Who's going for R1? Essays posted just this morning. What's everyone's take? Current HBS Students active on forum :thumbup: DefyingGravity - HBS'16

Also consultant at an MBB in Brazil and haven't heard of any consultant invited here too.

Congrats to all that received invites! 780 GMAT/3.75 STEM & econ UG and 2 yrs coding/finance at a top BB but non-target background and non-IB/PE work exp for fin candidate may sink me. We shall see.

Congrats to all who got invites today. Now its time to prepare and make sure you ace the interview! They are specific and can be very tough, so ensure you know your application inside and out. Be sure you can identify your own weak spots as your interviewer will likely be identifying them for you and asking questions. Yes, the majority of the invites went out today but they send out invites other days for a reason. Every year I also work with applicants who get invited at the end. It does happen, and the fact that you were a Thursday invite vs a Tuesday invite will be irrelevant soon. If you don't end up getting an invite, take the time to re-evaluate your story and try to see what didn't work out for you this time. More to come on that later, but for now there is still hope. Good luck!

Was too busy at work to realize I didn't get an invite until just now. I applied R2 last year and got an interview before ultimately being dinged, so here's to hoping on the 8th or 14th.

Anyone from Europe received an invite? 730 GMAT, 3 years in PE, and no invite...

It's competitive, man. Stats aren't everything (nor should they be)

From Brazil, not invited but know of two consultants invited in Brazil, one MBB.

Amen to that. I have a 760 GMAT and am a US URM (hispanic) from a poor background and a "public ivy." Lower GPA because I went crazy taking engineering-level math courses. Don't know how many of us high GMAT URMs there are out there but I promise you that we'd likely fit into a small room. I remember SWAT teams running around my neighborhood all the time when I was a kid. Wrote about it in my essay. If that doesn't catch their attention as adversity, nothing will.