November 20, 2008 – 3:48 am
“How do you like the gall of your fellow alums who have driven this economy into the ground with their greed? How about Rick Wagoner riding in on his corporate jet while his company goes bankrupt! How about Valleywag’s study that Harvard MBAs are the most toxic investment on Wall Street?
Where are the ethics in […]
November 8, 2008 – 6:36 pm
My ultimate goal is Harvard Business School.
What is the best track to reach this goal?
I have a few options that each have unique opportunity costs:
1] Go out-of-state to University of Illinois at Chicago.
This option is what I would like to do because it moves me into a setting where I am independant in my dream […]
October 1, 2008 – 2:46 pm
I am in grade 10 right now and I want to know what grades I must get in high school, And what courses should I be taking to get an MBA?
–Brandon
I am a sophomore in college, and I want to get a MBA in the future. I was wondering - what steps can I take […]
October 1, 2008 – 1:57 pm
Thanks to Ben, who generously sent me his copy of “Ahead of the Curve” to review, I’m about halfway through the book. The midway report is that while I still have a number of criticisms of the book, at least based on what I’ve read to date, it seems like the author, Philip Delves Broughton, […]
August 23, 2008 – 1:27 am
Great blog. Applying to HBS this year, but read this book and found it entertaining and disturbing at the same time. Your thoughts? http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article4443213.ece
The Harvard MBA says:
I can’t tell you how many emails/questions/notes I’ve gotten about Philip Broughton’s new book, “Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School“.
I guess part of running a […]
Hi Chris, Just wanted to know can you invest in students studying their MBA at Harvard i.e. give them money straight up for them to complete their MBA at Harvard for a percent of the career earnings?
The Harvard MBA says:
The fascinating thing is that I came up with the concept of the “personal IPO” back […]
I am graduating from a Ohio college with Economics and Mathematics as majors. I am from a very middle class familly from India with very limited financial resources. Presently almost 65% of the cost of my study is from the aid my College has awarded me.
My question is, can I afford HBS with financial aid?
The […]
“I’m thinking of applying to an MBA program at an American University, most notably at Harvard.
I am keen to get a rounded experience of university in the US. What I want to know is what is the social life like at Harvard in particular?
Ancilliary question: Do you know if postgraduate students can join the […]
“I am an Argentine lawyer with a LL&M degree in Law & Economics from a top school in Argentina. I am now considering applying to an MBA at a top business school in the USA.
However, I’m not sure whether a lawyer background is going to interest a potential employer. In addition, it may be difficult […]
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