Calling all HBS 2011 Applicants!! (Including 2+2)

# of people posting their interview invite status update on this thread seems very small. With at least 50% of all R2 invites (=400) i expected many more people here would get invites

yeah, I expected more people to get invites too. Any clue how many from GC got invites in R1 or last year R2 on the 1st day? Maybe they changed their style and the invites are more spread out I hope so.. I didn't get an invite (yet).

yeaah.. on gc chat last nyt thr were around 120 members and around 10 reported invites... lets just say another 10 were super excited and got stunned.. still 20 wud be too low if a huge chunk has gone out yest... or may be a super setback for gc members.. Monday/Tuesday wil clear the doubt I suppose..

CONGRATS to all those who have got their invites ..... YAY !!!!!!

For all those like me who are still very hopeful for an invite .... Dont loose heart ..... As they say -- Its only when the chips are down that your real character comes into play .... So hang on everyone !!!

To make u all a little cheerful ... Here's a little of what I have dug up today-->

Excerpts from TWO of Dee's blog before R2 decisions last year:


Now the one this year :


If you carefully notice the lines that i have highlighted, it is clear that last year Dee had clearly mentioned that majority of the invites will be sent in the first wave. Whereas this year she has mentioned that they will continue till feb 16th.

All of you who have been monitoring Dee's blog will agree with me that she has been very forthcoming and has genuinely tried to help lessen the anxiety of the applicants. So one should take her mail on face-value and trust her on that!

Also, most of you are aware of the absolutely grim weather that has hit Boston since the last two weeks or so. While it may not have actually hindered the process, it could definitely NOT have helped in making it any faster. I mean, a lot of the adcoms would have had problems in shuttling back and forth. So there is a good chance that they might be behind their own strict schedule.
But since Dee had committed on the blog to dish out the invites on 4th, they would have kept that promise, albeit with a reduction in the actual no of invites ...... What say ?!!?!?!??

So now the prediction: My guess is that we would see the invites being dished out in about 4 waves on 4th, 8th, 11th and the last on 16th.

{And yes, this is irrespective of the fact that I want it to be true !!!! I may very well get dinged, but for all you other hopefuls, all I want to say is that please don't lose hope !! Just remember that the glass is still "half full" }

Regards ..... Sam

DISCLAIMER: All the views expressed here are purely my own and speculative .... I may be way off target .... But just thought of giving my $0.02 to ease out the nerves of some young applicants out there !!

Thanks Sam.. you're a life saver!!!

@tgtivyleague- Way to go man!

good stuff tgtivyleague..

@tgtivyleague - that really helps calm down nerves man.

BTW just read somewhere that 30 is too old for HBS? Any truth in that?

I imagine it's above the average. If it helps, I got an invitation to interview on Friday and I turn 30 later this year. I'll give you a better answer at the end of March.

"kudos" to you tgtiveleague!

Same Here got invite and turning 30 this calendar year

Just got my invite the other day - so exited and a bit nervous! Good luck to everyone else!

Congrats, babyif19! Glad to hear it!

tgtivyleague, thanks much ! excellent analysis.... Waiting and waiting!

I'm in the same boat as you guys. I'm 29 and received an interview invite on Friday. I had mentally written off HBS, purely because everyone kept telling me the average age was on its way down, so the invite was a very nice (and welcome) surprise.

Did not get the interview invitation, waiting...

Dear Ankeet,

I dont know if u have read the book called "Ahead of the Curve" by a HBS alumni, Philip Delves Broughton. He is an international (French) student who was about 32 or so at matriculation. If I can recall, he has most definitely talked about a fellow student (a military candidate) who was 35yrs when he had joined. So given both these examples, I think 30 should not be too many standard deviations above the average!

I had done some analysis of an earlier HBS class, based on what the HBS website details were given ..... which gives the no of admitted candidates (in % terms) relative to their WE. Shall try and search for it and post it soon!

Btw: Having said all this, let me also share with you that my own biggest concern with my application too is my age as I am a couple of years elder to even you also !!!
Two of my very close friends, one is an alumni of darden & the other is in his final year at Stanford - both of them have absolutely warned me against applying to HBS saying that it is very brutal with age & have predicted that I am ONLY wasting my time & money by applying !!!
However, the non-conformist that I am, I have taken this as a challenge as I truly believe that for any top-notch B-School, age SHOULD NOT be a limiting factor. The biggest concern that a school may have about an older applicant is about the possible difficulty in placing him after graduation .... But for a school of HBS's stature, I dont think that really should matter ..... Atleast that is what I believe should be the case & that is what has ensured that I listen to my heart & instincts & apply to a school that I feel is the perfect fit for me rather than not applying at all & repenting the rest of my life for not having even tried !!!

How correct am I in my belief, only time will tell !