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Hi everyone! I have applied for R1 HBS a few days ago. How competitive do you think getting into HBS this year vs last year? I saw a lot of people with brilliant GPA and GMAT score got dinged last year, and I am just curious how the odds are for this year.

HBS will probably be similarly competitive to the profile in 2019. It all hinges on the number of deferred students from previous years (outside 2+2) that will be entering next calendar year. The admissions director has mentioned carrying an extra section this year to accommodate the slug of matriculatees.

Given the robust job market and down GMAT volume, I'd imagine that the bump in application volume from the previous calendar year will dissolve. Additionally, yield at top schools will probably be down as post-MBA tier jobs continue on their hiring spree (banking, consulting, etc.) for staffing with their higher than average attrition.

That said, it will still be incredibly competitive, maybe ~8-9 applicants per seat minimum.

Thanks for your response! ~8-9 applicants per seat is still very competitive indeed. I'm just a bit confused on how to process the decision tracker in gmatclub and I don't know if it's a good proxy or not. I see the figures application submitted for all business schools are very low, unlike the figures from previous years.
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HBS class of 2023 is here https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/clas ... fault.aspx

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Hi everyone! Just want to confirm with you guys about the application status of HBS. I submitted my application about 2 weeks ago and it has shown "submitted" under the application status, a few other school such as GSB and Booth changed the status to "in review". So is the HBS one supposed to be "submitted" until perhaps after they sent out the interview invite or dings?
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Hi everyone! Just want to confirm with you guys about the application status of HBS. I submitted my application about 2 weeks ago and it has shown "submitted" under the application status, a few other school such as GSB and Booth changed the status to "in review". So is the HBS one supposed to be "submitted" until perhaps after they sent out the interview invite or dings?
Same for me, I submitted like 30 mins before the deadline and paid immediately. Im starting to get nervous
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Did you get a confirmation email from HBS that you are officially part of Round 1? They used to send those out but I'm not sure if they did this year. If you received an email from them like that, you are definitely fine.

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Hi everyone! Just want to confirm with you guys about the application status of HBS. I submitted my application about 2 weeks ago and it has shown "submitted" under the application status, a few other school such as GSB and Booth changed the status to "in review". So is the HBS one supposed to be "submitted" until perhaps after they sent out the interview invite or dings?
Same for me, I submitted like 30 mins before the deadline and paid immediately. Im starting to get nervous
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Did you get a confirmation email from HBS that you are officially part of Round 1? They used to send those out but I'm not sure if they did this year. If you received an email from them like that, you are definitely fine.

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Hi everyone! Just want to confirm with you guys about the application status of HBS. I submitted my application about 2 weeks ago and it has shown "submitted" under the application status, a few other school such as GSB and Booth changed the status to "in review". So is the HBS one supposed to be "submitted" until perhaps after they sent out the interview invite or dings?
Same for me, I submitted like 30 mins before the deadline and paid immediately. Im starting to get nervous

Can confirm they sent confirmation emails this year as I received one. When I applied in 2018 the status online never changed until interview and the final decision.
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Thanks! Yeah I got the confirmation email as well.

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What are the chances in round 2 ? I haven’t applied in round 1 and now I am getting a little skeptical about round 2.
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What are the chances in round 2 ? I haven’t applied in round 1 and now I am getting a little skeptical about round 2.
HBS does still have deferals from 2020 tis year as well. Getting into HBS is itself vey tough and it will be tougher than it usually is to admitted in R2 again this year because of the deferals

IIRC they had a batch of ~750 (general class siz 930-950 i think) in 2020 so bout ~180-200 deferrals which were spread across 2021 and 2022 intake
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Does anyone know if the acceptance rate at HBS (i.e. 930 admits out of ~9700 applicants) includes the 2+2 admits in the numerator? If yes, then the acceptance rate is actually lower for regular applicants, right?
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930 admits is the total class size so I think 9700 includes 2+2 otherwise the 9-10% acceptance number would not make sense
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I would strongly suggest that you do go thru these videos, to build concepts.
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Anyone received any update?
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nope- 6th October
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Fingers crossed

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Curious where you heard this, so I can confirm?
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