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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mpg2011

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01 Nov 2011, 07:22

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I guess the question is more of "what is an oddball candidate". There are probably levels of oddballs. There is the bulk of MC, PE, VC, IB and then there some less traditional but still not oddball fields like consumer products, marketing, healthcare, high tech...

I studied journalism and communcations but currently work with marketing/advertising/consumer products at a blue chip global company.

How oddball-ish does this make me?

Anyways, all the people I know from my country who got an invite so far were MC's at B/B/M. My consultant say that for international candidates, they tend to go for the 'safer' candidates whereas people coming from the US and American universities get more of a leverage.

I don't think there's a formula, to be honest. We can analyze and debate all day and night, but in the end, HBS knows what they are doing.

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01 Nov 2011, 16:54

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So who is ready for another round of eating a gallon of ice cream while hugging your knees and rocking back and forth in the shower when they dont see their invites come in tomorrow?

I sure am.

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so hilarious and yet so sad... Thank you for that, I needed it.

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Anyone from a healthcare background get an interview invite?

I asked that question earlier but received no positive replies. Either there are too few of us Healthcare folks on this forum or they're taking extra time to evaluate our applications.

Last year, they admitted ~55, so they probably interviewed ~90 assuming a post-interview acceptance rate of 60%. Tomorrow is our day, I just know it! :-D

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01 Nov 2011, 18:47

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so hilarious and yet so sad... Thank you for that, I needed it.

Sapplicant2012

Anyone from a healthcare background get an interview invite?

HC guy here as well, no word yet. Hopefully we all get an invite tomorrow. Good luck!

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So who is ready for another round of eating a gallon of ice cream while hugging your knees and rocking back and forth in the shower when they dont see their invites come in tomorrow?

I sure am.

Here's to hoping I can break out the scotch for a celebration not consolation.

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So who is ready for another round of eating a gallon of ice cream while hugging your knees and rocking back and forth in the shower when they dont see their invites come in tomorrow?

I sure am.

Here's to hoping I can break out the scotch for a celebration not consolation.

Scotch, good man! But I wouldn't be celebrating just yet, even with an invite. Invite does not equal admit.

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01 Nov 2011, 20:49

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fsaq

So who is ready for another round of eating a gallon of ice cream while hugging your knees and rocking back and forth in the shower when they dont see their invites come in tomorrow?

I sure am.

Here's to hoping I can break out the scotch for a celebration not consolation.

Scotch, good man! But I wouldn't be celebrating just yet, even with an invite. Invite does not equal admit.

solb22, For people who have not received an invite, getting an invite does feel like a celebration. Atleast I know the ball will be in my court after that. I can either mess up the interview or handle it well. But right now nothing is in my hand...

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01 Nov 2011, 21:13

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I'm reapplying after being waitlisted in R3 earlier this year and I can tell you that getting that interview invite is definitely a celebration, but it makes the ding a lot worse if it comes. I haven't gotten an invite this year either so I'm a bundle of anxiousness as well.

Good luck everyone.

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01 Nov 2011, 22:43

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Dear HBS Guru,

I am interested in an evaluation of my profile to see my chances at HBS. I am 32 years old, going strongly to 33. I was born in the US yet raised in Latin America. I have over 6 years of work experience developing sustainable businesses in the region. I know Spanish, English and I am learning Portuguese. I have a 113 in my Toefl, 670 on the GMAT after taking it twice (first time was a 620), wanted a 750 but was more than satisfied with a 50 point improvement.

A bomb exploded a block an a half from my parent's home, the only house I had lived in, last year while I was preparing for my GMAT. Not too many job promotions not a high salary as I had been happily working in the Social Enterprise sector applying an interesting sustainability framework.

My dad is a Harvard PhD in Economics and my sister graduated from the Kennedy School of government.

What do you guys think? Is my profile different than your typical MBA? Do you think I have a chance or should I look to other programs in the US. Stanford maybe, I hear the weather is nicer this time of the year.

Feedback welcome!

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I am a female candidate from India who is working as a full time lawyer with a top Public Sector Bank in India.
I graduated 2 years ago and have been working as a manager with the bank ever since.
My major was litigation and am currently engaged with taxation matters. for an year I was handling coporate agreements.
During college, I won many laurels for my college at national level competitions such as legal essay writing, short fiction writing, debate and moot court competitions. I have also interned under the most prominent lawyers of India like Mr.F.S Nariman and Mr.Ram Jethmalani.
In school, i was a part of my school badminton team. and in senior secondary I recieved national level distinction in history and mathematics.
I also host two blogs, one of them is for poems which I write and the other is mostly for articles on current political scene around the world and for my short stories.
My gmat score is 700 with 6.0 in AWA, 40 in verbal and 46 in quant.
My father has his own chambers and is a lawyer
and My mother holds an MBA in finance and is working as a General Manager (Accounts)
I love to paint and im enthusiastic about oil and charcoal paintings.
I'm waiting to hear from HBS!

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This is so agonizing! especially if you're in a different time zone. Its 5:00 pm where I am, and I'm waiting for my unread email count to increase...but no new emails...It's like waiting for the phone to ring! I'm applying in R2 for another B school but just can't focus on the app today...I seem to be the only one though...hv scoured every blog worth it's salt, but don't see many folks agonizing and analyzing this way...and I can't focus on work either...this is killing me!!!!!

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02 Nov 2011, 04:43

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I can assure you that most of the folks are in the same state, probably they are just staying away from forums till 12PM EST. It is difficult to focus on work or anything else today .. I am on IST time zone ... can understand your state :-)

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Thanks for your kind words...but I have backed up my back up schools, and haven't heard from them either... It's only 2-3 weeks since I submitted these apps, so may be i need to give the worrying a rest...

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As always, if you're feeling anxious, feel free to come to chat and vent/wait/talk with others! It probably won't get hopping for another hour or two, but come on by: https://gmatclub.com/chat/?fl=menu

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02 Nov 2011, 05:39

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For some reason, I'm fairly zen about this round of invites (as opposed to the first one where I was a nervous wreck and checked my phone/computer every 5 seconds for emails/posts). Although I can feel my nervousness creeping up a bit as noon EST draws ever closer.

Good luck, everyone!

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Any news anyone? Feeling very nervous!

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Nothing yet.

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So who is ready for another round of eating a gallon of ice cream while hugging your knees and rocking back and forth in the shower when they dont see their invites come in tomorrow?

I sure am.

too funny!

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So who is ready for another round of eating a gallon of ice cream while hugging your knees and rocking back and forth in the shower when they dont see their invites come in tomorrow?

I sure am.

Here's to hoping I can break out the scotch for a celebration not consolation.

Scotch, good man! But I wouldn't be celebrating just yet, even with an invite. Invite does not equal admit.

This process is so stressful I figure you have to celebrate the small victories. Plus I have a bottle of Lagavulin 16 from my fiance's father that really needs to be opened!

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