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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Steven Rogers
director of Admissions at Kellogg.) By the time she graduated, the pair had two daughters, Akilah and Ariel. In 1989, Steven and Michele Rogers decided to pursue their entrepreneurial interests and purchased Fenchel Lampshade Company in... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Helping Veterans Gain Skills to Thrive in the Business World
challenge—the business world. “I knew that if I were to pivot in my career that it had to begin at HBS.” Her decision to apply was influenced by the School’s need-blind admission policy and generous fellowship program, which has also... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
1997 Placement Data Reflect January Cohort's Success
of students accepting jobs in each industry, as did their 607 classmates who entered in September. The similarities stem from a combination of many factors, from the admissions process (which admits all students from a single applicant... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
social-value creation among all HBS students and graduates. It supports leaders across all sectors — nonprofit and for-profit alike. Aspiring MBAs have taken notice. The Admissions Office reports that potential students often cite SEI as... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices
institutions that Jensen believes can function as a "prosthesis" to bridge this gap in an individual's reasoning. Others, he suggests, include families, universities, corporations, and government -- the last a somewhat painful admission... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Books
how organizations can create moral behavior using unspoken cues. Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway Why do businesses evaluate candidates solely on past job performance, ignoring the job's difficulty? Why do university admissions... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA
War II veterans. Today, the MBA Admissions Outreach team hosts military-specific recruiting events, including a virtual seminar to reach military personnel stationed overseas. Real-life decision-making experience is just one example of... View Details
- 11 May 2011
- News
In a Good Place
raised an estimated $7 million over the years for the five schools in its immediate area. No, Gehrke didn’t describe a burning ambition to run a flea market in her HBS admissions essay. “The path you start out on is certainly not always... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Turning Point: One Step at a Time
was true: Either the admissions committee was biased toward athletes, or these activities were things that could be accomplished by any human who dedicated herself to the task. In other words, I discovered the difference between the... View Details
Keywords: Christina Wallace (MBA 2010)
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
My Real Career
admission of my real career elicited the greatest conversations. Gone were the pretense and the ego. Many of my classmates — even some men — had also put their careers on hold to raise their children. I reveled in the intimate discussions... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Better Mousetraps: At Product Design Fair, Student Ideas Get Real
money in unnecessary admissions and treatments, and save patients from dangerous procedures they may not need." Gilligan is already talking with several hospitals and HMOs to get the service off the ground. Taking a step away from high... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
understand two fundamental things about himself: “One, I am hardwired to run something and make things happen through people. And two, I wanted to lead with purpose.” That’s when he decided to apply to HBS. Foremost in his mind in seeking View Details
- 25 Jan 2016
- News
Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home
supporting business school applications, helping improve representation of Africans in business school,” Igun says. “When we started the MBA mentorship program, the first year it was just us and our friends doing the mentoring. We have now helped over 40 individuals... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
desk drawer the crucial report — which explained the risk of depending on one single person, even one as remarkably effective as Sidney Weinberg — until after his formal admission to the partnership. Whitehead says knowingly, “Rocking the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship
$1 million through alumni donors in order to send two students to HBS each year. “This virtual event was held to enhance awareness of our program among the HBS community in Japan,” says Kawasaki. In addition to Professor Yoffie’s talk, the event featured a conversation... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
key areas of work that reflect our commitment to improving the way we carry out our mission. MBA Admissions We continue to seek outstanding students from a wide range of backgrounds whose experience will enrich our classrooms. We... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Banishing Balkan Ghosts
anti-Communist.” When his parents' marriage ended, his university-educated mother was forced to become a seamstress, and Djelic experienced economic deprivation firsthand. But his obvious talents won him admission to elite schools. With... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
preferred to recruit straight from a school’s admission list. In an increasingly globalized world, deans and recruiters generally believe that business schools have not gotten globalization right. They want students with heightened... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
that helped her land admission to a master’s program in international affairs at UC San Diego, where he had earned his graduate degree. She starts this fall. “I feel like I’m in a cloud, in a dream,” Hernandez says. While these... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 21 Dec 2018
- News
Bridging the Gap
persuaded other kids to follow their lead, and who can show that they’ve got the drive and stick-to-itiveness to set a goal and chase it down. I would also mention that a key part of our selection process is that we’re set up as a need-blind View Details