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As I sat next to dad on our way to the Srinagar airport, I reflected on how this could be our last family vacation for a long time. The end of August was approaching and soon I would be in a far corner of the world at Harvard Business School (HBS), exactly 7,138 miles away from home. Within me there were so many mixed emotions: the excitement of exploring a new country, meeting new people and learning new things, but also sadness for all that I would miss: my family, the food, and the warm familiarity of home. Would everything change? [...]
My earliest assignments in Schlumberger were in the Gulf of Mexico on ships that were equipped to look for oil and gas ~40,000 feet below the surface of the water. Being the youngest engineer and one of the three women in a crew of 50 men reminded me of why my father had no female colleagues. This realization only increased my determination to do well. [...]
My expectations from the first week were probably slightly different from most incoming RCs. I had already been within the Harvard community and in Cambridge for a year and had already experienced a version of the section and the cold call. I thought I would be much more prepared than other students for my first semester at HBS, but to my surprise, that has definitely not been the case. [...]
Kyle Hutton (MBA 2020) took over the @hbsadmissions Instagram to show what a day in the life of an HBS MBA student is really like. Kyle is originally from Trinidad and received his undergraduate degree in Finance from Howard University in Washington D.C. [...]
Each student that attends HBS has a different story. They are from big cities, small farming villages, and everything in between. Some students have a passion for mathematics and others for sports and music. Harvard Business School MBA students share their interests, their admissions fears, and their goals in our Class of 2020 student profiles. [...]
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