Stanford will pay you to attend its business school — but only if you agree to work in the Midwest

[KamaAina]

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https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/stanford-pay-attend-business-school-192900813.html

A new fellowship at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, one of the top ranked business schools, covers tuition and fees for MBA students. But the program comes with a catch: Students must be willing to take a job in the Midwest.

Students often select the California-based Stanford because they know they'll get a great education and make contacts in Silicon Valley, where many of them presumably want to work after graduation. But the school has plans to funnel students to more "underserved regions," where the economy could benefit from an infusion of talent.

"When we look at our country, and we think about different places where there's still a lot of room for growth and development, the Midwest was a big part of that," Simone Hill, an assistant director for MBA admissions at Stanford, told Bloomberg....

To qualify, applicants must demonstrate financial need and have strong ties to the Midwest, which may include current or prior residency or graduation from a high school in the region.

Hmmm. I don't suppose my two years in Chicago in the mid-'80s counts as "strong ties to the Midwest".

[Cicada]

1. Our experiment trying to make Great Plains livable obviously failed so we should cut our losses

It was probably worth a try to make the great plains livable but all our money and hard work has obviously failed. Stanford is just throwing good money after bad and should cut its losses. We should just let it return to its natural state, bring the buffalo back, and run it as a tourist attraction for those nostalgic for life before civilization.

[exboyfil]

4. Hilarious

We have at least a 100 Fortune 500 corporate offices in the midwest.

https://www.geolounge.com/fortune-500-list-by-state-for-2015/

[Cicada]

5. Texas and a few gutsy never-say-die folks clinging to life along the Mississippi

I admire your pluck. But remember - it's no disgrace bein from Texas. Only a disgrace having go back

Hook em horns!

Probably the nastiest political fight I ever saw was a feud over the precise shade of Texas Orange which was going on when I was simmering at UT in 1966.

[ballabosh]

17. Texas is not the Midwest - EOM

[closeupready]

8. lol - I know, right?

[exboyfil]

2. My daughter just graduated from Iowa State

in Mechanical Engineering magna cum laude. She would be more than happy to stay in the Midwest.

I wonder if I could convince her to go for it.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

21. My daughter has a friend studying physics at Iowa State

I'll concede Ames is a little dull, but Des Moines is cool, and it's 3 hours from KC; 2 hours from Omaha; 4 hours from M/SP; and 6 hours from Chicago by car if one gets bored.

[REP]

3. Oh, I am so in

Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri and a graduate of a Midwest highschool and University. I have family there. Hell, my family built some of the first (if not the first) buildings in what would become Kansas City.

But there is no fucking way I'd move back there.

[mythology]

6. I couldn't live in Kansas

I've driven through it 8 times and had three breakdowns including a new engine throwing a rod. Clearly the state hates me.

[REP]

13. Kansas City is still in Missouri so no worries there.

[Blue_Tires]

7. Seriously? KC is one of my favorite cities...

I went to grad school at KU and got to know the city quite well...

I can definitely tell you there are worse places to live...

[REP]

11. I hate the weather

I much prefer living on the San Andreas fault (which I can see out my window) to living through ice storms, sub-freezing temps for months and unbearable heat and humidity.

[closeupready]

9. The Plaza is picturesque, and I like the weather, but

I know what you mean.

[REP]

12. You like the Plaza? omfg

Seriously? That's hilarious. All the things in KC and you pick the ticky-tacky tourist trap? Of course, I'm a native so I remember what it used to be before Crooked Cleaver thought it'd be a great idea to put boats and fountains in a sewage run-off.

The weather blows. So, so much.

[closeupready]

16. well, that was a while back - 1989, I think.

Were you born yet even? I had fun, but there aren't many places I'd consider living, and certainly less than a handful of places in the US.

[JanMichael]

22. Lived in KCK in the late 70's early 80's. Ugh. Not horrid just borrid.

Takes half a day to get anywhere, most of the wheres aren't worth the trip either.

[Initech]

10. Does it say how long you have to live in the Midwest for?

[KamaAina]

20. Two years

[Initech]

24. I could do two years standing on my head!

[cbdo2007]

14. I already live in the midwest and am looking at getting an MBA...I wonder if I could

do it online or something.

[NightWatcher]

15. MidWestern Exposure

Meh, Alaska was funnier.

[csziggy]

18. Due South was set in Chicago

[Algernon Moncrieff]

19. Lots of the Midwest is pleasant and extremely livable

Minneapolis, Omaha, Kansas City, Des Moines, Sioux Falls, St. Louis

[madinmaryland]

23. Maybe we don't want MBA's coming here and fucking up the midwest. They've

done a really good job fucking it up from the east and west coasts.

Think rMoney and Company.