Current and former MBA students: how many hours do you have to study or do anything related to the MBA per week?

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HBS, RC year. Probably 1-2 hours of prep per case. On average 2.5 cases per day. So 3-4 hours of prep per day, in addition to ~3 hours of classroom time. And class 5 days per week. Gets much lighter in EC year, supposedly

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And also what is your school?

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