My parents started Stonebridge Companies, a hotel ownership and development company, around 30 years ago. Consequently, I grew up in the hotel business and in the back of my mind, always knew I would end up there. I would help at my parent’s office...
When I applied to school, I had many goals that I wanted to accomplish with my MBA; I wanted to build upon my leadership skills, my business acumen and, I suppose, learn how to tighten up my writing skills through these blog articles! Above all, I...
One of the first differentiators I learned about Booth when I started researching business schools was that Booth was well known for it’s flexible curriculum. Therefore, it’s not very surprising that one of the most frequent questions prospective...
“Booth doesn’t have a cohort system so it’s hard to have a strong community.” … “Where the campus is located within Chicago also might not make it easy to foster community.” These were statements I heard and believed to be true while applying to...
I can still remember the very first day on campus, when we were welcomed by the school Dean speaking from the first floor of Harper Center, while we all looked up and admired the sky that can be seen through the glass ceiling of the building. In the...