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OK, we've just taken a short walk round the School.
Let's stop here and discuss the following.
The issue of employment after MBA is a sore point, especially after all these financial downturns, because it costs an arm and a leg.
What was the joint price of your Program?
It's the first part of my question.
Well, upon the graduation, my debt makes around 95,000 USD.
This is a standard student debt to be paid within 10-15 years?
Yes, it is a bit smaller on average than that after five years of studies, because I was living on campus and granting assistance to students and the School accommodated me.
However, the debts after MBA graduation remain rather big.
Another question which strongly concerns those living in Ukraine, Belorussia, Russia, etc. is how international students get financial aid for such studies.
Let's be honest: not everyone can afford paying 90,000 USD by themselves.
Well, I don't have 100% verified information about the financial aid for international students.
But from your communication with colleagues
From my experience, I know there are many of them who, if possible, are sponsored by the companies.
On the one hand, this is really very good as you will have less debts to pay pack; on the other hand, it somehow limits the possibilities.
Corporate slavery?
Yes, corporate slavery at least for two years, and then family, then something else, and is goes non-stop.
«Well, we tried to help you, how can you leave…»
Yes, it could be.
In fact, Harvard Business School has enough funds to grant financial aid.
USD 32 bln endowment, if I'm not mistaken.
Yes, but this is for the whole University; however, HBS, as a part of the University, has the biggest amount of money.
In fact, the Financial Office is doing its best to help people who do not take sponsorship (it was my case, as I wanted to have free hands to go to residency training).
I think that the biggest problem is not to get this money but to pay them back to Harvard (or any other institution) by doing what you really want to do.
People faced problems when, after coming from Russia, Argentina, Brazil, etc., got such debts, but they want to dedicate themselves to start-ups or to work in a non-profit organization.
OK, in your case, and in case of your fellow students, what are the main directions that the graduates choose?
Traditionally Consulting and Investment Banking, or are there any new alternatives?
There are more and more people going to work in small (it is better to say middle-range) companies.
I would mention three big groups of people.
Group One is all about traditional Consulting, Investment Banking, and a bit of Private Equity.
This group has existed all the time, but it seems to me that this percent goes down and Goldman Sachs or McKinsey seem not as the coolest one to go as they used to be.
Group Two that is experiencing considerable growth are the tech companies.
To work in Apple, Google, Amazon, and somewhere else basically on the Western Coast…
So everyone is setting off to the (Silicon) Valley, Seattle..
Yes, but some prefer to stay in New York for some reasons.
Finally, Group Three that is small now but is growing constantly are those who prefer to work on their own start-ups (not many due to debts, but they exist).
For example, four out of 90 students from my section work in their start-ups.
Were there any entrepreneurs who, after entering the School, did not care about such debts but wanted knowledge and networking for their future work.
There were entrepreneurs who worked in start-ups or wanted to launch them, but..
They choose Executive MBA, don't they?
Well, those who have unlimited money and do not care at all about debts, basically go to Executive MBA.
Among the students from my section there are those who would like to do it, but it is a bit unusual.
Ok, we are coming to the "sensational" questions.
What surprised you most during this two years at Harvard, this well-known, expensive, elite place with great publicity?
What will you remember for all your life?
I was a little bit surprised that the majority of people here is 'normal.'
You can feel a certain aura here and comparing my medical institute with Harvard, I was afraid that here there will be a lot of people who all work in Investment Business, make big money, their families are rich and can boast three-degree legacy at Harvard…
Well, you can meet such people and it is interesting to observe them, but they do not make the majority.
As I said before, 40% of students come from abroad, and those students do not possess necessary connections and networks.
And even for those living here, Harvard is doing its best to support its long-lasting reputation of the school that does not think only about money, but also admits people who worked on state-owned and public organizations, etc.
So Harvard provides more diversity that I initially expected to meet, and that was very pleasant.
So, you met 'normal' people without this Soviet tradition to show off (if you are rich enough, everyone must know about it)….
Well, there are such people but for sure they are in minority, so you can either observe them (like in Safari park) or just ignore them.
The majority of people here is normal.
As I know, there are nine US Presidents who studied at Harvard.
Have you already booked a place for your portrait on the wall?
(Laughing) I have no any desire to start a political career as this is not a clean business and definitely not for me (especially in the USA nowadays—but this is another issue for sure).
Great! What would you wish for an average applicant (for many reasons I sincerely cannot consider you an average one)
who, being smart, hard-working, and full of hope to self-development, is sitting somewhere in Minsk in a good company and is thinking "OK, where am I and where is Harvard."
What can you say to such people in Minsk, Moscow, Kyiv, Kazakhstan, etc.?
First of all, the more experience of working with Western companies and foreign clients, the better it is for you in terms of improving not only the language but also the cultural awareness of what is going on abroad.
More international exposure, right?
Yes, whether it is working abroad or with people from abroad, and to go for it very actively.
Secondly, Harvard, as well as other Schools, encourages people with non-traditional experience.
That's why if you, instead of working for McKinsey or in Investment Banking, have worked for a state-owned or public organization, you still have an opportunity to enter such an outstanding school.
That's why it is worth trying to make it into and to draft a story that will tell the business school why your work is more interesting to Harvard (or any other school) and how I will manage to apply the knowledge from Harvard to help others.
Of course, there are so many consultants and investment bankers entering here and they will keep on entering.
In other words, not to be afraid…
Yes
Great! This is really an interesting experience and thank you very much for sharing it.
I hope that those watching and listening to us will, first of all, believe more in themselves.
Regardless of your experience, it can be unique for the United States, right?
And you see a real person, a very smart one, whose experience proves that it is possible to enter in spite of a very challenging enrollment procedure that Harvard has (around 6% selection only).
So you see that there are possibilities to enter the School.
We wish you to settle successfully at a new place, to invent a miraculous vaccine, and thank you very much for you time.
Thank you, it was great and all the best to you!
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