That's true, but not quite true in the way people may think.
The normal time required to earn an MBA at Harvard Business School is two years; Romney spent four years earning his MBA. The normal time required to earn a JD at Harvard Law School is three years; Romney spent four years earning his JD.
Romney's a very smart guy, but what he did is normal as part of Harvard's joint JD/MBA program. The catch is that under the joint program, you take courses for which both the B-school and the law school give you credit - so you're not really doubling up as you would normally think from the phrase 'two degrees at the same time.'
Romney graduated with some form of honors from law school and was a Baker Scholar at the B-school, meaning he was in the top 10% of the class. You don't get that by simply being smart. You also have to be a committed, hard worker.
Very well said.
And the point is?
“The normal time required to earn an MBA at Harvard Business School is two years; Romney spent four years earning his MBA. The normal time required to earn a JD at Harvard Law School is three years; Romney spent four years earning his JD.”
Just to be clear...it took Romney 4 years to earn BOTH his JD and MBA and he had to be accepted to both programs independent of one another to be admitted to the joint degree program. The program cuts a year off the normal 5-year plan.