The Brain Dump

One of the questions that I am often asked about Booth from prospective students and recent admits is, "If there are no cohorts and ...

I'm chilling in a hotel room in Addis Ababa with 5 other Boothies right now.  We're ordering room service and watching Naija musi...

Ladies and gentlemen, we are in the middle of final exam week. Lucky for me none of my classes had finals this quarter.  But wait! Before an...

Less than a year ago I was sitting in Harper Center 104 amid a sea of several hundred admitted students listening to Kurt Ahlm, Dean of A...

Since January the halls of Harper Center have been alive with the sounds of recruiting.  From calls of "good luck" as friends ma...

Halleluljah the miracle came early! I just got a summer internship offer. I don't want to say much right now because I'm still in th...

I lied. I'm not out of this relationship.  I'm in. I'm so in, it's humiliating cause here I am begging. Shut up. You say,...

Now that the dust has mostly cleared from Round 1 applications there are some very happy recent admits amongst us.   Congratulations to al...

Greetings from Telluride! The sun is out, the snow is fresh, and a day of skiing awaits.  Alas, I am not posting to regale you with tales ...

It's all over.  As of 11:00 a.m. today my first quarter at Chicago Booth has come to an end.  I finished my last final exam this morning...

Last February I wrote a post venting my frustration at some of the posters on MBA forums (check out  Etiquette 101 ).  While some people a...

It's almost 10 p.m. and I am still on campus.  I am holed up in a study room with three of my classmates working on our presentation ...

I am not a morning person.  It's not that I won't wake up early.  Years of working have permanently reset my internal clock to awak...

 “I’m drowning,” I replied to his inquiry about how things are going.  He looked at me, his expression neutral, then shrugged. "You ai...

"Let's get a black woman's opinion on this issue.  Are there any black women in the room?" The facilitator scanned the ...

Aaahhh...it's the weekend.  A time for relaxing, sleeping in, eating elaborate breakfasts, and doing a whole lot of nothing.  Unless, o...

How does an elite business school mold tomorrow's captains of industry? By dressing them in matching t-shirts, loading them onto a dozen...

I started today by making omelets.  3 egg whites, 2 full eggs, turkey sausage, sauteed spinach with diced onions, and a sprinkling of feta c...

22 hours.  That's how long it took me to get from downtown Philadelphia to downtown Chicago.  According to the pushy GPS lady who lives ...

It's early. Very early. Even when I had a job I was never awake at this hour, but today I have to not only be awake I also have to funct...