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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ShivKaul

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06 Feb 2011, 10:40

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I got an invitation to interview on Friday and I turn 30 later this year.

Same Here got invite and turning 30 this calendar year

I'm in the same boat as you guys. I'm 29 and received an interview invite

Hey guys ,

You all were 29 years old when u were applying .... Believe me, there is a LOT of difference between late 20s & Early 30s !!! :lol:

I should know, as I am on the other side of the coin!!

But hey ...... CONGRATS to all of you for getting an invite .... Focus hard and give an excellent interview ..... Remember that having made this cut, you stand a 60% chance of being in Spangler Auditorium this fall 8-)

.... Don't let it go after making it this far !!

Have fun ..... Cya

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06 Feb 2011, 13:17

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There is a lot of speculation out there about age; but it is only that, speculation.

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06 Feb 2011, 13:21

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CONGRATS to all those who have got their invites ..... YAY !!!!!!

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!

That is true, but the post for the interview invitations for r2 could be more clear on how the invitation process will go. Lots of people believed that the first wave was all there will be. I must say that the mass hysteria got to me on friday after the "12.24 emails" have gone out so I felt like there's no chance for any of us who did not get the email.

But I agree with your logic and there is a forum member who called admissions and got the info that there will be quite a few emails/waves of emails so lets wait and see.

I guess that they should send us a box of valium or xanax for those $250. :lol:

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06 Feb 2011, 16:33

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I was on campus on Friday meeting with admissions and they commented that there are still applications that haven't been read...if you haven't gotten an interview invitation yet, be patient. They have a lot to go thru.

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06 Feb 2011, 16:36

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Maybe tgtivyleague was spot on with his theories - the weather has been atrocious here and that might have slowed down the application review process.

Nerdtastic's information provides corroborating evidence. Excellent sleuthing!

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06 Feb 2011, 20:47

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Thanks for keeping the hope alive!

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06 Feb 2011, 22:26

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Did any MBA (round2) - MPP applicants get an interview invite? trying to see if maybe joint-degree administrators facilitate those interviews to decide the ~30 person class composition (30 possibly includes MPA-ID).

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Originally posted by mv2010 on 06 Feb 2011, 23:53.
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BTW just read somewhere that 30 is too old for HBS? Any truth in that?

Dear Ankeet,

I dont know if u have read the book called "Ahead of the Curve" by a HBS alumni, Philip Delves Broughton. He is an international (French) student who was about 32 or so at matriculation. If I can recall, he has most definitely talked about a fellow student (a military candidate) who was 35yrs when he had joined. So given both these examples, I think 30 should not be too many standard deviations above the average!

I had done some analysis of an earlier HBS class, based on what the HBS website details were given ..... which gives the no of admitted candidates (in % terms) relative to their WE. Shall try and search for it and post it soon!

Btw: Having said all this, let me also share with you that my own biggest concern with my application too is my age as I am a couple of years elder to even you also !!!

Two of my very close friends, one is an alumni of darden & the other is in his final year at Stanford - both of them have absolutely warned me against applying to HBS saying that it is very brutal with age & have predicted that I am ONLY wasting my time & money by applying !!!
However, the non-conformist that I am, I have taken this as a challenge as I truly believe that for any top-notch B-School, age SHOULD NOT be a limiting factor. The biggest concern that a school may have about an older applicant is about the possible difficulty in placing him after graduation .... But for a school of HBS's stature, I dont think that really should matter ..... Atleast that is what I believe should be the case & that is what has ensured that I listen to my heart & instincts & apply to a school that I feel is the perfect fit for me rather than not applying at all & repenting the rest of my life for not having even tried !!!

How correct am I in my belief, only time will tell !

Why would HBS have this issue? Is 25 too young for them then?

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07 Feb 2011, 02:39

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re: the mpp, I believe applications are reviewed with the others. I'm a reapplicant and can recall several mpp applicants getting interviews at the same time as everybody else on the release date. Then again, maybe hbs is doing things differently this year. let's hope so!

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07 Feb 2011, 04:43

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i still see the same message... man.. this sucks

"Application for MBA Program
Submission Status: Submitted
Submitted Date: 1/11/2011 2:12:00 AM EST
Your application is under review. MBA Admissions will contact you if we need further information. Please note that this field will not change again until the notification date. "

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07 Feb 2011, 05:45

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just got my interview!

Dear Cille,

Warm greetings from Harvard Business School!

After careful consideration of your application materials, we are delighted to inform you that you have been selected for an interview with a member of our MBA Admissions Board. We look forward to the opportunity to get to know you better through our interview process.

We use an online scheduling system to manage our interview process. Since we know that many of our interviewees expect to travel to either our campus in Boston or one of our global hub cities for their interview, we are sending this message in advance so that you are aware of where our Admissions Board members will be traveling. We hope this advance notice is helpful to you as you plan for your interview.

We will have interview slots available in the following locations:

Boston, MA (on the HBS campus)
Menlo Park, CA
New York, NY
Dubai, UAE
London, UK
Mumbai, India
Paris, France
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Shanghai, China

You will receive another email from HBS MBA Admissions at noon on Monday, February 7 with a link to our online scheduling system. You will be able to select a specific interview slot at that time. Please note that all of our interview slots are available on a first-come, first-served basis. In the past, our interview slots have filled very quickly, so we encourage you to be prompt in selecting your slot.

Videoconference interviews (via Skype) may be available for applicants in remote locations.

Again, we hope this advance notice is helpful to you. Thank you for your interest in Harvard Business School, and we look forward to meeting you soon.

Will it be possible to find out how many slots are filled for each location?? I mean say by end of day most of the applicants who have received invite will schedule the interview. So, it might give a nice picture of how many invitations can be expected in coming days.. I am interested in Mumbai...

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07 Feb 2011, 06:45

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Even if you get invited to interview, the status won't change......My status didn't change until the final notification date and then it said "Your application decision is now available online." The notification date referenced in your message is NOT the interview invite notification date.

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07 Feb 2011, 07:04

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To my post on Friday:

Congrats to all the GCers who got interviews!

If someone doesn't mind, could someone post the interview slots / stats that you guys see when the interview sign up process opens up on Monday please? Will at least give us hopefuls a rough idea how many interviews went out today. Thanks!

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07 Feb 2011, 07:07

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For all the R2 interview invitees,

When the interview slots open up at noon ...... After u guys have done the necessary ritual of applying for the available slots, can someone be kind enough to post the no of slots that were given out ..... as a whole & region-wise, if possible!

Its Kudos in advance to the guy who posts those details

Waiting for an update on Dee's blog today ..... I am quite hopeful that she will let us know the procedure that the admission board is gonna follow for dishing out invites.

Till then ...... Keep on striving

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Updated on: 07 Feb 2011, 07:15

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Why would HBS have this issue? Is 25 too young for them then?

HBS class profiles have been trending younger and younger the last few years. 25 isn't too young assuming you graduated from undergrad at 21 or 22 and have a few years of work experience since then.

EDIT: Found the links I was looking for.
https://militarytobusiness.blogspot.com/ ... curve.html
https://militarytobusiness.blogspot.com/ ... rt-ii.html

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Dear jl12.....

I think we both were thinking of the same thing at the same time as we posted within seconds of each other

..... As I am sure a whole lot of our other friends are too .....

Lets hope we get some info soon!

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07 Feb 2011, 08:17

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@tgtivyleague - that really helps calm down nerves man.

BTW just read somewhere that 30 is too old for HBS? Any truth in that?

I imagine it's above the average. If it helps, I got an invitation to interview on Friday and I turn 30 later this year. I'll give you a better answer at the end of March.

Same Here got invite and turning 30 this calendar year

shout out to all my 1981 babies

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Another Note About Round 2 Interviews
Date: February 07, 2011
We still have a significant number of interview invitations to send out - but we aren't sending any out today. Our plan is to send out some on Tuesday afternoon and more throughout the next week, up to February 16. Again, no hidden signals in the timing of when these go out. Really.

Good luck to all)

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Keen to get your thoughts on the latest blog post.
What does 'more throughout the next week' mean?
By 'next week' does she mean this week or the week starting 14th Feb?
I know it sounds like a stupid question, but...

Does it mean that invites will come out only on tuesday this week?

Thanks!