{"id":16372,"date":"2013-01-11T14:48:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T21:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=16372"},"modified":"2013-01-11T14:51:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T21:51:00","slug":"whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s So Special About Harvard Business School?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stacyblackman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/harvard-business-school-horizontal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stacyblackman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/harvard-business-school-horizontal-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"HBS\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" \/><\/a>Quite a bit, according to an <a title=\"What Does Harvard Business School Do?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ryanallis.com\/a-letter-to-the-hbs-class-of-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">open letter<\/a> published recently by <strong>Ryan Allis<\/strong> '14 as he reflected on his first semester for the <strong>Harvard Business School <\/strong>Class of 2015 pre-matriculation blog.\u00a0 Like any top-tier MBA program, HBS students learn finance, marketing, operations and the like. But Allis says he's taken away much more than that over the last four months.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Harvard Business School:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Teaches you a deeply analytical thinking process critical to making high quality decisions and becoming a transformational leader.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Enables you to build a team or find a team of superstars to go after any big world challenge that you wish. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Gives you constant psychological reinforcement and mentors that enable you to refine and then actually execute on your dreams to make a difference.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In just one semester, Allis says his thinking process and decision-making ability has been refined, because \"HBS teaches you to see one problem from ninety angles\u2013equal to the number of classmates in your first year section with whom you\u2019ll take each class and form meaningful lifelong bonds.\"<\/p>\n<p>Also, HBS changes the caliber of the people in your life as you build lifelong ties with highly competent people who want to make a big difference in the world. Allis adds that this greatly expands the frontier of opportunities available to you and your ability to find leverage points to influence the world.<\/p>\n<p>Thirdly, Allis believes Harvard Business School can help you use your life to make a bigger difference in the world.\u00a0\"Whether or not you already have your life dreams mapped out,\" Allis says, \"HBS provides the landscape for wide-ranging exploration and reflection and the support to go in any direction you wish.\"<\/p>\n<p>Finally, this first-year student is amazed at the psychological value and self-fulfilling prophecy of being around people who assume you're going to do something special in the world.\u00a0 \"If you crave the combination of an inspiring environment with access to the people who can help you do anything you set your mind to,\" says Allis, \"You\u2019ll love your time at HBS.\"<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"yiv443568815yui_3_2_0_28_1340659921821143\">If you are looking for guidance on your <\/em>MBA <em id=\"yiv443568815yui_3_2_0_28_1340659921821143\">application, Stacy Blackman Consulting can help with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stacyblackman.com\/hourly\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">hourly<\/a> and <a id=\"yiv443568815yui_3_7_2_19_1352780523881_160\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stacyblackman.com\/process\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">comprehensive<\/a> consulting services. <a id=\"yiv443568815yui_3_7_2_20_1350310324664_151\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stacyblackman.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Contact us<\/a> to learn more. Visit the website for <a id=\"yiv443568815yui_3_2_0_19_1348440746756223\" title=\"Stacy Blackman reviews\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stacyblackman.com\/testimonials\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Stacy Blackman Reviews<\/a>, and check out the company\u2019s e-publications for more in depth school-by-school guidance.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quite a bit, according to an open letter published recently by Ryan Allis &#8217;14 as he reflected on his first semester for the Harvard Business School Class of 2015 pre-matriculation&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3,749,775,243],"tags":[796,1083,1906,312,1031],"class_list":["post-16372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-b-school-life","category-stacy-blackman","category-admission-consultants","category-blog","tag-harvard-business-school","tag-ryan-allis","tag-stacy-blackman","tag-top-mba","tag-why-an-mba","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Quite a bit, according to an open letter published recently by Ryan Allis &#039;14 as he reflected on his first semester for the Harvard Business School Class of 2015 pre-matriculation blog. Like any top-tier MBA program, HBS students learn finance, marketing, operations and the like. But Allis says he&#039;s taken away much more than that\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"stacyblackman\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\n\t\t<!-- Google tag (gtag.js) -->\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=G-EPGBB37M3K\"><\/script>\n<script>\nwindow.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\nfunction gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\ngtag('js', new Date());\ngtag('config', 'G-EPGBB37M3K');\n<\/script>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GMAT Club Blog - Free GMAT Tests, Question of the Day, Interview Debriefs, MBA Rankings\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What\u2019s So Special About Harvard Business School? - GMAT Club Blog\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Quite a bit, according to an open letter published recently by Ryan Allis &#039;14 as he reflected on his first semester for the Harvard Business School Class of 2015 pre-matriculation blog. Like any top-tier MBA program, HBS students learn finance, marketing, operations and the like. But Allis says he&#039;s taken away much more than that\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gmat-club-logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gmat-club-logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-01-11T21:48:29+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-01-11T21:51:00+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gmatclubforum\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gmat_club\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"What\u2019s So Special About Harvard Business School? - GMAT Club Blog\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Quite a bit, according to an open letter published recently by Ryan Allis &#039;14 as he reflected on his first semester for the Harvard Business School Class of 2015 pre-matriculation blog. Like any top-tier MBA program, HBS students learn finance, marketing, operations and the like. But Allis says he&#039;s taken away much more than that\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@gmat_club\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gmat-club-logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\\\/#blogposting\",\"name\":\"What\\u2019s So Special About Harvard Business School? - GMAT Club Blog\",\"headline\":\"What&#8217;s So Special About Harvard Business School?\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/stacyblackman\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.stacyblackman.com\\\/wp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/harvard-business-school-horizontal-300x199.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\\\/#articleImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-11T14:48:29-07:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-11T14:51:00-07:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"MBA, Bschool Life, Stacy Blackman Consulting, Admission Consultants, Blog, Harvard Business School, Ryan Allis, Stacy Blackman, top MBA, why an MBA\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/blog\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Blog\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/blog\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/blog\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/blog\\\/mba\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"MBA\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/blog\\\/mba\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"MBA\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/blog\\\/mba\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/blog\\\/mba\\\/admission-consultants\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Admission Consultants\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/blog\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Blog\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/blog\\\/mba\\\/admission-consultants\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Admission Consultants\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/blog\\\/mba\\\/admission-consultants\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/blog\\\/mba\\\/admission-consultants\\\/stacy-blackman\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Stacy Blackman Consulting\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/blog\\\/mba\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"MBA\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/blog\\\/mba\\\/admission-consultants\\\/stacy-blackman\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Stacy Blackman Consulting\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/blog\\\/mba\\\/admission-consultants\\\/stacy-blackman\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"What&#8217;s So Special About Harvard Business School?\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/blog\\\/mba\\\/admission-consultants\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Admission Consultants\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":6,\"name\":\"What&#8217;s So Special About Harvard Business School?\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/blog\\\/mba\\\/admission-consultants\\\/stacy-blackman\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Stacy Blackman Consulting\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GMAT Club\",\"description\":\"Free GMAT Tests, Question of the Day, Interview Debriefs, MBA Rankings\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/gmat-club-logo.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/gmatclubforum\",\"https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/gmat_club\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/gmat_club\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/gmatclub\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/gmat-club\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/stacyblackman\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/stacyblackman\\\/\",\"name\":\"stacyblackman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9649076a2ac869de77fe17afbbc4af336d6275698558a0b9b638de54f0337664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"stacyblackman\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\\\/\",\"name\":\"What\\u2019s So Special About Harvard Business School? - GMAT Club Blog\",\"description\":\"Quite a bit, according to an open letter published recently by Ryan Allis '14 as he reflected on his first semester for the Harvard Business School Class of 2015 pre-matriculation blog. Like any top-tier MBA program, HBS students learn finance, marketing, operations and the like. But Allis says he's taken away much more than that\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/stacyblackman\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/stacyblackman\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-11T14:48:29-07:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-11T14:51:00-07:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"GMAT Club\",\"description\":\"Free GMAT Tests, Question of the Day, Interview Debriefs, MBA Rankings\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gmatclub.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"What\u2019s So Special About Harvard Business School? - GMAT Club Blog","description":"Quite a bit, according to an open letter published recently by Ryan Allis '14 as he reflected on his first semester for the Harvard Business School Class of 2015 pre-matriculation blog. Like any top-tier MBA program, HBS students learn finance, marketing, operations and the like. But Allis says he's taken away much more than that","canonical_url":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":"&lt;!-- Google tag (gtag.js) --&gt;\n&lt;script async src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=G-EPGBB37M3K\"&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;\n&lt;script&gt;\nwindow.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\nfunction gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\ngtag('js', new Date());\ngtag('config', 'G-EPGBB37M3K');\n&lt;\/script&gt;"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/#blogposting","name":"What\u2019s So Special About Harvard Business School? - GMAT Club Blog","headline":"What&#8217;s So Special About Harvard Business School?","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/author\/stacyblackman\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.stacyblackman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/harvard-business-school-horizontal-300x199.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/#articleImage"},"datePublished":"2013-01-11T14:48:29-07:00","dateModified":"2013-01-11T14:51:00-07:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"MBA, Bschool Life, Stacy Blackman Consulting, Admission Consultants, Blog, Harvard Business School, Ryan Allis, Stacy Blackman, top MBA, why an MBA"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/#listItem","name":"Blog"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/mba\/#listItem","name":"MBA"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/mba\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"MBA","item":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/mba\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/mba\/admission-consultants\/#listItem","name":"Admission Consultants"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/#listItem","name":"Blog"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/mba\/admission-consultants\/#listItem","position":4,"name":"Admission Consultants","item":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/mba\/admission-consultants\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/mba\/admission-consultants\/stacy-blackman\/#listItem","name":"Stacy Blackman Consulting"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/mba\/#listItem","name":"MBA"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/mba\/admission-consultants\/stacy-blackman\/#listItem","position":5,"name":"Stacy Blackman Consulting","item":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/mba\/admission-consultants\/stacy-blackman\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/#listItem","name":"What&#8217;s So Special About Harvard Business School?"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/mba\/admission-consultants\/#listItem","name":"Admission Consultants"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/#listItem","position":6,"name":"What&#8217;s So Special About Harvard Business School?","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/mba\/admission-consultants\/stacy-blackman\/#listItem","name":"Stacy Blackman Consulting"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"GMAT Club","description":"Free GMAT Tests, Question of the Day, Interview Debriefs, MBA Rankings","url":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gmat-club-logo.png","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/#organizationLogo","width":150,"height":150},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/#organizationLogo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gmatclubforum","https:\/\/twitter.com\/gmat_club","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gmat_club","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/gmatclub","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/gmat-club\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/author\/stacyblackman\/#author","url":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/author\/stacyblackman\/","name":"stacyblackman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9649076a2ac869de77fe17afbbc4af336d6275698558a0b9b638de54f0337664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"stacyblackman"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/","name":"What\u2019s So Special About Harvard Business School? - GMAT Club Blog","description":"Quite a bit, according to an open letter published recently by Ryan Allis '14 as he reflected on his first semester for the Harvard Business School Class of 2015 pre-matriculation blog. Like any top-tier MBA program, HBS students learn finance, marketing, operations and the like. But Allis says he's taken away much more than that","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/author\/stacyblackman\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/author\/stacyblackman\/#author"},"datePublished":"2013-01-11T14:48:29-07:00","dateModified":"2013-01-11T14:51:00-07:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/","name":"GMAT Club","description":"Free GMAT Tests, Question of the Day, Interview Debriefs, MBA Rankings","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"GMAT Club Blog - Free GMAT Tests, Question of the Day, Interview Debriefs, MBA Rankings","og:type":"article","og:title":"What\u2019s So Special About Harvard Business School? - GMAT Club Blog","og:description":"Quite a bit, according to an open letter published recently by Ryan Allis '14 as he reflected on his first semester for the Harvard Business School Class of 2015 pre-matriculation blog. Like any top-tier MBA program, HBS students learn finance, marketing, operations and the like. But Allis says he's taken away much more than that","og:url":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/","og:image":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gmat-club-logo.png","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gmat-club-logo.png","og:image:width":150,"og:image:height":150,"article:published_time":"2013-01-11T21:48:29+00:00","article:modified_time":"2013-01-11T21:51:00+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gmatclubforum","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:site":"@gmat_club","twitter:title":"What\u2019s So Special About Harvard Business School? - GMAT Club Blog","twitter:description":"Quite a bit, according to an open letter published recently by Ryan Allis '14 as he reflected on his first semester for the Harvard Business School Class of 2015 pre-matriculation blog. Like any top-tier MBA program, HBS students learn finance, marketing, operations and the like. But Allis says he's taken away much more than that","twitter:creator":"@gmat_club","twitter:image":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gmat-club-logo.png"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"16372","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2022-01-23 18:40:58","updated":"2026-01-01 04:45:54","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/\" title=\"Blog\">Blog<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/mba\/\" title=\"MBA\">MBA<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/mba\/admission-consultants\/\" title=\"Admission Consultants\">Admission Consultants<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/mba\/admission-consultants\/stacy-blackman\/\" title=\"Stacy Blackman Consulting\">Stacy Blackman Consulting<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tWhat\u2019s So Special About Harvard Business School?\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog"},{"label":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},{"label":"MBA","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/mba\/"},{"label":"Admission Consultants","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/mba\/admission-consultants\/"},{"label":"Stacy Blackman Consulting","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/mba\/admission-consultants\/stacy-blackman\/"},{"label":"What&#8217;s So Special About Harvard Business School?","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-so-special-about-harvard-business-school\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16372"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16374,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16372\/revisions\/16374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}