I’ve been asked about writing for essay competitions, so I’ve included some rough thoughts below. Although these are specific to competitions, I think some general lessons hold for other kinds of essays, particularly those for business school applications. As a…
If you’re wondering what students are like at HBS, one of the single best ways to find out is via the Portrait Project. This initiative was started with the Class of 2002 and asks students to respond to a simple…
I wasn’t sure what to expect from business school when I applied. I had attended an undergraduate business school that shared space with a graduate program, and all I observed of the MBAs around me at the time didn’t suggest…
One term that has fully entered the lexicon of male HBS students is “minner,” the term for dinners attended only by the men of the section. Lest you think this is some modern version of the boys-only treehouse, it’s common…
Things have taken on their own inescapable momentum now, as we hurtle towards the conclusion of our time here. The last week was marked by the HBS Show, the annual student musical written, produced and acted in by MBAs. It…
In business school you jump directly from being a freshman to a senior over the space of a year. The first year at HBS is taken up entirely with the required curriculum, and the second completely by the elective curriculum….
I’m now back in the working world, sort of, having just begun the customary internship between the two business school years. Suddenly life is a lot like it was for the four years before I moved to Boston, and a…