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...Students increasingly saw the elite MBA as a place to develop a social network rather than acquire a professional education,” Khurana says. “In other words, elite MBA programs were becoming more like finishing schools rather than professional schools...
Coming into Harvard, most Business School students acknowledge that much of the Harvard MBA’s value is derived from outside the classroom: the access to rich networks at social functions, the brand name degree—essentially, the promise of a better and brighter future...
...Business School students have a reputation of taking advantage of the social scene,” says John Coleman, who will graduate from the Business School this year with a joint degree from Harvard Kennedy School...
First-years especially feel pressure from their peers to go out and mingle at social events—because “they feel like they should,” says M. Scott Daubin, a former Student Association Co-President graduating this...
Reflecting on their time at the Business School, this year’s crop of graduates stresses the importance of maintaining a vibrant social life to cement relationships with their peers—connections that may come in handy later in their careers...