This is the second post in our series, What HBS is Looking For. So, HBS wants "analytical aptitude and appetite." Hardly a surprise. You might be tempted to
What Harvard Business School Is Looking For: The Habit of Leadership
May 28, 06:00 AM Comments [0]
Thank you, Harvard Business School. That’s what applicants should think when they visit the program’s website and find “habit of leadership” on its “Who are we looking for?” admissions page.
It’s common knowledge that HBS values leadership, but with this phrase, the adcom succinctly expresses how they view leadership – dynamic, deep, intrinsic, long-term. It’s something
you possess and bring to your experiences, not something that describes your involvement in isolated situations (i.e., the proverbial “leadership experience”). Not just HBS applicants, but all b-school applicants can benefit from reflecting on the phrase – and then determining how they embody it in their actions.
The Wharton EMBA adcom, through its three required questions, expresses its values and its interest in students who share those values. Its questions ask you to
Wishing you’d gotten it together to start your desired program
this year (after all, who knows what things will look like a year from now)? Feeling a surge of fresh energy to tackle the application process this spring, rather than wait till late summer/fall?
Good news: 2 important graduate business programs, Columbia MBA and Booth EMBA have extended their application cycle – Columbia MBA to June 1 and Booth EMBA to June 7.
That leaves about one month… In my experience (23 years in this business), one month is sufficient time to prepare a strong, uncompromised application to a competitive program like these two
Talk about diversity! Seven distinct, vivid cultures – each with its own history, values, characteristics, opportunities, and challenges.
Sure, there are many commonalities among the M7 schools: all are highly competitive, all feature deep academic resources, all are supported by committed and involved alumni, all attract top-tier recruiters (even in down business cycles). Yet the most important commonality is their individual uniqueness! Their strong and determined “individualism” literally
reflects their leadership in the MBA realm. They rise to their prominent position because they
are the leaders in their domain, graduate business education. So, they reasonably expect you – their students and prospective students – to have correspondingly high ambitions, whether your domain be finance, healthcare, energy, social entrepreneurship, or something else.