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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Thanks! Appreciate your encouragement. Just couldn't help checking my email every now and then.

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Looking fairly grim :cry:

c'est la vie - congrats to those with interviews offers - hope you nail em

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well all the NYC spots for all the days are filled up. a good chunk of the boston ones are filled up... but there's still a ton more slots available for boston. also, there's still some spots available in the other hub cities. if you didn't get an invite already, i wouldnt lose all hope yet.

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can you tell how many spots are open vs. filled?

ie. 250 spots in boston and 125 are filled?

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Updated on: 19 Oct 2009, 10:38

Originally posted by shadow on 19 Oct 2009, 10:04.
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well using my google chrome skills,

for boston, there are 454 slots, and 85 open

Chicago: 32 total slots, 10 open

Menlo park/san fran CA: 75 total slots, 42 open

LA: 12 total, 2 open

Asia: 70 total, 6 open

europe: 91 total, 39 open

NYC: 24 total, 0 open

of course this will likely continue to change in the next few hours, but this should give at least a rough estimate of what's left out there

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rough math ~ 185 slots left.

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well using my google chrome skills, for boston, there are 454 slots, and 85 open

Chicago: 32 total slots, 10 open

Menlo park/san fran CA: 75 total slots, 42 open

LA: 12 total, 2 open

Asia: 70 total, 6 open

europe: 91 total, 39 open

NYC: 24 total, 0 open

of course this will likely continue to change in the next few hours, but this should give at least a rough estimate of what's left out there

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rough math ~ 185 slots left.

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well using my google chrome skills, for boston, there are 454 slots, and 85 open

Chicago: 32 total slots, 10 open

Menlo park/san fran CA: 75 total slots, 42 open

LA: 12 total, 2 open

Asia: 70 total, 6 open

europe: 91 total, 39 open

NYC: 24 total, 0 open

of course this will likely continue to change in the next few hours, but this should give at least a rough estimate of what's left out there

Oh well, HBS was my reach, anyway.

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Updated on: 19 Oct 2009, 10:24

Originally posted by eteusch1 on 19 Oct 2009, 10:20.
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Thought that there would have been 200 people by noon today that had invites....

I'm glad I got an interview, but wow, I didn't think they would fill up that quickly.

Whats the deal with only 24 interviews in NYC?

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So, did they send out invites today? I am surprised that no Indian has indicated whether he/she got a call.

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ya thats a good point! Did any of the desi got an interview call and if yes, then do you mind sharing your profile

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So, did they send out invites today? I am surprised that no Indian has indicated whether he/she got a call.

Call for any Indian who received an invite? But it seems, Mumbai slots are all down!

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So, did they send out invites today? I am surprised that no Indian has indicated whether he/she got a call.

How come no Indians have got the call and yet, all the Asia invites are already full ?

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it's entirely possible that some people from India got the call but were not part of this forum.

at any rate, there are still 5 mumbai slots available as of the last time i checked

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well using my google chrome skills, for boston, there are 454 slots, and 85 open

Chicago: 32 total slots, 10 open

Menlo park/san fran CA: 75 total slots, 42 open

LA: 12 total, 2 open

Asia: 70 total, 6 open

europe: 91 total, 39 open

NYC: 24 total, 0 open

of course this will likely continue to change in the next few hours, but this should give at least a rough estimate of what's left out there

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That's 574 taken spots, and does not include any interviewees who haven't scheduled one yet. If they are about to interview ~850 people for R1 I'd say there is a fairly small number left . No info about interview announcements today - either not yet, or not at all. Tomorrow is another day.

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Is there any possibility that they are opening the actual scheduled interview slots up in waves as well, to ensure that all groups getting invites have a reasonable opportunity to get a time that works for them? In other words, even though it says all of those spaces are full, could they just not have released some of those spaces yet?

It might be a reach, but I still want to have hope.

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Originally posted by sharstarz12 on 19 Oct 2009, 10:32.
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I calculated based on shadow's numbers. It seems about 750 were sent out. But that means 100 or so to go. That's still a lot! Good luck all!

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Has anyone received any invites today ?
Can someone update the interview slot #s...?

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shadowsjc

well using my google chrome skills, for boston, there are 454 slots, and 85 open

Chicago: 32 total slots, 10 open

Menlo park/san fran CA: 75 total slots, 42 open

LA: 12 total, 2 open

Asia: 70 total, 6 open

europe: 91 total, 39 open

NYC: 24 total, 0 open

of course this will likely continue to change in the next few hours, but this should give at least a rough estimate of what's left out there

That's 205 taken spots, but it does not include any Boston interviews - which could easily be double that, or any interviewees who haven't scheduled one yet. If they are about to interview ~850 people for R1 I'd say somewhere between 30-50% have been picked already. No info about interview announcements today - either not yet, or not at all. Tomorrow is another day.

Reread the post, most of the Boston slots are showing taken... Only 85 of 454 left

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I know that I am fooling myself - though maybe they will unlock the slots with further invites))) The picture with slots says that all (or almost all) invites were sent (those 180 left - will be occupied by noon - and do not forget about those that will not be occupied at all - minimum 50-100 - will interview by phone - and I see no point that adcom intentionally misinformed us on more invites...

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MBAgirl, I think you missed the Boston stats which were hidden in that first line. There are 758 slots up on the site right now for all locations, and 184 are still open. So it looks like 574 have been filled already. They might be holding some of the slots for new invites, but I'd be surprised if there were too many more than 758 in R1. For a 900 person class, I thought they admitted 400 - 450 in R1 and since it's historically been 50 - 60% acceptance rate of interviewees, 758 sounds about right.

Definitely seems like they followed an interview distribution scheme more similar to last year's as opposed to trickling them out as they've tried to indicate! Still surprising though, since it seems like a number of folks who seemed like clear invites haven't heard yet...

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shadowsjc

well using my google chrome skills, for boston, there are 454 slots, and 85 open

Chicago: 32 total slots, 10 open

Menlo park/san fran CA: 75 total slots, 42 open

LA: 12 total, 2 open

Asia: 70 total, 6 open

europe: 91 total, 39 open

NYC: 24 total, 0 open

of course this will likely continue to change in the next few hours, but this should give at least a rough estimate of what's left out there

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shadowsjc

well using my google chrome skills, for boston, there are 454 slots, and 85 open

Chicago: 32 total slots, 10 open

Menlo park/san fran CA: 75 total slots, 42 open

LA: 12 total, 2 open

Asia: 70 total, 6 open

europe: 91 total, 39 open

NYC: 24 total, 0 open

of course this will likely continue to change in the next few hours, but this should give at least a rough estimate of what's left out there

Whats with all the mystery and "0" blog posts from HBS adcom. So much for transparency and being understanding.