If you studied the humanities in college, Harvard Business School doesn't just want you, it needs you.
As director of admissions Dee Leopold told Quartz, Harvard's case method—where students examine real-world business examples from all angles—benefits from a multitude of perspectives. If everyone in the class has a background in finance or engineering, the group suffers.
Scholars of the humanities are comfortable with problems that don't have just one correct answer, Leopold said.
"They're used to managing ambiguity," she said. "They have an ability to think broadly, an ability to take a stand, and yet know there are other approaches."
[An excerpt from an Article in Qaurtz]
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-- As director of admissions Dee Leopold told Quartz, Harvard's case method—where students examine real-world business examples from all angles—benefits from a multitude of perspectives. If everyone in the class has a background in finance or engineering, the group suffers.
Scholars of the humanities are comfortable with problems that don't have just one correct answer, Leopold said.
"They're used to managing ambiguity," she said. "They have an ability to think broadly, an ability to take a stand, and yet know there are other approaches."
[An excerpt from an Article in Qaurtz]
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