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Join former Chicago Booth admissions committee member Jeremy Krell as he dives into the stories of applicants worldwide who have beat the odds in b-school admissions, taking ordinary stories and turning them into gripping, authentic narratives that have gained them access to the world's best business schools. You might be pursuing an M7 MBA, an Oxbridge management program, or a business-related degree in other top global institutions: your Differentiator won't just be what you've done, but w ...
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Episode #6 - A Pivot, Aerospace Engineering, and Advice
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Meet Daisuke Atarashi, formerly of IBM and Siemens, as he discusses his pivot from a master's-level education in Aerospace Engineering to a career in Management. Daisuke and Jeremy Krell explore Daisuke's process of selecting a career pivot, learning how his dream school (MIT) and his best-fit school (Solvay) may be two different things, and realiz…
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Episode #5 - Cornell, Community, and Covid
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Join Jeremy Krell and Emma Oanh On, rising strategy consultant and Cornell Johnson MBA candidate, as they explore Oanh's recent career pivot and admissions experience. Growing up and attending school in Vietnam, Oanh began her career with a 9-year stint in marketing and is using an MBA to transition into consulting. She was admitted this past seaso…
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Episode #4 - Double Masters, Deferrals, Do's and Don'ts
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Join Jeremy Krell as he digs into Aleksander "Sasha" Vlasov's journey as a technical student in Russia gaining admission to Columbia University's Masters in Business Analytics / Financial Engineering program. With a master's at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Sasha set out to pursue a second masters in the US. Choosing target…
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Episode #3 - The Windy City, Social Impact, & Alphabet Soup
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Mabel Shiu, social entrepreneur and Chicago Booth graduate, discusses her journey discovering how to use sustainable business models to develop local communities. Having completed her B.S. in Business, Finance, and International Management at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, Mabel was eager to identify a track that would allow her to…
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Meet Catherine Ko, MSc candidate at Imperial College Business School, as she discusses her career pivot from luxury management to strategic marketing with former Booth admissions committee member Jeremy Krell.By Crimson MBA
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Bavendra Rajendra, Tofte & Company, discusses his journey into investment banking, from a small town in Denmark to Copenhagen Business School, followed by exchanges with MIT and Harvard. For Bavendra, stepping-stone experiences and a laser focus on growth were key: but timing and how he addressed failure were other subtle differentiators in his app…
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