Is it just me, or in doing school research, are you encountering a lot of positivity/toxic positivity?

Of the calls I've had with students and alumni, I can count the number of "real," genuine conversations on 1 hand. In most conversations, people have been reluctant to directly discuss negatives, even when I ask for them (since the MBA is a big investment). But then when we go online, we see a number of criticisms when the anonymity filter is on.

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Are the students/alumni calls you have made through the admissions office or through your own outreach?

I guess it’s just like anything else then and you nailed it - the anon nature of online forums tends to allow people to be a bit more negative - one thing I would say is that although the negative voices tend to be the loudest, there are usually far less of them out there. Gather the advice and then draw your own conclusions about what is genuine and what is not.

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Yeah, I’d say you’re not going to get too many people who are willing to talk down about their schools, especially in T15. The only “negative” thing I heard was at a Darden event where one student admitted to only case method classes not being “ideal” but it was barely criticism

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