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/

From Business week forums: User HSW2010 "I received an HBS Interview Invitation today at 3:36pm ET, FYI." https://forums.businessweek.com/n/pfx/fo ... &tid=82680 So they did send invites out today.

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can someone look up the mumbai interview slots taken/available for us? thx

It looks like there were about 35 and there are 3 left available. Might be off on the 35 by 1 or 2 as I just quickly counted by hand... but definitely just 3 left.

comeon HC girl, counting by hand? that's what ctrl+F is for in the browser 8-)

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can someone look up the mumbai interview slots taken/available for us? thx

It looks like there were about 35 and there are 3 left available. Might be off on the 35 by 1 or 2 as I just quickly counted by hand... but definitely just 3 left.

comeon HC girl, counting by hand? that's what ctrl+F is for in the browser 8-)

Ah, I'm ashamed!

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I don't mean to create extra work for anyone, but can someone do another update on slots available for all areas?

It would be very insightful for me to see whether 184 spots are still available, or if this number has fallen significantly in the past 2 1/2 hours...

Also, this might help answer the question of whether or not they are holding any of the spots, or if they have all been opened up, and indeed 500+ have already registered...

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open: 45
total: 410

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open: 5
total: 32

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open: 37
total: 75

LA:
open: 2
total: 12

NY:
open: 0
total: 24

Asia:
open: 3 (as mentioned above, all 3 are in mumbai)
total: 71

Europe:
open: 29
total: 91

i can update it again later tonight if necessary.. doesnt look like too much has changed though

edit - i just double checked these #'s against the ones i posted earlier. it seems the total slots for some places are diff.. not sure if i just counted wrong the first time, but these latest ones i posted are correct as i just rechecked them

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looks like 715 total slots, 129 open slots remaining. according to adcom, there should be about 1800 people interviewed total (roughly split between 1st and 2nd round i think?), so it's likely that there are still more interviews left to be sent out for R1...anyone agree/disagree?

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From Business week forums:
User HSW2010 "I received an HBS Interview Invitation today [Monday] at 3:36pm ET, FYI." https://forums.businessweek.com/n/pfx/fo ... &tid=82680

So they did send invites out today.

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Then the number of available has slipped to 121, which does not bode well for those that said "185 left to go out." Of course, the number of total going down by a bunch may change things... Maybe they have not finalized the slots yet, and maybe some are being held back??? Too little information to make a reasonable assessment at this point.

I hope HBS updates their blog at some point, rather than us making potentially ill-informed guesses.

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aha ... nice am sincerely hoping more of us on this forum get a shot!!!

really strange process though .... counter intuitively setup.

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Just want to see where and when everyone signed up for interviews....

I'll be in Boston on the 10th and 11th...

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Based on the updated numbers from shadowsjc the open slots are far below the 850 interviews they did last year. Per Sandy on Business Week the difference between the taken interview slots and the final number is over 200 . Naturally if people got invites less than an hour ago that number will be down by the end of the day (as new invitees find out and schedule dates). Either way the numbers are not high, but I think they may be a little higher than the scheduling site can tell us at that point.

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ill be in boston the 2nd and 3rd (interview is on the 3rd). FYI, if anyone is a AAA member, the courtyard by marriott has a special for $99 (+ tax and parking)

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ill be in boston the 2nd and 3rd (interview is on the 3rd). FYI, if anyone is a AAA member, the courtyard by marriott has a special for $99 (+ tax and parking)

You'll have to let us know how it goes! Good Luck!

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well from everything ive been told about the HBS interview, it's 1) extremely random and 2) extremely customized to your app. for example, one current student told me that on her interview, they asked her: "so, i see in the past you've lived in city X, Y, and Z. if you could pick one word to describe each city, what would it be?".

im not sure how i would fare in an interview like this. on the one hand, it makes it incredibly easy to prepare for (just know your app inside / out). on the other hand, if you are really nervous and start blabbing about stuff, it could potentially end your app right there on the table (especially if you are to believe sandy from hbsguru).

i figure i might as well get it over with as soon as i can.. my bday will be shortly after the int, and im planning a trip to vegas with my friends. i just hope i dont bomb the int - otherwise it'll be a pretty lousy trip lol

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If its not too much to ask......

Of the Europe slots left, how many are left in London?

Thanks!

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If its not too much to ask......

Of the Europe slots left, how many are left in London?

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all of them.. paris is fully booked as of now

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Do you have a link to the information that Sandy shares?

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why there is no Texas?

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well ive pieced it together from various locations on his blog, which is www.hbsguru.com/blog

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wow how interesting....

thanks maybe there is some hope left for me

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If its not too much to ask......

Of the Europe slots left, how many are left in London?

Thanks!

all of them.. paris is fully booked as of now

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ok so I should be giving up hope now

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