<p>The reason my husband finds MBAs uncreative is not from a pre-determined bias but from over 30 years of working with them (both professionally and in charities).</p>
<p>Post 80…I don’t know how that is possible. I kind of know somebody that was recruited from Michigan and works at google. :eek:</p>
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<p>Certainly elite not in the sense of being exclusive is a relative term. </p>
<p>HMSPY is exclusive because the probability of getting in is under 10%. Now if the probability to get in become more than 50%, I don’t think these institutes will retain their elitism or exclusiveness.</p>
<p>Maybe your concept of elitism is different from mine.</p>
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<p>As indicated I know a lot of people who work @ GOOGLE because as indicated GOOGLE now recruits at my alma mater but it was pre-IPO time I was talking about, I know GOOGLE when they were founded in Palo Alto and have seen them recruiting exclusive at top tech schools only. Same with the FaceBook till they opened up late last year to include more schools as indicated.</p>
<p>I guess GS is not an elite company and hasn’t been since their IPO.</p>
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<p>I question this.</p>
<p>I think accomplishment and intelligence – not creativity and intelligence – are what is required. Elite universities are looking for something that goes beyond the usual, but does that something need to be creative in nature?</p>
<p>Accomplishments that rely on leadership, mastery of a body of knowledge, sustained hard work, or development and use of advanced skills in a field seem to be valued as highly as accomplishments more directly related to creativity.</p>
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<p>I love that adjective!!</p>
<p>Yes, this whole thread is making me uneasy and giving me a sense of deja vu. 4 years ago my D was a freshman in high school and I was here learning about what ‘elite colleges’ are looking for. Now I’m reading this thread to find out what ‘elite employers’ are looking for. What will be next…a thread on what the ‘elite husbands’ or ‘elite wives’ are looking for?</p>
<p>The most elite employer to have is yourself. Set your own hours, set your own pace, work around life / family balance issues, and have enough that your clients want that they will wait for your availability.</p>
<p>Post 88… Sounds good.</p>
<p>PG#88: true, can’t beat being a boss of your own destiny!</p>
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<p>I won’t because you just can’t make it to HMSPY by being diligent.</p>
<p>I was my own boss a few times, and in my opinion, it is over rated. I worked longer hours, stayed awaked at night, and was worried about paying employees. Maybe I am just not that much of a risk taker, but I enjoy having a paycheck deposited into my acct every 2 weeks, vacation, benefits, flying business/first when I travel.</p>
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<p>In 2009, University of Maryland stated that Google had been recruiting there for a while.</p>