Business School is a Joke
For a different point of view.<p>Coming from an engineering background, I sat in on an entrepreneurship class at UChicago Booth and I was totally blown away.<p>The angle was completely different. The previous class the students were all given the details about hypothetical ventures with some background on the market and they were asked to say whether they would invest or not invest should such a proposal cross their desk.<p>Then the class I was in, the big twist was that a lot of the ventures were real, and the founders were there that day.<p>The experience of being there when a room full of really bright and really accomplished kids learned that the company that 9/10 had passed on became a multi-million dollar success was priceless (and vice-versa). The message was unmistakeable.<p>Regarding the student body: I struck up a conversation with an enrolled student next to me, and it turns out the guy was one of the first 10 employees at ICQ. Pretty cool.<p>Take which anecdote (mine or the author's) you will. Also consider that the author's program was an undergraduate program and try to remember how experienced or useful you were at 18-21.