<p>Hmmmm....keefer....have you realized that I bump this thread too? I don't mean to point out the obvious, but you don't seem to get it: I neither mind nor care. You can continue doing whatever you think are doing. </p>
<p>Now tell me, are you still chasing investment banking jobs with no success? Or are you still at the no-name consulting firm?</p>
<p>Also, did you ever notice that your status as a "member" doesn't give you any say about what will happen to threads? Shocking, isn't it?</p>
<p>How about we do this: </p>
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<li>You declare yourself to be a moron.</li>
<li>You go away for a year and try to get a banking job. Coming back to say you couldn't is acceptable.</li>
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<p>It is truly a precocious HBS grad who can afford to stay up until 3:30AM arguing on the internet, especially in these current economic times.</p>
<p>I've been leaving Lehman (my current client - well, Barclays now) at 10pm every night, doing work that I'm glad to have, but I have to be back there before 8am. Your "mid-market PE fund" must be one hell of a place.</p>
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<p>Sakky, I for one will take your offer in the spirit I hope it was intended. As you're consistently one of the most knowledgeable posters around here, I'm curious as to your background. You don't have to prove it to me, but can you tell me which MBA program you graduated from? Full-time, PhD, whatever. We've gotten allusions before but I don't think anyone's ever asked you directly.</p>
<p>I don't get it...I'm a latecomer to this conversation, but a quick preview of Wildflower's past topics shows that she (he?) was accepted to Whitman with a full scholarship in 2006. How could Wildflower be a HBS alum?</p>
<p>Legend2009: I had two years of college when I applied to Whitman. What you should wonder is whether I attended Whitman or elsewhere. It was not the only school I applied to or was accepted in, and I was already at a 4-year school on a scholarship. </p>
<p>transferkid: how do you plan to study philosophy at the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), which is affiliated with Cornell? Cornell</a> CALS - Google Search</p>
<p>Sakky: so, how many projectors in a Harvard MBA classroom? And forget the staff question (but not the projectors one), I'll give you an easier one: what's the basic layout of the Spangler study rooms?</p>
<p>Everyone else: you shouldn't be jealous. But I wouldn't be surprised if you were. And VW: it's not 300K. :)</p>
<p>I am a female candidate from india planning to apply for 2+2 this summer, can u plz put me in touch with the 2 indian students who got in to 2+2? if you are familiar with the interview process etc, please shed some light on the same.</p>
<p>There were multiple Indian students who were admitted. However, I am not able to track Indian students who study in the U.S. vs. Indian students who attend IIT or another Indian university. </p>
<p>In regards to the interview process, HBS offered interviews to about 30% of the applicants (roughly 200 interviews out of roughly 650 total applicants). My interview experience was quite similar to what you can find in the Accepted.com interview database for HBS. The big difference, however, is that special attention was given to my current activities last summer. I definitely encourage any potential applicants to try for an awesome internship for the Junior year summer. </p>
<p>HBS also gave 2+2 applicants a tour of campus, organized a lunch with interviewees, and catered the regular info session to 2+2. The interviews were conducted over a one week period (spots scheduled online on a first come, first serve basis). Travel was reimbursed up to $500 US---I believe this made travel difficult for some international applicants.</p>
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<p>Actually, no you can't. I think you just gave yourself away.</p>
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<p>Uh, I don't think you've given anybody any reason to be jealous.</p>
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<p>3, or up to 6 if you count the backups. </p>
<p>Now, let's get down to real brass tacks. According to the database, how many Harvard MBA's have graduated from what is apparently one of your favorite colleges, Whitman College?</p>
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Sakky, I for one will take your offer in the spirit I hope it was intended. As you're consistently one of the most knowledgeable posters around here, I'm curious as to your background. You don't have to prove it to me, but can you tell me which MBA program you graduated from? Full-time, PhD, whatever. We've gotten allusions before but I don't think anyone's ever asked you directly.
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<p>I won't answer directly. The main difference between me and Wildflower is that I have never once claimed that I actually have any affiliation with HBS.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I'd like to think that I know the place pretty well, and if somebody has a question about HBS, I will try to answer it to the best of my ability. Those who doubt me are free to verify my answers using whatever resources they may have and call me out if they think I have ever said anything false. Incidentally, this is why I try to provide data to back up whatever I say,either through direct web links, or barring that, at least telling people where I have obtained my information.</p>
<p>I mean, that's all fine, but people are posting here under an assumption that they can talk to actual students or alums of the schools which interest them. I don't mind your contributions in the slightest - I think you're quite helpful and well-reasoned - but it WOULD be helpful to know your credentials around here so we know the basis from which you express opinions. Otherwise we might as well google stuff ourselves.</p>
<p>I mean, what's the downside of telling us where you went to school? The sakky-stalking community won't be any closer to finding you.</p>
<p>Wildflower, I am not playing games at all. I do not claim to have a relationship with HBS, and never have. Maybe I do, maybe I don't, but I have never claimed one. People are perfectly free to judge the veracity and usefulness of my posts purely on their merits. </p>
<p>You, on the other hand, have made such a claim, and quite an extraordinary one, given the issue with your timeline. I think it is entirely fair for extraordinary claims to be backed by extraordinary proof. </p>
<p>So I say again, instead of wasting everybody's time here, why not simply clear the air? Pull some information out of the HBS database and post it here. I think that's a quite trivial task that clearly maintains any privacy concerns you may have. Nobody here has any way of figuring out who you are simply because you've accessed the database.</p>
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<p>I mean, what's the downside of telling us where you went to school? The sakky-stalking community won't be any closer to finding you.
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<p>The downside is quite simple, and one that you alluded to yourself: I can be quite easily Google'd. And not just by you, but also by powerful people, and I think you may have noticed that not all of my posts are positive. I speak very candidly here on cc, and I don't want blowback in my real life. </p>
<p>Hence, I would rather not inject my biography into the discussion at all, and so I (unlike others here) make no claim to have any connection to HBS, or any other school for that matter. If that causes you to doubt the veracity of my posts, I welcome anybody who wants to verify them, for I am confident that they will withstand scrutiny. For example, if you don't think that the information I have presented regarding the HBS database is true, then somebody else who has access is free to call me out. But in any case, I don't claim to have any relationship with any school.</p>
<p>Ok really dumb question, but what is 2+2? It sounds like you start B-school during undergrad at Harvard or do you have to undergrad at Harvard? or am I completely off? Doesn't Penn have a program like this?</p>