Dual Degree at Stanford & Harvard, MBA Application Tips, & Journaling Your Why: Gabriela Forter

In this episode of Cherie's Corner, I speak with my Stanford MBA classmate, Gabriela. She’s a dual admit to Harvard and Stanford MBA programs. She talks about choosing Stanford and also still ending up going to Harvard, not for her business degree, but for her Masters in Public Policy. Despite having a successful career in consulting at Deloitte and product management at Meta, she still finds value in pursuing two masters degrees; she explains her reasoning and thinking behind this decision. She also gives advice to people who are currently in their application process. Finally, Gabriela is one of the most mindful people I know and we discuss how journaling and meditation led her to figure out her career goals and deal with imposter syndrome and not feeling FOMO. Let’s get started.
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Hello friends, thanks for watching! My name is Cherie and I'm a content creator, Stanford MBA student, & former LinkedIn senior product manager 👋🏻 I share personal career stories on Cherie's Corner Podcast via KZbin and Instagram, so you can learn from my friends and our successes and failures, all while owning our authentic selves and living happier lives.
⌚️Timestamps:
00:00 Cold Open
00:41 Podcast Intro
1:59 Who Is Gabriela Forter?
2:37 UCLA and Starting Her Career Journey
3:25 Her Roles After College
4:17 What She Wants From An MBA Program
8:03 How to Plan MBA Application THEME
10:45 How She Knew She Wanted an MBA
11:20 GRE vs. GMAT
12:25 MBA Essay
14:00 HBS, GSB, Kennedy School Descriptions
14:48 MBA Recommendation Strategy
22:00 Biggest Lesson Last Year
23:31 Hot or Not?
28:25 Bills, Bills, Bills
28:57 Expensible or Extravagent?
30:33 Acceptable Email Sign Offs
32:47 How to Face Imposter Syndrome

[@SuchetKumar02]

Happy birthday Cherie! As someone who is 22, in India and currently working in Consulting (at BCG), your content (Instagram and now podcast) has really helped me understand how to go about my MBA aspirations (Stanford is the dream ofc). Looking forward to more

[@aidaialmazkyzy8833]

Cherie, this is such a great episode! Thank you!

[@manikakanjani1134]

Hey Cherie, this was a great video - insightful and warm to watch. Please make more of these.

[@bills1967]

Happy birthday Cherie! You content has been very inspiring and has made me consider applying to a masters programs.

[@aboobakkarjaseem7973]

Happy birthday cherie!! Thanks for making these podcasts🙏🏼

[@cherie.brooke]

Thank you for supporting!!

[@arumkamala294]

keep up the good work, amazing Cherie

[@DannyBerk]

Killing it Cherie 👌

[@edolat1998]

Hey Cherie! Love your content both Insta and this new KZbin long form, keep killing it! Unsolicited piece of feedback: i love the setting when you interview your guests, simple, clean and ´real’, however I was a bit underwhelmed by the initial 2 min where you introduce the guest. Especially because it is the first part of the video I would think about doing it in an equally engaging environment as the rest of the episode. All the best!

[@cherie.brooke]

Hi @edolat1998, thanks for the feedback! Do you have examples of podcast guest intros that you think work well? I'd love to take a look and see what I can incorporate :)

[@edolat1998]

I really liked the content of the intro, I thought it worked well. My comment was more on the setting: the light and the whiteboard behind you. When I watched it I thought it could be “professionalized” through better lighting and a better background. Even doing the intro on the same table that you do the interviews maybe could work. Just sharing ideas, I love the content I just thought of this when watching I thought I would share, I am always grateful for feedback myself so this comes from a good place :) Keep slaying!

[@cherie.brooke]

makes sense, thank you for letting me know!

[@ying-tingchen8939]

"You can only connect the dots by looking backwards"

[@aldolsaikrishna]

Hi Cherie, the interviews are amazing but i feel the audio could be better. Looking forward to more amazing content.

[@cherie.brooke]

thank you for the feedback! will research solutions for future videos

[@aldolsaikrishna]

@@cherie.brooke Thank you Cherie for noticing my feedback.

[@sarkarinaukaritspsc265]

Yeahhhh happie birthday 🎉

[@cherie.brooke]

Thank you!