Is it weird to reach out to alumni of mba programs that work at my firm to get their perspective on the school and application process? Only really finding out about their mba from linkedin

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I did that and many responded 🤷🏻‍♂️

Perfectly normal thing to do. Make use of alumni in your network to get more insight on admissions.

I think those people would probably be happy to talk about their school

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