MBA Student Life
Latest Stories About MBA Student Life
Episode 165: Meet Ryan Price, Keeper of MBA Secrets
What is MBA student life like—really? Our special guest, Ryan Price (BYU Marriott MBA), joins Graham Richmond to explore the ins and outs of the b-school experience, from admissions to career support and more. Ryan Price, Founder & Host, MBA Secrets Podcast Ryan is the host and founder of the... Read more »
The Berkeley Haas Experience During COVID-19
We continue to check in with MBA students around the globe, as they adjust to business school life that has been moved off campus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For Lipika Grover of Berkeley Haas, connections have been the key to surviving and thriving during this surreal time. Read on... Read more »
The Duke Fuqua Experience During COVID-19
Duke Fuqua MBA student, Jenny Large, captures the essence of b-school life many students are now currently experiencing due to COVID-19: “Life as a member of Team Fuqua hasn’t ended, it has just moved online until we can be together again in person.” MBA students and faculty have made a number... Read more »
The LBS Experience During COVID-19
We continue to catch up with MBA students across leading business schools about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their education. From London Business School, two first-year students share how classes & clubs are maintaining their strength, as well as what new opportunities they’ve gained from online learning. Read on... Read more »
The INSEAD Experience During COVID-19
These are trying times, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to thwart normal life. For MBA students across business schools, this means learning has moved from in-person to online, interactions become more challenging and most club activities are put on hold. At INSEAD, the school community has risen to the related... Read more »
The Stanford GSB Experience During COVID-19
We continue to check in on how MBA students are faring, as business school campuses remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new student co-presidents at Stanford GSB, Emily Calkins and Kerry Omughelli, have a greater impression than most about the related impact on the community. They were elected... Read more »
The Wharton Experience During COVID-19
The University of Pennsylvania’s campus is a beautiful one—there is even a strip that feels like it could be from Dead Poets Society. One of the perks of collegiate life while strolling through such settings is simply running into a classmate—not that you would necessarily wander off to read poetry... Read more »
The MIT Sloan Experience During COVID-19
As business school campuses remain closed due to COVID-19, professors and students have moved their classroom sessions online. At MIT Sloan, course curriculum is also shifting a bit in response to the pandemic. In this glimpse into MBA student life, David Urness, MIT Sloan MBA ’21, shares how faculty and... Read more »
The Chicago Booth Experience During COVID-19
One of many hallmarks of the Chicago Booth MBA is flexibility. While this has mainly referred to the curriculum and course scheduling (e.g. MBA students only have one required course, and can tailor the rest of their studies), it’s been put to the test during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we... Read more »
The Northwestern Kellogg Experience During COVID-19
“Teamwork” and “Kellogg MBA” are practically synonymous. So it’s hard to imagine what happens when student teammates can no longer convene on Northwestern University’s campus. But such is the tough reality of social distancing and quarantining efforts amidst the threat of COVID-19. Of course, business leaders are creative and adaptive,... Read more »
The Yale SOM Experience During COVID-19
While the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 has disrupted admissions for this year’s MBA applicants, current students are also facing some shake-ups in their graduate management education. To see how student life has changed, we have been catching up with MBA candidates across top programs. To kick off this series, we... Read more »
