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Calling all HBS Fall 2010 Candidates 23 Apr 2010, 17:47
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A week or so ago you posted an article about Duke's undergraduate waitlist and how dismal the prospects are there. What is the story with the MBA waitlist at Duke?
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not totally sure, but that story was posted as a marker--the policy of ALL schools is have large WLs, altho not as huge as Duke College-- a lovely school with a toxic set of admission policies including embedded corruption, nepotism (even by ritzy, private college norms), gold-digging and world-class hypocrisy, but I digress-- and use WL as favor bank, insurance, and, in 2 or 3 cases in ALL OF RECORDED HISTORY, INCLUDING HISTORY PRIOR TO THE FOUNDING OF USA, to, ahem, round out the class. Duke College, you may have noticed fr. story, is searching high and low for Violinists, etc. Who knows perchance Duke B School has lost its only female, left-handed, 3rd world debt analyst who can fill in on co-ed rugby team? Snatched, ahem, away, by Stanford R3 after rugby club coach sent out S-O-S. Sound like you???? You got a chance.
actually, as noted, most schools have WL that are 10X the size of admits, and at this date, maybe more, altho some schools have already begun to cull WL. But 10 pct is good rule of thumb on WL, taking into account, that ALL kids on WL are pretty darn qualified to begin with, so that is when 10 pct starts looking like long odds, e.g. I'm thinking of a number from 1 to 10 type odds.
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HBS says, at recent admit meetings, that it received 2nd highest number of apps this year, ever. Meaning? Do historical stats on HBS homepages (good luck finding, btw) help? Whaddya think??? :?: for all the data, ahem, publically available, see https://bit.ly/ccTDej
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Does Harvard have any Diversity Weekends or Workshops?
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Does Harvard have any Diversity Weekends or Workshops?
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they have usually have 2, one in the fall around october, and one in the spring. i went to the fall one last year and it was a good way to see the school, faculty and students.

https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/events.html (then click on campus - it's called prospective students' day)
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Does Harvard have any Diversity Weekends or Workshops?

they have usually have 2, one in the fall around october, and one in the spring. i went to the fall one last year and it was a good way to see the school, faculty and students.

https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/events.html (then click on campus - it's called prospective students' day)
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Ah...great, thanks. It looks like they just had one in March. I'll keep my eye out for the one in the fall. Thanks!
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Not stated in story, but how many Japanese passport holders are enrolled in HBS?
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any takers here?????
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HBS TO TAKE 50 KIDS OFF WL IN NEXT TWO WEEKS.

SK IS DUBIOUS, AND BELIEVES THIS NUMBER ALSO INCLUDES THE 10 OR SO KIDS (OR MORE) THEY TOOK LAST WEEK.

ANYONE WHO GOT IN OFF HBS WL LAST WEEK, PLEASE CHECK IN.

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Hello Everyone:

It’s Eileen Chang from the MBA Admissions Board at HBS with the May

update on our Admissions process.

At this point, we have received all applications that will be considered

for the Class of 2012. We have already begun actively reviewing our

waitlist candidates and have started making decisions on many of these

applications. We also began interviewing round 3 candidates this week,

so we are in the final stretch of finalizing the class.


We expect there to be a lot of movement on our waitlist these next two

weeks and anticipate making approximately 50 offers of admission between

now and the round 3 notification date of May 13. We know that many of

you are anxious for resolution on your application, and the majority of

you should expect to hear a decision on your application by May 13.


Heading into June, the waitlist will be significantly smaller. The

waitlist at that time will serve to hold a group of candidates who could

be available to matriculate in case last minute (early July)

cancellations occur.


It is critical to keep your contact information updated, especially

since many of you are traveling now and over the next few weeks. If

there is a change to your phone number, email address, or mailing

address, please email my colleague, Dana Scalisi….blah, blah blah

Sincerely,


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Mods -

Is the above post appropriate and/or relative to the "B-School Application" forum? I know Sandy is the HBS god and all but anyone else who repeatedly posted non-sequiturs like this would be banned.

Please, stop the insanity...and Sandy, save it for the BW forums.

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what the heck does this have to do with HBS?

Interesting article, but if I was interested in studies regarding the correlation between power and lying, I'd seek it out elsewhere.

The HBS applicant thread has turned from something useful to applicants, to something useless.
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Mods -

Is the above post appropriate and/or relative to the "B-School Application" forum? I know Sandy is the HBS god and all but anyone else who repeatedly posted non-sequiturs like this would be banned.

Please, stop the insanity...and Sandy, save it for the BW forums.

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CR, I'll try my best to clean up the postings of non-relevant material going forward. Sandy does provide some good info but if going forward this is still an issue we'll take care of it.

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haha bit of both, they really put LOTSA kids on WL in round 1 as protection against any Round 2 outlier results (remember round 1 D day was before R2 apps were do, this yr was FIRST TIME) and after that, said, "Hey, this is fun and easy, and we get lots of phone calls fr. CEO's banging the bars to get their favs off WL, and that feels nice, and plus feeling nice, we can kinda tell them to hire 2+2 kids etc in our oh-so charming and subtle way.
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what the heck does this have to do with HBS?

Interesting article, but if I was interested in studies regarding the correlation between power and lying, I'd seek it out elsewhere.

The HBS applicant thread has turned from something useful to applicants, to something useless.
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hmmmm, it was published in Harvard Business Review, and gave a list of tips about good/bad body language, speech habits, during interviews. I posted it at the beginning of HBS Round 3 interview week, both as general interest, some tips about what to be concerned about while interviewing at HBS or anyplace else, dunno????
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Yes, sometimes his posts can deviate a bit from the HBS application process, but as someone who is on the WL list, I find the majority of Sandy's posts to be informative...
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Calling all HBS Fall 2010 Candidates Updated on: 04 May 2010, 12:54
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*edited because people's feelings are hurt*
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He also sounds really humble, polished, and down to earth.
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You too. "I signed my high school yearbook in 2002 (xxxx yyyy, Harvard MBA)."
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New HBS Dean,
not a woman, not a Mormon, and does not have a Harvard Degree (IIT and MIT).
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/05/nitin-nohria-named-next-dean-of-harvard-business-school/
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He also sounds really humble, polished, and down to earth.

You too. "I signed my high school yearbook in 2002 (xxxx yyyy, Harvard MBA)."
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full quote, since you're clearly trying to take me out of context.

"I am speechless. Accepted to HBS. My dream school. I signed my high school yearbook in 2002 (xxxx yyyy, Harvard MBA). And now that dream is going to come true. I really have no words to describe my elation! :-D Thanks to everyone here for their insight and helpful advice throughout this process. ..."
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He also sounds really humble, polished, and down to earth.

You too. "I signed my high school yearbook in 2002 (xxxx yyyy, Harvard MBA)."
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:cool :lol:
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He also sounds really humble, polished, and down to earth.

You too. "I signed my high school yearbook in 2002 (xxxx yyyy, Harvard MBA)."

full quote, since you're clearly trying to take me out of context.

"I am speechless. Accepted to HBS. My dream school. I signed my high school yearbook in 2002 (xxxx yyyy, Harvard MBA). And now that dream is going to come true. I really have no words to describe my elation! :-D Thanks to everyone here for their insight and helpful advice throughout this process. ..."
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the context is irrelevant... there's no need to go off making snide remarks about Sandy because of how you interpret him. If you want to take issue with Sandy's posts, then great... do so in a constructive manner.
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Will you all just shut up. Go to the BW forums if you want to keep flaming.
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