tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360389385529959018.post8006020119329747700..comments2024-01-29T03:50:55.950-08:00Comments on From PA to the World: Should I have gone to Harvard?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466670015098590734noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360389385529959018.post-51930837088320917082014-05-21T21:42:08.180-07:002014-05-21T21:42:08.180-07:00Congrats on all your success! That's an intere...Congrats on all your success! That's an interesting point you (via Derrick) make. A few observations: <br /><br />- Harvard has been around and revered for 378 years. You're suggesting that in 50 years (when you're a grandfather), people won't know what Harvard is? I understand the sentiment, but, come on. <br /><br />- It's a certainty that the prospective student's grandparents don't know what Stanford is, but it's still uncertain if his future grandchildren will know what Harvard is. Why would he pick a certain negative over an uncertain negative. That doesn't make sense to me. <br /><br />- To the point above, wouldn't it be worse for one's grandparents to not know of one's school than one's grandchildren. By the time you're a grandfather, it doesn't matter where you went to school, one's life is defined by so much more at that point (hopefully accomplishments). When one is in school, the reputation of that school matters quite a bit (I'd argue more than at any other time in one's life). So wouldn't you want the height of the school's reputation to coincide as closely as possible with when you're a student, not when you're on your deathbed?<br /><br />- Finally, the comment generally insinuates that HBS and Harvard aren't very much focused on the future, though from just reading a few articles, that doesn't seem very true (though I agree that Stanford has a reputation for innovation).<br /><br />I get that the Derrick soundbite sounds nice, but does it make much sense logically? <br /><br />Full disclosure - I was accepted at both schools several years ago (and debated this with myself) but decided not to get an MBA after all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com