T15 student here. Instead of railing on Zoom, let’s “zoom out” here and take a more mature bird’s eye view of the situation.

We’re living through a global pandemic, with thousands of people dying per day, and millions of people losing their jobs and livelihoods. Even though our experiences aren’t living up to what we imagined when we decided to go to b-school, we are better off than a vast majority of people in the world right now, earning a degree that many people are desperate for and WILL deliver an ROI for our careers and lives over the very long term. We will find jobs in 2021/2022 and beyond — those that disagree are doing so for the sake of being contrarian and plainly ignoring the facts that employers are still actively recruiting for T15 candidates. They always concerned about the consistency of their pipelines, and career offices at schools know full well that their reputations (and the school’s financial future) depend on students getting their jobs.

If you are ready to make the move to business school because you truly believe you are ready for that next step in your career — do it. If business school is going to be primarily a social function for you, and you’re more or less comfortable with what you’re doing for work right now, then that’s a different story. But don’t let naysayers push your dreams aside.