The MBA Candidate

Chris grew up in a fly over state, and his high school guidance counselor told him that filling out an application to an Ivy League school like Dartmouth was a waste of time. When he got to Hanover though, Chris learned about Silicon Valley, and then successfully landed sales and marketing internships at Google and YouTube. Now Chris is heading to The Stanford GSB in order to test the waters of entrepreneurship and figure out how he could develop a product at the intersection between tech and media.

Hatu is hilarious, but he hasn't always been comfortable in his own skin. Growing up albino, Hatu used to deal with a ton of insecurities. Today though, it seems like Hatu has overcome almost all of them by simply practicing gratitude & showing up as the most authentic version of himself. In 1 month, Hatu will be heading the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business on a full Consortium Fellowship! And he's got his sights set on the tech space.

JC was born to be an entrepreneur. In college, he started a successful business that solved his own storage problems in Boston between semesters, and then he launched an online shopping platform for the iPad after graduation. But 2 years in... He failed. And JC had to dust off his resume. Becoming an 'employee' was difficult for him, so now JC's heading to business school at Tuck to refine his people leadership skills and start his 3rd tech company.

After a brief update on why & how the MBA Candidate Podcast came into existence, the host of show, Adam Miller, explains his own business school application story. Adam ended up getting a full tuition scholarship at Darden without breaking 700 on the GMAT. For anyone who's about to start the MBA application process, Adam shares his 3 best pieces of advice.

While driving with his parents across the country to start at Harvard Law School, Ron was racially profiled by the police. Today, he's an accomplished attorney for the city of Atlanta and his job is to defend cops when they've gone too far. Now he's heading to business school at Duke Fuqua, to break into the world of CPG marketing, but if that doesn't work out, his back up plan is to go into politics.

Nick grew up in Chicago & went to college in Chicago. After his dad had a major health scare, Nick decided to only apply to business schools in Chicago. Because of Nick's unique background in oil & gas though, he wasn't sure what his chances would be at a place like Booth or Kellogg. Fortunately, a group called Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) gave him the nudge and gave him the support that he needed to put together an unstoppable application.

In the first episode of the MBA Candidate Podcast, we sit down with Jaz. She's heading to Wharton, and although she wasn't always sure that business school was in her future, she is now destined to become a media mogul.

How hard is it to get accepted into a top 25 business school? Where do these wonderkids come from? Well, in The MBA Candidate Podcast, your host Adam Miller will interview his friends currently attending top business schools -- including HBS, Booth, GSB, Wharton, Kellogg, Haas, Fuqua, Tuck, SOM, Sloan, Ross, Johnson, Columbia, and Darden. Obviously they'll talk about the GMAT… but they'll also break down how their experiences in undergrad and their first jobs set them up for success. Plus, they will talk about their dream jobs in management consulting, marketing, investment banking, entrepreneurship, tech, and beyond.