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2+2 Program: Have They Really Thought This Through?
By Alex Godden (OJ), Viewpoints Editor
Issue date: 10/15/07 Section: Viewpoints & Humor
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Letter to the Editor
Dear Harbus
I've got a better name for the administration's 2+2 program. Give Kellogg's a call and see if you can use 'Special K'. Allow me to explain. Current HBS students have no problem with you letting in 100 kids with no experience but please keep them away from us and don't take away slots from 100 well deserved applicants. Just up enrollment by 100 and give them their own section so they don't ruin our case discussions with zero experience.
For the next section, the next letter of the alphabet is K. They're so special so special K has a nice ring to it. This will allow recruiters and anyone else familiar with HBS to know right away who worked to get into HBS and who got in after two years of college and got set up with a 2 year princess job at McKinsey.
I think each RC section right now has 1 kid right out of undergrad. 2+2 means 10 per section. Everyone will agree that discussions will go downhill with this many folks having zero experience. Give them their own section.
I could see one of the other b-schools doing this but not hbs. Why sacrifice a meritocracy to the diversity bullies? While you're at it, why don't you accept the children in the Harvard pre-school co-op into the HBS class of 2023.
Sincerely,
Patrick Bateman
When the letter reproduced above first landed on my desk along with my morning toast and coffee I must admit my initial reaction was defensiveness on behalf of our friends up at Northwestern. However, once I had been reassured that the insults were in fact directed at our very own HBS administration I calmed down somewhat. Upon further examination, and not insignificant translation, I concluded that the letter from Mr Bateman*, although a little extreme, raised an interesting topic.
For those of you unaware of the HBS 2+2 Program, I will summarize it as best I can.
The premise is that after working for a few years in either consulting or investment banking, many people face the choice between going into private equity and making a huge amount of money very quickly, or getting rid of all of the money they have amassed so far, and then some, on business school fees.
Dear Harbus
I've got a better name for the administration's 2+2 program. Give Kellogg's a call and see if you can use 'Special K'. Allow me to explain. Current HBS students have no problem with you letting in 100 kids with no experience but please keep them away from us and don't take away slots from 100 well deserved applicants. Just up enrollment by 100 and give them their own section so they don't ruin our case discussions with zero experience.
For the next section, the next letter of the alphabet is K. They're so special so special K has a nice ring to it. This will allow recruiters and anyone else familiar with HBS to know right away who worked to get into HBS and who got in after two years of college and got set up with a 2 year princess job at McKinsey.
I think each RC section right now has 1 kid right out of undergrad. 2+2 means 10 per section. Everyone will agree that discussions will go downhill with this many folks having zero experience. Give them their own section.
I could see one of the other b-schools doing this but not hbs. Why sacrifice a meritocracy to the diversity bullies? While you're at it, why don't you accept the children in the Harvard pre-school co-op into the HBS class of 2023.
Sincerely,
Patrick Bateman
When the letter reproduced above first landed on my desk along with my morning toast and coffee I must admit my initial reaction was defensiveness on behalf of our friends up at Northwestern. However, once I had been reassured that the insults were in fact directed at our very own HBS administration I calmed down somewhat. Upon further examination, and not insignificant translation, I concluded that the letter from Mr Bateman*, although a little extreme, raised an interesting topic.
For those of you unaware of the HBS 2+2 Program, I will summarize it as best I can.
The premise is that after working for a few years in either consulting or investment banking, many people face the choice between going into private equity and making a huge amount of money very quickly, or getting rid of all of the money they have amassed so far, and then some, on business school fees.
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LB
posted 10/31/07 @ 9:27 PM EST
From where does this assumption that those who participate in this program will all work with consulting firms and investment banks? If anything, it seems that this program will result in more varied perspectives in HBS classroom discussions. (Continued…)
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