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($) The secret to how to get into HBS

April 22, 2022 by EssaySnark - Discusses Harvard 2 Comments

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We’re republishing this from the ‘snarchives to help you eager-beaver BSers who want a leg up on the quintessential of the quintessential-est schools.

Because anybody who first starts thinking they want to get an MBA is immediately going to be thinking about Harvard.

And why not?

Harvard is a world renowned brand.

EVERYBODY has heard of Harvard. (“Uh, yeah, EssaySnark, we know.”)

Even if you have only a vague notion of what an MBA is or why you might want one, you have still heard of Harvard Business School, and you probably wouldn’t mind going there.

An application to the MBA program at Harvard in many ways is going to look like an application to an MBA program anywhere.

They want a GMAT score, or a GRE is fine.

You’ll upload your resume and enter your work history.

They need an essay, and some letters of recommendation.

Pretty standard stuff.

However, that’s where the similarities end.

The approach that you take with your Harvard application should not necessarily be the same as what you might take with, say, Columbia.

Both these schools offer the MBA degree. Both have semi-similar profiles that show average GMAT and grades and they’re not terribly different from one to the next. You can expect that a high GMAT score will be beneficial to you in getting into Harvard, as it would be for Columbia, or Kellogg, or anywhere else.

If you want to get into Harvard, though, you can’t be just another cookie-cutter candidate.

The secret to getting into Harvard is…


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Nobody can predict with certainty if you’re going to be accepted into Harvard. But stepping it up and doing all that you can to be a better person every single day is the best way to find out.

 
 

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  1. KingAir says

    May 11, 2018 at 6:26 pm

    As a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan, I appreciate the endorsement!

    “Cleveland Browns: The HBS of the National Football League” -EssaySnark

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    • essaysnark says

      May 11, 2018 at 7:22 pm

      Err…. Yeah! We’re certain that we said something like that! 😀

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