You may wonder why you have to write essays to get into business school. Aren’t you going to learn finance and accounting — not write papers? Why do MBA essays matter? The good news is that no one I’ve spoken with at an MBA program mentions any worries about essays. So you shouldn’t be concerned with producing a […]

There’s two big things you should know about Columbia Business School:  Location and flexibility.  An MBA experience at Columbia Business School (CBS), as you might expect, is largely defined by living in NYC. The two are inextricably tied to one another. If you want to live in one of the biggest and most influential cities […]

I know this is not the first, nor the last piece of this nature, but I have a unique perspective on the matter. My role in a start-up was different than most. I was a full-time employee, but getting paid by someone else. I was in my last few months on active duty in the […]

I have to start this off with a huge disclaimer: I am not a certified VA expert or representative and the advice I will offer you is based almost exclusively on my own experiences. Certain tidbits I learned from friends who were getting out and going through the process at the same time as I, […]

The GI Bill is one of the huge benefits of military service. For serving for a few years, you can get an education at reduced or no cost, to the best universities in the world.  The benefit of the GI Bill is an immensely attractive lure for many thinking of military service. But what most […]

I was on the phone recently with a friend who left the army within the last year.  We were just casually catching up.  I was informing him about a new business idea I had and he was sharing his experiences of clerking for a federal judge. Our conversation led to my transition.  At this point, […]

While in uniform, I always had the thought of “well nothing is seriously wrong with me.” I wasn’t wounded in combat and didn’t have any major injuries so I didn’t think I had a claim. I also had a negative perception of anyone who made a VA claim. I thought of them of them as […]

For veterans looking to head to a top-tier business school, it’s hard to ignore Wharton.  Always in the upper crust of the rankings, Wharton is a perennial powerhouse of a business school.   Finance School Wharton tends to have the “finance” label, but you don’t need to be a super-quant to head to Wharton. As evidence, […]

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