Deciding on a graduate school can be likened to naming a child in the way people react.
Before you've had your baby, a lot of people decide to keep the name quiet. Not because they don't want people to know, but because people feel very free to criticize your name selection before the baby is born, because it is not attached to anything (in their minds) yet. The same can be said of grad school. Before you make your decision on where you want to go, people feel free to voice their opinion on the pros and cons of your choices.
But once that baby is born or that school is chosen, people are all smiles and congratulations. No one wants to say what a "silly" or "odd" name you chose for your baby, or how that business school measures up against others. It's a very interesting phenomena that I have noticed throughout this whole process.
Just thought I'd share. Have any of your experienced anything similar?
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