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

sakky
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:09:38 +0000

Allright, the pain in the ass of the (electronic) resume book is that it won’t let me cut and paste. I have to retype the resume.

But anyway, here is the education section for one particular HBS student who came straight from undergrad. I am including only the pertinent academic information to maintain privacy.

Education: University of California, Berkeley CA
Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in Sociology. Awarded Chancellors Scholarship.

Look, that performance is decent. But I wouldn’t exactly call it great. Believe me, it’s not that hard to graduate cum laude in sociology at Berkeley, as sociology is generally considered to be a pretty easy, grade inflated major at Berkeley. We’re not talking summa or even magna, we’re just talking about regular cum laude. The Chancellor Scholarship also shouldn’t count for much as that is an award that you are given as a high school senior, and just requires that you renew it every semester (which basically means that you have to avoid academic probation). It basically means that you were a strong student in high school, but says little about how you performed while at Berkeley.

Nevertheless, this person got into HBS with no full-time work experience.

But hey, I suppose that at least it’s better than the case of Blake Gottesman, who didn’t even graduate from college at all and still managed to get into HBS.

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