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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waiting4hbs

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21 Oct 2010, 10:30

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Agreed.

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True true, thanks guys! Actually, reading this forum and knowing other people are going through all this anxiety along with me makes me feel not as alone (I don't know anyone else applying for MBA programs!)

I wonder how much my work productivity will go up after the decision date since I won't be checking my e-mail every 2 minutes... :-D

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Those of you on this post from Cali - i hope we are all in the next wave....please update if anyone hears anything. At this point my theory is that in the 1st 2 weeks they reviewed x number of application and extended 400 invites - now they have had another week to review and will send out 150-200 invites Friday (tomorrow)

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21 Oct 2010, 10:40

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Good luck to all my fellow Cali applicants, especially the Giants fans of the bunch.

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21 Oct 2010, 10:44

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if my permanent address on my hbs app is California, but on my resume and temporary address, I put NY (because I'm currently working here)...

how do you think the admissions will look at it? california applicant? or NYC applicant?

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21 Oct 2010, 10:45

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I'm praying from NY that they'll send out more tomorrow...

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21 Oct 2010, 10:59

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hoping for NY tomorrow too

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What a rollercoaster... Hopes up, hopes way down, disbelief (anyone else check your spam folders?) anger, panic, and gradual acceptance, yet still waiting... I'm in NY also.

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Yes, checking my spam folder, too! haha I thought I was the only nutty one to do that

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Yes, checking my spam folder, too! haha I thought I was the only nutty one to do that

Checking Spam Folders is clearly insane.

Isn't that right, magic 8-Ball?

"...signs point to yes"

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21 Oct 2010, 13:05

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Moving to Cali to boost my chances!!

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21 Oct 2010, 13:08

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i know i was the one who suggested it, but i think people may be reading too much into it.

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i know i was the one who suggested it, but i think people may be reading too much into it.

shhhhh, ignorance is bliss right now:)

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ahaha that's so funny -- thought for sure I was the only one checking his spam folder!

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haha... yep I've been checking my spam folder... AND asked the magic ball today...

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add me to the checking-the-spam-folder-obsessively-and-draining-my-phone's-battery count

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checking the spam folder, my email, and this thread every second - I am sitting at the edge of my seat, at this point I am going to get a heart attack either way....

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The calm before the storm!

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My apologies if this has already been discussed in this thread (from looking through several posts I couldn't find anything related) but how necessary is the interview invitation in the whole admissions process? In discussing my application experience with a colleague who attended HBS (Class of 2003), she shared her anxiety over not getting an invitation to interview and she called the admissions office to inquire about her application. The admissions office simply confirmed they reviewed her application and didn't have any questions. A few weeks later she was admitted in Round 1 - no interview. Is this unusual?
Based on my colleague's experience, it sounds like HBS doesn't need to interview EVERY admit and I can't find any mention of such an ambition on the HBS admissions website. Has anyone heard anything to the contrary suggesting that not getting an invitation to interview is a kiss of death?