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

Less than 24 hours now...

same for me. it probably just means our decisions have been uploaded. good luck to all.

I wonder if they will release decisions earlier than noon tomorrow seeing that they probably have uploaded the decisions or have at least started to upload decisions.

HYSTERICAL PRE-DECISION READING.
NPR STORY ABOUT BEING INSIDE AMHERST COLLEGE ADCOM AS IT MAKES DECISIONS. SCARY, IF TRUE, WHICH I DOUBT. ALTHO THIS PART MIGHT BE TRUE-R THAN THEN IMAGINE.

RIGHT, AND AS YOU KNOW, JAMES TAYLOR WILL NEVER MAKE IT INTO AMHERST.

https://www.npr.org/2011/03/28/134916924/Amherst-Admissions-Process

SMITH: This one will fly, but another student's essay, read by Dean Kathleen Mayberry, will prove fatal.

Ms. KATHLEEN MAYBERRY (Dean, Amherst College): I'm troubled by one sentence in the first essay: I rarely get truly fascinated with a subject. And then he goes on - music is his exception. What am I supposed to do with that?

Mr. PARKER: My jaw dropped. I mean, that was flabbergasting.

SMITH: Intellectual passion is a must, says Parker. The students who get in are the ones who come across as genuine. It also helps to come across as different.

Unidentified Man #2: Vice president of the Jewish Club, president of the Japanese Society, an active member of the Muslim Club, and lastly, an observant of Hindu traditions.

Mr. PARKER: There is going to come a point where it's going to be very close to, you know, closing your eyes and doing that, because we're exhausting the meaningful criteria to separate John from Mary. For that group, it's effectively a lottery. It really is.

From Dee:

Greetings from Dillon House. Today is the day we check, double-check, and triple-check our lists to make sure all Round Two applicants will get a decision tomorrow. The plan is to send an email out - hopefully at noon our time - to let you know that your decision is available online. We also want to send a clear message that we will not be calling people to give them news of decisions - we'll call all admits later in the day to say congratulations. While we could do otherwise, we choose this way because I hate to think about the additional anxiety of waiting for the phone to ring. This way you're in control of the time and place you choose to get the news. So, hope this is helpful and looking forward to tomorrow!

i can't believe they admitted that kid that was the president of Jewish Club, active member of Muslim club and observant of Hindu traditions. He/she sounds confused. Bad decision!

Not so much confused--more like "I'm going to check every diversity-awareness box I possibly can and hope admissions doesn't realize how phony I am."

Well everyone, tomorrow's the big day. It will be a day of joy and celebration... and also heartbreak. Whichever side of the fence we end up on, we all worked our butts off, did the best we could, and left it all on the field.

Fortunately, most of us have prior admits - that definitely helps with the stress.

Best of luck to everyone tomorrow!

My best wishes for all you guys waiting for the mail. May good only happen to you.

~ nag

Last day! Keep positive and enjoy every minute!

Good Luck Everybody. Thanks for all of your support over the past few months! Tomorrow's going to be an emotional day for us all.

Best Wishes!

Best wishes to everyone! Lets be proud of ourselves regardless of the result. We deserve it looking back at the sleepless nights and hundreds of hours preparing! Good luck!

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In four hours ...

I guess I'll find out soon enough anyway, but a friend told me yesterday that her friend was taken off the waitlist for HBS (r1) yesterday..was there some sort of batch email? If I did not get it, assume I continue to be on waitlist/reject

Good luck to you all.

Yep, definitely not much work productivity happening here for the next 45 minutes...

minutes...that was quick...