Why Stanford?

zhang206

Well, I think you are just speculating as I do since you have not indicated that you are a Stanford GSB student or alumnus. However, the fact is that Stanford Business School employs a bidding system for interview opportunities, meaning that if you are not selected by the employers for first-round interview, you can use your points to bid a slot. And it’s also a fact that some top companies don’t even allow bidding. Anyways, if what you said is true and any Stanford student could interview with anyone s/he wants to, why the school needs to go through all the troubles to implement such a complicated system? The answer is simple. Not everyone at Stanford will be able to get the interview s/he wants. This is true at Stanford and it’s also true at many other business schools.

And I didn’t even mention the PE/VC industry; most of these firms don’t even come to campus for interview because they are bombarded with many, many, many resumes from HBS alone for a handful of positions each year.

以下是引用chipmunk在2003-8-1 8:19:00的发言：
I believe any stanford student, if s/he seriously consider IB job, will get at least one interview spot for sure, whatever his/her previous background is. Then, just like I said, it just opens a door for you. You still have to do your home work, show your knowledge and passion, in order to seal the offer.

chipmunk

You're right, since we both are not Stanford current student/alumni (that's the assumption I got based on your post, I could be wrong any way), our discussion should be stopped here.

zhang206

good. after all, fact is fact.

以下是引用chipmunk在2003-8-2 1:18:00的发言：
You're right, since we both are not Stanford current student/alumni (that's the assumption I got based on your post, I could be wrong any way), our discussion should be stopped here.

vas

Yeah, fact is fact. When the fact is interpreted into words, it's no longer the fact.
Thank you for your brilliant comments, but I don't see fundamental contradiction in the debate.
The degree of Stanford is not omnipotent, but it DOES open the doors or windows to many opportunities (the essay I posted can serve as an example). Other great schools offer similar things and I think the dude's purpose is to discuss the uniqueness of Stanford when it is compared with Harvard, Wharton and other top-notch schools.

djcong

oh?

vickiyan

我是Stanford的铁杆粉丝！

Stanford is much more than a business school!

Stanford 是最有现代人文气息的学校，倡导自由，尊重梦想，崇尚高尚的道德和职业追求。Stanford把商业领袖推崇到“noble calling”高度。社会学家马克思韦伯对“calling”的解释是：“上帝赋予的天职”。Stanford推崇的事业不止是为了自己人格和生活的完善，更是对社会，对他人要有着积极的有意义的影响和改变。

进入Stanford的人都是认真思考过“What matters most to you?”的，是通过价值观的筛选走到一起的一群人。Stanford的两年也是让你停下来继续思考这个问题的两年。Stanford有些特殊的课程，比如touchy feely，同学上课一起哭；比如creativity in business，让你列出你最快乐的20件事，最不快乐的20件事情。Stanford教育方式与众不同，它带给人的不止是知识，更是能够影响人一生的有意义的东西。

cheeyong

以下是引用vickiyan在2006-4-4 17:35:00的发言：

我是Stanford的铁杆粉丝！

Stanford is much more than a business school!

Stanford 是最有现代人文气息的学校，倡导自由，尊重梦想，崇尚高尚的道德和职业追求。Stanford把商业领袖推崇到“noble calling”高度。社会学家马克思韦伯对“calling”的解释是：“上帝赋予的天职”。Stanford推崇的事业不止是为了自己人格和生活的完善，更是对社会，对他人要有着积极的有意义的影响和改变。

进入Stanford的人都是认真思考过“What matters most to you?”的，是通过价值观的筛选走到一起的一群人。Stanford的两年也是让你停下来继续思考这个问题的两年。Stanford有些特殊的课程，比如touchy feely，同学上课一起哭；比如creativity in business，让你列出你最快乐的20件事，最不快乐的20件事情。Stanford教育方式与众不同，它带给人的不止是知识，更是能够影响人一生的有意义的东西。

好贴，果然是stanford的铁杆粉丝，佩服。

vickiyan

以下是引用cheeyong在2006-4-4 17:38:00的发言：

好贴，果然是stanford的铁杆粉丝，佩服。

我也想说“生为Stanford人，死为Stanford鬼”，可惜没缘分。只能乖乖当粉丝。

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-4-4 17:48:04编辑过]

djcong

以下是引用vickiyan在2006-4-4 17:35:00的发言：

我是Stanford的铁杆粉丝！

Stanford is much more than a business school!

Stanford 是最有现代人文气息的学校，倡导自由，尊重梦想，崇尚高尚的道德和职业追求。Stanford把商业领袖推崇到“noble calling”高度。社会学家马克思韦伯对“calling”的解释是：“上帝赋予的天职”。Stanford推崇的事业不止是为了自己人格和生活的完善，更是对社会，对他人要有着积极的有意义的影响和改变。

进入Stanford的人都是认真思考过“What matters most to you?”的，是通过价值观的筛选走到一起的一群人。Stanford的两年也是让你停下来继续思考这个问题的两年。Stanford有些特殊的课程，比如touchy feely，同学上课一起哭；比如creativity in business，让你列出你最快乐的20件事，最不快乐的20件事情。Stanford教育方式与众不同，它带给人的不止是知识，更是能够影响人一生的有意义的东西。

why you know stanford this well?

ring_cheng

以下是引用vickiyan在2006-4-4 17:43:00的发言：

我也想说“生为Stanford人，死为Stanford鬼”，可惜没缘分。只能乖乖当粉丝。

WHARTONER!!