B minor

When I started telling people I was going to hbs, a lot of them said “oh I heard it’s a two year party.” I’d like to take a second to address that notion.

It is.

And it isn’t.

Lots of people imply that they come to b-school for a two year vacation from real work or hard work. I understand that some people worked worse hours before school. I also understand that some people are so smart that this is all second nature to them.

I am not one of those people.

Here is what I have learned so far: b-school is a lot of fun. There is a social element to this place that I could not have predicted before I arrived. So ya, big party. But it’s also lots and lots and lots of hard work. There is a mantra here: work, play, sleep – pick two. Completely true. But not at all something I’d change.