2+2 Deferred MBA: Grant McNaughton

In this episode, I interview my Stanford GSB classmate, Grant McNaughton. Grant is a 2+2 MBA student, which means he applied and was accepted to business when he was in undergrad in college. He talks about his time working as a Bain consultant, his chaotic (but successful) application process, and what community has meant for him over the last year. I am so excited for this season of the podcast - as you can tell we’re bringing in a little more spice, personality, and vulnerability to the conversation. I hope you enjoy; let’s dive in!
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⌚️Timestamps:
00:00 Cold Open
1:22 Intro
2:27 How we met: MBA ski trip
4:58 What is Cherie good at?
8:19 Message to professors
9:02 What would I tell high school Cherie?
13:34 Where do I fit in?
16:34 How is dating at business school?
19:29 Who is Grant McNaughton?
19:52 Grant’s GMAT score
22:18 2+2 MBA application deferred admit
25:18 His 4 week MBA application process
27:42 His favorite GSB class
31:28 Advice for those applying to business school
35:23 Did he like management consulting?
40:42 Stanford queer community
43:04 Wrap up and what to expect next
43:45 Podcast takeaways
ABOUT ME
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 CZcams and Instagram, so you can learn from my friends and our successes and failures, all while owning our authentic selves and living happier lives.
Music produced by Sammy Signal open.spotify.com/artist/2Hsyk...

[@oladoyinolaitan8564]

Great work Cherie!
As an intending African applicant, it’d be great to hear from an African classmate of yours
Keep up the good work!

[@snehacommuri]

Great podcast! Grant’s story is very inspiring.. Anyone on their self reflection journey can relate.
Cherie, I would give high school me a hug too.
I would love to hear more about your journey to Stanford as well.
Season 2 let’s go💪

[@elishbaimtiaz7720]

Grant giving us folks who stuggle with standardized testing hope

[@cherie.brooke]

We love the honesty and we love Grant!

[@abhigyanhazarika4219]

Hey Cherie! absolutely loving the content you're putting out :))
Although there is a lot of content about b-school and MBAs in general, there is not nearly enough about 2+2 admits and by putting their stories out you're really helped a lot of us.
Also, kudos to you as you are able to do so much all at once. Stanford is hard and doing CZcams on the side only adds to it, just want you to know all your work is appreciated :))

[@ikirezianitha9746]

Hi Cherie, I really love your content. Thank you so much for this.

[@cherie.brooke]

Glad you enjoy it! Thanks for being here 😎

[@HhGg-xp5ih]

​@@cherie.brookehow he got in with 690?