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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Clubs that have zero applications at Harvard Business School: consulting, private equity, marketing, banking, real estate, family business…

Undergrads with zero work experience have no business filtering out who can be in these clubs. As someone in the industry I would scoff at a kid who tried or boasted about it.[/quote]

Nothing in your comment makes much sense.  I am sure if HBS has a private equity club, there are tons of students in it.

Not sure how work experience has anything to do with undergraduate clubs.  BTW as “someone in the industry”…what industry? [/quote]

The young man who was the head of the consulting club at my son's non-Ivy a few years ago is now a first-year at HBS.

My husband and I are "in the industry" and the younger analysts ALL have clubs on their resumes like student-managed investment fund, consulting group, TAMID, etc. [/quote]

I don’t ding kids for being members of these clubs. I see them all the time too. Who knows which ones are exclusive. But if any kid bragged about creating exclusivity, I would ask questions that I’m sure would show sloppy thinking. They don’t have the experience to decide who makes a good future consultant, and I guarantee they would say something that would make me think not as highly of them as the less exclusive, more open and curious kid.[/quote]

So...you can't unlearn what you are learning here...you now know all these clubs are exclusive (or at least that should be your default position).

So, how do you plan to interview and hire going forward?  [/quote]

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