I’d like to first say that I loved my time at HBS – I learned a ton, had a lot of fun, and was surprised and impressed on what a great group of people they admit here. That being said, it is not the “end all be all” – no school is. As a veteran, I would say that the advantage you get from having a particular school pedigree is small to non-existent: veterans will get great job opportunities from any top MBA program, and I truly believe that no significant hiring advantage exists at a school with 900 classmates like Harvard.
To be completely candid, my classmates who came here with significant business experience viewed their time here as more personally and socially transformational, something older veterans are likely to scoff at. What they did not view the time at HBS as was a period of deep intellectual development, but rather a bit of a “finishing school” for things they largely knew. Some classes are very powerful, some teachers are simply astounding, but accounting is accounting, and learning finance via the case method can be a rough road.
I am very, very satisfied with my experience at HBS, but I truly do believe that I am not significantly better off than if I attended another school. I imagine this network appreciates with age, but at the end of the day, the time here was fun and enjoyable, not a life-changing “boot camp” experience.
Branch: Navy
MBA: HBS (Harvard)
Year: 2012
Industry: Consulting
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