talking about hbs & mck... - ChaseDream

thanks for those stats.

As many have pointed out, McKinsey kinda has the same filter as HBS so it is not a super surprise. Altho I agree 115 is a lot.

Sandy -

I read your posts religiously while applying and found it very, very helpful. Thanks for all you do.

I’m currently a first year at HBS and as an FYI to all the consultants out there hoping to get in, in the class of 2011, there are actually 115 people who previously worked at McKinsey. This includes people who had internships there or who did 2 years and then went somewhere else, but it is an enormous / ridiculous number when you consider that the whole class is just ~945. More than 10% of the class comes from a single company.

Also 61 from Goldman, 58 from Bain, 59 from BCG.

hbs's Alumni says that my classmates have different background.....en....for example, they come from different consulting firm to prove hbs's diversity.

以下是引用brass20y在2009/10/20 21:22:00的发言：

No, diversity!

hbs's Alumni says that my classmates have different background.....en....for example, they come from different consulting firm to prove hbs's diversity.

以下是引用brass20y在2009/10/20 21:35:00的发言：
It is not fun! It is true thing which happened in hbs Info session.

以下是引用wordance在2009/10/20 21:58:00的发言：
就像找对象一样，你有钱的时候，女人们说爱你的性格，人品，幽默，兴趣。。到你没钱的时候，她们就没影了。

觉得这些和商学院招生一样，都是同一个放之四海而皆准的真理以不同的表现形式出现而已

以下是引用jelt2359在2009/10/23 1:53:00的发言：
To this day, I remain perplexed that people think schools actually
worry about whether applicants can get jobs after graduation. Just
because this is what you worry about, doesn't necessarily mean this is
what schools worry about.

Schools understand that things
change a lot in your two years in business school- your career goals
change, the world economy changes, your skillset changes. Ultimately,
business schools look not for a candidate who is going to be successful
in his job hunt in 2 years (if you're not sure about this, go talk to
100 business school alums, and find out how many changed jobs within 3
years of graduation. Then you'll know why schools don't really care
about what you'll do immediately after business schools). Rather,
business schools look for candidates whom they think will be successful
10, 20 years later- at Wharton, this includes alums like Donald Trump,
alums that people immediately recognise. This is what they look for:
rather than, 'will that rural-teacher from Congo get a job after 2
years?' they think about, 'will this rural-teacher from Congo go back
to Congo, use his contacts there, start a big African company that then
goes on to become a world-leader?'

You've also missed Sandy's
point. Business schools like candidates from top companies like
McKinsey not because they'll do better in the job market, but because
these companies are also thinking the same thing. McKinsey is also
looking at all their potential candidates, then thinking, 'which of
these are going to be most successful, start up their own famous
companies, then want consulting services from us?', or, 'which of these
are going to become famous, and write in their biography, that they had
gone to McKinsey?' It's all about brand-building- business schools do
it, and top companies do it as well. If business schools and top
companies know what they're doing, it's not a surprise that they end up
with a similar pool of people.

It's a situation where B-schools and consulting firms flatter, praise, and prompte each other. It's a win-win cooperation model.

Trumps(including Donald's son) enrolled at Wharton becuase of their family background which most of the ppl here don't have. It is another case.

ChaseDream

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