Harvard Business School - Class of 2015 (Matriculating 2013) https://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/10/1005_dschools/image/harvardbusinessschool.jpg HBS Applicant Summary (Real Time) Quick Glance: GMAT Club vs. Latest Intake (Class of 2015) GMAT Club's Real-time Admissions Statistics Latest GMAT Club Member Profile Updates Detailed Applicant List: Add Yourself to This List (add HBS to your profile) Add Your Profile to This List Questions about this Roll Call ? Round 1 Deadline: 9/24/2012 | Decision Date: 12/12/2012 Round 2 Deadline: 1/7/2013 | Decision Date: 3/27/2013 Round 3 Deadline: 4/8/2013 | Decision Date: 5/15/2013 Rankings (2012 GMAT Club Rankings Table) US News 2011 #1 Entrepreneurship #3 Finance #7 International #8 Management #1 Marketing #6 Nonprofit #3 Production/Operations #8 BusinessWeek 2010 #2 Historical GMAT Club Applicant Threads Fall 2012 - Calling All HBS Applicants Fall 2011 - Calling All HBS Applicants Fall 2010 - Calling All HBS Applicants Fall 2009 - Calling All HBS Applicants Fall 2008 - Calling All HBS Applicants Fall 2007 – Calling All HBS Applicants Popular Links Programs Offered at HBS HBS Employment Reports Notable Alumni Harvard Business School Guide ________________________________________________________________ HBS Webinar Slides - Applicant Information presented by Dee Leopold, Director of Admissions https://poetsandquants.com/2012/06/07/dee-leopolds-harvard-business-school-webinar-slides/ INFORMATION - APPLICATION FOR CLASS OF 2015 Essay Questions Essays required for all applicants: Tell us about something you did well. (400 words) Tell us about something you wish you had done better. (400 words) Joint degree applicants only: How do you expect the joint degree experience to benefit you on both a professional and a personal level? (400 words) Post Interview Reflection Following the interview, candidates are required to submit a written reflection using our online application system. This must be submitted within 24 hours following the completion of the interview. Detailed instructions will be provided to those applicants who are invited to the interview process. Recommender Questions - Please comment on the context of your interaction with the applicant. If applicable, briefly describe the applicant's role in your organization. (250 words) - How does the candidate's performance compare to other well-qualified individuals in similar roles? (250 words) - Please describe the most important piece of constructive feedback you have given the applicant. Please detail the circumstances and the applicant's response. (250 words) - Please make additional statements about the applicant's performance, potential, or personal qualities you believe would be helpful to the MBA Admissions Board. (250 words) Other Application Components (Information on Transcripts, TEOFL/PTE, Additional Information): https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/writtenapplication.html Class of 2014 Total MBA Enrollment 925 Applications 8,963 (down from last year) % Admitted 13% (selectivity down from last year) Yield 90% Class Composition Women 40% (up by 1 %) - highest ever! US Ethnic Minorities 24% (up by 1%) International 32% (down by 2% - wow!) Average Age 27 - same as last year GMAT Score Range 570 - 790 (minima is up by 80 points) Median GMAT 730 - same as last year Undergraduate Majors Business Administration/Economics 43% Engineering/Natural Sciences/Technical Disciplines 34% (down by 2%) Humanities/Social Sciences 22% Other 1%

I am in WAT... I will know at 5PM.... Just about the right time to rush into a bar and drown my sorrows....(OR..)

don't worry, this is 10% luck, 20% skill, 15% concentrated power of will, 5% pleasure, 50% pain...

Haha.. Same boat here - It will be an anxious next 24+ hours...

I agree that there`s a lot of anxiety, but imagine the people who get waitlisted from R1 to May. There were a few dozen last year if I remember correctly no? Now that`s a lot worse!

I agree. However, a counter argument is that these people would obviously have applied to other schools, or will do so in Rd 2. Being waitlisted at HBS is a great indicator of your caliber, so I am sure they would have made it to another top choice eg: Wharton, Kellogg etc. by May. And if HBS finally admits them, I am sure people will be more than happy to forego the $2000 deposit to the other school. This affected a friend - he got into Indian School of Business, but was waitlisted at Tuck. When HBS released a few people off its waitlist, a few seats at Tuck opened up and he was admitted.

If I am waitlisted till May and admitted I am afraid I would already be in my "Eat Pray Love" tour to discover myself after rejection.. Hmmm now I have to figure the availability of internet in rural Italy...

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