Hey everyone, I went to this event last summer. It was absolutely instrumental in helping me understand the differences between investment banking, sales & trading, and private banking. This is a great program and Credit Suisse is one of the companies most supportive of veterans. Please do apply.

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Have you considered life on Wall Street after life in the Military? Do you have questions about the transition to corporate life? The Credit Suisse MBA Military Boot Camp offers advice, support, and networking opportunities for veterans.

Program Details:

• ·         The program is for military veterans who are MBA candidates entering a full-time, 2 year MBA program in fall 2013.
• ·         Participants spend a full day at Credit Suisse in New York, July 25, 2013, with expenses covered up to $150.
• ·         Program provides an inside view of financial services. Participants will also meet members of the Credit Suisse Veterans’ Network and hear from veterans who have successfully transitioned to Wall Street.

Apply online by May 17, 2013. To apply, click here

For additional information, please contact campus.diversity@credit-suisse.com

The 8^th Annual Beat The GMAT scholarship is now accepting applications.

Since 2006, Beat The GMAT has distributed more than $200,000 in scholarships and prizes to MBA applicants from all over the globe, including the U.S. and Canada, South America, Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

For the 2013 competition, there will be eight GMAT and MBA consulting packages awarded.  Each winner will receive a $250 voucher for GMAT registration fees, a full GMAT test prep course, and MBA admissions consulting services. The following companies made generous donations to make these prizes possible: AcceptU, Admit Advantage, Admissionado, Clear Admit, GMAT Prep Now, GMAT Tutor by The Economist, Kaplan, Knewton, Manhattan GMAT, MBA Admit, mbaMission, The Princeton Review, Stratus Prep, and Veritas Prep.

Beat The GMAT is now accepting applications until May 13, 2013. Winners will be announced on May 20, 2013. To learn more or to apply for the 2013 Beat The GMAT scholarship, please visit:http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/scholarship.

Applicants can receive exclusive updates and winner announcements for the 2013 scholarship competition by visiting Beat The GMAT on Facebook.

Just received my reimbursement from the VA today. Apparently, you can’t get reimbursed for tests that you took more than one year ago (I took multiple tests). I delayed submitting my form because I wasn’t sure if it was worth it or not in terms of saving my GI Bill for future graduate programs but in an earlier post. I was wrong.

After just thinking about what a two-year graduate degree means (especially MBA), it is highly unlikely that you will delay your earnings any further into the future. Therefore, any way you can maximize your GI benefits now, the better. So go ahead and pay for your exams (GMAT, CFA, anything else). You can check out the GI bill section to get more information.

I went from 27 month and 3 days of benefits remaining to 25 months and 3 days benefits remaining for a reimbursement for $1,302.18. I’m not sure if it was worth 2 months of benefits, it seems like they rounded up. But then again, this $1,302.18 is worth much more to me now then potentially getting a second degree in the future an getting future BAH of probably $2500+ and paying for tuition. Just my thoughts.

I’m in a movie theater in Charlotte having a cocktail in a seat that I had to pick specifically when you purchase tickets (like in London) and there is a restaurant / club here as well. My mind is totally blown right now because this experience is something that is outside of what i considered a night out at the theatre. Imagine what other seemingly “ordinary” business ideas are out there? And the stuffed peppers ain’t so bad either.