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#IAMTUCK: A Day in the Life of Berny T’08
Rebecca Waters, June 01, 2016
Bernardo (Berny) Barrera T'08, is a managing partner in a boutique consulting firm: Growth & Profit Consulting ([url=http://www.gpcmx.com]http://www.gpcmx.com[/url]) based in Monterrey, Mexico which serves private businesses throughout the country. Bernardo is also a visiting professor at IPADE's MBA in Monterrey Continue Reading
Straight Outta Q&A: Starting a Student Club
Rebecca Waters, May 31, 2016
While the questions we hear in our on-campus Q&A session (part of every prospective student visit) can run the gamut, some stick out as being really insightful and others we hear over and over again. Wouldn’t it be great if we could share those answers with Continue Reading
My Global First-Year Project with PERI in Germany
Rebecca Waters, May 25, 2016
By Nicholas Ritter T'17 Nick Ritter is a second-year student at the Tuck School of Business. Prior to Tuck, Nick worked as an electrical and product engineer for Nabsys, a biotech startup developing genomic sequencing technology. This summer, he will be working with IBM Watson's Continue Reading
Recent grad? 5 Ways to Prep for Your MBA
Rebecca Waters, May 24, 2016
Dear Recent Graduate, First and foremost, congratulations! Inevitably, you’re doing your fair share of (well deserved) celebrating, maybe some reflection or reminiscing, and hopefully taking some time to think about your future. While “I need a job!” might be the only thing occupying your mind Continue Reading
Five Tuckies Named to Poets & Quants’ Best & Brightest MBAs
Rebecca Waters, May 18, 2016
By Justine M. Kohr We're thrilled to share that five second-year students—John Mathias, Alicia Dagrosa, Joseph Ngwenya, Whitney Flynn, and Peter Mathias—have been named to Poets and Quants global list of the Best & Brightest MBAs in the Class of 2016. Poets & Continue Reading
Tuckies in Paris: My First-Year Project with PayPal France
Rebecca Waters, May 16, 2016
By Ashley Cahill T'17 This winter, I joined four classmates to work on a First-Year Project for PayPal France. The First-Year Project (FYP) at Tuck gives students the valuable opportunity to apply key learnings from the core curriculum to a real business setting. This year, Tuck’s FYP clients Continue Reading
A Creative Fundraising Strategy: My First-Year Project with Worldfund
Rebecca Waters, May 13, 2016
By Katelyn Baldwin T'17 On Sunday morning, March 7, our team arrived at the Sao Paulo airport, ready to dive into our global First Year Project (FYP). Meetings with social finance gurus, non-profit management experts, and STEM-fundraising professionals filled our calendars in the weeks prior as we prepared to make Continue ReadingFraming Failure During the Admissions Process
Rebecca Waters, May 10, 2016
By Sudershan Tirumala T'10 Suds is Tuck's Associate Director of Admissions and Regional Director for India and South East Asia. He regularly contributes his candid advice to MBA Crystal Ball. Below is an excerpt from his latest post on presenting past failures during the admissions process. Continue Reading
Tuck Spotlight: 10 Questions with Jon Baer T’78
Rebecca Waters, May 09, 2016
Jon Baer T'78, partner at Threshold Ventures, is a recovering venture capitalist and founder/CEO of two venture-backed companies. He is now co-author of Decoding Silicon Valley: The Insider's Guide. 1. What was the exact moment when you first felt like you were a part of Tuck’s community? Continue Reading
What We Learned: The 2016 Vietnam GIX
Rebecca Waters, May 04, 2016
By Olivia Jones T'17 Over spring break, I was one of twenty-four Tuck students who embarked on the inaugural Vietnam Global Insight Expedition (GIX). The theme was “Renovation Nation: Vietnam in an Era of Reform and Globalization,” and our purpose was to study Vietnam’s business environment Continue Reading
#IAMTUCK: A Day in the Life of Erin T’15
Rebecca Waters, May 02, 2016
Erin Ruhf T'15, a native of Virginia, lives in Chicago with her boyfriend Rob, a T'15, and their kitten Gili. Erin is the director of business development at The Eastman Egg Company—a startup restaurant group specializing in artisanal sandwiches. She received her BS Continue Reading
CDO Weighs In: Recruiting Advice for the Consulting Industry - Part II
Rebecca Waters, April 30, 2016
Stephen Pidgeon T’07 is an associate director of the CDO and author of the books How to Get a Job in Consulting and Case Interviews for Beginners. Talk about the logistics of the typical interview process for the consulting industry. Going back to the example of today’s Continue ReadingFollow Admissions
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