While I agree with a lot that has been said, I really should stress that the final decision should be in how the degree fits into **your** life, not anyone else's. Full time v Part time is a personal decision, and one should that be made upon reflection on your specific goals, and what you plan to g...

I completely agree that this is an ignored topic, and I am really glad you are bringing it up. While I am a guy and can't speak directly, my sister got her MBA at Kellogg while she was raising my nephew who was a toddler (this was 3-4 years ago). She told me she was really intimidated at not only th...

Absolutely. I am currently in my second year at HBS, and am still aware that I may have not been here without the help of Stratus. To qualify that, I think finding a comfortable fit with a consultant is important, so while there is a bit of subjectivity that should be understood, I found Stratus' pr...

Yeah man, there is no way to do any full time job during your MBA. So much of the experience here happens outside of class. I just started at HBS, and if I was working full time, I would miss out on really core parts of the experience here.

Yep. I worked with Stratus Prep last year, and had an incredible experience through and through. Shawn helped me come up with a really compelling strategy that I hadn't even considered before. He helped me with a bunch of different edits on my essays and was always patient and confident. He was incr...

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Just started at this semester. As an applicant it was a challenge for me to find out what the student experience was really like since I didn't know any current students. Guys at my office had gone to HBS a few years back, but since the landscape is so different than it was a few years ago, I felt a...