Re: Calling all Harvard Applicants: (2016 Intake) Class of 2018!!
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09 Oct 2015, 05:57
I see a lot of speculation about interview waves....saw this in the comments on P&Q by Sandy Kreisberg and couldn't help but see some merit in his theory:
haha, one thing you can say FOR HBS, is when it comes to admit people, it is BANG, it all happens at noon on Day X.
Also Stanford just dribbles out its interview invites, without much public notice about when it starts or ends. You often find out when guy at next cubbie gets an invite.
Columbia and other rolling admit places do that with admits.
As to HBS and interview invites. I think it is like those "double tap" bombing raids you read about, the first tap is not the bomb, just a warning to get out of the building. Except in this case, the first tap, the first wave, is not the bomb, e.g. you are still alive--and you are now warned: IF ANY BIG SHOT IS GOING TO MAKE A CALL FOR YOU, HE HAS ABOUT A WEEK.
OK, that does not mean the kids who get invites on Days 2 and 3, all have people making calls, but it does allow the adcom a grace time to correct any overlooks, of any kind, and to micro fine-tune the selection process.
Also, i think 3rd wave of Round 1 invites is almost all 2+2, if you don't get an invite by Thursday, man, time to start worrying for real, or getting Mr Big to call Her Maj.
I am a reapplicant and haven't received an invite. Oddly enough I feel ready to move one knowing that I gave it my best shot this year.