What's Hot This Week

The SA Senate’s Housing and New Construction Committee is ready to unveil a new section of the prematriculation web site designed to help admitted students with their Allston-area housing searches. The new site will contain data about the lottery process and a given student’s odds of getting the housing they want, as well as variety… Continue reading What's Hot This Week

OF Stands Proud in Intramural Soccer Championship

Section OF approached the Intramural Soccer Championship in a good mood. Strong EC teams–OD, OC, OK, and OB–were defeated in previous rounds. Considering how many HBS Soccer Team players were on these teams, OF had a reason to be proud. In addition, in this season, the team demonstrated excellent turnaround management skills–last year the team… Continue reading OF Stands Proud in Intramural Soccer Championship

What's Hot This Week

Online Evaluations, More Interaction on Agenda Second year students will be glad to know that HBS’ official EC course evaluations will be online on Monday, November 26th, a few days after Thanksgiving. This is a great resource for those (like me) who are still determining which courses to take! Considering that my previous process was… Continue reading What's Hot This Week

Inside The Senate

If asked today, EC students weighed down by class projects would probably voice doubts that next June’s Class Day will ever take place.But the SA Senate’s Operations Committee is working behind the scenes to make sure that the June 5 event is unforgettable.Committee co-chair Kyra Danilchick (OF) said at the Senate meeting last Wednesday that… Continue reading Inside The Senate

What's Hot This Week

Ron Peracchio, the acting director of MBA Career Services, took a break from the recruiter outreach and CareerLink management activities that have been consuming his time lately to address the HBS Student Association’s Wednesday meeting last week. Although scheduled to speak largely about the office’s new initiatives for expanding international job opportunities (see last week’s… Continue reading What's Hot This Week

Helpful Harvard Hints

Ever since I came to HBS, I’ve picked up a few helpful hints. After all, it’s the little things that make me happy. I’m sure most students already know about most that I will mention, especially the EC’s. However, some may not know, and for those people, I offer you my learnings… 1) Jake’s FRC… Continue reading Helpful Harvard Hints

Career Services Responds to CareerLink Problems

MBA Career Services realizes that EC students may have experienced some technical difficulties last week with the resume submission process. We appreciate your patience and feedback while we worked to address the problem. We’d like to provide the following information in an effort to clarify what went wrong, identify the action steps we took, and… Continue reading Career Services Responds to CareerLink Problems

Magnificent Mondavi

Great wines, great friends and great conversation-who needs jobs? That was the atmosphere at the HBS Wine and Cuisine Society’s first wine dinner, held this past Monday at Henrietta’s Table at The Charles Hotel. At 6:30PM, as RC students put off case work for the evening and EC students recovered from the torture of submitting… Continue reading Magnificent Mondavi

Students Share Strength in Aftermath of Tragedy

It can be difficult coping with the stresses of HBS during the best of times. After the unbelievable horror of the events on September 11, many of us turned to existing networks of family, faith groups, and friends to see us through. Other people, perhaps feeling somewhat isolated here on campus, sought comfort here in… Continue reading Students Share Strength in Aftermath of Tragedy

Case Rip Cord Hits the EC

Welcome to the first edition of the Case Rip Cord for this academic year. In this column, we look at the lighter side of the cases we see in class everyday. Your contributions to this column are welcome, and we’re especially seeking comments from first years on RC cases. Please email your comments to Case.Rip.Cord@mba2002.hbs.edu.… Continue reading Case Rip Cord Hits the EC

Symbol

This article was formerly known as “New J Goes Skiing”. During the transition to EC, it was changed to “OJ Goes Skiing.” And in a few short months the title will change again to “Section J Class of 2002 Goes Skiing-Alumni Update.” We wanted to avoid such name changes and we wanted to maintain one… Continue reading Symbol

Published
Categorized as News Tagged , ,

CareerTalk

For the past year we have been hearing about the new wave of B2B and B2C: “Back to Banking” and “Back to Consulting”. The question on the minds of many EC students is which of these options to go for. Given the weight of this decision in determining quality of life post our HBS honeymoon… Continue reading CareerTalk

Welcome Back ECs

Just as the Class of 2003 had started feeling a little settled, having gotten the Crimson Greetings glitter off their hands and foreheads, and into Foundations, they were subjected to a shocking disturbance. The ECs are back. As nine hundred people stormed back into what they felt was their domain, the hapless RCs watched the… Continue reading Welcome Back ECs

Josh Coval Takes Harbus NFL Pick 'em Title

The Harbus NFL Pick ’em Contest came to a close over winter break, with a new champion dominating the field – the faculty’s Josh Coval. Holding the lead since week 4, Josh won with a margin of over 100 points, and finished more than 400 points above the last-place finisher, Daniel Pullin (OA). For his… Continue reading Josh Coval Takes Harbus NFL Pick 'em Title

2002: A Year in Review

In many different ways, the Harbus newspaper has proved to be an enormous asset to the HBS community since its establishment 65 years ago. One of the great services the paper provides is a snapshot of the events, issues and concerns that mould the experience of being part of the HBS community. I’d like to… Continue reading 2002: A Year in Review

Redesigning the HBS Curriculum

The mission of the Harvard Business School (HBS) is “to develop outstanding business leaders who contribute to the well-being of society.” HBS endeavors to do so with its core Required Curriculum (RC) and its fully elective Elective Curriculum (EC). This article is an introductory examination of whether HBS provides a curriculum sufficient, both in its… Continue reading Redesigning the HBS Curriculum

Are you Committed to our Mission?

The mission of the MBA program at Harvard Business School is to develop outstanding business leaders who will contribute to the well being of society. This is certainly an ambitious goal. It might even be argued that a touch of arrogance (despite the HBS abhorrence of the word) can be found in this one sentence.… Continue reading Are you Committed to our Mission?

Not Feelin' the HBS Love

There is an oft-cited adage on dating and love here at HBS, at least among the female folk, that, “the odds are good, but the goods are odd.” I am writing an article to dispute this posit-posing-as-fact. First, I have more faith in the 65% khaki-wearing part of the population than the person that coined… Continue reading Not Feelin' the HBS Love

ECs Begin On-Campus Recruiting

This week, the job market is top of many EC students’ agendas, as they busily prepare for the on-campus recruiting schedule beginning Wednesday, October 30. Recruiting is also top of mind for many RC students, as they begin to make decisions regarding summer opportunities. General Recruiting EnvironmentThe MBA recruiting environment is generally regarded as the… Continue reading ECs Begin On-Campus Recruiting

Christopher's – "Where Everybody Knows Your Name"

Not since early adolescence had this many hopes and dreams come to fruition in one evening. Okay, this might be a slight exaggeration, but let us try to explain the excitement that we and our significant others shared at our dinner at Christopher’s (1920 Mass Ave, Porter Square 617-876-9180). Upon arrival, our party received immediate… Continue reading Christopher's – "Where Everybody Knows Your Name"

An Open Letter to the RC from the EC

The SEC recently enacted Regulation FD, mandating full disclosure in the financial markets. In light of recent events underscoring the importance of this rule, I’ve decided to provide full disclosure to the RC on the various unknowns in the HBS experience. The following are some points of advice for the RC class: 1) Admissions Mistakes.… Continue reading An Open Letter to the RC from the EC

Faculty, EC, and RC Match Wits

Ever wonder “who’s the smartest group of people on campus?” Sure, we’d all probably agree that would be whoever maintains the perfect taste and temperature of the frosty cold beers down in the Spangler Grille – but let’s rule them out for the time being. Here at Harbus Sports, we’ve launched an “NFL Pick ’em”… Continue reading Faculty, EC, and RC Match Wits

RCs, You Are Not Alone…

Study groups are part of the HBS learning experience. They usually provide help with case preparation, and are terrific social and networking settings. Now imagine the same thing, but dedicated to the second pillar of a successful HBS experience: the job search. Tempting, isn’t it? Well, those groups exist, and they are called the Career… Continue reading RCs, You Are Not Alone…

Let's Get Ready to Rumble!

Harvard Business School continues its long-standing tradition of Intramural Sports this fall with the kickoff of football and soccer leagues. Only a few days after RC’s have begun settling into their newly formed sections, they must prepare to challenge other RC sections and the seasoned EC veterans in the arena of sport. Section competition will… Continue reading Let's Get Ready to Rumble!