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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18 Oct 2010, 09:39

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Anybody hear anything?

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18 Oct 2010, 09:56

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i'm not sure you can count on it being 12:35 each time

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18 Oct 2010, 10:00

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i'm not sure you can count on it being 12:35 each time

It would be a classy thing to do on HBS' part, allowing us to go through the second half of our workday without constantly checking our email.

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18 Oct 2010, 10:03

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i'm not sure you can count on it being 12:35 each time

I wonder whether the adcom members get on to these forums to get a chuckle out of all the speculations :lol:

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Jeanette

i'm not sure you can count on it being 12:35 each time

It would be a classy thing to do on HBS' part, allowing us to go through the second half of our workday without constantly checking our email.

You don't check your email during work otherwise?

I agree 1235 would be a random time to make "The Time"

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My theory on interview invites...

So my theory on interview invites are that the "rockstar" applicants that have great stats and resumes will get the bulk of the interviews in the first wave (no need to go in depth as much into reading the essays yet). The folks who are not obvious rock stars in their stats/resumes are put off into another pile for deeper essay screening. As the adcom looks through this pile, subsequent waves of invites are sent off (greater reason for an invite is needed in these poor soul's case). Perhaps this is just my brain's way of consoling my lack of an invite.

This is pretty much right....you can easily scan for 750+ GMAT and 3.8+ gpa and definitely at least want to interview those people if not offer them admission.

But for those that are 670 GMAT 3.4 gpa, it requires deeper analysis as to whether the person is worth of an interview invite.

My worry is just that most of the seats available are filled up by the first group leaving very little opening for the 2nd group. :cry:

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18 Oct 2010, 10:06

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Anyone else's heart jump when they see emails from this forum thinking they might be the invite?

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Reapplicant here - just received an invite about an hour ago.

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18 Oct 2010, 10:16

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Conclusion from this that is no more shot today?

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18 Oct 2010, 10:51

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All this talk about invites has got me thinking: has anyone been dinged yet? Will they send any dings out before Nov 3?

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18 Oct 2010, 10:55

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All this talk about invites has got me thinking: has anyone been dinged yet? Will they send any dings out before Nov 3?

no, they won't.

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18 Oct 2010, 11:16

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Conclusion from this that is no more shot today?

Congrats!

And balls to the rest of us poor souls.

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So all this talk about rockstars has me wondering. If I'm a 770/3.95 candidate with a lot of math courses and I didn't get an interview, does that mean I'm toast? The major difference in my profile is that I have 4 years non-profit work ex (TFA, and Teach for All network partner, internationally).

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maidinindya - are you from an overrepresented pool with high caliber candidates (i.e. India)? that may be a factor...

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18 Oct 2010, 12:44

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I'm not sure I would agree with this theory. There are something like 9500 +/- people who apply to Harvard, and I'm sure plenty of them have extraordinarily high GMAT/GPA's. However if you can't put together a well written essay, I can't imagine HBS wanting you in their class (so why waste time interviewing you). However, if you have the stats + a well written essay, then they need to interview you to make sure you haven't locked yourself in your bedroom for the last 10 years studying for the gmat and playing warcraft.

This is how I look at it. You get an interview if you:

1) Awesome stats, awesome essay - the interview is a mere formality, it's yours to blow
2) Slightly below avg HBS stats, but awesome essay - you piqued their interest and they want to know more
3) Slightly below average HBS stats, good/ok essay, but you have incredible work experience (navy seal, olympian, medal of honor winner) - also piqued their interest and want to know more
4) URM candidates that fall within a certain stat range
5) Status quo person - average stats (for HBS), banker/consultant, well written essay but nothing earth shattering or creative (this is the bulk I'd imagine).

That's just my theory though 8-)

I should probably get back to doing something more productive, hah

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tedross- I'm of Indian background, but I'm American (born and raised). And I can't imagine non-profit work ex. being an over-represented pool, right?

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18 Oct 2010, 12:59

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CyberC1

I should probably get back to doing something more productive, hah

I do agree (for the way you look at it). My theory is just in terms of who gets the invites first

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18 Oct 2010, 13:02

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tedross- I'm of Indian background, but I'm American (born and raised). And I can't imagine non-profit work ex. being an over-represented pool, right?

not many invites sent out today?? looks like they sent out the obvious ones during the first wave (15 Oct), and now they will take a closer look and send the rest on a rolling basis until the 3 November deadline..

I must say that the new process has increased everyones anxiety..