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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Did anyone at all recieve an invite yesterday (wave 3)? Sandy, any of your kids?

a couple, but not many. Are there any reports on this board of HBS invite on 11/16?

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Sandy, do you know, historically speaking, what percentage of kids who were deferred from R1 to R2 (without interview) end up receiving interview invitations in R2? How often does that happen?

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I would like a list of people's profiles that got into H/S/W with

GPA: 3.0-3.4 range (Non Ivy)
GMAT: low 700s
WE: None of the following - Fortune 50, IB/PE/VC, Consulting
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Basically, what do the "underdogs" look like?

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Sandy, do you know, historically speaking, what percentage of kids who were deferred from R1 to R2 (without interview) end up receiving interview invitations in R2? How often does that happen?

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have fun, sorta complete list of HBS WL announcements last year, if you can figure out what happened, let me know. :-)

https://hbsguru.com/blog/category/hbs-an ... list-data/

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Has anyone been through the interview? What were the questions? Where did you take it? thks !

I have just had mine - London hub-office. It was a very nice atmosphere and very friendly. The questions were something like this:
- Run me though your resume and the decisions you have taken to get where you are now
- Was it hard to take the decision to ...
- Why do you think that was
- How was it to study in a foreign country compared to your home country
- How did you choose to concentrate to work on this type of project
- What would you say to somebody who is new to your company
- What is your dreamjob
- What else would you have liked me to ask you

So it was very much along the line of the typical HBS interviews. And though it was very nice, it is very diffcult to judge if I actually did well or not.

Good luck everyone.

Were you also told that you wouldn't have an decision notification until Dec 16th? That surprised me since most people I've heard of who got offers got them 1-2 weeks after interviews.

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Would they not need to interview everyone in a given round before making a decision as to admission for any individual?

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Were you also told that you wouldn't have an decision notification until Dec 16th? That surprised me since most people I've heard of who got offers got them 1-2 weeks after interviews.

no one in the recent history of HBS has ever gotten an admit during a normal interview round in two weeks; admits are sent out at noon, as per the dates on HBS website.
And beyond that, you got the friggin date wrong anyway, it is December 19th.

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yeah I knew it was the 19th but she definitely told me the 16th (I'm positive because I almost asked her if she didn't mean the 19th).

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Has anybody here interviewed in Paris? I have a question for you if you have...

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yeah I knew it was the 19th but she definitely told me the 16th (I'm positive because I almost asked her if she didn't mean the 19th).

and you thought it a good idea to muddy the waters even more by repeating her error without comment???

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yeah I knew it was the 19th but she definitely told me the 16th (I'm positive because I almost asked her if she didn't mean the 19th).

My interviewer told me, that I would hear back the 19th. She told me, that I would get an Email saying, that my decision has been posted, or that my status changed or something like that. And then I would have to log-in to the portal to see the final decision.

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yeah I knew it was the 19th but she definitely told me the 16th (I'm positive because I almost asked her if she didn't mean the 19th).

and you thought it a good idea to muddy the waters even more by repeating her error without comment???

Sorry I wasn't clear.

I knew the official decision notification date was the 19th, but after reading summaries of past interviews on clearadmit, I thought that in practice this meant they would send offers up to the 19th and not necessarily on the 19th. Now that I think of it, the comments that led me to this conclusion might have been for other schools than HBS. Didn't mean to confuse anyone.

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i'm currently on the waitlist. heard from HBS today, they'll be considering my app with the round 2 applicants.

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Has anybody here interviewed in Paris? I have a question for you if you have...

I did. Talk to me

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anyone interviewed/ing in shanghai? would be great to hear your experience (pm if you prefer)

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Hi all,

I am just wondering how important is it to send out a thank you note after an interview with an adcom member? I have not received any business card from the interviewer, so if a thank you note is required should I send it to the general admission committee email? Thx.

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I didn't get a business card either and can't remember the interviewer's name unfortunately. I don't think it's really expected but perhaps it is a plus.

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Let's put it this way - By not sending a thank you note, you will not get downgraded by the adcom into the "ding" pool, rather, it is something that is "nice to do". If you know the name and have the email address, yes, why not, however don't break your head if you can't. Adcom members get tons of thank you mails throughout the application season, and they are not going to match it up with your application file.

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https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/ ... orkers/?hp

SCARY New York Times article about impact of economy on Wall St jobs for kids in 20's

experts say that today’s doldrums, unlike previous downturns, are here to stay.

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“A lot of the positions that are being cut right now aren’t coming back,” said Leslie K. Hild, a vice president with the recruiting firm Right Management. “It’s an emotional roller coaster for almost everyone.”

The industry’s woes have also affected the plans of undergraduate and graduate students at the nation’s top colleges.

At Harvard Business School, where a relatively high 39 percent of this year’s graduates went into finance, compared to 34 percent last year, there has been a “heck of a lot more anxiety” about next year’s hiring season, according to William A. Sahlman, a professor of business administration.

“People used to think of some of these organizations, like a Morgan Stanley or a Goldman Sachs, as safe career bets,” Professor Sahlman said. “Those firms are not going away, but they’re going to hire half the people they hired before.”

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haha, not exactly a company to say you admire during your HBS interview, given management style of the CEO, an HBS grad himself. This is what business is actually like, as opposed to the pop-tart version you get at HBS.

Zynga's Tough Culture Risks a Talent Drain
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https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/zyngas-tough-culture-risks-a-talent-drain/“Instead it's going to be a Harvard Business School case study on founder overreach — this will be a cautionary tale.” In July, Zynga lost a bid for PopCap, a mobile game company....etc. AND LOTS OF OTHER DETAILS ABOUT HOW TUFF IT IS TO WORK THERE.