{"podcast":{"title":"B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit","slug":"b-schooled-get-your-mba-admit-127980","podcast_index_feed_id":127980,"rss_url":"https://sbcpodcast.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.stacyblackman.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/3/1/7/b3174b7c71f3b56427a2322813b393ee/B-Schooled_Podcast_Logo.png","author":"Stacy Blackman Consulting","episode_count":296,"summary":"B-Schooled: Get Your MBA Admit, a podcast from top MBA admissions consulting firm Stacy Blackman Consulting, covers all aspects of the MBA application and admissions process. We offer insight and advice on how to pull together your personal-best business school materials — and make the most of your time once you get on campus. We'll occasionally hold interviews with current business school students and recent graduates, as well as other important players along a typical candidate's MBA admissions journey.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T00:19:05.403764+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/b-schooled-get-your-mba-admit-127980"},"episode":{"title":"Be vulnerable in your MBA essays: B-Schooled episode 293","slug":"be-vulnerable-in-your-mba-essays-b-schooled-episode-293","published_at":"2026-06-10T15:19:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/b-schooled-get-your-mba-admit-127980/be-vulnerable-in-your-mba-essays-b-schooled-episode-293","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/b-schooled-get-your-mba-admit-127980","url":"https://sbcpodcast.libsyn.com/be-vulnerable-in-your-mba-essays-b-schooled-episode-293","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sbcpodcast/2026-06-10_SBC_B-Schooled_--_Write_the_essay_that_scares_you_-_Chandler_ep_293.mp3?dest-id=2019845","summary":"The things that scare us – especially in the context of MBA essays – are often the things that make us feel vulnerable, uncertain, or insecure. In short, things that force us to take our armor off and be vulnerable. Vulnerability in business school essays also offers you a powerful opportunity to connect with your reader, demonstrate self-awareness and/or EQ, and – most importantly – tell a really memorable and compelling story about yourself. In this episode we talk about how to choose an essay topic offers these opportunities for candor and vulnerability, including sharing a range of examples and categories of essays that might be a good fit for you. This is a must for anyone interested in writing their MBA essays more boldly and more authentically.","meta_description":"The things that scare us – especially in the context of MBA essays – are often the things that make us feel vulnerable, uncertain, or insecure. In short,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1307,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/b-schooled-get-your-mba-admit-127980/episodes/be-vulnerable-in-your-mba-essays-b-schooled-episode-293/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/b-schooled-get-your-mba-admit-127980/be-vulnerable-in-your-mba-essays-b-schooled-episode-293.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}