Harvard Business School Application for the class of 2013 is online. This thread will also serve as a master thread for the 2+2 applicants for the class of 2016 (June 2011 Applicants!) APPLICANTS: Please fill out your stats in the Google Doc attached and keep updating your information whenever you see fit! We will keep this thread updated as well (GIANT Post - Be warned ) Current Students: Harvard Admits 2+2 APPLICANTS REQUIREMENTS: GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION: 1. Essay Questions : 2. Application Deadlines : To be announced for the Summer of 2011. For the Summer of 2010 class: 3. Letters of Recommendation : 4. Sandy's Advice for Students Applying to 2+2 : REGULAR APPLICANTS All quoted sections of this post are from the Harvard Business School Admissions Website GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION: 1. Essay Questions : 2. Application Deadlines : 3. Letters of Recommendation : APPLICANT LIST: HBS Applicant List Google Doc 0Avb_1Ns4jB92dHp0UTJQcWpEajJwdENjYW9PVEc1TEE OTHER RESOURCES: Useful Web Pages for Application * HBS Director's Blog for All Important Updates * Last year's thread for HBS (Regular Applicants) * Last year's thread for HBS 2+2 Applicants * Veritas Prep School Report for Harvard Business School (Please register your email id, and Veritas will send a link to the download and you can download multiple school reports at once if you want!) * Class Profile for 2+2 * FAQs * HBS Director's Blog for All Important Updates * Clear Admit's Essay Analysis for Harvard Fall 2011 * Veritas Prep Essay Analysis for Harvard 2011 Life at HBS - Blogs a) CS @ HBS - https://www.computersexy.com/blog/ b) Harvard Bound - https://myharvardmba2010.blogspot.com/ c) Inside HBS - https://www.insidehbs.com/ d) Sync - https://sync.bradleylautenbach.com/ e) Mark and Jie's Journey to B-School - https://markandjie.blogspot.com/ f) Will Hsu's HBS Bubble - https://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=wphsu99 g) AGirlsMBA at Harvard Business School: https://agirlsmba.blogspot.com/ h) Military to Business: https://militarytobusiness.blogspot.com/

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Calling all HBS 2011 Applicants!! (Including 2+2)

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For whatever it is worth...I submitted mine as well... Done the best I could...now gotta see if the best lasts!

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Any of the R1 admitted students (or anyone who has info on this!!):

My Ques is regarding the Reco Word count.

Two of my three recomenders have called me saying that the 250 word limit is too less and each of their answer is about 350-400 words, with the overall count around 1100.
But they say that they are liking what thet have written and the flow is nice !!!

Now do i request them to CUT the words down or go - ahead with the 400-word cap.

I believe the reco is taking two complete pages in TNRoman, Font 12, single - space !!

NEED ADVICE URGENTLY !!!!!!!!!!

Thanks in advance!

I will take the 1100 words and run. I wish my recommenders would go over some. Hey, if it's positive, it can't hurt.

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10 Jan 2011, 22:36

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They are your recommenders, not you and you are not supposed to have any control over what they write so don't stress too much. If they have nice things (and don't repeat themselves) to say during 1100 words, that is fine.

Tell them to put 1 question per page and submit a 3 pages document. I told them to do that way and it worked just fine.

These are the instructions that the recommenders get:

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what is the lowest margins on sides and top/bottom one can go, 0.5"?
I interpret this as all 3 answers must be on the same page. But I guess I'm wrong

where did you get these directions, i do not see them on website. how'd anyone fit 750 words in 1 page?

My recommender sent them to me when he asked about the word and the page limit.

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10 Jan 2011, 22:37

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what is the lowest margins on sides and top/bottom one can go for recommendation, 0.5"?

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10 Jan 2011, 22:40

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what is the lowest margins on sides and top/bottom one can go for recommendation, 0.5"?

LOL, you are clearly writing your own recommendation..

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10 Jan 2011, 23:03

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Not freaking out yet, but can't log onto the system. Maybe HBS is trying to tell me something early!...jk.

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10 Jan 2011, 23:09

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Ok good to hear... but I think ApplyYourself is down... the whole system down, can't login to H or K or MIT as well.

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10 Jan 2011, 23:13

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Yup, It's down!!

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In for round 2

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Ok good to hear... but I think ApplyYourself is down... the whole system down, can't login to H or K or MIT as well.

I don't think it is down. E-mail applyyourself and ask them to unlock your account. This has happened to me several times. It is probably due to you logging into the system from multiple computers/browsers. I've been on apply yourself for several hours. You should not have problems.

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10 Jan 2011, 23:16

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I am back in now.

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10 Jan 2011, 23:38

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Silly question, but in my HBS essays, I find myself doing the least a$$-kissin compared to other bschools - where do you cozy up to them?

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Silly question, but in my HBS essays, I find myself doing the least a$$-kissin compared to other bschools - where do you cozy up to them?

In your career vision essay, if you choose to write that.

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Silly question, but in my HBS essays, I find myself doing the least a$$-kissin compared to other bschools - where do you cozy up to them?

I'd help you, but it looks like you're a Texas fan. Sorry.

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Silly question, but in my HBS essays, I find myself doing the least a$$-kissin compared to other bschools - where do you cozy up to them?

In your career vision essay, if you choose to write that.

Just kidding, this is where I inserted some "Why HBS" stuff as well.

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Being as important doesn't mean it needs to comprise the majority of the essay - you just need to address it for each. In my case, I broke each accomplishment into 1, 2, and 3; each accomplishment consisted of 3 paragraphs: 2 describing the situation, 1 why I viewed it as one of my most substantial.

Good luck tonight! I pulled an all-nighter submitting my app

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I wrote both versions (implicit and explicit) by 4am and then today morning, after seeing your mails, uploaded the explicit one

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oneofmany, this year, you can laugh and make fun of burnt orange, thankfully, my time in college was pretty brilliant.

So yeah trying to spin the why HBS in end of career vision.....
Ugh - all nighter = crazy idea, but whatever, last bad day of apps methinks (Kellogg + HBS)

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In your career vision essay, if you choose to write that.

Just kidding, this is where I inserted some "Why HBS" stuff as well.[/quote]

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oneofmany

In your career vision essay, if you choose to write that.

Just kidding, this is where I inserted some "Why HBS" stuff as well.

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Rest assured...after the drama clinic Mack Brown put on after the 2004 season to rob Cal (my alma mater) of a Rose Bowl, I'll forever save some hate for the burnt orange :twisted:

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Submitted R2....

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Is anyone else having problems with their pdf application before hitting submit? Parts of it looks all streaky and blurry with missing fields even though my application is completely filled out. I've been waiting for an IT solution for a few hours now but I'm getting antsy and want to hit submit! I'm not sure if the issue is just at my end and the AdCom would be able to see it perfectly.....

HELP if anyone has it!!!