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The Economist’s Which MBA? Online Fair – November 20th, 21st and 23rd:

November 12, 2013 by Matthew Kuo

Meet MBA admissions officers from programs around the world at this free online fair. Chat with alumni, join webinars, watch videos and download resources. Sign up or learn more at http://economist.com/whichmba/mba-fair/?fsrc=randomwok ** Sign up now for your chance to win a free iPad when you visit 5 or more school booths Continue Reading >>

Key Takeaways from the Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

September 7, 2013September 5, 2013 by Matthew Kuo

The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement, by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, is a book pretty much every business school student is required to read. Below are the key takeaways from this book: Accounting vs. Operational Measures Accounting cost figures misleading for operations purposes Productivity per machine is meaningless; Continue Reading >>

108 Tips for New MBA Students

September 9, 2013August 14, 2013 by Matthew Kuo

It’s been two months since I graduated from business school, and I still have one month before I start my new full time job. During this pre-employment period, I have not used my alarm clock once. I play a lot of tennis, binge watch television shows, and even took a two week trip to Europe. ... Continue Reading >>

18 Tips for UCLA Anderson Students

September 9, 2013August 12, 2013 by Matthew Kuo

After compiling a long list of recommendations for MBA students in general, I wanted to pay service to my own alma mater by creating a list specific to UCLA Anderson. UCLA is an amazing campus, but as business school students, we often feel disconnected from it and rarely understand the full range of benefits available ... Continue Reading >>

6 Recruiting Tips for MBA Students

September 8, 2013August 12, 2013 by Matthew Kuo

For most MBA students, the recruiting process is the single most grueling experience of their entire MBA careers. Academics are still important, and your enhanced social life will be fun, but whether or not you consider your MBA a success will depend mostly on how well you do in recruiting. Recruiting is typically a difficult journey Continue Reading >>

8 Academic Planning Tips for New MBA Students

September 9, 2013August 11, 2013 by Matthew Kuo

My two years of business school have officially come to an end, and while I’m very happy with the end result, there are definitely a few things I wish I would have planned better. Many students choose to walk into their MBA programs like a chicken with its head cut off; they expect to make ... Continue Reading >>

15 Interviewing Tips for MBA Students

September 9, 2013August 10, 2013 by Matthew Kuo

You can network with tons of people, have the most amazing resume, and even write a world class cover letter, but at the end of the day all of those factors are just precursors to an interview. Once you step into the interview room, all of that prior recruiting investment for your dream job will ... Continue Reading >>

MBA Excel Story Tracker

September 8, 2013August 8, 2013 by Matthew Kuo

The key to preparing for behavioral interview questions is to ensure that you have proper coverage for all of the core behavioral question types. To put it another way, you want to make sure that you have a story that applies to every question your interviewer might ask. What you really want to avoid is ...

MBA Interview Preparation Checklist

September 8, 2013August 7, 2013 by Matthew Kuo

If the fact that I run an Excel blog wasn’t a dead giveaway, I clearly have somewhat of an obsessive compulsive nature. I try my best to channel this into positive behavior and an interview preparation checklist was one of the outputs. Having a checklist of items and knowing that I was as prepared as ... Continue Reading >>

My Pre-Employment Goals

September 7, 2013August 2, 2013 by Matthew Kuo

One of the benefits of my post MBA full-time job offer is being able to delay my start date until three months after graduation. Unlike most of my peers who are entering consulting for the first time, I know first-hand how stressful the lifestyle is and therefore wanted to delay my return to the workforce ...