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Happy Women’s History Month 2023!

By Brittany MaschalMar 03, 2023

GenHERation is hosting programming throughout March to energize and inspire their community. Over 50 leaders from 20+ companies will join them for a variety of fireside chats, panels, and skill-building workshops.

These are great events for exploring careers in business, leadership learning, and so much more!

GenHERation^® x AllSaints International Women’s Day Celebration: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 from 6-7:30 PM PST
Finance Roundtable : Monday, March 13, 2023 from 4-4:45 PM EST/1-1:45 PM PST
EY Elevator Pitch Workshop: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 from 4-4:30 PM EST/1-1:30 PM PST
The LEGO Group Lessons in Leadership Panel: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from 12–1 PM EST/9-10 AM PST
Retail & Consumer Innovation Roundtable: Thursday, March 16, 2023 from 4-4:45 PM EST/1-1:45 PM PST
NASA Innovation Panel: Monday, March 20, 2023 from 4-4:45 PM EST/1-1:45 PM PST
Make Time for Good Panel with Fossil: Tuesday, March 21 from 4-4:45 PM EST/1-1:45 PM PST
Capital One Resume Session: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 from 4-4:30 PM EST/1-1:30 PM PST
AllSaints Retail Brand Leaders Panel: Thursday, March 23, 2023 from 4-4:45 PM EST/1-1:45 PM PST
Global Leadership Panel: Meet 5 Women from 5 Continents: Monday, March 27, 2023 from 8-9 PM EST/5-6 PM PST
Google Panel: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 from 5-5:45 PM EST/2-2:45 PM PST
Women at Zynga Panel: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 from 7-7:45 PM EST/4-4:45 PM PST
Snap Panel: Thursday March 30, 2023 from 4-4:30 PM EST/1-1:30 PM PST

The link to join virtual sessions will be sent via email on the morning of the scheduled event. Registration for virtual opportunities closes one hour before the session start time.

All participants in the WHM series will be entered into a lottery to win a Fossil watch and a virtual mentoring session with a Fossil team member! Participants will receive an additional entry in the lottery for each session they attend. 5 additional participants will also be selected via lottery to join a virtual mentoring session with the Fossil team. The winners will be announced on Friday, March 31, 2023.

Head to GenHERation for more info!

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Want an Internship in High School? Try LinkedIn

By BMC BloggerJan 17, 2023

If you are a junior or sophomore and are looking to secure an internship it can help to get on LinkedIn. It’s one of the most convenient places to connect with potential employers, request informational interviews, and learn about the paths people have taken toward your dream role. There are many ways to get from high school to [insert dream role here]. It’s also faster than email in some cases!

It’s not hard to build a profile, and LinkedIn has published a guide just for high school students. You can access it here.

Some colleges also have a spot on their application to add a profile link; often, the more you can share about your interests, accomplishments, and goals, the better!

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Best Summer Programs for High School Students: Real Estate

By BMC BloggerJan 11, 2023

Summer is the perfect time to explore your academic and career interests, and real estate is becoming a popular one.

The following are some of our favorites for students interested in real estate.

The Fordham Real Estate Institute

This summer, get a behind-the-scenes look at the many facets of the New York City real estate industry and learn what it takes to succeed in this fast-paced, high-income field. The Fordham Real Estate Institute offers high school students the opportunity to learn how real estate—the built environment in which we all live, work, and play—is designed, constructed, and developed. Through a mix of live lectures, hands-on exercises, and examinations of prominent New York City properties, students gain a unique perspective into the numerous college study and career options that the field of real estate offers. All courses are taught by experienced industry professionals from Fordham’s Real Estate Institute.

Real Estate NYC: From Design to Development Class (NYU)

Over one-third of the world’s wealth is invested in real estate, and more than nine million people in the United States work in the real estate industry. What goes on behind the scenes? What makes New York City among the most expensive real estate markets in the world? How does one get started in the field? Learn from top industry professionals during this one-week course offered by the NYU School of Professional Studies Schack Institute of Real Estate, one of the largest and most prestigious educational entities dedicated to the real estate and construction industries in the United States. Delve into all aspects of the real estate development process, and gain an understanding of the procedures, issues, and complexities that come into play in the development of real estate. Explore how real estate projects are conceived, designed, valued, financed, constructed, and managed. By week’s end, you will have gained an in-depth understanding of the phases of real estate development and the role that each sector of the industry plays in the process. Topics to be covered include the history of real estate design and development, the varying roles of members of the development team (architect, engineer, builder/CM, attorney), real estate underwriting metrics, valuation, project feasibility, design phase/construction phase considerations, sustainability measurements, and property and asset management.

NAIOP Commercial Real Estate High School Internship Program

The path to increased diversity in the commercial real estate industry begins with introducing teens to CRE prior to entering college. Students have the opportunity to explore a variety of careers in real estate, such as architecture, development, investment, construction, brokerage and urban planning, through the lens of a case study and real estate–focused activities. Students gain a deeper understanding of key concepts in real estate by exploring these topics with Drexel University professors, industry mentors and high-level corporate executives. The NAIOP-Drexel Summer Real Estate program features several team building, college readiness and enrichment events on Drexel’s campus and throughout the city, including site visits to high-profile locations such as FMC and Comcast.

Online courses

Real Estate Finance (For Beginners)

Basic Real Estate Finance Course

Introduction To Real Estate Finance & Investing

Shadowing someone who works in real estate is also a great option; reach out about internships via LinkedIn. (yes, you can and should be on LinkedIn in high school!)

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Best Summer Programs for High School Students: Leadership

By BMC BloggerJan 09, 2023

As part of your college application, extracurricular activities—including those over the summer— help demonstrate your intellectual curiosity and commitment to an area of study (ideally, the one you might pursue in college). Some programs, however, are not purely academic, like those geared toward leadership development.

Please keep in mind that “programs” are not the only way to explore academic interests. In fact, many colleges like to see students go beyond canned programming. You can join clubs at your school or locally, take free online classes via edX and Coursera, shadow, or intern (aka volunteer for most students)—there are tons of options ranging from super formal (and pricey) to those as simple as what you do in your free time.

The following programs are some of our favorites for students interested in developing their leadership skills (and so much more!).

Bank of America Student Leaders Program

Student Leaders participate in an eight-week paid internship at a local nonprofit organization where you learn first-hand about the needs of the community and the critical role nonprofits play. In addition, you will learn valuable civic, social and business leadership skills. Each Student Leader will attend the Student Leaders Summit held in Washington, D.C. where you will learn how government, business and the nonprofit sector work together to address critical community needs. Note: in-person events will be in line with local and national guidelines around gatherings and travel and may be subject to change.

The LEAP Young Adult Leadership Program

LEAP Week is a highly-immersive week-long leadership program for high school and college students held annually at the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, California. Each year, 400 students from around the globe travel to attend LEAP Week, a full week dedicated to helping young adults uncover the “real-life” skills needed to achieve great success. Another major focus of LEAPweek is developing young adults’ networking skills. Especially in this modern age of social media, most teens already have strong networking capabilities, they just need some guidance to maximize these abilities. Networking will be tremendously important when you begin your career, and it also helps develop lasting friendships in every phase of life.

Notre Dame Leadership Seminars

Leadership Seminars are for current high school juniors who are academically gifted leaders in their school, church, local community, or other social organizations. Students participate in one of three seminars (sample topic: Global Issues: Violence and Peace in the Modern Age). Around 90 students are admitted each year—usually ranking in the top 10 percent of their class—and are eligible to receive one college credit.

Annual Camp Pride Summer Leadership Academy

Camp Pride is the premiere national training program for social justice and grassroots activism for LGBTQ and ally young adults on college campuses.

Coursera:

Leadership

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MBA Admissions Events via Poets & Quants

By Brittany MaschalJan 02, 2023

Whether you’re exploring which degree is right for you, determining where to apply, or looking for ways to increase your chances of acceptance, Poets & Quants has tons of FREE events that can help clarify your next steps. Head to Poets & Quants for more information and to register.

Top Entrepreneurship MBA Programs: January 10

Educate, inspire, spark, and embrace YOUR entrepreneurial spirit with Poets&Quants top-ranked MBA programs! Our unique content-based format gives real insight into the value of the MBA on the road to entrepreneurship. Discover ways you can use your degree as an incubator for a startup!

Online MBA Admissions Event: January 24 & 25

You’re thinking about an MBA and like the flexibility, pacing, and price tag of online program options offered by many of the top business schools. This event will offer insight into different programs, help you understand the learning experience, and get advice to stand out in the application process.

CentreCourt Full Time MBA Festival: February 7 & 8

CentreCourt will host three events throughout the year to help full-time MBA seekers explore programs that align with professional and personal goals. If you want insider insights from leadership from top programs this is the event for you!

CentreCourt Business Masters Festival: March 14 & 15

This event series is for those exploring a Masters in Management, Finance, Business Analytics or other specialized business degree. Through discussions with alumni, current students, admissions and career development teams, we invite you to join in to explore the benefits of specialization and to help determine which is the best fit for you, your skillset, and your career aspirations.

PreMBA Virtual Networking Festival: May 11 & 12

Are you starting a graduate business degree in 2023? It’s never too early to forge important connections, become savvier about your internship and career options, and get a head start on your business school pivot. Meet with top employers and network with your peers from business schools all over the globe!

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Why Your “Academic Narrative” and a Foundation for Your Intended Major Matter

By BMC BloggerOct 13, 2022

Let’s say you were a star student at an Illinois high school last year. You want to attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, so you check out the Princeton Review’s guide. You find out that Illinois is competitive in admissions, but how competitive?

The answer actually depends on what you want to study.

To reach its class of 7,963 first-year students this fall, the university started with 63,258 applicants. It admitted 28,355 of them. That’s a competitive class to be sure, admitting 45 percent of those who applied.

But let’s say you want to study computer science, which was the intended major of 16 percent of the applicants. Of the 10,214 applicants, the university admitted only 7 percent of them.

Or let’s say you wanted to study business, which was the first choice of more than 10 percent of all applicants. Of the 6,771 applicants, 28 percent were admitted.

Major matters, and if a major is competitive, you need to be competitive for it. You need to take the right classes and have a resume that points toward that major. You’ll want to read more here!

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UC Berkeley: The Spieker Undergraduate Business Program

By BMC BloggerJul 21, 2022

Starting in Fall 2023, you can apply directly to Berkeley Haas to enter as a freshman in Fall 2024.

The Spieker Undergraduate Business Program is a four-year undergraduate business program at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business that gives you an additional two years for deeper learning and enrichment, including:

Career development
Internships
Study abroad opportunities
Entrepreneurship programs
Capstone projects
Mentorship engagements, and
Student leadership experiences.

The first four-year cohort of students will enroll in August of 2024. Applications to the Spieker Undergraduate Business Program will open in Fall 2023. Learn more here.

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