{"id":39028,"date":"2017-09-07T06:30:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T13:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=39028"},"modified":"2017-09-06T23:07:22","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T06:07:22","slug":"hbs-reveals-class-of-2019-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/hbs-reveals-class-of-2019-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"HBS Reveals Class of 2019 Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

Harvard Business School (HBS) has updated its class profile for the class of 2019<\/a>. Let\u2019s see how you\u2019d fit in.<\/p>\n

\u2022 HBS\u2019s application volume blew past 10K applications in a single cycle \u2014 rising to 10,351 from 9,759 in the 2015-16 cycle, a 6% increase.<\/p>\n

\u2022 HBS\u2019s yield climbed a bit: up 1% to 91% from 90% last year as it also grew its class slightly (6 additional students)<\/p>\n

\u2022 The percentage of women declined slightly to 42% this year from last year\u2019s 43%.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The average GPA also dropped this year from 3.71 for the Class of 2018 to 3.67 for the Class of 2019.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The median GMAT remains the same (730).<\/p>\n

\u2022 The percentage of U.S. citizens remains unchanged. The feared drop in international enrollment in the wake of President Trump\u2019s election and policies hasn\u2019t materialized at Harvard.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Enrollment from Africa, while still low, increased by 33%, from 12 to 16 students.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The percentage of the class coming from a business or economics educational background climbed by roughly 10% (41% of last year\u2019s class to 45% of this year\u2019s). STEM and Humanities each dipped by roughly 5%.<\/p>\n

Profile of the MBA Class of 2019:<\/b><\/p>\n

\"HBS<\/a><\/p>\n

\"HBS<\/a>\"HBS<\/a><\/p>\n

My Take:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the first time that HBS is displaying the average quant and verbal scores of the admitted students who took the GRE. The ETS School Comparison Tool provides a predicted GMAT Total Score as well as a very wide Predicted Score range for a given GRE score. According to ETS, the Predicted Score for an entering student at HBS with a verbal score of 164 and a quant score of 164 is 710, 20 points lower than the actual average GMAT score at Harvard. This 730 score is well within the predicted score range (650-760) GMAT average of HBS students.<\/p>\n

These numbers demonstrate that applicants seem to be getting into HBS with slightly lower GRE scores than GMAT scores. That differential gives those of you struggling with the GMAT a small <\/i>window to apply with a slightly lower, but still high, GRE. And realize as Chad Losee<\/a>, Managing Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid, says, \u201cYou\u2019re much more than a test score.\u201c<\/p>\n

Posting the average GRE scores will be very helpful to applicants trying to decide if they\u2019re competitive or need to retake an exam. I hope that more schools will follow Harvard\u2019s influential lead and begin posting their GRE numbers as well.<\/p>\n

Some of you may still wonder which test to take<\/a>. Quoting Losee again, \u201cChoose the one that allows you to best show your strengths, then move on to other parts of your application.\u201d I couldn\u2019t agree more.<\/p>\n

Final point, very much in line with Losee\u2019s \u201cYou\u2019re much more than a test score\u201c comment: While HBS certainly isn\u2019t ignoring academic stats, the non-movement in GMAT scores in this era of a GMAT race to the finish and the slight dip in average GPA combined with HBS\u2019s 11% acceptance rate, show that HBS is weighing experience a little more in its process. It is not disregarding academics, but appears to put its thump on the \u201cmuch more\u201d side of its evaluation scales. Make sure your experience shows that habit of leadership<\/a> and engaged community citizenship<\/a> that HBS is looking for.<\/p>\n

\"HBS<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Watch<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Linda<\/a>By\u00a0Linda Abraham<\/a>, president and founder of Accepted.com and co-author of the definitive book on MBA admissions,\u00a0MBA Admission for Smarties: The No-Nonsense Guide to Acceptance at Top Business Schools<\/a>.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Related Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Harvard Business School MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines<\/a>
\n\u2022 What Does Harvard Business School Want?<\/a>, a video
\n\u2022 What HBS is Looking For<\/a>, a blog series<\/p>\n

This article<\/a>\u00a0originally appeared on\u00a0<\/i>blog.accepted.com<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

Applying to a top b-school? The talented folks at Accepted have helped hundreds of applicants get accepted to their dream programs. Whether you are figuring out where to apply, writing your application essays, or prepping for your interviews, we are just a call (or click) away.<\/p>\n

Contact us, and get matched up with the consultant who will help\u00a0you\u00a0<\/i>get accepted<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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