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whiplash2411
Joined: 09 Jun 2010
Last visit: 02 Mar 2015
Posts: 1,761
Given Kudos: 210
Status:Three Down.
Concentration: General Management, Nonprofit
Schools: HBS '17 (M) Stanford '17 (A)
Updated on: 02 Jan 2013, 08:32
Originally posted by whiplash2411 on 20 Jun 2010, 19:10.
Last edited by souvik101990 on 02 Jan 2013, 08:32, edited 6 times in total.
Last edited by souvik101990 on 02 Jan 2013, 08:32, edited 6 times in total.
Roster Updated!
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Harvard Business School Application for the class of 2013 is online. This thread will also serve as a master thread for the 2+2 applicants for the class of 2016 (June 2011 Applicants!)
APPLICANTS: Please fill out your stats in the Google Doc attached and keep updating your information whenever you see fit! We will keep this thread updated as well
(GIANT Post - Be warned
)
Current Students: Harvard Admits
2+2 APPLICANTS
REQUIREMENTS:
GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION:
1. Essay Questions:
2. Application Deadlines:
To be announced for the Summer of 2011. For the Summer of 2010 class:
3. Letters of Recommendation:
4. Sandy's Advice for Students Applying to 2+2:
REGULAR APPLICANTS
All quoted sections of this post are from the Harvard Business School Admissions Website
GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION:
1. Essay Questions:
2. Application Deadlines:
3. Letters of Recommendation:
APPLICANT LIST:
HBS Applicant List Google Doc
OTHER RESOURCES:
Useful Web Pages for Application
*HBS Director's Blog for All Important Updates
*Last year's thread for HBS (Regular Applicants)
*Last year's thread for HBS 2+2 Applicants
*Veritas Prep School Report for Harvard Business School (Please register your email id, and Veritas will send a link to the download and you can download multiple school reports at once if you want!)
*Class Profile for 2+2
*FAQs
*HBS Director's Blog for All Important Updates
*Clear Admit's Essay Analysis for Harvard Fall 2011
*Veritas Prep Essay Analysis for Harvard 2011
Life at HBS - Blogs
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/
APPLICANTS: Please fill out your stats in the Google Doc attached and keep updating your information whenever you see fit! We will keep this thread updated as well
(GIANT Post - Be warned
)Current Students: Harvard Admits
2+2 APPLICANTS
REQUIREMENTS:
Quote:
GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION:
1. Essay Questions:
Quote:
2. Application Deadlines:
To be announced for the Summer of 2011. For the Summer of 2010 class:
Quote:
3. Letters of Recommendation:
Quote:
4. Sandy's Advice for Students Applying to 2+2:
hbsguru
REGULAR APPLICANTS
All quoted sections of this post are from the Harvard Business School Admissions Website
GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION:
1. Essay Questions:
Quote:
2. Application Deadlines:
Quote:
3. Letters of Recommendation:
Quote:
APPLICANT LIST:
HBS Applicant List Google Doc
OTHER RESOURCES:
Useful Web Pages for Application
*HBS Director's Blog for All Important Updates
*Last year's thread for HBS (Regular Applicants)
*Last year's thread for HBS 2+2 Applicants
*Veritas Prep School Report for Harvard Business School (Please register your email id, and Veritas will send a link to the download and you can download multiple school reports at once if you want!)
*Class Profile for 2+2
*FAQs
*HBS Director's Blog for All Important Updates
*Clear Admit's Essay Analysis for Harvard Fall 2011
*Veritas Prep Essay Analysis for Harvard 2011
Life at HBS - Blogs
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/
Archived 'Calling All HBS Applicants' Topic
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29 Jun 2010, 09:33
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HBS 2+2 INTERVIEW PREP
I've done a lot of HBS 2+2 mock interviews: Since the 2+2 program began, HBS has probably interviewed close to 450-500 2+2 candidates in total and I have done mock interviews with close to 20 of them --and that is just the 2+2 program.
Last year, for its regular admission cycle, HBS interviewed 1800 people--I gave mock interviews to over 100 of those 1800 people.
I really know how to do this, read testimonials below.
Over the past 10 years, I have probably done over 600 HBS mock interviews. My knowledge of how to prepare you for an HBS mock interview is based on those experiences.
I KNOW QUESTIONS TYPICALLY ASKED TO 2+2 CANDIDATES, BOTH US AND INTERNATIONAL--THOSE WHO ARE LIBERAL ARTS MAJORS, SOCIAL SCIENCE MAJORS, AND SCIENCE MAJORS.
I know typical HBS questions often asked to 2+2 candidates with summer work experience as investment bankers, venture capital and hedge fund associates, medical and lab researchers, non-profit interns, Washington interns, Obama interns, McCain interns, Palin nannies and sled dog wranglers, interns at Fortune 500 companies, interns at start-ups and kids who started their own companies.
I know how to help you formulate your core story in ways which can be applied to many questions.
I can predict trouble areas in your application and help you come up with talking points to deal with them.
I can sense what your particular needs are in terms of presentation, for example, if you don't get to the point soon enough (a possibly fatal habit) or if you appear too aggressive or too arrogant or confident in the wrong way for often thin-skinned (and just plain thin) HBS interviewers (some of whom are predisposed not to like bankers).
I can help you create a back story for your goals which creates a solid platform for Why MBA, Why HBS?
can help you prepare a strong answer to the question "Why should we take you?" This questions is often asked in several forms:
"What can YOU contribute to case method discussion based on background and experience?"
"How will your classmates remember you?"
"How have you grown as a leader?"
I can calm you down, although that will not be the first thing that happens.
I can help you formulate answers to 'ice-breaker' questions such as:
"I already know you from your application, just tell me what you think the three defining moments in your life are?"
"Pretend I have not read your application and I just met you. Tell me who you are, what you've done, and where you want to be 15 years?"
I can help prepare you to face such recently popular questions as:
"What is one thing that is not immediately apparent about you to others?"
"How would your friends describe you?"
"How has the financial crisis impacted you, your friends, your industry and your goals?"
THE PROCESS:THE MOCK INTERVIEW IS DONE BY PHONE.
If you want a mock HBS interview, send me an email to hbsguru.com, telling me when your interview is, what time zone you are in, what days and times are good for you, and attaching a resume. I will reply back w. dates and times, etc. Then you send me a pdf of your HBS application and we set up a time for the interview. Mock interviews take about 60-70 minutes. The price is $300.00 dollars USD. You pay me when we speak and do the interview.
| no--dont get nervous, the HBS 2+2 program has not sent out interview invites yet, and last year, those invites cames out around July 20th, for interviews in late August. They will probably follow ~same timing this year. All that said, for those thinking about 2+2 interviews, see below |
Last year, for its regular admission cycle, HBS interviewed 1800 people--I gave mock interviews to over 100 of those 1800 people.
I really know how to do this, read testimonials below.
Over the past 10 years, I have probably done over 600 HBS mock interviews. My knowledge of how to prepare you for an HBS mock interview is based on those experiences.
I KNOW QUESTIONS TYPICALLY ASKED TO 2+2 CANDIDATES, BOTH US AND INTERNATIONAL--THOSE WHO ARE LIBERAL ARTS MAJORS, SOCIAL SCIENCE MAJORS, AND SCIENCE MAJORS.
I know typical HBS questions often asked to 2+2 candidates with summer work experience as investment bankers, venture capital and hedge fund associates, medical and lab researchers, non-profit interns, Washington interns, Obama interns, McCain interns, Palin nannies and sled dog wranglers, interns at Fortune 500 companies, interns at start-ups and kids who started their own companies.
I know how to help you formulate your core story in ways which can be applied to many questions.
I can predict trouble areas in your application and help you come up with talking points to deal with them.
I can sense what your particular needs are in terms of presentation, for example, if you don't get to the point soon enough (a possibly fatal habit) or if you appear too aggressive or too arrogant or confident in the wrong way for often thin-skinned (and just plain thin) HBS interviewers (some of whom are predisposed not to like bankers).
I can help you create a back story for your goals which creates a solid platform for Why MBA, Why HBS?
can help you prepare a strong answer to the question "Why should we take you?" This questions is often asked in several forms:
"What can YOU contribute to case method discussion based on background and experience?"
"How will your classmates remember you?"
"How have you grown as a leader?"
I can calm you down, although that will not be the first thing that happens.
I can help you formulate answers to 'ice-breaker' questions such as:
"I already know you from your application, just tell me what you think the three defining moments in your life are?"
"Pretend I have not read your application and I just met you. Tell me who you are, what you've done, and where you want to be 15 years?"
I can help prepare you to face such recently popular questions as:
"What is one thing that is not immediately apparent about you to others?"
"How would your friends describe you?"
"How has the financial crisis impacted you, your friends, your industry and your goals?"
THE PROCESS:THE MOCK INTERVIEW IS DONE BY PHONE.
If you want a mock HBS interview, send me an email to hbsguru.com, telling me when your interview is, what time zone you are in, what days and times are good for you, and attaching a resume. I will reply back w. dates and times, etc. Then you send me a pdf of your HBS application and we set up a time for the interview. Mock interviews take about 60-70 minutes. The price is $300.00 dollars USD. You pay me when we speak and do the interview.
Updated on: 03 Jul 2010, 19:47
Originally posted by csguy12 on 29 Jun 2010, 15:53.
Last edited by whiplash2411 on 03 Jul 2010, 19:47, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by whiplash2411 on 03 Jul 2010, 19:47, edited 1 time in total.
Added program designation as 2+2
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Program: 2+2
School: Stanford
Major: Computer Science with specialization in AI
Minor: Math
Year: Rising Junior
GPA: 3.52(Fr=3.21, Soph=3.79)
Work Experience: Software Engineering Intern (Qualcomm last summer, Google this summer)
GMAT: 750 Q50 V41
Nationality: African American/White
ECs: NSBE Outreach chair, Undergraduate Senate Intern, Social Chair Sigma Chi
Will my freshman year GPA hut me too much? Should I retake the GMAT(I know I can do better on the Verbal)? Also, it's going to be weird getting a second recommendation. I guess I'll try hard to get to know a professor well first quarter of next year. Any advice or thoughts are welcomed. Thanks
School: Stanford
Major: Computer Science with specialization in AI
Minor: Math
Year: Rising Junior
GPA: 3.52(Fr=3.21, Soph=3.79)
Work Experience: Software Engineering Intern (Qualcomm last summer, Google this summer)
GMAT: 750 Q50 V41
Nationality: African American/White
ECs: NSBE Outreach chair, Undergraduate Senate Intern, Social Chair Sigma Chi
Will my freshman year GPA hut me too much? Should I retake the GMAT(I know I can do better on the Verbal)? Also, it's going to be weird getting a second recommendation. I guess I'll try hard to get to know a professor well first quarter of next year. Any advice or thoughts are welcomed. Thanks
