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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Past weeks have been so long that I dont even remember applying to HBS lol

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07 Nov 2011, 06:08

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FSAQ, hbs actually places a number of people into United and other airlines so I doubt you are out of the running just yet.

Thank you for your kind remarks!!

But you, me and Dee know that I am screwed... no interview or waitlist for me... highly dobt that I will get a call. I did for a minute there, think that I had a chance because of my background on airlines (I am a volunteer at a foundation in Phoenix AZ whose chairman and founder is a HBS graduate and he said that there are not many alumni on the airline industry). I have been in the forefront of crew union negotiations and I am currently in fuel operations, hedging and supply... interesting stuff (in my opinion cause I love airlines). But again, it isnt what HBS likes.

Still crossing my fingers for the waitlist or interview, but I am already working on my LGO application for MIT. They have very strong airline research, courses and opportunities through their Airline Consortium.

I wish you all the best of lucks.

Yeah you don't see too many airline folks around campus but you do see plenty of operations folks. We've got petroleum engineers, defense ops, car people, supply chain guys like me, etc. If you look at this past years' class stats, the biggest change was an increase in manufacturing folks at the expense of private equity folks. Don't give up yet. Oh and definitely apply to LGO. That's a great program and I have a couple friends there who love it.

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Yeah you don't see too many airline folks around campus but you do see plenty of operations folks. We've got petroleum engineers, defense ops, car people, supply chain guys like me, etc.

Eskimo thanks for your insight! When you say "not too many airline folks", how many do you actually know of in your class or in both classes who come from an airline? more than 50, less than 50? maybe not even 10? can you shed some light into this?

Your remarks are highly appreciated Eskimo, thanks for sharing this with all of us!

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Yeah you don't see too many airline folks around campus but you do see plenty of operations folks. We've got petroleum engineers, defense ops, car people, supply chain guys like me, etc.

Probably around a dozen folks who worked in the aerospace industry and less than that who specifically worked for an airline. I'd guess half a dozen.

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Wow half a dozen!! so few... mmm wonder why given that airlines are often used as operations management and operations research examples. I will cross my fingers and hope to be invited or waitlisted this wednesday.

Can you be waitlisted without being interviewed by the way? Other schools do, so maybe I am assuming too much by expectinig HBS to do the same. anyone knows?

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07 Nov 2011, 12:09

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Hey, it's just my estimate. We actually have had a couple cases already on airlines. Airlines are typically viewed as bad businesses to run (high costs, low margin, lots of competition, etc.) but that's why successes in this industry are really great learning lessons for us. Best of luck!

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Has anyone had their interview yet? Anything to report?

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Sandy calls the entrepreneurs as oddballs and feels they very rarely get a chance at HBS.

Yikes, then I am a goner. I am even more of an oddball with my weirdass profile. However, I believe Wharton favours candidates with business backgrounds and especially those from family businesses.

Also, I remember reading that HBS actually respects entrepreneurs; although, that respect need not necessarily translate into an admit.

Even I am in the same boat as I am an entrepreneur. Well until and unless you are an entrepreneur who has raised million of $ in funding, I don't think HBS gives too much attention.

Lets see what the next two Wednesdays have in store for us.

I'm an entrepreneur who was admitted to a top MBA program. I knew a couple dozen other entrepreneurs at my school and peer schools (HBS, Wharton). Some had succeeded tremendously with their businesses, a few others had failed. The key is to have a compelling story about what you learned and what you plan on doing with your MBA education. Best of luck!

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does anyone know approximately what % of r1 applicants are typically waitlisted? and also what % of those waitlisted are eventually extended interviews? thanks

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What's on tap for tomorrow? Do we get dings by email or do we have to log into applyyourself? Are folks expecting information by noon EST or earlier?

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You are dinged through a change of status in apply web, though you get an email stating that your decision is now available. You are also waitlisted through this same method so at this point your decision is either rejection or waitlist.

What we are looking for; desperately looking , slithing-our-wrists-just-with-the-hopes-of-it looking for,is that the email you get tomorrow does not have as a subject "your decision is available"

I have stocked Ice cream and doritos as if a hurricane was comming to town in preparation for tomorrow's hit on my morale...

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whose ready for the bloodbath tomorrow?! I stocked up on big bags of mini chocolate today (post-halloween sale), started popping an hour ago...

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I hate this need for validation from HBS. The anticipation of an HBS invite is preventing me from prepping for the Wharton interview and is simply messing with my head.

Got to keep sane.. got to keep sane.. got to...

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Lol. I hear you. My dad just called in a jokingly tone asking if tomorrow was going to be interview, release or waitlist day. I guess he read Dee's blog?

I have to say I'm a lot calmer really. I will accept my 'release' with grace and move on to prep for my other interviews. In the end, this is a numbers game and we apply to more than 1 school because it's hard to get in everywhere. It just stings a little more when the ding comes from HBS. Specially because IMO, that was my strongest application.

That said, who will be in the chat tomorrow? Will be fun times!

Good luck to everyone!

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I have to say I'm a lot calmer really. I will accept my 'release' with grace and move on to prep for my other interviews. In the end, this is a numbers game and we apply to more than 1 school because it's hard to get in everywhere. It just stings a little more when the ding comes from HBS. Specially because IMO, that was my strongest application.

I am calmer alright. Fantastically, I have been sleeping well for the past 3-4 days!

Same here: My HBS application was by far the strongest and therefore it just hurts just that much more. However, we have to accept that HBS receives absolutely fantastic applications and even though we may be the top 1%, we may not be the 0.1% kind which HBS needs, which is alright by me.

Definitely in for the chat!

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Good luck tomorrow everyone

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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.....

yes, but there are many more int'l applicants in the gmatclub database, which means that both sets arent equal, so we cant extrapolate the admission rate of last year.

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For those fortunate enough to get an interview with HBS, I highly recommend the Harbus HBS Interview Guide. I'm totally biased since I write for the Harbus but I'd probably say it's awesome even if I wasn't totally biased... I think. Oh and mention that Alex sent you... It won't get you any discounts or anything but maybe it'll give me a little more street cred around the Harbus office. :-D