HBS Fall 2009 Applicants: Round 1 GMATClub Stats: Total Applicants 40 Admits: 6 Interviewed: 19 Dings: 18 Waitlisted: 6 Unknown: 8 msday - Accepted and Matriculating Bball - Accepted and Matriculating BigBad - Accepted and Matriculating cpgmba - Accepted and Matriculating Mikus - Accepted (Withdrawn for Stanford GSB) zoinnk - Accepted (Withdrawn for Wharton) gt7er - Interviewed js594 - Interviewed MattG2185 - Interviewed rosav - Interviewed Waitlisted Accepted 4/3 hobart - Interviewed Waitlisted Accepted 4/2 k88 - Interviewed Waitlisted krispy - Interviewed Waitlisted mikenyc - Interviewed Waitlisted rca215 - Interviewed Waitlisted CompanyMan - Interviewed Dinged egy - Interviewed Dinged emirtumen - Interviewed Dinged falibay - Interviewed Dinged Mishari - Interviewed Dinged AZCFA balki1867 BSchoolorBust Milspec walker Zenzen belfi devansh_god Gil irishspring isa olive MeddlingKid nj24 OhThatMBA Paradosso pguard Sept09 terp26 Round 2 GMATClub Stats: Total Applicants: 31 Admits: 5 Interviewed: 7 Dings: 4 Unknown: 21 matterhorn762 - ACCEPTED and MATRICULATING Atlantic - ACCEPTED and MATRICULATING ma.agrawal - ACCEPTED and MATRICULATING garbus222 - ACCEPTED and MATRICULATING foodstamp - ACCEPTED and MATRICULATING Magellan - Waitlisted ashaker - Ding MBAAspirant2008 - Ding lasttotheparty - Ding maverick2011 -Ding w/ int bouncer1981 cesc4 csboard23 dglasser fresinha12 hannah10010 levfin2003 llest ndiaconu oziozzie peaceyall praz preeyah sset009 stopper5 sudhir18n syd999 syings TL Wolfie2011 ZoeMoe *** Class of 2011 Essays: What are your three most substantial accomplishments and why do you view them as such? (600-word limit) What have you learned from a mistake? (400-word limit) Please respond to two of the following (400-word limit each): What would you like the MBA Admissions Board to know about your undergraduate academic experience? Discuss how you have engaged with a community or organization. What area of the world are you most curious about and why? What is your career vision and why is this choice meaningful to you? Joint degree applicants: How do you expect the joint degree experience to benefit you on both a professional and a personal level? (400-word limit) Recommender Questions for the Class of 2011 Recommendations must be completed online. The form includes essay questions along with other types of questions. Please comment on the context of your interaction with the applicant. How long have you known the applicant and in what connection? If applicable, briefly describe the applicant's role in your organization. (250-word limit) Please describe the most important piece of constructive feedback you have given the applicant. Please detail the circumstances and the applicant's response. (250-word limit) Please make additional statements about the applicant's performance, potential, or personal qualities you believe would be helpful to the MBA Admissions Board. (250-word limit) Also the filing deadlines were reported as follows: Application Periods: Application submitted online by 5 p.m. EST: Notification of the MBA Admissions Board's decision: Round 1 October 15, 2008 January 21, 2009 Round 2 January 6, 2009 April 2, 2009 Round 3 March 11, 2009 May 13, 2009 For better viewing, click here: Deadlines and Written Application Ok, Here's a brief summary of HBS class of 2009...... Class of 2009 Total MBA Enrollment 901 Applications 7,424 % Admitted 14% Yield 89% Class Composition Female 36% US Ethnic Minorities 24% International 33% Admits Within 3 Years of College Graduation 34% Undergraduate Majors Humanities and Social Sciences 36% Engineering and Natural Sciences 34% Business Administration 25% Other 5% Months of Work Experience Average Months of Post-College Work Experience 48 Range of Months of Work Experience 0-160 Pre-MBA Industry Consulting 20% Other Services 11% High Tech/Communications 7% Venture Capital/Private Equity 13% Manufacturing 8% Non-Profit 8% Investment Banking 8% Consumer Products 6% Healthcare/Biotech 6% Other Financial Services 5% Military 3% Investment Management 3% Other 2% Citizenship North America 69% (United States 63% ) Asia/South Pacific 13% Europe 11% Central and South America 4% Africa 2% Oceania 1% Let's pour out all our love(and disgust) for HBS in this thread....... :wink:

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I didn't see a list so I'm starting one now. Maybe we can get it bumped to the first page/post.

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cpgmba - Submitted 10/10 - Interview Invite 11/11

Here's a list of applicants (from what I could tell from a quick read through this thread). Maybe as it gets posted to the front page, people can update their status and add themselves to the list..

devansh_god
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Updated on: 11 Nov 2008, 17:48

Originally posted by egy on 11 Nov 2008, 17:36.
Last edited by msday on 11 Nov 2008, 17:48, edited 1 time in total.

trying to minimize repeated posts

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You forgot me! :-(

egy - Submitted 10/15 - Interview Invite 11/11

EDIT: Added all names to first page

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11 Nov 2008, 18:33

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Are people actually getting dinged or did you not get an invite?

Congrats to those who got an invite! I unfortunately did not but c'est la vie!

Milspec

Ding'd by HBS on Veteran's day while deployed to Iraq.

Doh...

No, I was not officially ding'd, but the odds are leaning in that direction now. Oh well, HBS was a long shot that I was fully prepared not to receive an invite to.

Just for the record, I submitted 10/15. Good luck to all! :-D

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11 Nov 2008, 20:25

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Can somebody keep track of invites for HBS on the first page? devansh??

Congrats guys!

Whoaaaaa...... So much can happen when it' sleep time in my country!!!! CONGRATS guys...... I didn't get the invite though......

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Hello,
I am in for round 1, applied on 15th October..invited to interview

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Invited for interview yesterday... Best of luck to everybody....

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Scheduling email has been sent...go get your slot!

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Jeez the slots fill up quickly...I checked the interview slots in my car on my iphone on the way to work at like 9:15....all the spots on the original date I wanted had already been taken.

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Mondays and Fridays (in Boston) vanished, presumably for long distance travellers. Otherwise it was a ghost town when I registered about 30 minutes ago.

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Hey guys I did apply but I think it is a long shot for me - am 28 now, 29 at matriculation. So, if I get a ding without interview it was pretty much expected.

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Hey guys I did apply but I think it is a long shot for me - am 28 now, 29 at matriculation. So, if I get a ding without interview it was pretty much expected.

I'm in the same boat as you, my friend. Don't worry...somebody will welcome our aging minds. :-D

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12 Nov 2008, 19:47

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With you boys. I felt like I was writing my death sentence when I put 74 months in the full-time work experience at matriculation.

Just glad other schools don't look at a 27 year-old as beyond his/her prime.

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Hey guys I did apply but I think it is a long shot for me - am 28 now, 29 at matriculation. So, if I get a ding without interview it was pretty much expected.

I'm in the same boat as you, my friend. Don't worry...somebody will welcome our aging minds. :-D

Same here - 29 at matriculation, still waiting for invite. Add me to the "oldies-but-goodies" club

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BusinessWeek is also reporting that many of the typical gilded resumes (top tier bulge bracket bank => multi-billion dollar PE firm) are not being interviewed this year. This is very unusual.

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I'm thinking my less than stellar gPA will get me dinged here.

Does anyone know when the dings go out?

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BusinessWeek is also reporting that many of the typical gilded resumes (top tier bulge bracket bank => multi-billion dollar PE firm) are not being interviewed this year. This is very unusual.

if this is indeed true, then good for Harvard.

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agold

BusinessWeek is also reporting that many of the typical gilded resumes (top tier bulge bracket bank => multi-billion dollar PE firm) are not being interviewed this year. This is very unusual.

if this is indeed true, then good for Harvard.

Why do you say that? I don't disagree or agree, I'm just curious what your reasoning is.

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agold

BusinessWeek is also reporting that many of the typical gilded resumes (top tier bulge bracket bank => multi-billion dollar PE firm) are not being interviewed this year. This is very unusual.

if this is indeed true, then good for Harvard.

I am curious about this as well. I don't work at a BB (but did my summer internship at one) and IB does get some of the brightest undergrads, from the best schools...yes some of my coworkers were dolts but out of my graduating class the top students all generally went to "gilded resume" places...they're talented people.

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agold

BusinessWeek is also reporting that many of the typical gilded resumes (top tier bulge bracket bank => multi-billion dollar PE firm) are not being interviewed this year. This is very unusual.

if this is indeed true, then good for Harvard.

Why do you say that? I don't disagree or agree, I'm just curious what your reasoning is.

Positives of having less PE people: Obviously, more diversity. They generally take up 10% of the class or thereabouts, I believe. Additionally, there is a lot of worry about how the industry will carry on, and they may want to push these folks to look at different career tracks.

Negatives of having less PE people: The HBS/Stanford PE network is extremely strong and powerful. It is one of the main reasons why top finance people are usually shooting for H/S or bust. They also tend to be some of the best students at HBS and overrepresented as Baker Scholars. You do not want to anger these folks.

I believe that they are just waiting to see how many finance people apply in R2, and the quality of this pool of people. There is no doubt that they are flooding HBS with applications this year, and they will have to devise some mechanism to admit the best of them.

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Same here - 29 at matriculation, still waiting for invite. Add me to the "oldies-but-goodies" club

Similar situation -- I'll be 28 at matriculation. I'll admit I'm starting to sweat a little bit. I only applied to 4 schools, and it looks like HBS is a bust and I haven't got any love from Ross yet. I know there is still time ... but I'm getting just a tad antsy.