Countries Where Harvard Business School Comes Up Short

Sandy reveals a list of countries in the world that send zero or very few people to Harvard Business School. If you come from one of these countries, you may have an advantage in applying to HBS’ MBA program.

Citizens from nations on the list, no longer publicly available, would naturally provide extra points to candidates from these nations because the school is trying to craft the most diverse class of MBAs.

Among the nations are Ireland, Mali, Monaco, Nepal Serbia, or Syria, you’re in a good place. But there are plenty more.

Hear Sandy Kreisberg read off the list.

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