how quaint
now the first thing I want to say is that is post is not about HBS bashing.
I was reading the clearadmit blog and noticed a statement that HBS was the first school to require a degree for entry.
"Harvard, consistent with its avowed purposes of establishing business as a profession, was a pioneer in requiring a college degree for entrance."
And then I read about this a few days ago, College dropout enrolled at HBS. Now I really dont understand this.
1) How does one get a master's degree without having a bachelor's degree. (and NO, Im not one of those people who is hung up on degrees, but this sounds fundamentally wrong).
2) How can HBS make this claim of firsts?
hmmmm...food for thought!
Cheers
Ash
I was reading the clearadmit blog and noticed a statement that HBS was the first school to require a degree for entry.
"Harvard, consistent with its avowed purposes of establishing business as a profession, was a pioneer in requiring a college degree for entrance."
And then I read about this a few days ago, College dropout enrolled at HBS. Now I really dont understand this.
1) How does one get a master's degree without having a bachelor's degree. (and NO, Im not one of those people who is hung up on degrees, but this sounds fundamentally wrong).
2) How can HBS make this claim of firsts?
hmmmm...food for thought!
Cheers
Ash
posted by Ash at 10:03 PM
5 Comments:
I thought the exact same thing!
Great point Ash. I had forgotten about our post on the HBS admit without a college degree, but you are aboslutely right that there appears to be some inconsistency here... Of course, HBS has always pushed the "college-degree requirement" in their marketing literature, because it helps them stand apart from Tuck - which would otherwise lay claim to the first graduate level business program.... - Graham
1) Gottesman is the President's personal bitch (i.e., mints, dog crap, etc.)
2) The President of The United States wrote a recommendation letter or made a verbal recommendation to the AdCom
3) The President of The United States also attended HBS
And people are questioning how he got accepted??
I read that and thought the same thing: What the hell?! I guess HBS is now "pioneering" in that they're the first to NOT require a college degree.
At the end of the day, in my mind, some guy who probably had a really good profile did into get into HBS.
It almost seems like double standards but unfortunately this is one of those sad realities of life.
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