"The best way to get into HBS is to already have studied at Harvard"

Graduate School Business School - MBA
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<p>"Perhaps the best way to get into Harvard Business School is to already have studied at Harvard University. And if you didn’t have the opportunity to collect an undergraduate degree from Harvard, then it would probably help greatly if you went to Stanford, Penn, Yale, or Columbia University.</p>

<p>Top</a> Feeder Colleges to Harvard B-School | Poets and Quants</p>

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<p>Yeah I figured this is true. And also, going to a top school gives you networking opportunities for better job experience on your application. </p>

<p>I’m hoping going to a school like UT will be beneficial to help get into a top business school like Columbia, at least if not Harvard.</p>

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<p>As a grad of hbs who went to a state school, can assure you that a school like UT will be well respected. If you read the link above, the article notes this. The school wants a diverse group of people in the class. In some ways, distinguishing yourself at a state school may offer advantages (ivy leaguers will in a way be competing with other ivy leaguers). A key is to develop a track record of leadership at school and in your job after school. Harvard and other top programs know there are smart and talented people in lots of places.</p>

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<p>Yep. It helps also if either one of your parents went to Harvard; schools like to keep alumni happy, and a happy alumnus is more likely to be a generous donor.</p>

<p>Research the article ‘Getting In: The social logic of Ivy Leauge admissions’.</p>

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<p>What if one wants to apply at other top MBA programs like NYU, Haas, or Ross off the top of my head, who arent on the level of Harvard, Stanford, ect?! Is the admission process for those schools as cut-throat as they are in the Top 5 Mba programs? Would one be at a disadvantage applying from University of Miami to those lower tier schools as well assuming one has top grades, gmat, essays, good work experience-(not GS, Mckinsey,ect) from a firm such as an IB boutique? Thanks for any replies, ive been reading alot of articles on that website and it definitely has opened my eyes regarding the entire MBA process, but in a good way. Hopefully hard work pays off.</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot!</p>

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<p>Harvard----->Good job------>Top MBA program</p>

<p>So its not directly Haravrd, but the opportunites you get before business school because of Harvard</p>

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<p>[Top</a> Feeder Schools To Wharton’s MBA Program | Poets and Quants](<a href=“http://poetsandquants.com/2011/08/07/top-feeder-schools-to-whartons-mba-program/]Top”>http://poetsandquants.com/2011/08/07/top-feeder-schools-to-whartons-mba-program/)</p>

<p>Here are Wharton’s numbers. Only the 8 Ivies, Stanford, Duke and Georgetown made the top 15 on both lists.</p>

<p>Where is the University of Chicago? The school with arguably the strongest Economics program in the world is not present in either of these lists.</p>

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<p>Maybe they go to other elite business schools? It’s not exactly Wharton or bust</p>

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<p>Re: “So its not directly Harvard, but the opportunites you get before business school because of Harvard.”</p>

<p>That’s the long and short of it, and it’s a well-paved path.</p>