Harvard 2013 (HBS) - Calling All Applicants

I can't paste into any ApplyYourself applications either.

Posted from my mobile device

I found this:

https://s3.parature.com/ics/support/KBAn ... t=102+36+3

But I'm not using Safari.

For people w/ issues pasting. I had trouble with that too, and even sometimes my employment data wouldn't save.

I tried all browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Safari) and I found IE worked for me.

Wow. How is everyone feeling? Less than 24 hours before I plan to hit submit. Giving everything another pass tomorrow, from start to finish as a whole package. Have to make sure I didn’t miss a common theme or have an orphaned thought eating up precious word count that was left over from a previous essay revision (found one of those bastards yesterday...)

Forced to wait anyways…a recommender asked if he could do one more revision before he submits because he didnt like how one answer sounds, so I gave him till tonight…gulp. Killing me here!

haha, we conquered the GMAT only to be thwarted by the application system! Maybe this is really just another test...

Good luck all. Hopefully, for many of you, I'll get the opportunity to convince you to buy a Harbus Interview Guide in a few weeks. We'll be updating it this week with the rest of the Harbus staff.

Oh and like smartperson, I'll try to be around if I can be of any help.

Finally past the deadline... did everyone cross the finish line?

Sandy - based on your clent volume, and other perceptions, how do you seen the app volume at hbs this year? Additionally, do you (or anyone else) know the application no. Split aong the three rounds?

Thanks

Just wondering, any HBS 2+2 candidates here?

Submitted application yesterday. Best of luck to all!

I didn't make it. Essays weren't as good as I wanted them to be. Sad that I'll have to delay, but going for Round 2. I think it's for the best.

App submitted..

@str1der: I was wondering the same thing too.Did try to do some small correlation between last year's "HBS Calling" at this stage.. The Tuesday morning after the application deadline last year had 15 pages of threads in this very same section.. Now we have 9... Relevant? Maybe, Maybe not...

I do think there is some corelation, but dont know what to make of it. Today, EssaySnark (www.essaysnark.com) has a post up that says how they havent seen enough Columbia apps coming in till now, versus last year where 12 people at Columbia had already applied and had been accepted at the school in ED. (Full Disclosure: Havent read the whole thing as I dont have premium access)

Until now, there is NO NEWS at all of even 1 ED admit on this forum or elsewhere (or if 1, then not 3-4 etc. By this time last year, multiple people had already been accepted)

@str1der: I actually read the full post.. Essaysnark did not paint it as a secular trend across schools..the point there was more about specific issues in Columbia which might have led to the decline but there is a follow up post tomorrow..Might throw some insights...

Thanks, my apologies - I didn't intend it to come across as EssaySnark's Columbia post was common across all schools, but that he has indicated regarding one school and a trend may emerge in time.

So now that the R1 deadline has passed ... how are you guys thinking about the post-interview write-up/"email"/additional essay/whatever you want to call it?

Are you even thinking about it right now, or are you going to wait until you find out if you got an interview before wasting the mental energy to devise a strategy for this final hurdle of the admissions process?

I have spent a little time contemplating what I might write, but haven't come up with any good ideas yet. May choose to [a] wait and see if I even get an interview and [b] wait until after the interview before really spending much more time on it.

Just interested in how others are thinking about it!

I think the final essay will be extremely contextual, depending on how your interview goes. I am writing own thoughts or ideas when they come to me in case no strong topics result from meeting the adcom, but I don't want to have a pre-determined idea when writing about something related to the interview may make a bigger impact. Just my take on it.