2+2 Applicants - Please add yourself to the 2+2 Roll Call which will be put up on this thread: HBS 2+2 Class of 2016 HBS Business School Guide HBS Applicant Summary (Real Time) Quick Glance: GMAT Club vs. Latest Intake (Class of 2013) Latest GMAT Club Member Profile Updates Detailed Applicant List: Add Yourself to This List (add HBS to your profile) GMAT Club's Real-time Admissions Statistics Add Your Profile to This List Questions about this Roll Call ? Members Invited to Interview HBS CLASS ADMITTED THIS YEAR (entering 2011) VS LAST YEAR (entered 2010) FINANCIAL SERVICES BLOODBATH HEADLINES 1. apps DOWN fr. 9524 to 9134 2. PE/VC Down fr. 18pct to 13pct -HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3. Women up 36 to 39 pct 4. Class size up fr. 910 to 918 5. Investment banking and Investment Management DOWN fr. 14 to 12 pct Class of 2013* https://www.hbs.edu/mba/perspectives/class-statistics/ Admissions Total MBA Enrollment 918 Applications 9,134 % Admitted 12% Yield 90% Class Composition Women 39% US Ethnic Minorities 23% International 34% Average Age 27 Countries represented 68 Undergraduate institutions represented 243 GMAT Score Range 490-790 Median GMAT 730 Citizenship North America 70% ?United States 66% Asia/South Pacific 13% Europe 10% Central/South America 4% Africa 2% Oceania 1% Undergraduate Majors Business Administration 20% Engineering/Natural Sciences/Technical Disciplines 36% Humanities/Social Sciences 43% Other 1% Pre-MBA Industry Consulting 21% Consumer Products 6% Financial Services** 12% Healthcare/Biotech 6% High Tech/Communications 9% Manufacturing 14% Military 5% Non-Profit 8% Other Services 5% Venture Capital/Private Equity 13% Unspecified 1% * As of June 1, 2011 – subject to change ** Includes Investment Banking and Investment Management ============================== Preliminary Profile of the Class of 2012 https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/blog-all.html entry for July7,2010 Date: July 07, 2010 Here’s a peek at the Class of 2012. This is still officially “preliminary” until registration in September. Admissions Total MBA Enrollment 910 Applications 9,524 % Admitted 11% Class Composition Women 36% US Ethnic Minorities 23% International 34% Countries represented 73 Undergraduate institutions represented 243 GMAT Score Range 510-790 Middle 50% GMAT Score Range 710-750 Average GMAT 724 Citizenship North America 70% ?United States 66% Asia/South Pacific 13% Europe 12% Central/South America 3% Africa 1% Oceania 1% Undergraduate Majors Business 23% Engineering/Natural Sciences/Technical Disciplines 33% Humanities/Social Sciences 43% Other 1% Pre-MBA Industry Consulting 22% Consumer Products 7% Financial Services* 14% Healthcare/Biotech 6% High Tech/Communications 6% Manufacturing 9% Military 5% Non-Profit 7% Other Services 5% Venture Capital/Private Equity 18% * Includes Investment Banking & Investment Management BTW: A GREAT, GREAT RESOURCE FOR ALL HBS APPLICANTS IS LAST YEAR'S THREAD, CALLING ALL HBS 2011 APPLICANTS, calling-all-hbs-2011-applicants-including-96063.html#p739570 ESP THE FIRST POST, WHICH ITSELF GIVES RESOURCES. SPENDING AN HOUR READING THRU THOSE POSTS WILL GIVE YOU AN EXCELLENT IDEA OF WHAT THE YEAR AHEAD WILL LOOK LIKE AND PROVIDE YOU WITH MANY, MANY PROFILES AND THEIR OUTCOMES. Interview questions:

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consultantcat

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27 Oct 2011, 05:15

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it does seem to me that most of the people who got interview invites have a more traditional background?

are there any here who have a nontraditional background or career goals?

and can anyone who received invite tell us if your application status changed when you logged in?

Just logged in and my application status hasn't changed. Tomorrow they send an e-mail link to their scheduling system so I guess that runs completely in parallel.

For what it's worth, I do consulting but not management consulting nor IT, more of a niche market really.

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27 Oct 2011, 06:04

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If you don't mind me asking, did you only take the GRE and not GMAT? You might be first first-person example that have gotten interview from the big 3.

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27 Oct 2011, 06:23

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any private equity males get invites?

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While we're on it, any healthcare males get invited?

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27 Oct 2011, 07:00

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If you don't mind me asking, did you only take the GRE and not GMAT? You might be first first-person example that have gotten interview from the big 3.

Yep, I took the GRE - I had been on the verge of starting a PhD at Stanford and then decided it wasn't for me, and stayed at my current company. It finally dawned on me that what I needed was an MBA and not a PhD. So I applied this year instead, with the GRE I had already taken before.

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27 Oct 2011, 09:09

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While we're on it, any healthcare males get invited?

Dont know about others but I certainly did not get an invite.....wow...cant help thinking about next year apps already....almost cried yesterday. I am a reapplicant, dinged w/o an interview last year.

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27 Oct 2011, 09:40

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i have a friend who got in with only a gre score...but she did harvard for undergrad.

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27 Oct 2011, 10:06

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any private equity males get invites?

I did -- M/26/720/3.8

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27 Oct 2011, 11:25

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BigPE, are you white/asian?

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The Interview Invite Results have been posted in the first post (duplicating it here):

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27 Oct 2011, 11:51

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HBS INTERVIEW QUESTION WORTH HAVING AN ANSWER FOR:

What do you think of Occupy Wall St.???? any suggestions?

Not bathing for a few days certainly doesn't improve their job prospects. This just makes things worse: https://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/10 ... /?mod=e2fb
Can you imagine an OWS protester applying to BSchool this year? That'd be a fun interview to watch/conduct.

SERIOUSLY--that is a dangerous answer to give in an actual HBS interview, no matter what your actual feelings. The "P.C." and correct answer is similar to ones given by Obama, and other dems etc. I understand their 'pain' etc. at job losses, dislocation, and fin. insecurity, esp. kids w. big student loans, etc. They expect you to give a balanced and structured answer to Q like that, altho you are free to finish up w. your own opinion, e.g. maybe not effective but here is what is driving it.

What do you think of this? https://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/1 ... get-a-job/

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27 Oct 2011, 11:58

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it would be great to get ethnicity on these too...

The Interview Invite Results have been posted in the first post (duplicating it here):

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27 Oct 2011, 12:08

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BigPE, are you white/asian?

yup - asian male

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27 Oct 2011, 15:44

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For what it's worth I have received an invite:

M - 27 - 760 GMAT - 3.5 GPA

Typical background - Management Consulting (Strategy specifically) - but I ensured my industry interest and experience came through on my application.

Australian of Indian heritage

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27 Oct 2011, 17:28

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hmm, so even applicants residing in non-interview-hub countries got invites.

damn! speculation is killing me.

anyways does some1 has an idea that those who have dual citizenship (eg. India and US), the applicant will be considered in which pool (Indian or US). I guess primary citizenship will be considered ??

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Firstly I don't think they are pooling applicants by citizenship - this would simply create more work for little to no payoff. If they pool at all, it will be by GMAT cutoffs, industry, function or some more relevant measure than citizenship.

Secondly, even by some stretch of logic they are pooling applicants by citizenship, it would stand to reason that they would complete and invite the non-hub countries first, not after. A non-hub applicant needs more time to arrange travel logistics, not less.

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Just curious, did anyone with a GMAT under 700 get an invite? Don't mean to hyper analyze the first batch of invites, but just cant help but wonder if any low gmat takers like myself were lucky enough to earn the interview ticket

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While we're on it, any healthcare males get invited?

yeah, its been a tough week for many of us. I plan to go out with my friends this weekend and have a good time, you should too! Focus on the things that make you happy in the next two weeks, that's my way of not going insane in this purgatory

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Hey everyone, there is no need to stress this app. out, you can ask 21 questions about who got invited and who didn't, trying to look for the silver lining, but you'll only end up with another 21 questions. If I learned anything in this process, its that an mba is only a step towards my goals, It's not a blocker, nor the only path....With that said, good luck to all.

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27 Oct 2011, 20:54

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I agree with the speculation that the more solid applicants were invited first (high gpa and gmat). They probably need more eyes and time to convince each other why the nontraditional ones need an invite. Hence, the delay. It's disappointing to not be part of the first batch, but I think we just need to be positive and not stress over it.

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