MY MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT HBS
I have to admit that before I applied to HBS I was slightly intimidated by the brand, and I wasn’t sure I would get accepted. Once I got in, I began to worry that I wouldn't fit into the traditional "Harvard-student mold."
I fell into the classic "impostor syndrome" trap, concerned that my admission was really a fluke and that I would need to prove that I really deserved to be at HBS. I convinced myself that for a variety of reasons (because I got in off the waitlist, my lack of finance or consulting experience, the fact that I was black, etc.) I wouldn’t find my place here.
I'll never forget the moment that my perceptions of HBS turned around: my interview day. I expected most of the people I met to be quite pretentious and arrogant—to be sizing up each others' chances of getting accepted. However, I felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude from the other prospective students (many whom became my classmates). Not only that, but each person I met (from current students to staff to prospective students) was so much more encouraging than I expected. I really appreciated the level of humility that I was met with and it made me feel much better about the culture at HBS.
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