10 grads from America's top MBA programs reveal the best advice they picked up from professors, classes, and mentors - and how those lessons led to successful careers

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Over the course of two years at business school, you're bound to get some helpful advice.

• When you go to get your MBA, whether you attend one of the top institutions like Harvard or Stanford or some other business school, you're bound to learn a lot.
• For those of you who don't want to invest in a degree right now, Business Insider compiled 10 of the best pieces of advice MBA graduates received while in the classroom.
• These alumni shared the nuggets of wisdom they learned from professors, classes, and mentors and how those lessons carried over into their (successful) careers after school.
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In the two years it takes to complete a traditional full-time MBA program, you hear a lot of advice. Which is why Business Insider asked 10 MBA grads from distinguished business schools to share the number-one, absolute best, most useful thing they learned while getting their degree.

Below are their top picks - if leveraged effectively, their advice just might save you the high price tag of attending business school yourself.