Great Resources for Women and Minority MBA Applicants

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Ascent: Leading Multicultural Women
ASCENT is a national, not-for-profit organization committed to the professional development and corporate career advancement of multicultural women.

Forté Foundation
Forté Foundation is a consortium of major corporations and top business schools that has become a powerful change agent in educating and directing talented women toward leadership roles in business whose mission is to substantially increase the number of women business leaders by increasing the flow of women into key educational gateways and business networks. The Organization offers dozens of resources to female prospective MBAs.

Consortium for Graduate Study in Management
The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management is the country’s preeminent organization for promoting diversity and inclusion in American business. Through an annual competition, The Consortium awards merit-based, full-tuition fellowships to America’s best and brightest candidates.

Management Leadership for Tomorrow
Management Leadership for Tomorrow delivers programming that puts minorities on the fast-track to success at every stage of their careers: from College through MBA and the Executive levels. MLT is a leading source of minority talent for top graduate business schools and for many of the nation's premier corporations including Citi, Goldman Sachs, Google, McKinsey & Co, PepsiCo and Target.

Cultural Diversity in Hanover

Brazilian BBQ
Tulio & me

 One of the things that has really impressed me about Tuck is the cultural diversity. That might sound ironic given that Tuck is located in Hanover, a New England town with less than 10,000 residents, and even more ironic since this comment is coming from a former New York City chick. Hear me out on this: a third of our student body is of international origin. So while we may not have the most diverse community surrounding Hanover, the international students contribute a great deal of cultural diversity to our school both in the class and out.

As a die hard foodie, one of my favoite things about going to school with so many international students is that I've been able to try all of their favorite foods from their home country. The Tuck administration really makes a point to celebrate every culture here at Tuck, so we frequently have Brazilian barbeques (the best steak I've ever had!), Diwali celebrations (curry heaven), and China-Korea-Japanese Day Party (mind blowing dumplings) in addition to number of other international events. In addition to being incredibly smart, my classmates are wicked good cooks and I'm so thankful that they're willing to share all their traditions and holidays with us!

T'12 Student Performers at China Night Party
The ladies did a very elegant Chinese dance performance at the
party while Yang did a popular Chinese rap complete with nunchucks!

Diwali Celebration
Pre-performance Dinner