'We're Not Learning Anything': Stanford GSB Students Sound The Alarm Over Academics

Stanford Graduate School of Business students have publicly criticized their academic experience, telling Poets&Quants that outdated course content and disengaged faculty leave them unprepared for post-MBA careers. The complaints target one of the world's most selective business programs, which admitted just 6.8% of applicants last fall.

Students described required courses that 'feel like they were designed in the 2010s' despite operating in an AI age. They cited a curriculum structure offering only 15 Distribution requirement electives, some overlapping while omitting foundational business strategy. A lottery system means students paying $250,000 tuition cannot guarantee enrollment in desired classes. Stanford's winter student survey showed satisfaction with class engagement dropped to 2.9 on a five-point scale, the lowest level in two to three years.

Students contrasted Stanford's 'Room Temp' system, where professors pre-select five to seven students for questioning, with Harvard Business School's 'cold calling' method requiring all students to prepare for potential questioning.

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