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

Academist, It would neither help nor hurt. They don't "sit down at a table" to decide every app at the same time. Dee reads every interviewed candidates' aPp. And I imagine is the final yes or no. The decisions on admit/reject have to be primarily made in series of individual yes's or no's. Logistically it is impossible for them to decide 900 apps in 5 days or by "sitting down at a table" in one event. Your app gets read by different members of adcom(about 5/6times according to Dee) and each one has to say yes. If there is dispute, I suspect that is when they discuss an app in a meeting. In fact, I think some of us who interviewed in the first week already have decisions on our apps but they don't release decisions in rolling so we have to sit tight till March 29. I'm pretty certain decisions are made in rolling though. Any other way would not make sense. Besides, one person interviews and writes your report so not exactly sure about the they you anticipate will remember you. I could see how your theory could come into play though; say, they put you up against another candidate that interviewed 2 weeks earlier in a board meeting (not all candidates get discussed at meetings however). They would go by interview reports and applications but yeah, if you do something to stand out negatively that can come back to haunt you in that scenario. The only good thing about going late is that you get to playback 30minutes over 1-2weeks versus over 4-5 weeks. Much better for your health. And of course, you have more time to prepare.

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