When should you reach out to people for rec letters? How many schools should you apply to for round 1? If rejected, should you apply for the same number of schools round 2? Thanks for your help!!

The best brand of coffee is...

Any guesses/predictions on when this housing market gridlock ending? Reasonable prices and reasonable mortgage rates? Umm like a 2017 or a 2018?

I'm fairly new to the industry and I'm having a hard time getting comfortable during showings. I get nervous and stumble over my words. Advice for how to get more comfortable and confident?

How common is it for first year associates to spin wheels? In my 4th month, I spent 6 hours doing a return with 3 K-1 royalties, 2 Schedule C with few expenses, and the usual 1099-DIV/INT, including consolidated 1099. Budgeted time was 5 hours total. I have yet to get my return reviewed.

I have an offer from HCL and TCS Noida and KPMG Pune. Offer from KPMG being a slightly higher package. Pune is far from my hometown and Noida is Close. Can you please suggest will KPMG be worth joining as a cloud and DevOps Engineer ? Is there a chance of relocation later since now there was an opening just for the Pune location?

What are the requirements to promote from analyst to senior analyst? I’ve been with Deloitte for two years now and am wondering how I go about making myself promotable. I don’t have a CPA, CFE, etc. Is one of those required?

How much an EXL pay for 3.5 YOE data engineer?

Snowbird here, heading down soon. What fun things are happening Labor Day weekend?

Hi marketing people. So my wife graduated in 2017 with a marketing degree, but we got married and had kids straight away and she never worked in the field other than an internship during college. Now she’s thinking about joining the workforce and not sure where to begin. Any advice now that she’s 5 years out of school and missed the college grad to entry level marketing positions pipeline? Types of roles and companies she should look for/at?

I’m seriously considering eating dinner at 5:30pm. Does that mean I’m officially old??

Starting a new job in industry tomorrow! Any last minute advice?

What are the automotive companies offering full time WFH?

Can anyone share hands on/ownership experience with a CX-30?

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Is anyone has completed BGC filling in DXC onboarding under iBridge portal?

Need help!

What's your experience working with United Way?

Using Manhattan prep for gmat. Any other recs to super charge Verbal scores? (I particularly struggle with Sentence Correction speed and modifiers)

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

In need of advice: I am starting a full time role (Senior Consultant) in an industry that is my post-MBA goal. I want to start MBA Fall 2022. Does it look bad to AdCom if I apply R1 having been in my job for 1 month? (Will have 1 year when I attend). Thanks!

How do MBAs feel about doing one year consulting then a year in industry strategy analyst role vs 2 years consulting?

Any Consortium R1 applicant to CBS or Stern heard about interviews yet?

Has anyone taken the Executive assessment exam? How long did you prepare for. GMAT crushing me.

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.

Boston people - I have a set of GMAT veritas prep books for sale for $50. DM me if interested.

Is anyone else unable to access their MIT Sloan app right now?

Are gsb invites done?

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

Fully regret completing my MBA at a non target even tho I got into some M7s, mainly for ego reasons. Did the MBA to break into consulting, and I did but wondering if I would’ve been able to get in with MBB through traditional channels had I done M7. Now I’m finding it impossible to even get interviews at MBB

How hard is Haas to get into?

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

What are your reasons for wanting an MBA assuming you’re currently in consulting?

If I want to apply R1, when should I request recommendations?

Has any joint degree applicant heard back from GSB?

How long did it take to hear back for CBS early decision applicants?

Want to send a thank you gift card to those who wrote me a letter of recommendation. Is $50 from Amazon good enough? From what I can tell, each recommender spent about 4 hours on this. Thoughts?