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While Robinson describes the experience of a full-time two-year program, my experience is going through the same type of full MBA experience but over four years while holding down a full time job, holding a marriage together, and raising several children. So, maybe our experience of exhaustion, anxiety, and struggle have different sources, but they are similar enough.

I haven't found b-school to be hell. In fact, I have enjoyed it a great deal and have learned many things that I am already applying to my day job. But there is no getting around the fact that an MBA, especially in one of the top programs, isn't a picnic. Good reading, good writing, good fun. Read it if you have any interest in the b-school experience.

An accurate and entertaining essay on the MBA experience.
Written in an easy to read, natural style,this book describes the trials and tribulations of undertaking an MBA degree at a prestigious Californian university. While at first it appears to ask us to suspend disbelief (the author was one of Ronald Reagan's speechwriters!), it soons moves on to a fascinating account of the life of an MBA student. Coming from a non-business background, Peter Robinson struggles with much of the course material, but finds time to think about and discuss the philosophies behind the subjects he is studying, as well as examining the psyches of his fellow students. Guaranteed to cause flashbacks for anyone who has studied at university as a 'mature' student!

Might spark you for an MBA from top B-School
The book gives you an impression that even though the first year of your MBA from a top B-School (in this case Stanford) might seem like a hell - though this might only be the case for so called poets - one has a high probability of doing well after an MBA form one of the top b-schools. Though, author has done a lot of complaining, he later concludes that is MBA was fun, interesting and rewarding.
This book is more like a diary, which also provides some (I said some!) insight into a b-school. Overall, this book is fun and worth a read.
On the lighter side, if you are a so called poet, planing to go for an MBA, take up some Maths and Statistics courses before you actually start your MBA :-)