I am self-funding most of my studies. What kind of scholarships, assistantships, or part-time opportunities are realistically available for someone like me, and how competitive are they?

I never do this but I need some objective advice. My wife is 5mo pregnant and my sister is getting married. Wedding was adjusted because of COVID but she set the date knowing I might not be able to attend as I’d have to fly there. Now I’m conflicted because if I attend, I’d have to quarantine for 2 weeks away from my wife and miss a couple DR appts. I’m her only support where we live. Would be stressful for her but I’m getting immense pressure from my parents to attend the wedding. Advice?

I think living a frugal life and aiming to retire early makes a lot of sense.

Recently, some of my family members are diagnosed with a rare diseases. When you look at the statistics, these are so many of these ‘rare’ conditions and cumulatively they are not rare.

These family members conditions made me reevaluate how I want to spend my life. I am 35 this year and I can’t decide if I should take great vacations with my kids or keep living a frugal life. Do you have the same dilemma?

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH GME. My paper hands self sold last time.... 🙃

MBA admit here and have to put down a deposit soon, having serious cold feet right now due to the covid situation and potentially having to start virtually. Would love any perspective on how it's been particularly socially and what your schools' outlook on the fall is

what’s Pereira O’Dell SF like these days?

Hi Fishes,
My final round of technical Interview was over in Deloitte USI and it was with team members. I think HR will connect with me for package as per team members.
Role : Consultant (Manual tester)
YOE : 5.6 yrs
Current package: 5.03lpa( this will get hike letter)
How can I expect from Deloitte because even for freshers they are offering more, so for 5.6 yrs how much can I expect?
Kindly Suggest!!

Hi Fishes, can someone throw some light on how much can I expect for below skill set :

Java Full Stack and microservices.
Yoe : 12
CCTC : 27 FIXED + 3 variable.
Current designation : Lead SE

Any other 2020 grads out there? How are you handling the job search without passing the bar or having any idea when it will be held? My plan was to pass the bar, then get a job so now I’m just in limbo.

Big4 senior 3 tax comps?

Anyone here that can give insights into hours and wlb in Deloitte Consulting (finance and performance) in Dubai? Curious to hear honest answer on how much work is expected there.

I cleared all my rounds for 2.2 level and shared all my documents on the link HR shared. It's been two weeks and the offer letter is not generated. The HR keeps telling me to wait until Friday and then postpones to next week. Can anyone help me understand this?

the more I want something, the harder it is to achieve. anyone has this feeling also?

Hi fishes, i came accross a msg that EY GDS is currently a burning train And is like going to bankruptcy.
How much true is this news ?

Any advice for dealing with difficult judges? Obviously I don’t expect judge to agree with me on everything, but a few of them just make me want to pull my hair out.

Any insight on NYC firms with great work life balance? Doesn’t have to be cravath scale but something relative to the market.

How is Marsh & McLennan regarded in the MEA?

Thought on wearing nice (like branded) jewelry during interviews? Don’t want to come off as like rich but want to be polished

Tips on taking the GRE?

Campus visit (non interview) says to wear business casual. Jeans and dress shirt tucked ok?

Do schools ever admit applicants without interviewing? I didn’t get invited to interview at SOM/Darden — does that mean it’ll 100% be a rejection?...

HBS interview in 1 hour - tie or no tie?

I have a 760 gmat but think I am capable of better, all of my practice exams were higher. Should I? I am not humble bragging so serious replies only please 🙏🏻

Applied for the MIT Sloan MBA/Harvard MPP dual and got into Sloan. Would this significantly increase my chances of getting into the MPP?

Are we secretly being judged on how many of these admissions events we are attending / if we are participating?

What are my chances at M7?

White male, 3.6 GPA at top public school (like UVA), 700 GMAT, 3.5 years work experience (2y in big 4 MC, 1.5y in corp dev), letter of rec from HBS grad CFO of my company.

Leadership role in my state university’s alumni group vs leadership role at my firm’s early career group? Want to develop ways to show leadership for MBA applications in a few years. Thoughts?

Do business schools provide access to online publications such as Bloomberg business week, NYT, fortune etc.?

Targeting 2022 matriculation and will be recruiting for tech. Currently at IBM tech consulting and have an offer to lateral to non-D big 4 tech advisory. What’s the best move for both MBA application and MBA recruiting - stay or leave? TIA.

Recent admit here - how important are these pre-MBA Virtual networking sessions? Feeling like it’s hard to network virtually.

I regret not applying to Harvard. I never thought I’d get into a top school and then got into wharton with a 100k fellowship - which changed my entire perspective. It sucks thinking “what if…”. I just didn’t have the confidence and thought wharton was a reach so why bother with H/S 🙃 hope this inspires someone to just shoot their shot - you never know

Anyone from EY consulting get into H/S/W?

Use savings to (partially) pay for business school or invest and fully cover via loans?

Anyone's GSB Portal who doesn't have the Waitlist Tab now? Maybe a botched update? Hearing people in a few different stages of their application with the tab? It has a View Decision button, which just says no decision when picked. If everyone has it, probably a botched update!

My manager asked me to help sprint this proposal. I’m out in 6 weeks. How do I kindly tell him to GTFO

How much does work experience impact your chances for MBA? Currently in a PMO function and the point of getting an MBA is to exit out lol

Going to Wharton in the fall. Is it worth going MBB over returning to big 4 (sponsored)? Is this a common path?