Last visit was: 24 Apr 2026, 23:18 It is currently 24 Apr 2026, 23:18
Home
Messages
Tests
Schools
Events
Close
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.

Customized
for You

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Track
Your Progress

every week, we’ll send you an estimated GMAT score based on your performance

Practice
Pays

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Go to My Error Log Learn more
Close
Request Expert Reply
Confirm Cancel
avatar
aspirant1990
avatar
Joined: 02 Nov 2011
Last visit: 04 Nov 2011
Posts: 2
Schools: HBS 2+2 '18 (S)
GMAT 1: 760 Q52 V41
GPA: 3.6
Schools: HBS 2+2 '18 (S)
GMAT 1: 760 Q52 V41
Posts: 2
Kudos: 0
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 11:07
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
any 2+2 applicant got a interview call?
User avatar
hbsguru
User avatar
MBA Admissions Consultant
Joined: 14 Feb 2010
Last visit: 17 Apr 2015
Posts: 558
Own Kudos:
111
Location: Cambridge MA
Posts: 558
Kudos: 111
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 11:27
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Hmmm, have I got this right, one reported invite on this blog.
What was total in chat room?
My own internal files still show a bunch of people whom I expect to be interviewed, and I'm usually not a raging optimist on this topic. I still think there is a non-trivial number of invites to come next week. Possibly ~10+ pct of the total Round 1 interview cohort.
avatar
aspirant1990
avatar
Joined: 02 Nov 2011
Last visit: 04 Nov 2011
Posts: 2
Schools: HBS 2+2 '18 (S)
GMAT 1: 760 Q52 V41
GPA: 3.6
Schools: HBS 2+2 '18 (S)
GMAT 1: 760 Q52 V41
Posts: 2
Kudos: 0
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 11:33
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
hbsguru
Hmmm, have I got this right, one reported invite on this blog.
What was total in chat room?
My own internal files still show a bunch of people whom I expect to be interviewed, and I'm usually not a raging optimist on this topic. I still think there is a non-trivial number of invites to come next week. Possibly ~10+ pct of the total Round 1 interview cohort.
Show more

why do you feel that?
User avatar
hbsguru
User avatar
MBA Admissions Consultant
Joined: 14 Feb 2010
Last visit: 17 Apr 2015
Posts: 558
Own Kudos:
111
Location: Cambridge MA
Posts: 558
Kudos: 111
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 11:38
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
for reasons stated: internal files and lack of invites reported here today. Mostly internal files of peeps I expect to be interviewed who have not been.
avatar
antelB
avatar
Joined: 02 Feb 2011
Last visit: 03 Aug 2012
Posts: 35
Own Kudos:
7
Given Kudos: 5
Schools:HBS, LGO, GSB
GPA: 3.5
Posts: 35
Kudos: 7
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 11:38
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
I don't know about the Chat but I only saw 1 invite as well. So what's 10% of R1?

900-(~100 "2+2") / 2 = ~400
I'm pretty sure there are slightly more R2 invites than R1 (more people apply in R2), so 350/450 admission split.. and they do 1/.6 interviews/admit... so ~585 interviews which means roughly 58 interviews left with that 10% guess.

I'm a 710/27/Eng/XC Waitlisted R2 Last year. I was encouraged to apply again in R1. Haven't heard anything yet. I'm applying with a slightly better GMAT and a few other 'improvements'. It seems so far like they may have received a stronger application pool this year. Hope a bigger bunch of the GC invites are stuck in the last batch, fingers crossed for 50/58 invites from this forum next week =)
Good luck peeps, love you all, thanks for making this ride easier by being here!
avatar
seraphicgirl
avatar
Joined: 26 Oct 2011
Last visit: 25 Jan 2012
Posts: 25
Own Kudos:
5
Status:Waiting
Posts: 25
Kudos: 5
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 11:59
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Dear hbs guru I have the following profile. Would u please tell me how strong/ weak a chance I have as per your internal database?
seraphicgirl
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!
Show more

Posted from my mobile device
avatar
spain55
avatar
Joined: 26 Oct 2011
Last visit: 15 Dec 2011
Posts: 6
Own Kudos:
5
Posts: 6
Kudos: 5
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 12:20
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
hbsguru
Hmmm, have I got this right, one reported invite on this blog.
What was total in chat room?
My own internal files still show a bunch of people whom I expect to be interviewed, and I'm usually not a raging optimist on this topic. I still think there is a non-trivial number of invites to come next week. Possibly ~10+ pct of the total Round 1 interview cohort.
Show more


I also received an invite today -- similar background to the other person on the blog that received one. IB / Equity Research. I wasn't able to sign in to register for an interview time until around 1 pm EST and nearly all of the NYC times were taken and very few Boston times were left. I know the HBS blog said they would be managing the time slots, so it may have been that I waited too long after the initial notification.
avatar
fsaq
avatar
Joined: 01 Jan 2011
Last visit: 10 Apr 2015
Posts: 196
Own Kudos:
22
Given Kudos: 9
Concentration: Operations
WE:Operations (Transportation)
Posts: 196
Kudos: 22
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 14:40
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
so guess what people?? I of course did not get an invite. I am headed to a buffet.. preferably at a casino since I am feeling like I got nothing else to lose..

Lets hope for a waitlist or an interview next wednesday. Thats the real reason I applied to R1, so Adcoms would have an ample time to think about me, rather than like last year where I applied to R3 and of course Im not living at Boston so I got rejected.

Cheers to everyone who got the invite! Good luck. I am placing my faith in MIT LGO.
avatar
nawaz84
avatar
Joined: 14 Jan 2011
Last visit: 29 Mar 2012
Posts: 9
Own Kudos:
5
Location: Aruba
Posts: 9
Kudos: 5
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 15:15
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Hey guys,

Thanks to you all for being individual fonts of wisdom over this time period.

A quick question regarding the interviews that Sandy, or indeed anyone, can answer.

Is the interview a subset of your candicacy, or are they essentially going to base the decision for admission off the interview alone?

My understanding is that they simply are a factor towards your admission decision (however, whether it is weighted 10%, 20% or 50% is anyone's guess). However I have read in a couple of places that after you receive an invite it resets the playing field for all candidates and everyone plays off the same base.

Does anyone have a point of view on this?
avatar
gpb14
avatar
Joined: 03 Apr 2011
Last visit: 22 May 2012
Posts: 45
Own Kudos:
10
Location: United States
Concentration: General Management
Schools: HBS '14 (D) Darden '14 (M$) CBS '14 Stern '14
GMAT 1: 760 Q49 V45
Schools: HBS '14 (D) Darden '14 (M$) CBS '14 Stern '14
GMAT 1: 760 Q49 V45
Posts: 45
Kudos: 10
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 15:34
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
nawaz84
Hey guys,

Thanks to you all for being individual fonts of wisdom over this time period.

A quick question regarding the interviews that Sandy, or indeed anyone, can answer.

Is the interview a subset of your candicacy, or are they essentially going to base the decision for admission off the interview alone?

My understanding is that they simply are a factor towards your admission decision (however, whether it is weighted 10%, 20% or 50% is anyone's guess). However I have read in a couple of places that after you receive an invite it resets the playing field for all candidates and everyone plays off the same base.

Does anyone have a point of view on this?
Show more

I tend to think it's a factor towards your admission decision. However, anyone who receives an invite has a reasonable chance of getting in so it's not like some have to absolutely rock the interview else you don't get in.

In regards to %, like anything in this process, I think it depends. If you're a rockstar, get to the interview and be a complete jerk to the interviewer, your interview automatically becomes 100% of your application.
User avatar
hbsguru
User avatar
MBA Admissions Consultant
Joined: 14 Feb 2010
Last visit: 17 Apr 2015
Posts: 558
Own Kudos:
111
 [1]
Location: Cambridge MA
Posts: 558
Kudos: 111
 [1]
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 15:35
1
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
nawaz84
Hey guys,

However I have read in a couple of places that after you receive an invite it resets the playing field for all candidates and everyone plays off the same base.

Does anyone have a point of view on this?
Show more
that is DEAD WRONG. In fact, it is almost the opposite. The interview filters out people based on 1. people who cannot speak English, 2. people who cannot speak English for that 30 minutes, by getting lost, digressing, getting confused, or flustered, 3. people who for various reasons are jerks (attitude, content of answers, general deportment, combo of all that). If you take interview and do not get filtered out, your decision is then based on entire app, including scores, schooling, pedigree jobs, extras, identidy politics, their mosaic needs, etc. etc.
One small piece of that last, holistic decison is actual performance on interview, but not a large part.
Mostly the interview flunks people, it doesn not select them.
avatar
JPHFan
avatar
Joined: 29 Oct 2011
Last visit: 06 Jan 2012
Posts: 9
Own Kudos:
5
Location: United States
Concentration: Entrepreneurship, Finance
Schools: CBS '14 (D) HBS '14 (D) Wharton '14 (D)
GMAT 1: 760 Q49 V44
GPA: 3.87
WE:Project Management (Computer Software)
Schools: CBS '14 (D) HBS '14 (D) Wharton '14 (D)
GMAT 1: 760 Q49 V44
Posts: 9
Kudos: 5
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants Updated on: 02 Nov 2011, 16:18
Originally posted by JPHFan on 02 Nov 2011, 15:50.
Last edited by JPHFan on 02 Nov 2011, 16:18, edited 1 time in total.
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
My understanding was that of those interviewed, 60% approximately are accepted. If we accept that the overall acceptance rate is 11.24% and that the number of applicants is sufficiently large from this board to allow the law of large numbers to apply as a representative sample of the full population (which seems to roughly be the case) then we know the following:

.60 * of all interviewed = number admitted
number admitted / total applications = percent admitted = 11.24%
percent interviewed = all interviewed / total applications = all interviewed / (number admitted / 11.24%) = .1124 / (number admitted / all interviewed) = .1124 / .6 = 18.7333%

Given the sample size of 190 in round 1, we would expect about 36 invites to interview from this board. However there have only been 26 invited thus far. Unless this sample has deviated substantially from the norm, it stands to reason there are [highlight]10 more invites[/highlight] out there for next Wednesday for people on this board alone.

At least, that's what I'm telling myself.....
avatar
Moldo
avatar
Joined: 02 Nov 2011
Last visit: 29 Dec 2013
Posts: 1
Posts: 1
Kudos: 0
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 16:02
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Has anyone whose recommendations were sent during the 48-hour extension to the deadline been invited to interview?
avatar
gpb14
avatar
Joined: 03 Apr 2011
Last visit: 22 May 2012
Posts: 45
Own Kudos:
10
Location: United States
Concentration: General Management
Schools: HBS '14 (D) Darden '14 (M$) CBS '14 Stern '14
GMAT 1: 760 Q49 V45
Schools: HBS '14 (D) Darden '14 (M$) CBS '14 Stern '14
GMAT 1: 760 Q49 V45
Posts: 45
Kudos: 10
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 17:43
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
hbsguru

The interview filters out people based on 1. people who cannot speak English, 2. people who cannot speak English for that 30 minutes, by getting lost, digressing, getting confused, or flustered, 3. people who for various reasons are jerks (attitude, content of answers, general deportment, combo of all that). If you take interview and do not get filtered out, your decision is then based on entire app, including scores, schooling, pedigree jobs, extras, identidy politics, their mosaic needs, etc. etc.
One small piece of that last, holistic decison is actual performance on interview, but not a large part.
Mostly the interview flunks people, it doesn not select them.
Show more

Sandy, what would you say the acceptance rate is for those applicants who don't "flunk" the interview? 80%? 90%? 99%?
avatar
dcman321
avatar
Joined: 08 Mar 2010
Last visit: 20 Feb 2013
Posts: 18
Own Kudos:
6
Posts: 18
Kudos: 6
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 20:20
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Maybe not everyone on this board who received an invite posted it yet.
avatar
CRAZYFORADMISSION
avatar
Joined: 02 Nov 2011
Last visit: 03 Nov 2011
Posts: 5
Own Kudos:
5
Posts: 5
Kudos: 5
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 23:02
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
did anyone from India got an interview call yet?
avatar
shekmba
avatar
Joined: 03 Oct 2011
Last visit: 17 Dec 2012
Posts: 139
Own Kudos:
17
Given Kudos: 12
Concentration: General Management, Entrepreneurship
Schools: Kellogg '14 (A)
Schools: Kellogg '14 (A)
Posts: 139
Kudos: 17
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 23:04
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
CRAZYFORADMISSION
did anyone from India got an interview call yet?
Show more

Well, 2 invites have been indirectly reported so far. One from Mumbai, and one from Gurgaon.
avatar
CRAZYFORADMISSION
avatar
Joined: 02 Nov 2011
Last visit: 03 Nov 2011
Posts: 5
Own Kudos:
5
Posts: 5
Kudos: 5
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 23:09
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
shekmba
CRAZYFORADMISSION
did anyone from India got an interview call yet?

Well, 2 invites have been indirectly reported so far. One from Mumbai, and one from Gurgaon.
Show more


Can we expect a call on November 9 also? Or should I stop hoping for any call now..!
avatar
shekmba
avatar
Joined: 03 Oct 2011
Last visit: 17 Dec 2012
Posts: 139
Own Kudos:
17
Given Kudos: 12
Concentration: General Management, Entrepreneurship
Schools: Kellogg '14 (A)
Schools: Kellogg '14 (A)
Posts: 139
Kudos: 17
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 23:11
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
CRAZYFORADMISSION
Can we expect a call on November 9 also? Or should I stop hoping for any call now..!
Show more

I think for the sake of sanity, it is better to stop hoping. We are all in the same boat.
User avatar
gmatpapa
User avatar
Joined: 31 Oct 2010
Last visit: 25 Aug 2018
Posts: 415
Own Kudos:
2,642
Given Kudos: 75
Status:Up again.
Concentration: Strategy, Operations
Schools: Ivey '16 (A) Carlson '17 (A) McCombs '17 (A) W.P. Carey '17 (M$)
GMAT 1: 740 Q49 V42
GMAT 2: 710 Q48 V40
Schools: Ivey '16 (A) Carlson '17 (A) McCombs '17 (A) W.P. Carey '17 (M$)
GMAT 2: 710 Q48 V40
Posts: 415
Kudos: 2,642
HBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants 02 Nov 2011, 23:12
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
hbsguru

that is DEAD WRONG. In fact, it is almost the opposite. The interview filters out people based on 1. people who cannot speak English, 2. people who cannot speak English for that 30 minutes, by getting lost, digressing, getting confused, or flustered, 3. people who for various reasons are jerks (attitude, content of answers, general deportment, combo of all that). If you take interview and do not get filtered out, your decision is then based on entire app, including scores, schooling, pedigree jobs, extras, identidy politics, their mosaic needs, etc. etc.
One small piece of that last, holistic decison is actual performance on interview, but not a large part.
Mostly the interview flunks people, it doesn not select them.
Show more

Would you say that for other schools' interviews as well?
   1  ...  29   30   31   32   33  ...  66   
Moderator:
GMATNinja
GMAT Club Verbal Expert
7391 posts