HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants

Hmmm.... *refreshing my email*

same =(

Think i'm outta the race...sighz..

nothing here either! I am holding out hope that they will send it out later until i hear that one person got an email!

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Time of death - 18:15.

collective suicide ideas?

Nothing!!!!! are we sure the mail has been sent??

something is really weird, if you check the stats on beatthegmat, 67 people were interviewed int eh first round, while just 30 were invited in the second round...

nothing here either...

ok, confirmed, they did send invites today. Another guy on BTG received one.

Guys, i think we should still keep hopes up.. so few people received invites this round in comparison with R1... maybe they will send much more than expected next week. Anyways guys, do you know if all the rest will receive an email saying that we were dinged?

we will receive an e-mail on feb 14 saying thanks but no thanks..at least we wont be waiting till end of march

Hi guys,

I'm losing faith as well. Any thoughts on re-applying? Is it even worth it?

I think re-applying depends on the person. It may be worth re-applying if you have limited work experience, or think you can substantially increase the quality of your experience next year, if you think you can improve your GMAT (although judging from the forums A LOT of people have gotten invites with 730 or lower, so it may not matter much). It also depends on what other schools you get into.

For me, if I get into any of the fourschools to which I've applied, I will certainly go this year. For me, the downgrade compared to Harvard isn't worth waiting a year to MAYBE be invited (in some cases the finance program is actually stronger than HBS, albeit without the prestige). That being said, with me, my GPA and GMAT aren't an issue and I already have five years consulting work experience. Part of the reason I want an MBA is I've dead-ended in my current career without one. My extracurriculars could be improved but outside of that I'm not sure how much different my application would be next year.

Long story short, if you can wait a year and think you left something on the table, apply next year. If like me, you want to go this year and think you gave it your best shot, it may be best investing an application fee elsewhere.

I got a low TOEFL score, still i will never know whether that was teh reason I didnt get invited. Still, I think if i get in any of the schools i applied to i would still attend this year.

What is a low TOEFL score for you?

My 116 expired and I took another one on a whim and scored a 110. I could have done a lot better but was advised that a Toefl above 109 is fine.

Got an invite- tech/entrepreneurship background/american but living/interviewing in London/applied on 1/10

so is there no waitlist for R2 applicants