Blog: Archive for the “Stanford University (Stanford Graduate School of Business)” Category

In our “What I Learned at…” series, MBAs discuss the tools and skills their business schools provided as they launched their careers. Sandi Lin is the CEO and founder of Skilljar, which provides businesses with online course software. Before founding Skilljar, Sandi was a senior manager at Amazon.com in Seattle. She earned her MBA from … Read More  

Many MBA applicants feel that they are purchasing a brand when they choose which business school to attend, but the educational experience itself is what is crucial to your future, and no one will affect your education more than your professors. Each Wednesday, we profile a standout professor as identified by students. Today, we focus … Read More  

The Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) is apparently content with its essay questions, because it has made no changes to them or to the allowed word count this season. Having made slight tweaks to its prompts in recent years, the GSB’s MBA admissions committee seems to have found an approach that elicits the information … Read More  

Many MBA applicants feel that they are purchasing a brand when they choose which business school to attend, but the educational experience you’ll have is what is really crucial to your future, and no one will affect your education more than your professors. Each Wednesday, we profile a standout professor as identified by students, but … Read More  

With approximately one-third of Stanford’s aspiring MBAs having been born outside the United States, the school provides a wide variety of support services for its international students. Before arriving on campus, admitted international students receive information crucial to the logistical and social challenges they may face, including how to obtain a study visa for the United … Read More