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Stanford Takes Away A Grad's MBA Degree

6 points by philip1209 13y ago

madengr 13y ago
Obviously he had good enough grades to complete Stanford's MBA program, despite doctoring his grades from Harvard. Methinks Stanford is just pissed that a flunky got through their program.
- mey 13y ago
  That was my question as well, his ability to complete the program either indicates Stanford's degree is not hard or this individual was rather smart (or some combination of). Either way, he graduated from Stanford completing his learnings from them...
- georgeecollins 13y ago
  Business school is not like law school or medical school where you could potentially flunk out. An MBA program is hard to get into. But once you are in the worst that can happen to you is that you lose an academic fellowship (scholarship). Some students also compete for honors.
  - wutangson1 13y ago
    Your assessment of business school is inaccurate.
- IvyMike 13y ago
  Stanford has to protect the integrity of their program, and I'm sure one of the biggest concerns was discouraging future applicants from lying. If they let him keep his degree, they're sending a message that as long as your lie holds up for a couple of years, it's all good.
  - wutangson1 13y ago
    Integrity, business school. In the same sentence. Interesting.
  - chrismcb 13y ago
    "your lie holds up for a couple of years, it's all good"... well in a way it is. First off it wasn't like he was repeatedly lying, so it wasn't like it needed to "hold up for a couple of years" But as a business, if someone received a degree from a major university, would I care what grade he got in high school? Or if he lied about his high school grade? It just seems to me they want to say "no he really doesn't have a degree... yeah he earned it, we gave it to him, but we took it back, so we aren't really associated with him."
- cafard 13y ago
  It does look like an attempt to dissociate themselves from bad publicity. And will there be an intense effort to comb back through the admission of the last ten years to make sure that none have untruths or omissions?
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TempleOSV2 13y ago
Yeah, I talked in the hall during SAT and said, "hey! I had that one wrong." I am your king. You will obey my divine right. God says... sky astronomical rip_off it_was_nothing arent_you_clever ahh_thats_much_better who's_to_say reverse_engineer repent desert on_the_otherhand in_other_words do_you_like_it smile don't_count_on_it ahh be_quiet_bird foul over_the_top how_about vice over_the_top you_think_you_could_do_better hippy little_fish what's_up Dudly_Doright little_buddy who's_to_say I'm_the_boss nevada you're_nuts humility test_pilot exorbitant small_talk foul over_the_top talk_to_my_lawyer biggot I_give_up Shalom arent_you_clever you're_fired rockstar rubbish I_didn't_do_it ipod arrogant not_the_sharpest_knife_in_the_drawer Vegas BRB Shalom no_more_tears I'm_thrilled

6 points by philip1209 13y ago

Obviously he had good enough grades to complete Stanford's MBA program, despite doctoring his grades from Harvard. Methinks Stanford is just pissed that a flunky got through their program.

mey 13y ago
That was my question as well, his ability to complete the program either indicates Stanford's degree is not hard or this individual was rather smart (or some combination of). Either way, he graduated from Stanford completing his learnings from them...
georgeecollins 13y ago
Business school is not like law school or medical school where you could potentially flunk out. An MBA program is hard to get into. But once you are in the worst that can happen to you is that you lose an academic fellowship (scholarship). Some students also compete for honors.
- wutangson1 13y ago
  Your assessment of business school is inaccurate.
IvyMike 13y ago
Stanford has to protect the integrity of their program, and I'm sure one of the biggest concerns was discouraging future applicants from lying. If they let him keep his degree, they're sending a message that as long as your lie holds up for a couple of years, it's all good.
- wutangson1 13y ago
  Integrity, business school. In the same sentence. Interesting.
- chrismcb 13y ago
  "your lie holds up for a couple of years, it's all good"... well in a way it is. First off it wasn't like he was repeatedly lying, so it wasn't like it needed to "hold up for a couple of years" But as a business, if someone received a degree from a major university, would I care what grade he got in high school? Or if he lied about his high school grade? It just seems to me they want to say "no he really doesn't have a degree... yeah he earned it, we gave it to him, but we took it back, so we aren't really associated with him."
cafard 13y ago
It does look like an attempt to dissociate themselves from bad publicity. And will there be an intense effort to comb back through the admission of the last ten years to make sure that none have untruths or omissions?

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TempleOSV2 13y ago

Yeah, I talked in the hall during SAT and said, "hey! I had that one wrong." I am your king. You will obey my divine right. God says... sky astronomical rip_off it_was_nothing arent_you_clever ahh_thats_much_better who's_to_say reverse_engineer repent desert on_the_otherhand in_other_words do_you_like_it smile don't_count_on_it ahh be_quiet_bird foul over_the_top how_about vice over_the_top you_think_you_could_do_better hippy little_fish what's_up Dudly_Doright little_buddy who's_to_say I'm_the_boss nevada you're_nuts humility test_pilot exorbitant small_talk foul over_the_top talk_to_my_lawyer biggot I_give_up Shalom arent_you_clever you're_fired rockstar rubbish I_didn't_do_it ipod arrogant not_the_sharpest_knife_in_the_drawer Vegas BRB Shalom no_more_tears I'm_thrilled