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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for HBS R2. IND/M/26/GMAT700/Corporate Lawyer. Will give GMAT another try in January to see if I can push it up.

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for HBS R2. IND/M/26/GMAT700/Corporate Lawyer. Will give GMAT another try in January to see if I can push it up.

But the second round is in January......the official score will not get to the b schools.....though I guess you can self report the scores and the send the official ones....

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:twisted: Turnpike

for HBS R2. IND/M/26/GMAT700/Corporate Lawyer. Will give GMAT another try in January to see if I can push it up.

But the second round is in January......the official score will not get to the b schools.....though I guess you can self report the scores and the send the official ones....

it's Jan 19 to be precise. I'll take it by the 1st week of Jan. it takes abt a week or so. or I'll take it in Dec last week.

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Got the email today. Keep hanging in guys, I had quite a few slots to choose from.

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Got the email today. Keep hanging in guys, I had quite a few slots to choose from.

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Can you clarify what "quite a few slots to chose from" is? 10? 50? 200?

Also, what region were you signing up in?

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Boston. ~40-50

Hope this helps.

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Boston. ~40-50

Hope this helps.

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Was everyone aware that all of these spots would open up later on (i.e. that the slots listed in the big wave of invites the first few days weren't the only ones?)

I would've just waited instead of scrambling to book a flight based on the few slots available last Monday.

Also, can I get on the roll call too?

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Boston. ~40-50

Hope this helps.

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Actually, that might really help clear things up. Can you say how many "total slots" are listed for Boston?

I would like to know if more Boston spots were added from a few days ago, or if more are showing as open than a few days ago...

Can anyone post the statistics like shadowjc did a few days ago?

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I got an invite today around 2pm EST for a "telephone interview", but you could still sign up for an in-person interview if there was space (which I did).

I am very grateful to have received the invite- I thought it was all over, and I planning to spend this w/e looking at additional programs.

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Program: MBA Full-time
Area of interest in MBA: general mgmt / entrepreneurship
GMAT: 730
GPA: 3.7, engineering, Top 5 univ.
Work experience: 2 yrs consulting, 2 yrs private equity, 9 months corporate strategy (in Europe)
Nationality: USA (under-rep. minority)
Age: 27
Gender: female
Extra-curriculars/community: non-profit board, biz. plan competition, women's affinity group, "the standard" activity/leadership during undergrad

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Nice profile, best of luck!

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really nice profile nerdgirl.........thats a cert profile if I ever saw one!

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Location	Total slots	Slots left	Notes
BOS	503	3	3 spots are telephone ints
CHI	35	1	Chicago
NOR	82	17	Norcal (san fran + menlo park CA)
LA	14	0	-
NYC	24	0	-
ASIA	71	0	-
EUR	87	3	all open slots are london

sorry for the delay in updating this, as i wasnt home since yesterday. looks like they added about 80 spots to the boston area, and almost all of them have gotten filled up. mixed in with those 80 were a couple of phone interview slots. the 3 that are left in boston are of the phone interview type. of course, we dont know if they will add 80 more spots, so unless they say they're done, we can only wait and see

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Well that sounds like about 840 total slots/interviews extended.

Unless HBS says they are interviewing more applicants this year, I think the door is virtually closed.

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Did any of u with 'maverick' profiles (non-profits, government, entrepreneur etc. types)get invites?..Asking this coz, seems most of u guys are in MC/IB/PE..Thanks

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No invite here, entrepreneur profile. I'll be 29, close to 30 at mat?

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No invite here too. Entrepreneurship major, have a small photography business and also consulting business on profile. I am 31 now.
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Hi Everyone,

I am new to the forum and I just wanted to say thanks to those of you have have been providing info on the interview spots. I haven't heard from HBS, so I am assuming I have been dinged. Unfortunately, one of my recommenders was a week and a half late with his submission, I think that hurt my app irreparably. Congrats to those of you who got interviews, best of luck!

My info:
Program: MBA Full-time
Area of interest in MBA: general mgmt / entrepreneurship
GMAT: 710
GPA: 3.55, B.Sc Petroleum Engineering
Work experience: 5 years in upstream oil and gas production and development. (Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, and Alaska)
Nationality: Canadian
Age: 27 (28 at Mat.)
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: non-profit charter school fund-raising board, avid (formerly competitive) downhill skier and mountain biking.

Applying to: HBS, Stanford, MIT, Haas

Cheers and good luck to everyone this year!

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if he was half a week late with his submission, that doesnt mean that you were dinged for R1. that most likely means that you were put in the pool for R2. i would send an email to admissions@hbs and confirm that this is what happened

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Hey guys, I too have been dinged...

Male 28, running a profitable 50-person startup for last three years
2 years at McKinsey
3.95 GPA at top-20 business
750 GMAT
Grew up in Latin America

Bring on the R2 apps!

PS - In retrospect, I think having too many people read my essays hurt -- they got genericized. I think I would have been better off leaving them with all the rough edges - at least they would have been more memorable.