MBA Insider

Emily Sawyer Kegerreis is the Owner of Military MBA Consulting, and specializes in helping Veterans successfully apply and get admitted to top MBA Programs across the world. After working in Marketing roles after getting her MBA, Emily made the jump to the MBA Admissions World, before going off and starting her own consulting firm. During our interview, Emily spoke about her journey, and provided actionable and tactical advice for how military veterans can successfully navigate the MBA Admissions process.

Lewis Lin is the Founder and CEO of Impact Interview and has taught thousands of students and professionals how to successfully land Product Management and Tech Jobs. In our interview, Lewis spoke about his own career in Product Management and shared what MBA students need to know about careers in product management. He also shared advice and guidance on how to navigate the MBA product management internship and full-time recruiting process.

Ben Leiner is a Product Marketer and a graduate of UVA Darden. In this interview, Ben provided a detailed look into his journey from politics to product marketing, how he leveraged his past experience in politics to position himself for a product marketing role, and his advice to MBA students and employees who are looking to transition into Product Marketing roles.

Becca Wright Jordan (UNC Kenan-Flagler, ‘21) is a 2nd Year MBA Student and Current President of the Carolina Women in Business (CWIB). During our conversation, Becca shared her journey to UNC Kenan-Flagler and the role CWIB played in helping her land at UNC. She also shared CWIB’s priorities for this year, advice for prospective MBA students, and why UNC Kenan-Flagler is a great opportunity for female MBA applicants. (https://www.carolinawomeninbusiness.com/)

Donna Bauman is a Senior MBA Admissions Counselor with Stratus Admissions and a former admissions team member at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. In this interview, Donna spoke about the importance of storytelling in your MBA application, and provided some tactical guidance on how to use principles of storytelling to your advantage in your MBA applications.

After applying to hundreds of jobs with no response, Austin Belcak decided that there had to be a better way to do a job search. Through trial and error, Belcak perfected the process and landed job offers at some of the most sought after tech companies. Now, through his own company, Cultivated Culture, Belcak and his job search strategies and tactics have helped over thousands of students and employees land jobs of their own. In this interview, Belcak shares his story of the challenges with job hunting, how to perfect networking and the other tactics MBA students can use to land jobs and internships. 

Adam Davis is a MBA Student in the Class of 2021 at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. During our conversation, we talked about his career prior to business school, and why he chose an MBA and Georgetown. We also spoke about the values and culture at Georgetown and what makes it a unique place, and what he hopes to spend time on during his second year, and his advice for prospective MBA applicants,

Caroline Diarte Edwards is an MBA Admissions Consultant, and Director and Co-Founder of Fortuna Admissions. During this interview, Caroline spoke about some of the common challenges MBA applicants face in the application process (and how to overcome them) what’s different (and the same) about the 2020 MBA application process, and her advice for navigating MBA admissions season.

Carolyn Nohejl is a Fuqua MBA Alum who has worked in leadership roles across medical devices and digital health. Carolyn shared her journey to business school, career lessons she's learned along the way, and specific insights into what MBA students need to know about careers in digital health. Carolyn also spoke about her latest project, healthtech hunches, a website connecting students interested in entering digital health with guidance from experienced professionals.

Lulu Curiel is the CEO and Founder of Ivy Advisors, an MBA Admissions Consulting firm, and an HBS graduate. Throughout her time as a consultant, she’s worked with hundreds of aspiring MBA applicants looking to get into the top MBA programs. In this interview, Curiel shares her thoughts on what it takes to get into a Top MBA program, common mistakes she sees MBA applicants make, and some of the trends she is seeing in the MBA application season in 2020.