After posting and deleting (by accident) the thread, here we go again Time to start HBS story... HBS, as promised, released essay topics for class of 2012. Very similar to last season except for Q4 (which I think is cool b/c one can show creativity/personality) and Q3. 1) ESSAYS (source: https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/writ ... ation.html ) 2) DEADLINES (source: https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/appl ... dates.html ) 3) PAST THREADS 2009: calling-all-hbs-fall-2009-applicants-63410.html 2008: calling-all-the-harvard-gurus-fall-49915.html 4) IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS (source: https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/blog.html and https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/inte ... tions.html and https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/writ ... ation.html ) 5) GMAT CLUB CANDIDATES R1: STATS: Total applicants: 51 Invited to interview : 16 Matriculating: Admits: 11 Dings: 31 Waitlisted: 4 Unknown: 5 Admit: HCGirl10 - invited to interview Icarus - invited to interview Izen* nerdgirl - invited to interview PatrickBateman - invited to interview PBateman- invited to interview redrobot* sc - invited to interview forzviol motionny Biology - invited to interview Waitlist: sharstarz12 - invited to interview skkingdom - invited to interview 2010HereICome - invited to interview warriorM33 Ding: 2009mba2012 adude* all - invited to interview audacityofhope DucRR eteusch1 - invited to interview fzt39806 - invited to interview Gelopwez JordinT* javaexe laurenbcn mba4me2010 MBAgirl2010 mbahopes2009 - invited to interview milias pook oompm* shadowsjc - invited to interview sm332 river zyskind cublu2 LetsGoMets NCMBA2012 Deepauk sapphireka CarpathianRidge - invited to interview USMCCommO zaphod shacster - invited to interview Aldrak CANDIDATES: 2012dreams ACNguy bigfernhead cacky1983 cassie2012 CharlieChaplin chrisahn112 Comrade CrushTheGMAT csino david2008 duderanch ezekiel2517 gmatbschool gravity1914 guitarguru hohoo JamesT - invited to interview jcol jolt kokkiri latammc lionvish mschumy Noodles nutmba radeal spiritworld steeler99 stillhoping surychen taken20 thedeadlyone tq17749 R2: STATS: Total applicants: 52 Matriculating: Admits: 21 Dings: Waitlisted: Unknown: ADMITS: Anonymous13 biotechgirl bunny27 bwizzle Demonic11 fsj434 HERM3S heywhassup jag120 kohlia LB20 Magellan matanga mba2012lfh meridian17 oneschoolwonder pilot RonMexico TorontoGirl ttocsik waitinganswers CANDIDATES: 2012dreams AceofSpades aditi123 Aenigma agnok aj1545 andrewcs Ashish369 BangaloreKid baxter bwizzle cesc4 christinee co2012 colequinn con Demonic11 egy ezekiel2517 fall2010mba gkumar GoalMBA2010 GordonBombay gravity1914 HBS2011 hbsr2 HERM3S hokiegenius infanteed jankynoname jimmyfunk Jivana kohlia lakai777 LB20 lbiggs mba12tech mp2437 mustafaj nikheel nlt22 nutmba pochcc qaum RonMexico Skysurf slingfox tdave theDreamChaser triple5soul Turnpike westsew R3: STATS: Total applicants: Matriculating: Admits: Dings: Waitlisted: Unknown: CANDIDATES: 6) USEFUL STUFF a) Sandy's HBS advice: blog with plenty of info on HBS: https://www.hbsguru.com/blog/ essays' analysis: https://forums.businessweek.com/n/pfx/f ... &tid=10180 b) Forcefeed's application tips from last season: calling-all-hbs-fall-2009-applicants-63410.html#p464989 c) CS @ HBS essay advice: https://www.computersexy.com/blog/2007/ ... lishments/ d) Chat with Deirdre Leopold, Director of MBA Admissions & Financial Aid at Harvard Business School: https://www.businessweek.com/bschools/c ... 175992.htm e) Take it with a grain of salt! About social life at HBS: https://www.asktheharvardmba.com/page/3/ f) About case method: HBS website on case method: https://www.hbs.edu/learning/case.html Entry from Harvard Bound blog: https://myharvardmba2010.blogspot.com/2 ... dents.html Entry from Mark and Jie's Journey to B-School blog: https://markandjie.blogspot.com/2004_03_01_archive.html Entry from AGirlsMBA at Harvard Business School blog: https://agirlsmba.blogspot.com/2007/12/ ... ation.html g) Weaknesses of HBS educational model: https://media.www.harbus.org/media/stor ... storiestab h) Advice on leadership essay from AGirlsMBA at Harvard Business School blog: https://agirlsmba.blogspot.com/2007/08/ ... ssays.html i) BusinessWeek's "Make Your Leadership Case for B-School Admission": https://www.businessweek.com/bschools/c ... 219087.htm j) HBS on recommendation letters: Entry from June 17, 2008 on https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/blog-all.html 7) OTHER INFO a) Link to 2+2 program: https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/2+2/ . Note that it has different deadlines and app process. b) Class profile (2011): https://www.hbs.edu/mba/profiles/classprofile.html c) Additional class profile stats: https://www.hbs.edu/about/statistics/mba.html d) Podcasts: https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/podcasts.html 8) DO I FIT? LIFE AT HBS - i.e. HBS blogs so that you can better understand the culture a) CS @ HBS - https://www.computersexy.com/blog/ b) Harvard Bound - https://myharvardmba2010.blogspot.com/ c) Inside HBS - https://www.insidehbs.com/ d) Sync - https://sync.bradleylautenbach.com/ e) Mark and Jie's Journey to B-School - https://markandjie.blogspot.com/ f) Will Hsu's HBS Bubble - https://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=wphsu99 g) AGirlsMBA at Harvard Business School: https://agirlsmba.blogspot.com/ h) Military to Business: https://militarytobusiness.blogspot.com/

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stevieg

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think my HBS dream is all over, this hurts.

do you think they will send invites out until the end of the day, seems like everyone on here got an invite at around the same time.

congrats all

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Just got one

2 of 2. Today is a great day for UW. Congratulations!

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Hi guys, is any of you from western Europe? I'm in Italy.. are you guys F or M?

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looks like my HBS dream is over, this hurts pretty bad.

congrats to all.

do you think they will send out any more interviews today, looks like everyone on here got an invite at around the same time.

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looks like i just became the ugly girl at the square dancing hoedown that those boston cowboys dont want to dance with. woo hoo! time to burn the barn down. lol. good luck to all you invitees. i wish you well.

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12 Feb 2010, 10:51

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anyone from Asia?
good luck to all!

I'm from Europe but I am located in Asia if you ask for people located in Asia...
Good luck to all those waiting for an invite. Congrats to all the invited from the first wave.

torisequi

Hi guys, is any of you from western Europe? I'm in Italy.. are F or M?

I'm M

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12 Feb 2010, 10:54

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no invite and not bummed, i knew i was a super reach for HBS and i know who i was directly competing against from my school. this makes me feel the need to rock my other interviews, especially wharton

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12 Feb 2010, 10:55

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colequinn

Just got one

Congrats colequinn,!!!! Drinks on you then?

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12 Feb 2010, 10:56

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Lucky You

..It's 11.30 in the night here..time to sleep and hopefully wake up tomorrow...

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12 Feb 2010, 10:57

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any one from India??

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I'm seeing conflicting updates... on the BW forum one person posted their call today to the admissions office saying that invites will continue throughout the day.

Another person posted that they called and an adcom said all 800 emails have gone out.

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12 Feb 2010, 11:08

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if they are sending out 800 invites in total it cannot be true that 800 invites have gone out...

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12 Feb 2010, 11:09

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As a tech geek if HBS can post 800 mails in a couple'o'minutes i would love to have a look at theie servers :lol:

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Good luck to all who got the HBS invites. Unfortunately, no love for me.

Not having a single invite yet...I'm getting to the point where I need to start considering Option B. Maybe this is a lesson in itself, not to put all your eggs in the MBA basket.

Either a 2012 MBA is not for me or an MBA itself....whatever it is, gotta pick myself up and move on with life.

Good luck all...

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There could be delays based on the email system. Some servers are better than others. I used Gmail and that came in at 10:40pm Indian time (which would be 12:10pm EST)

AND CHECK YOUR SPAM FILTERS!!

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someone is also saying "trust me", all have gone out...don't know what to think

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Janus

There could be delays based on the email system. Some servers are better than others. I used Gmail and that came in at 10:40pm Indian time (which would be 12:10pm EST)

AND CHECK YOUR SPAM FILTERS!!

Ppl on BW called up the AdCom to confirm..All the mails have gone out..Finito..

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no invite so that's that!

i am a bit disappointed that i didn't even get an invite, but that's life!

congratulations to everyone and be sure to kick some butt and represent gmatclub

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12 Feb 2010, 11:14

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congrats janus

no luck for me this year, this hurts but got to move on now.

well done to all those who were admitted

does anyone know if invites are expected to go until the end of the day?

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12 Feb 2010, 11:17

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stevieg

congrats janus

no luck for me this year, this hurts but got to move on now.

well done to all those who were admitted

does anyone know if invites are expected to go until the end of the day?

Nope..HBS works tsunami style..One huge wave---max destruction and thats it..