How to get into HBS after undergrad? (if it is actually possible)

Denzera
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:56:35 +0000

uh, pete, I have some news…

a career is a body of work in the real world. Taking classes and getting degrees is merely PREPARING yourself for your career. To have a career, you have to have added value to the world, not merely absorbed the teachings and efforts of others (at great expense to yourself or your parents). You don’t take a “Career break” by working, you RESUME your career (or start it).

I would think it very difficult to contribute to top MBA classes without having served a boss or clients extensively, and without already having a deep understand of the way companies operate.