惊闻同届MIT的一美女MBA自杀来源：周宇翔的日志

(2012-11-01 09:49:03)

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昨晚看新闻获悉此事，意外又震惊。不清楚她是因为个人原因，还是因为学业就业压力自杀。但从网上的信息来看是因为后者。这也揭开了美国名校MBA的表面光鲜的外衣：不是过来混个top MBA的文凭就能保你IB、Consulting的，就连Sloan这样名校的MBA找工作都困难。这也告诉了后来者：MBA真不是适合所有人的。特别是对于放弃国内一切，花百万学费过来读书的人，过来后马上面临巨大的就业、社交、学业的压力，若没有强大的内心，很容易被击垮。就像这位美女，我猜测，可能是暑期实习没把 full-time的工作搞定，现在找工作找得又不顺利，MIT对学业的要求又很高，加上拿到MBA offer时对自己极高的期望（很多人拿到MBA offer是都会把自己抛到天上，觉得自己真是块料，非IB、consulting不去）。现实与期望的反差，加上这一年多来承受各方面的巨大压力，终于把一个人击垮了。

对于同一届的MBA，同样经历着各种压力的我，很容易理解她的心情。幸运的是我从没觉得自己是块多大的料，所以踏踏实实现在把工作搞定了。但是想想这一年多的经历也有些后怕，倘若当时策略不对，今天也是在苦逼的到处找工作，而且又非常难找，很可能要面临被迫回国就业的境地，想想自己投入的精力和金钱，却进不了一个好公司，真是有足够的理由去得抑郁症，甚至走上绝路。

在这里也想提醒今后想过来美国读MBA的同学，在决定过来读书之前，要想清楚自己为什么要过来？毕业后想得到什么？这点必须明确，我在这边经常看到很多MBA都不知道自己毕业以后到底要干啥，这样的话不好制定策略，会浪费很多时间=浪费很多机会，这样两年后就难以达到自己满意的目标。然后申请之前找在这边读过MBA的同学聊聊，最好是找你想申的学校的同学聊聊，了解下这边的学习生活是怎么样的，学校的就业资源怎么样。不同的学校能给个人提供的机会和资源太不一样了，并不是排名越高的学校就一定好。若是自身特点和学校的资源不能很好的匹配，排名前十的MBA，例如MIT，找工作情况并不见得就一定比排名20-30的学校好到哪里去。

有感而发，碎碎念几句，附上MIT官网对此事件的报道。默哀。

MIT community mourns the loss of Sloan graduate student Heng ‘Nikita’ Guo

October 29, 2012

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Heng 'Nikita' Guo

October 30, 2012

Heng “Nikita” Guo, 28, a graduate student at the MIT Sloan School of Management, was found deceased on Friday at her off-campus residence in Cambridge.

A native of Shenzhen, China, Guo had lived in New York before enrolling in Sloan’s MBA program in 2011. She was expected to graduate from Sloan next year.

The state Medical Examiner’s office has not yet given its determination of the cause of death.

“At this most difficult time, our hearts go out to Ms. Guo’s husband and her family,” MIT President L. Rafael Reif wrote in a letter to the MIT community. “Such a loss of a promising young person is intensely painful. I encourage you to reach out to those around you.”

The Institute’s full range of student support and mental health services is available to all members of the MIT community. Barbara Baker, the senior associate dean for students, says students can also turn to their housemasters and graduate resident tutors (GRTs) for support, as well as resident advisors in the Fraternities, Sororities, and Independent Living Groups (FSILGs).

All members of the MIT community who feel affected by this death are encouraged to contact Mental Health Services at 617-253-2916.

The family asks that its privacy be respected at this difficult time. Those who wish to send flowers may send them to Wing Fook Funeral Home, 13 Gerard St., Boston, MA 02119, where a private funeral service will be held on Saturday, Nov. 3.