CONGRATS to all those who have got their invites ..... YAY !!!!!!
For all those like me who are still very hopeful for an invite .... Dont loose heart ..... As they say -- Its only when the chips are down that your real character comes into play .... So hang on everyone !!!
To make u all a little cheerful ... Here's a little of what I have dug up today-->Excerpts from TWO of Dee's blog before R2 decisions last year:
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Date: January 21, 2010 We plan to begin sending out interview invitations on Friday, February 12. The invitation will be an email from HBS MBA Admissions ...... Detailed instructions will be in the invitation email.
We plan to interview around 800 candidates in Round 2, including some Round 1 candidates on the waitlist who have not yet been interviewed.
Most, but not all, of these invitations will go out on February 12 so that all invitees have equal access to locations and dates. As always, we will continue to send some invitations up to and including April 6, the notification date for Round 2.......
Date: February 12, 2010 As planned, today we are sending out roughly 800 interview invitations to round 2 applicants and some round 1 waitlisters. Invitations will arrive by email from HBS MBA Admissions and will be sent out before 5:00pm EST today..... More interview invitations will follow, up to decision notification on April 6. How many? I don't know for sure at this point - perhaps 50 or so.
The majority of invitations will indeed be sent today. We continue to review - and re-review - applications and are also making some preliminary round 2 waitlist decisions
Now the one this year :
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Date: January 26, 2011
We will be sending interview invitations to Round 2 candidates
beginning on February 4 and continuing through February 16. On February 16 we will be sending some invitations to join the waitlist with the possibility of an interview invitation later and denial letters to all other Round 2 candidates whom we do not plan to interview.
Detailed instructions about the sign-up process for interviews will be included in the email invitation.
If you carefully notice the lines that i have highlighted, it is clear that last year Dee had clearly mentioned that majority of the invites will be sent in the first wave. Whereas this year she has mentioned that they will continue till feb 16th.
All of you who have been monitoring Dee's blog will agree with me that she has been very forthcoming and has genuinely tried to help lessen the anxiety of the applicants. So one should take her mail on face-value and trust her on that!Also, most of you are aware of the absolutely grim weather that has hit Boston since the last two weeks or so. While it may not have actually hindered the process, it could definitely NOT have helped in making it any faster. I mean, a lot of the adcoms would have had problems in shuttling back and forth. So there is a good chance that they might be behind their own strict schedule.
But since Dee had committed on the blog to dish out the invites on 4th, they would have kept that promise, albeit with a reduction in the actual no of invites ...... What say ?!!?!?!??
So now the prediction: My guess is that we would see the invites being dished out in about 4 waves on 4th, 8th, 11th and the last on 16th.{And yes, this is irrespective of the fact that I want it to be true !!!!
I may very well get dinged, but for all you other hopefuls, all I want to say is that please don't lose hope !! Just remember that the glass is still "half full"
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Regards ..... Sam
DISCLAIMER: All the views expressed here are purely my own and speculative .... I may be way off target .... But just thought of giving my $0.02 to ease out the nerves of some young applicants out there !!
04 Feb 2011, 18:18
