Do women flock to HBS guys?
Just wondering if going to an elite business school increases your chance of attracting women and if HBS guys are just absolutely slaying it out there. Sure they're probably doing quite well for themselves already, but having that association must be a great kicker, like frosting on top of a cake.
Having HBS on your dating profile must get you a lot of eyebrow raises and make you standout above the competition online. I also imagine if you casually mention it in a conversation you instantly get that aura of success and people warm up to you faster. Or maybe people don't really care about it... thoughts?
You're probably better off pretending to be a hipster photographer.
Or getting your asperger's treated.
(sorry that was probably too far)
Absolutely, women value a man based on their prestigious meter.
Fuck off OP.
God I love how you have -8 points.
doesn't matter what degree you have, if you're a nerd with doughy physique and socially awkward you won't be attracting much
Depends on the guy. If you're unattractive and awkward it won't do much. But if you're reasonably good looking and social and fun, it will substantially boost your profile. Women do like prestige if it is coupled with other attractive qualities.
HBS dudes have mad swagger and it gives you a huge preftige bump when you register on The League.
As long as your not Asian...
Ridiculously untrue. Depends on the asian guy. My asian-american buddies at HBS are doing very well with girls, including GASP, white girls.
I was taking the piss mate, reminded me of that asian guy thread a while back
Women are programmed to flock to anything that will increase their survival chance.
This.
if u liek asians then yes by all means
aka 99% of wso
So my gf who is at a H/S/W law school and said there are actually girls at the law school trying to bag MBA guys from their business school.
So to the OP. Make all of your career and life choices based on that and you can say you got a HBS trophy wife. Im sure all of the girls that turn you down now would change their minds if they saw you at the gym in a Harvard MBA/Business School shirt.
Orr you can just wait till ur a VP/Director and go pick up a 24 yr old out of some shthole bar in Murray Hill like the rest of the socially awkward bankers in NY.
Yup. This is true. The law girls at my university (as well as other grad programs) love us MBA guys and intentionally seek us out. I've been to multiple inter-grad school mixers where chicks looked excited when they found out I was MBA and would immediately ask for my number. Of course, whether or not you want to seriously date girls like this is a different issue. But damm, it certainly feels awesome!
Brady?
The answer to whether women are going to be interested in you because of HBS is the same as any other attribute you may have, whether that's looks, money, fitness, accent, and so on. Let me give some insight into my philosophy....and one that, when adapted, literally had me go from 22 year old virgin to married to a 5'9, blonde haired, blue eyed, slim country girl in a relationship that's (literally)gotten me a lot of comments about how we're such a good match we're like lost twins.
Short answer: yes.
Long answer: Yes, it's going to attract a certain type of woman to you. Just like men have different preferences in women, women value different things in men (that tend to be more diverse than men's preferences). Some women value huskiness and ruggedness(the type who date lumberjacks and bikers). Others are straight up gold diggers(what most player types call "hos") who will zero in on men who've got cash. Yet others want respectable and protective men who would make good family leaders.
It's as complicated as it sounds so it's a dramatic oversimplification. And yes, some girls are driven primarily by "prestige". An example from my former career in the military would be what we called "ring chasers"......girls who were determined to get a guy who was an alumni at a service academy (or sometimes other military schools like VMI or Citadel) because they wanted to piggyback off of his perceived prestige. A good example is an ex who I'm pretty sure noticed me because she first saw me wearing dress blues, while sporting a class ring from a lesser known (but arguably the best) military college.
There's no shortage of that kind of girl in the civilian world as well. What they care about is social climbing and prestige and as such they value guys who offer social mobility. A well known national example would be Hillary Clinton who (from what I've heard) married Bill because she saw him as a ticket to notoriety. The flipside is that if something happens to dent your "prestige" in her eyes that attraction can evaporate quickly. In my case it was because my own background was insufficiently "prestigious" for my ex's mother who quickly worked to undermine the relationship it a lot of ways that I only found out about after the fact.....for example telling her that she deserved a guy with a West Point ring.
Whether you put it on your profile should depend on the answer to these questions: Is the kind of girl you want the kind who will be impressed by the fact that you went to Harvard, while simultaneously not caring that you are blatantly attempting to use your status to attract women? (and yes, they will pick up on that)
There's ups and downs. My experience from multiple relationships with girls like that is they can be fantastic for your career advancement(they will aggressively help you advance because it benefits their own "prestige"), but their personality can be pretty cold. Expect them to be extremely helpful with networking and supporting your work but don't expect to come home to a kiss, a hug, and a delicious home cooked dinner followed by a blowjob.
Did you go to Norwich?
thank you OP, I needed this today.
by the way, the answer is yes, but it's much easier to lose your virginity than it is to get into HBS
Soooooo you're telling the virgin army there's a chance, I read ya
sup brady/jjc
@"Easy C" We gotta hear your whole story, bro.
Not happening, as the full story with that girl would make both me and her personally identifiable.
Most information I can give: you already know that she was a prestige-chaser as she chose her undergraduate school at an all women's college based primarily on it's "prestige". She also stated that "ideally, a guy would have a West Point or VMI ring".
I don't even know where to begin.......
Sure, you'll attract plenty of girls who are totally enamored with the prospect of dating a dude with a Harvard pedigree. In fact, broadcasting your elite enrollment status on your online dating profile will all but guarantee that you'll have them flock to you in droves. Forget that you have, what, eight? nine? hundred other eligible males in your class, or that you're now about $150k deep in student loans. And the fact that you're vertically challenged, socially inept, and prematurely balding? Who cares! Those details are negligible--you go to fucking HARVARD. Of COURSE all of the women will be dying to procreate with you. How is this even a question?
If you need to drop that you're in business school to get laid, you have bigger problems than nailing beat Boston girls
There are different ways of dropping the H-bomb, some of which are more effective than others. Of course, if you are an ugly socially inept geek who just loves telling people you go to HBS, it's not going to do anything. But most HBS guys are actually articulate, decent looking, well traveled, and interesting. As such, when girls find out that they do attend HBS, it's just a huge bonus.
Paul McCartney had it wrong, it's love that can't but you money.
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