Overcoming MBA Anxiety With The Help of an HBS Admissions Officer, Part 2: B-Schooled episode 263

Overcoming MBA Anxiety With The Help of an HBS Admissions Officer

• Part Two: How Anxiety and Worry Can Be Helpful To Your Application

For this very special three-part series, we are joined by SBC Consultant Pauline. Pauline holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, worked for years as an HBS Admissions Officer, and has presented/lectured at Stanford, Tufts and Villanova.

Pauline is uniquely positioned to speak about anxiety as it relates to the MBA application process. Pauline is passionate about Business, Education and Spirituality and worked as a Level 1 Hospital Trauma Chaplain. She also holds a Divinity degree in Pastoral Counseling and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership.

In last week's episode we talked about anxiety in the MBA context: what anxiety is, where it comes from, and discussed very specific strategies for what to do when anxiety strikes in the present moment. Today, we are going to dig deeper and talk about how you can HARNESS this worry and anxiety in healthy and productive ways to IMPROVE your application.

In this segment Chandler and Pauline:

• Share specific examples of how previous clients have harnessed worry and anxiety to improve their MBA essays,
• Discuss how thinking through your own “worst case scenarios and greatest fears” can help you prepare for your interviews,
• Roleplay specific scenarios in which applicants transform what they consider to be their greatest weaknesses as an applicant into strengths
• Provide a template to use when discussing failures or things you are not proud of in the MBA context

This episode is a must for anyone grappling with worry, anxiety, or self-doubt along their MBA journey.