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Carrie Shuchart

Carrie Shuchart Los Angeles, California

Originally from Kansas, Carrie fled the Midwest more than ten years ago and has long since lost count of how many people have asked her where Toto is. She spent four years at Harvard, where she earned an ever-practical degree in Social Studies (and that was only after her parents promised to disown her if she was a Philosophy major). Freed from academia, Carrie moved to Washington, DC, where she consulted and wrote for a major magazine for a year. After deciding that aging, affluent, conservative men were not exactly her prime audience, she opted for a career in freelance television production. But soon, the lure of business school was too much, so Carrie packed her bags for New York and a stint at Columbia Business School. At Columbia, Carrie frequently enjoyed her membership in the Wine Society, was the director of the school's comedy show, Follies, and attempted to get through Corporate Finance without using the F4 key.
 

Armed with her MBA and an entrepreneurial spirit, Carrie decided to start her own company in 2007. Now on her third start-up, Carrie's hoping that the old adage rings true and this one really is the charm (or the specialized dumbbell, as the case may be). Keeping her going throughout it all, though, has been Manhattan GMAT. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with students and pontificate about pronouns. Previously, Carrie taught drama and speech writing, which might not seem to have a lot to do with standardized tests, but trust her -- it's all about The Method.
 

In her spare time (what spare time?), Carrie enjoys reading far too many political blogs, watching far too much bad TV, and being far too disappointed by the Kansas City Chiefs.