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Sample Student Schedule

HBS students lead busy and interesting lives. A typical class day for a first-year MBA student may look like this:

TimeEvent
6:30-7:30Gym
7:30-8:30Learning Team
8:40-10:00Class: Finance
10:20-11:40Class: Business Government and International Economy (BGIE)
11:40-1:00Networking Lunch with Second-year Student
1:10-2:30Class: Strategy
3:00-4:00Career Trek Information Session
4:00-5:00Company Presentation
6:00-7:00Basketball versus Section C
7:00-11:00Dinner and preparation for tomorrow's cases

A class day in which students also have interviews may look like this:

TimeEvent
7:30-8:30Learning Team
8:40-10:00Class: Entrepreneurial Manager
10:20-11:40Class: Negotiation
11:40-1:00Brown-bag Lunch with Classmates Who Worked in Media
1:10-2:30Class: Leadership and Corporate Accountability
3:00-4:00Interview #1
4:00-5:30Prepare for Next Interview
5:30-6:00Travel to Off-campus Interview
6:00-6:45Interview #2
7:00-9:00Dinner with Company #2
9:00-12:00Read Tomorrow's Cases

If you're interested in learning more about a typical "24 Hours" in the lives of our students, please visit the MBA student profile section of our MBA site.

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