Stacy Blackman Consulting

10/22/2026

Here’s how to answer this common MBA interview question! Be specific 🙂‍↕️

10/22/2026

Lisa Tretler left consulting for a Wharton MBA, then returned to consulting. Was the degree wasted? On B-Schooled's Paths Less Traveled series, the Gradvantage founder tells Stacy Blackman why the MBA paid off in everything that came next, plus how to network if name tags make you cringe. Listen here: https://www.stacyblackman.com/blog/b-schooled-podcast-episode-308-lisa-tretler/

10/21/2026

Don’t wait until December to start your essays! Here’s your R2 timeline 🌟

10/21/2026

The essays earn you the invitation, but the interview is where you have to bring that story to life in real time. Preparing clients to walk into that room with confidence is some of the most rewarding work we do, and moments like this are why.

10/20/2026

A Cambridge professor’s New York Times essay says business schools should be abolished. Stacy Blackman took it to her Kellogg classmates, and the debate that followed was one of the sharpest she’s seen about the MBA. Here’s where they agree with him, what he misses, and what applicants should do now: https://www.stacyblackman.com/blog/abolish-business-schools/

10/20/2026

10/20/2026

Even business school deans admit they're behind on AI. Only about one in five say their schools are well prepared. For MBA applicants, that gap is an opening. Here's how to tell a sharper AI story in your essays, and what to ask every school on your list. https://www.stacyblackman.com/blog/ai-in-mba-programs-deans-survey/

10/19/2026

Here’s the tea on how admissions officers read your application 🍵 Yes, the first read only takes 12-15 minutes!

Before you submit, put your application to our Flight Test where a former admissions officer will evaluate it the same way an adcom will and provide crucial feedback. Link in bio 🌟

10/17/2026

HBS recently sent its Round 1 interview invitations, and with them came thousands of dings. On this week’s B-Schooled, host Erika Olson explains why most rejections aren’t about a flaw in your application, why one school’s decision says nothing about another’s, and how to decide what comes next. https://www.stacyblackman.com/blog/b-schooled-podcast-episode-307-dealing-with-mba-dings/