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Hi Yall

Just working furiously on my HBS app for R2. Couple quick questions:

1) official GMAT and Transcript...when do they have to be sent it? by deadline? upon interview invite? or only after admit offer is made? I remember last year was after admit only, but not sure about this year.

2) Any ideas for the "what have you learned from a mistake" essay?? Geez that's so broad.

Thanks yall.

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2) Any ideas for the "what have you learned from a mistake" essay?? Geez that's so broad.

Accepted.com:

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New question. People of initiative err. They must learn from those mistakes to be effective leaders.
A friend this week went to her daughter's graduation and quoted the valedictory address, "In school you learn lessons and then take tests. In life, you have tests and then learn lessons." If you view your mistakes as experiments, lessons, or tests, you can grow and make sure you don't repeat them. Show HBS through this essay that you are the kind of person who learns from your mistakes.
Again, try to have this question show you making your mistake, preferably in a leadership capacity, and applying those lessons in a sphere of your life not covered by the examples in essay 1 or (ideally) the other essays. In the best HBS applications, each essay uncovers a different facet of the applicant and his or her experience. Together they paint an entire portrait of a dynamic, talented leader with initiative and exceptional ability.

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2) Any ideas for the "what have you learned from a mistake" essay?? Geez that's so broad.

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Cool thanks, i just finished that essay. Wasn't too bad, used some material from other schools. Anyway, any idea on the GMAT and Transcripts?

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yes, I emailed them about the GMAT. This is the response I got.

In order for your application to be considered complete, you must submit the
unofficial scores in the online application and have the official scores
sent to HBS.
The official scores may arrive after the deadline dates. The official
scores, including the AWA scores, are reviewed by the Admissions Board.
There is no minimum GMAT score required for admission.

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Official GMAT score - I believe should be in by app deadline, official transcripts - when admitted.

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Official GMAT score - I believe should be in by app deadline, official transcripts - when admitted.

According to the previous poster, the GMAT can be sent later, as long as it arrives at some point before they make a decision. Correct?

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Official GMAT score - I believe should be in by app deadline, official transcripts - when admitted.

According to the previous poster, the GMAT can be sent later, as long as it arrives at some point before they make a decision. Correct?

Well, I cannot argue with the AdCom's reply

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In the interview, when asked where else I applied, I made an almost fervent pitch for a great program at another school :-D

Grrrr

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Official GMAT score - I believe should be in by app deadline, official transcripts - when admitted.

According to the previous poster, the GMAT can be sent later, as long as it arrives at some point before they make a decision. Correct?

Well, I cannot argue with the AdCom's reply

cool, anyone know about Transcript? The websit esays:

"There are two ways to submit your transcript, either through a self-reporting Excel-based transcript form found within the application or uploading a scanned transcript. Please do not mail a hard copy of your transcript."

What do they mean do not sent the transcript??? They have to verify it don't they? Shouldn't they add the phrase "until you get accepted" at the end???

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Official GMAT score - I believe should be in by app deadline, official transcripts - when admitted.

According to the previous poster, the GMAT can be sent later, as long as it arrives at some point before they make a decision. Correct?

Well, I cannot argue with the AdCom's reply

maybe you shouldnt worry about it until after you're accepted. unless of course you used some creative numbers in your transcript :-D

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Official GMAT score - I believe should be in by app deadline, official transcripts - when admitted.

According to the previous poster, the GMAT can be sent later, as long as it arrives at some point before they make a decision. Correct?

Well, I cannot argue with the AdCom's reply

maybe you shouldnt worry about it until after you're accepted. unless of course you used some creative numbers in your transcript :-D

I am not sure what you're implying, but figuring out when to send the transcript is pretty standard procedure for every school's application.

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R1 HBS Gurus need help.

What was the length of your LOR's for R1?? As in it is not meant to exceed 1 page ........but i dont think my recommender is that concise. Is it acceptable for him to submit a 2 page reco??

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If I remember correctly, it's 3 questions with a limit of 250 words for each.

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This may be covered earlier in this thread or elsewhere (I have not read the entire thead), so my apologies if these questions are old news:

I completed my R2 Harvard app last night (what a biatch this app is compared to other m7 schools!), and I realized today that I didn't include any info. on "Why HBS." That being said, HBS doesn't exactly ask for why HBS, probably because they already know (it's frigging HBS, what else do you need to know?). Further, I don't really have any space in the pathetic 400 word count essays that they provide. I thought about trying to have one of my reccos squeeze in a comment about why HBS specifically would be a good for me, but no room there either. Basically, I hate this application. lol :-D

Questions:

1) Are people addressing the why HBS question?

2) Since HBS gives such tiny word limits, it's hard to paint much of a picture of anything. I assume that means they are judging people based on stats more so than comparable schools. My strategy has been to hammer on anything and everything I have related to leadership (a lot, actually) and basically ignore everything else that can easily be listed elsewhere -- I guess my academic accomplishments / non-leadership ECs, etc. will have to speak for themselves. Any thoughts here?

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1) I did address the why HBS question in my essays. I think I worked it in with the last essay, about my future career goals and how HBS will help me out. I actually got pretty specific and mentioned how I was looking forward to a lot of their strategy classes even though I want to enter corp finance.

2) Because of the tiny word limits, I had minimal space to create smooth transitions. Looking back now, my essays are a little choppy but still got the main points across. You will just have to decide what information takes priority and how detailed you need to get.

I suggest that you emphasize activities that show leadership ability, HBS doesn't want to touch you if you don't. More than any other school, HBS is about educating leaders, not developing them. For my essays, I made sure that each and every story tied into attributes I believe are necessary to be a successful leader.

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I didn't

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Hey all, a pretty urgent question here.

I am trying to submit HBS for R2, and pretty much done with app. However, one of my recommenders still hasn't submitted, and he's out of town. Crap. I definitely want to make the R2 deadline for sure.

Do you think if I submit on time, but one rec comes in a couple days later, if they will still accept it in R2?

Thanks.

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None of us can say for sure. My guess is that might not, but your best bet would be to submit soon anyway.

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Although you should ask the adcom, my guess is that they may not consider you for R2. Today, you should spend all your energy in finding out where the recommender is .. and not face the potential problems.