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https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/blog. ... 12-03-26_2Round 2 Notification
Date: March 26, 2012
Finally.
Plan is to send emails out at noon on Thursday. Congratulatory calls will follow, but we don't do admissions notification via phone.
A few things:
HBS doesn't make any financial aid awards at the time of admission. So don't feel slighted that you don't see any $$ mentioned. We have (very) generous financial aid available to our students - both US and international citizens - but it's all need-based. One more thing about financial aid: it's not a "rolling" process - as in, we don't run out of need-based money. Round 3 admits have access to exactly the same resources as Round 1.
The waitlist. Yes, there will be waitlist invitations going out on Thursday. I know for sure we are going to use the waitlist - probably beginning in early May and trying to wrap it up by early June. My guess is we'll be able to make somewhere between 25 and 50 offers to waitlisters - some from Round 1 and some from Round 2 - in addition to the 50 or so we made earlier this month. At this point, this is a guess - Dana Scalisi will keep waitlisters updated.
Feedback for denied candidates post-interview. I carve out time to respond to calls from candidates who have been through the interview process. These calls are rarely dramatic - and I am resolved to not be prescriptive about the future. The vast majority are reassurance that it wasn't anything that is or went wrong...but simply the challenge of comprising a class rich in diversity of backgrounds and perspectives. Details about phone hours will be in the decision letter.
As always, I hope this is helpful. To all of you who are waiting, please know that we appreciate your enthusiasm and patience.