Comments on: MBAAAAAAAAAA

By: Meg

Meg — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I think it’s the opposite, that law and medicine are the only professional schools that purportedly prepare you for your actual profession, and it’s mainly because they are covariate with licensure requirements (urban legend has it that if people taking only the intensive bar prep course can pass the bar, though I have no idea how those pass rates compare with people who went through the whole JD program- could be a marketing myth:)). Other degrees are just for signalling and networking- and it sounds like the signalling effects are not inconsequential for the Harvard folk.

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I think that could be possible for someone to practice law without having gone to law school. It would require on the job training. It used to be that way back in the day for both law and medicine.

Licensing is fundamentally a way to artificially restrict compeititon, be it in law, medicine, taxi cabs, or hairdressing.

That being said, I’d be more comfortable with a lawyer that didn’t go to law school, than a doctor that didn’t go to medical school.

By: Nathan Dintenfass

Nathan Dintenfass — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Was the study for Stanford MBA’s, or all MBA programs? There’s a drastic difference, of course.

Though, my friends who went to Stanford business school have confirmed to me that it really is all about getting in rather than what you do when you get there.

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

All MBA I believe.

I wonder if there wouldn’t be a market for something that would substitute for admissions to somewhere prestigueous.

Basically, a MENSA type organization. You need to take the GMAT and submit GPA. Its highly selective, but nothing more than a club, and way cheaper than getting an MBA. You develop the brand and use the brand to reflect the membership, and vice versa.