In 2005 (and 2006), approximately 100 HBS students visited the Rajugella village in India as part of the India trek. They quickly recognized there was a great opportunity to live the HBS dream and truly make a difference in the world. Five of them took that concept to heart and founded the India Schoolhouse Fund (ISF). (0) comments
Alejandro outlines his thoughts on why so many ECs are still without offers. The US Labor Department recently reported that the October unemployment rate fell to 4.4 percent. Fine and dandy, I thought to myself-I remain 100 percent unemployed. In the aftermath of hell week interviews, I am surely not the only EC trying to make sense of the carnage. (0) comments
QUESTIONS 1) How many companies did you interview with last week? 4 = Mean 0 = Minimum 13 = Maximum 2) What is your DING hit rate, i.e. if you interviewed with 10 companies and were dinged by 3, your Ding hit rate is 30%. Please estimate your hit rate if you are still awaiting final round invites or decisions. (0) comments
Two weeks ago Neil Mahapatra (NG) and Jonathan Kelly (OD) expressed some strong views on positive discrimination and political correctness. Until I read their articles, I hadn't heard the term "positive discrimination." What is it anyway? As a starting point, it seems clear that there are inequalities in the U. (2) comments