It's B-school meets boot camp. About 80 students from the
University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School will head to the
U.S. Marine Corps base at Quantico, Va., on Apr. 19 for two
days of intense basic training. The goal: use hardcore Marine
discipline to whip business students into quick-thinking leaders.
Marine officers say they won't go easy on the suit-and-tie crowd. They'll be evaluating students' ability to assess new situations and develop action plans under time pressure. The students will get the same drill as grunts at Officer Candidates School: water
hazards, eight-foot walls, barked orders -- though they only have to
endure one night of barracks and meals-ready-to-eat. "Our whole
philosophy is to see how someone functions in a chaotic and
unfamiliar environment [and instill] a philosophy of winning while
incorporating risk," says Quantico's operations director Major
Patrick Kelleher.
The base has tested similar groups before, including the Notre
Dame women's soccer team and even a few corporations. The
Wharton crew is the first from a business school. Given the
market uncertainty, boot camp may be just the thing for
tomorrow's Wall Street warriors. Eric Dash
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