In order to graduate from HBS, someone needs to get INto HBS — and today we’re going to look at the career trajectory of one such person. Jo Tango is a VC at Kepha Partners. We encountered him through the Twitter some time ago and decided that besides having a supercool name, his corporate bio…
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qshdz says
Impressive background and great story! It looks like you cannot afford to misstep at any stage to prepare for HBS, but you cannot change your past. So my take is do not apply to HBS (even with the simple 1 question essay) without these impressive success stories because your chance is very slim against superstars like Jo. Sure, you won’t get in if you don’t apply, but the percentage of non-perfect HBS students has to be very small so you are not competing for single-digit acceptance rate, but a much more smaller chance.
essaysnark says
Exactly.
qshdz says
http://www.businessinsider.com/stanford-business-students-change-the-world-2013-5?op=1
Reading stories about these 17 Stanford students, I thought some of their goals really sound extremely vague and fluffy (solve poverty, close opportunity gap, etc.), instead of specific and believable, this pretty much confirmed it’s not about your goal but really about your background, what school you went to, etc.
essaysnark says
Can’t seem to open that link right now but we may have seen that slideshow before. If we recall it correctly, it’s not got actual career goals essays, right? If not, then treat it with a grain of salt, at least in the context of admissions. You never know what people are going to say after being admitted, versus what their essays actually stated. Our point is simply that it’s rare for someone to get IN to Stanford (or anywhere else) with a goal that’s as fluffy as what you cited. We’ll circle back and check out that article again when our computer is being more cooperative. Thanks for posting it.