The difference between an MBA and an Executive MBA

liu02bhs
Tue, 04 May 2010 10:38:13 +0000

MBA (Harvard and Stanford) = Knows that he is going to make it
MBA (other than H and S) = wants to make it.
EMBA = already has made it.

Wow, that’s pretty elitist. I didn’t expect from GSB grad. There are talents in other schools (Warren Buffet was a HBS reject, who attended CBS), similarly, there are bad candidates at H/S. The difference is the portion of talent/non-talent. Believe it or not, H/S isn’t the holy grail for everyone.

In elite level schools, EMBA may be for those who has already made it, but it’s not true in all schools, especially those not near financial/industrial centers.