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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According to the HBS Director's Blog, invites will continue to go out till 5pm EST. As much as I would love to believe this, I have a feeling the majority have gone out already. It also notes that each person will "be contacted" and to not worry about missing the email. Anyone here who has received an invite been contacted (other than the email)?

This process has made me a bit too neurotic for my own good.

thanks for the post

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Dang, looks like i've been passed over. Sucks.

yeah nothing here in London too..

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Good question - anyone in London?
Not that bothered anymore - just feels like a big waste of effort!
Time for plan B...

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looks like i got passed over. good luck all. i thought i was a pretty strong candidate, but i think my crappy recommendations screwed me. they sent them in without telling me, and from what i gather, spent less than 20 mins writing them.

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Congratulations to everyone who got invites. Alas, I am not one of you. I really did think I had a solid shot, and my essays should have been better because they were the last ones I did, and being passed over makes me feel like Stanford is an even longer shot than before, and so on and so on.

I know I have things for which to be grateful. For now I need to refocus on the great schools for which I have invites. But I am not giving up until April 6.

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Aenigma,
Been silently stalking your progress (in my defense we are applying to similar schools and you are on the boards I follow). I would be happy with one of the interview requests you received today. Good luck!

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Thanks, mustafaj, and all the best to you too! There's still time for the other schools' invites to come out. Incidentally I should probably confess right now that I have been stalking a number of people like a CHAMP, so turn-about is fair play.

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all ya feel is love... all ya feel is love... all ya feel is love love love... love is all ya feel

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any one from India??

I'm kind of India, kind of not. I'm an American (totally gora, not PIO or anything) but the bulk of my work experience has been India.

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all ya feel is love... all ya feel is love... all ya feel is love love love... love is all ya feel

"Connect to everything you love in life... with Blackberry."
(I guess I've been watching too much Hulu.)
Thanks for the support guys, I'm pulling for all of you!

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I know i should stay positive since the invites will continue to come out, but its driving me nuts. I am beginning to think I should turn off push email notifications on my phone/computer. I suspect one of these times my heart is going to tear through my chest and walk out the door.

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Congratulations to everyone who got an interview invite.

I am a R1 admit and wanted to say that I only got my invite 1 week after the "R1 deluge". Ironically, I was incessantly checking my email in anticipation of receiving an interview call from another school when I received my invite from HBS. So, for the people who did not get an interview invite today, although the situation may look bleak, do not lose hope. Concentrate on other applications/interviews coming your way and hope for the best.

I hope to see most, if not all, of you in Cambridge this fall.

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they just sent out a tweet about this too. saying 800 invites went out today. It's done... time to move on.

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Unfortunately, for those of us who did not receive any invite today, the odds of receiving one has gone down to almost 1%. It's still better than nothing, but not good enough for me. Unless something drastically changes in the next month or so where a lot of the R1 admits receive 200% raises in their jobs and decline HBS, I do not see the odds improving any more.

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As Winston Churchill once said:

we shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills;
but WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER

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BUT, R1 was different:

"We expect to begin sending out interview invitations on October 16. This year we may not be trying to send as many out on one day as we did last year... maybe more like a not-scientifically-measured stream until December 15. We really (really, really, really) don't know how many will go out on any given day. If you call and ask, we will say exactly that."

Thanks for the encouragement, though! :-D

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Hey, I was rooting for you but I hate to admit that your situation with Harvard makes me feel a bit better since your stats are way better than mine and you are also a much better writer. If HBS did not send YOU an invitation, then I really did not stand a chance. I know it's pretty warped thinking but it's honest. Of course I still hope you're one of the lucky 50 that will receive an invitation later on. Congratulations on all your other interview invitations and good luck with HBS & Stanford!

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Baxter,

This is what they said but actually around 750 invites went out on Oct 16th. The R1 applicants were amazed to see around 750 spots getting picked up as soon as the interview scheduler went online. We R1 applicants had endless debate on why did they send out 750 invites on day 1 when they had advertised otherwise. So it wasn't different at all.

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BUT, how do you know ?! What is your source?? You are stabbing my side with a dagger of hope! haha

Oct. 15 follow-up "We continue to send out interview invitations to Round 1 applicants. As I said before, I don't know how many are still to go, but it is a significant number. "