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To MBA or Not to MBA: So what did I want?
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To MBA or Not to MBA. Ruminations on the quest for an mba. Thursday, November 19, 2009. So what did I want? It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others . -W.E.B. Du Bois. And furthermore, as an employer itself, why wasn't Booth modelling better human resource practices? That the school did not think to include a lactation room or provide childcare resources is understandable given the low number of female students with child...
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To MBA or Not to MBA: Introduction
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To MBA or Not to MBA. Ruminations on the quest for an mba. Friday, July 28, 2006. I have been struggling with the 'To MBA or Not to MBA' question for years now, though normally it hits me in September when it's really too late to do much about it. I don't think I actually. Ready before, and I just might finally be ready this time . or not, but at least I may have enough time to get a decent application together this year . or not. Yesterday, after reading MBA blogs non-stop (especially. University of Chi...
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To MBA or Not to MBA: On motherhood and the MBA (also the truth about breastfeeding)
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To MBA or Not to MBA. Ruminations on the quest for an mba. Sunday, November 11, 2007. On motherhood and the MBA (also the truth about breastfeeding). So how is it to try to do all this academic and career madness with a 4 month old, you ask? Or, at least, that was what I was wondering last fall.). The good part about breasfeeding, aside from the superior nutritional value for your baby and the amazing calorie burning impact for the mom (especially when you have no time to go to the gym! BTW, I am an appl...
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To MBA or Not to MBA: Happy Three Years!!
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To MBA or Not to MBA. Ruminations on the quest for an mba. Tuesday, July 28, 2009. So I thought I would pen my last post as MaybeMBA. Today to make an even three years of blogging. Crazy, reading that first post all this time later.) But I have a few more things to say on the MBA front before moving to a new theme and it sure ain't happening tonight! Y flies in around midnight tonight. Yay. Happy July, everyone! I don't think I'll have my wits together for blogging until August . August 06, 2009 10:04 PM.
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To MBA or Not to MBA: What everyone should know about breastfeeding
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To MBA or Not to MBA. Ruminations on the quest for an mba. Thursday, November 19, 2009. What everyone should know about breastfeeding. Try the following experiment:. Set an alarm clock to ring every 2-4 hours around the clock. If you are at home when your alarm clock rings, stop what you are doing and a sit down for 15-30 minutes, pretending to have a small human being attached to your bosom. Repeat for about a year or so …. Hanna Rosin's The Case Against Breastfeeding. As I've alluded to in prior posts.
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To MBA or Not to MBA: Baby Love (The Two Year Transformation)
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To MBA or Not to MBA. Ruminations on the quest for an mba. Sunday, July 19, 2009. Baby Love (The Two Year Transformation). So interestingly, it appears that my " Working vs. Stay at Home Mom Myth. Entry (written mid-way through my first year) is one of my more popular posts. And though I might come across as quite certain and resolute. The last Bertrand study. Tidbit I'd like to share is the finding that women's workforce participation dropped off not immediately after childbirth but about two years later.
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To MBA or Not to MBA: Why I Like Hyde Park
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To MBA or Not to MBA. Ruminations on the quest for an mba. Tuesday, July 14, 2009. Why I Like Hyde Park. My average posts per week seems to be positively correlated with my stress levels, strangely. Also, I'm feeling very lazy about linking these days. You'll have to Google it all yourself. Sorry.). Food options have been slowly getting better. I will absolutely miss Hyde Park Produce and there is a Treasure Island if you're so inclined. Istria Cafe competes head to head with Stumptown. Roll Away the Dew.
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To MBA or Not to MBA: EconomistMom
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To MBA or Not to MBA. Ruminations on the quest for an mba. Friday, July 17, 2009. Fiscal responsibility. Four babies! Mentioned in today's WSJ and on my Feed Demon now. Felt like sharing for no good reason. I'm not very up on econo-blogs so this is probably old news to thoughtful readers. No energy for the longer post I had been planning to pen tonight. Cannot wait to live with husband again. Trying to figure out if I should keep blogging once I leave Chicago and what my theme will be post-MBA . A Mathem...
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To MBA or Not to MBA: My perfect MBA
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To MBA or Not to MBA. Ruminations on the quest for an mba. Tuesday, July 21, 2009. I'm having a lot of trouble summoning any interest to say anything about the MBA, which is just as well since my time is up. But for the sake of completion let's try the following thought experiment. What if anything would I change about my experience? What would make the "perfect MBA" for me? Requirement waivers. The curriculum would allow one to waive subjects in which a basic competency could be demonstrated through...
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To MBA or Not to MBA: The Working vs. Stay at Home Mom Myth
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To MBA or Not to MBA. Ruminations on the quest for an mba. Friday, March 28, 2008. The Working vs. Stay at Home Mom Myth. My mom is spending Spring Break back "home" (who knows where home is any more) leaving me to reinhabit the full-time mommy role. That in combination with a recent conversation with a reporter trying find fodder for ye olde tired stay at home versus working mom debate. And the recent Fresh Air interview. In my humble opinion:. I don't want to. That's what it boils down to. The myth, if...
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