Blog: Archive for the “Harvard University (Harvard Business School)” Category

Being recognized is always nice—and in this case, recognized by The Atlantic, a magazine that was started by, among others, Ralph Waldo Emerson and that published pieces by Mark Twain and other famed authors eons before becoming one of the very few magazines to successfully transition to the online world. In this case, however, The … Read More  

Today’s print edition of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports on the shifting career balance of Harvard Business School’s (HBS’s) incoming Class of 2013.  Notably, the class will have a higher percentage of students with manufacturing and technology backgrounds, and fewer students with finance backgrounds. According to HBS’s managing director of MBA admissions and financial … Read More  

Harvard Business School’s (HBS’s) 2+2 essay questions are not all that different from HBS’s full-time MBA essay questions, the main difference being a mandatory question about the candidate’s undergraduate academic experience, rather than an opportunity to pose a question of your own. Still, the 2+2 questions have changed significantly from past years, most notably with … Read More  

With the job market mixed for new MBAs these days, Harvard Business School (HBS) has put together an arsenal of resources to help students in their job search. Students begin by completing an online self-assessment program before they even arrive on campus. The CareerLadder tool, developed by a member of the HBS faculty, helps incoming … Read More  

The 2011–2012 MBA application season is officially afoot. Harvard Business School (HBS) has just released its essay questions, maintaining its tradition of being the first school to do so each year. HBS usually strikes first in early May, and the other top 15 schools follow suit shortly after, throughout May and even into early June. … Read More