode 287 04/29/2026

12 To Do's for MBA Admits (Part 2 of 2): B-Schooled episode 286 04/22/2026

12 To Do's for MBA Admits (Part 1 of 2): B-Schooled episode 285 04/15/2026

The CEO & the Intern: A discussion with 2 Stanford MBAs at Woz AI: B-Schooled episode 284 04/01/2026

One MBA, Two Paths: Stanford MBAs on Building Impact Across Business, Wellness & Global Investing with Terry Cumes & Tristen Langley: B-Schooled episode 283 03/25/2026

Strategies for handling one of the biggest MBA dilemmas: B-Schooled episode 282 03/18/2026

Negotiating MBA Merit Scholarships: B-Schooled episode 281 03/11/2026

Paths Less Traveled: Paul Earle, Kellogg MBA, Kellogg Faculty Member and GOODLES Cofounder: B-Schooled episode 280 02/25/2026

How social media can affect your MBA candidacy: B-Schooled episode 279 02/18/2026

How to prepare for Wharton's Team-Based Discussion: B-Schooled episode 278 02/11/2026

GMAC MBA Application Trends Survey Recap: B-Schooled episode 277 01/28/2026

Final Thoughts After 20 Years of MBA Advising (Part 3): B-Schooled episode 276 01/22/2026

Final Thoughts After 20 Years of MBA Advising (Part 2): B-Schooled episode 275 01/14/2026

Final Thoughts After 20 Years of MBA Advising (Part 1): B-Schooled episode 274 01/07/2026

Before you submit for Round 2: B-Schooled episode 273 12/31/2025

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

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