Got an invite.
More info if needed...

You will receive your official interview invitation via e-mail from us tomorrow, Thursday, January 31 at 12:00PM ET with a link to our online scheduling system. You will be able to sign-up for a specific interview slot at that time.

I didn't hear anything sadly, but I wanted to give people a reality check here. Out of 100 R2 applicants, about 25% get an interview and of those 8/9 happen in round I. That means:

R2 Applicants: 100

Wave 1 Interviewed invites: ~22
Wave 2 invites: ~3

Total Interviewed: 25

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As of 10 minutes ago, our chances of getting an invite were 22%. Now they are 3%. Pack you bags guys - there's basically no hope.

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Got an invite. Was all set on Wharton then this came through...guess it's a good problem to have?! Haha I need to emotionally digest this before Wharton Winter Welcome Weekend (in 2 days).

Congrats to everyone who got an invite today!! Please don't forget to update your profile, so it shows on the front page.

According to the HBS Applicant Summary on the first page only 6% of the R2 applicants pool have been invited to interview. This number should be around 20% if our sample is representative (I believe not only its representative, but biased towards stronger profiles). Thus, a lot of invitations is yet to come on Feb 6 (or many forum members haven't yet changed their status to "invited").

Did sign in sheet give the names of interviewers, in the recent past Charles Allison did the interviews in Mumbai and Dubai (HBS usually sends one person to cover both ) and Eileen Chang does Shanghai. Past performance is no guarantee, etc. Sarah Lucas has also done Shanghai, and they used to have some freelancer who is now not with HBS do Shanghai but lately it has been Chang.
There is a HUGE diff between Allison and Chang--Chang is no day at the beach but she asks typical HBS questions, Allision is a lively guy with a set of questions unique to him, and they can throw you, esp. if you are unprepared. E.g. what would your best from from High School say your 3 strengths and weaknesses were? Your best friend form College.? No offense, but that is a moronic question, and even worse, it is not a normal question and it can cause you a good deal of trouble as a lead off versus,"Hi there, tell me what you are doing now at work?" which gets you started on the right foot most of the time, and is a Q you can prepare for.
Anyway, the only thing that matters in choosing between Shanghai and Mumbai/Dubai is who is doing the interviews.


My best friend from High School would say my 3 weaknesses are:
1. always blows smoke rings inside other smoke rings, and is very proud of this, and it becomes annoying at Poker games.
2. Roots for LA DODGERS even tho they suck, because he once lived in Brooklyn
3. Is very quick to criticize others for stinky farts but seems unaware of his own habits.
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I see the same. Let's just rip this bandaid off and get it over with already.

Got an invite. Nice to get after the long wait list - wait.

Reapplicants do get in on occasion. However small your odds of admission are, I can guarantee you that they're higher than your odds of getting in without applying.