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Harvard (HBS) Calling all applicants - Class of 2016 16 Oct 2013, 10:03
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Dinged no interview. Was worth a shot, but I don't need Harvard to take over the world! Muahahahaha (insert evil laugh here)
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Harvard (HBS) Calling all applicants - Class of 2016 Updated on: 16 Oct 2013, 10:09
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I've decided not to check my email until I get home tonight,and to put it lightly this thread is making me BEYOND nervous. I am less than optimistic about my chances.If you haven't shared yet, i'm sure rest of the community would appreciate seeing the profiles associated with our eventual results. Mine is below.

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You must be really nervous...
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Harvard (HBS) Calling all applicants - Class of 2016 16 Oct 2013, 10:06
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What was the subject line of the Waitlist Letter and Interview invite?
Did anyone receive a ding email amd what was the subject on that?
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Harvard (HBS) Calling all applicants - Class of 2016 16 Oct 2013, 10:08
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Nope, the ding email just states you have an update on your application. You then have to login to the HBS app and there will be an update. Once you click through it will show the ding message.
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Harvard (HBS) Calling all applicants - Class of 2016 16 Oct 2013, 10:11
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Also waitlisted. I wonder if there are many more of us this year?

My subject line was "HBS Decision Available Online", though I also got the 2+2 email.

Unrelatedly, essaysnark, thanks for all your posts and keep 'em coming! They've been good reads (even if I don't always take the advice of "stop fretting") during tense times.

Good luck, folks!
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Harvard (HBS) Calling all applicants - Class of 2016 16 Oct 2013, 10:21
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Jeez, did anyone (non 2+2) get an interview today?
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Harvard (HBS) Calling all applicants - Class of 2016 16 Oct 2013, 10:31
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Rejected without an interview. Best of luck to those who received an invite and much empathy to those who didn't.
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Congrats to those who got an interview. To those who got dinged - you are in good company. A friend of mine got dinged. His profile - Top Scholar (Rhodes/Marshall/Churchill), M Phil Cambridge, Multiple BA degrees with Eco Minor from non ivy, 750 GMAT, 2 Years Top 3 consulting (Mckinsey/BCG/Bain), Excellent recommendations and extracurricular activities. So take heart and best of luck in other applications
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Harvard (HBS) Calling all applicants - Class of 2016 Updated on: 16 Oct 2013, 13:11
Originally posted by IvyTexan on 16 Oct 2013, 11:07.
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Dinged. C'mon Wharton...
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Harvard (HBS) Calling all applicants - Class of 2016 16 Oct 2013, 11:09
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To all of those who got dinged, chins up - still many great schools out there! Its been wonderful to be able to share the nerves with everyone here, and in some ways its quite a relief to be able to move on to thinking about the round 2 apps and stop fretting. For those interested:

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Yeah...I told myself I wouldn't care either way since HBS is such a shot in the dark, but it sucks. Oh well, time to focus on bigger things. Good luck to everyone who's interviewing or waitlisted. For those who got dinged like me, hope you have better luck with your other schools
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Harvard (HBS) Calling all applicants - Class of 2016 16 Oct 2013, 11:28
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I am a 2+2 applicant. I received an email saying my application status was online, however online it still just says submitted. I've read that some people also got a 2+2 email. Are they slowly emailing everyone? I'm just trying to figure out why my status hasn't changed yet. Even if I am dinged, I just want the anticipation to be over..
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mine did... and i got deferred too... not sure what that means.

@ganteymula, it's good news - you're on the waitlist and you will be up for getting an interview invite again with the Round 2 cycle in late Jan./early Feb. Many people in your shoes end up getting in - it's a drawn-out process but it could happen! We see it every year. You're totally still in the running. But it also means you'll need to move ahead w/ Round 2 apps at other schools if you're determined to be headed to bschool in the fall (just as an insurance policy).

This is a glass-half-full situation - but you're also in a bit of limbo for many months. Congrats that your app is still alive at HBS!!

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I was in the same boat around this time last year. Got an invite Round 2 and was admitted. Hang in there and focus on your other apps...It will all work out in the end (if not at HBS, then at some other AMAZING school)
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Harvard (HBS) Calling all applicants - Class of 2016 16 Oct 2013, 12:26
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2+2, got an invite!
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Harvard (HBS) Calling all applicants - Class of 2016 16 Oct 2013, 12:52
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Dinged, M/26/3.4/740 , 5 yrs in mm IB / upper mm PE. Not fun
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Harvard (HBS) Calling all applicants - Class of 2016 Updated on: 07 Nov 2013, 22:01
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Dinged as well. A bit bummed but whatever, I kinda expected it and was definitely not surprised by result.

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Harvard (HBS) Calling all applicants - Class of 2016 Updated on: 17 Oct 2013, 17:34
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FC, M/23/3.5/740 , 2.6 yrs large NGO.
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Harvard (HBS) Calling all applicants - Class of 2016 16 Oct 2013, 19:47
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Seems like a lot of people were deferred...
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Harvard (HBS) Calling all applicants - Class of 2016 16 Oct 2013, 21:14
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Yeah - yet the blog said the deferral set was up to ~100-150 (on the Sept. 18 post):
A group of Round One applicants, possibly 100-150, will be placed under "further consideration." These candidates will be re-viewed in Round Two and either be invited to interview or released on the Round Two timetable.
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Harvard (HBS) Calling all applicants - Class of 2016 16 Oct 2013, 21:54
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I wonder why they would defer so many people...maybe they got a lot more applications in R1 than usual due to only having one essay?
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