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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I am a R2 invite! Pls add me to the list.
interviewing in Shanghai.
Anyone from China/HK/TW as well?

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I am a R2 invite! Pls add me to the list.
interviewing in Shanghai.
Anyone from China/HK/TW as well?

Hey geogman,

I am also interviewing in Shanghai for R2! Are you chinese?

Good Luck!

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I am a R2 invite! Pls add me to the list.
interviewing in Shanghai.
Anyone from China/HK/TW as well?

Hey geogman,

I am also interviewing in Shanghai for R2! Are you chinese?

Good Luck!

yup i am chinese, but i went to a US college

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yup i am chinese, but i went to a US college

Good! I am not Chinese sorry, not American either, I am European but have worked in the US and now in China lol

It is amazing to see so many different profiles on this forum!

Once again good luck for the interview!

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yup i am chinese, but i went to a US college

oh wow! i see i see
good luck to ur interview as well!!

I am staying in a hotel that is 2-3 blocks away from the interview place.
How abt u?

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I am staying in a hotel that is 2-3 blocks away from the interview place.
How abt u?

I am based in Shanghai so it makes it easier for me!

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geogman, may I ask which hotel are you staying at? I'm interviewing in Shanghai as well and still looking around for hotels.

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geogman

yup i am chinese, but i went to a US college

oh wow! i see i see
good luck to ur interview as well!!

I am staying in a hotel that is 2-3 blocks away from the interview place.
How abt u?

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Oh how I hope to be in that successful 50-60%...

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you and me both. Let's hope that you and I make the percentage for everyone else 49-59% :twisted:

Seriously though. Good luck to everyone in your interviews. I hope GMAT-Clubbers can outperform the 50-60% by about 40-50%.

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Hi everyone,

I have a question I'm hoping some of you might have some guidance on: I've got an interview with HBS on Monday. I've been accepted to another (european) school which wants my acceptance by March 22nd! Should I mention this in the HBS interview and is there ANY chance I would hear from from HBS by then or is the decision date of April 6th completely fixed with no exceptions?

Thanks in advance for any wisdom on this tough situation that I assume a few others will face as well!

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Is the deposit prohibitively expensive? Put down the deposit and consider it an "option" or "future". If you get in to HBS then you have to lose 1-2K....

That'd be my approach.

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I would say that, in general, you have no choice but to burn the deposit at the European School. Many people is pretty much on the same boat as you are. Schools schedule acceptance deadlines so they make you burn the deposit if you want to wait for a R2 response.

If I were you, I wouldn't mention that during the interview. You can say, if asked, that you were accepted at another school. But I would recommend against asking for that kind of exceptions.

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Yikes! I wish I could have such a dilemma

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try to ask the european school if you can extend the deposit deadline for 2 weeks, they might say no, but it doesn't hurt. I heard Wharton has granted extension to people this year. Otherwise, just put int the deposit. It's probably a little risky to mention it in HBS interview.

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I heard Wharton has granted extension to people this year. Otherwise, just put int the deposit. It's probably a little risky to mention it in HBS interview.

DreamChaser, just curious as to why to think it would be a little risky to mention that you got accepted to another school in an HBS interview? I got admitted to Wharton with a significant fellowship in r1. Still deciding whether mentioning that would make it a plus.

p.s wharton does grant extension, but only till early March (from the previous Feb 17 deadline). I think that is to coincide with Chicago's admit weekend.

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It's risky because it can rub the interviewer the wrong way. obviously, if the interviewer asked, you should answer it, but if you want to bring it up yourself, then you really have to be careful with how you bring it up.

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Okay, so basically sounds like most American MBAs wouldn't speed up their decision for anyone? I guess I should have realized that before but I really thought that decision date was 'at the latest' as opposed to 'you will hear on this date and not before' --do they really make their decisions all in one day? Frustrating to think they have their response ready two weeks before but just wait for this date to send them out...

Anyway, sounds like the best bet then is to ask the european program for an extension ---yikes, I have no idea how to phrase that so that they don't just tell me to go fly a kite :wink:

--has anyone ever asked any program for an extension on the decision/deposit date?? The deposit is HUGE so if I send it in, there's no turning back...

Thanks again for all the advice!

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--has anyone ever asked any program for an extension on the decision/deposit date?? The deposit is HUGE so if I send it in, there's no turning back...

Thanks again for all the advice!

I only heard a couple of cases of advanced notification in some star profiles where Stanford notified their acceptance before HBS notification day to gain "Psychological" leverage on over HBS for those candidates. other than that, nothing. It is what it is...

Anyways, in the big scheme of things, in 200k investment, how massive could the deposit be? I bet is below CBS' 5k...

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okay thanks... It's 8,000 USD!

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okay thanks... It's 8,000 USD!

that IS huge! I am sorry mate...try to negotiate a extension will be the best bet...

I would not expect HBS to release decision to anyone before hand, they don't even call admits before releasing everything online for everyone at the same time...