2+2 Applicants - Please add yourself to the 2+2 Roll Call which will be put up on this thread: HBS 2+2 Class of 2016 HBS Business School Guide HBS Applicant Summary (Real Time) Quick Glance: GMAT Club vs. Latest Intake (Class of 2013) Latest GMAT Club Member Profile Updates Detailed Applicant List: Add Yourself to This List (add HBS to your profile) GMAT Club's Real-time Admissions Statistics Add Your Profile to This List Questions about this Roll Call ? Members Invited to Interview HBS CLASS ADMITTED THIS YEAR (entering 2011) VS LAST YEAR (entered 2010) FINANCIAL SERVICES BLOODBATH HEADLINES 1. apps DOWN fr. 9524 to 9134 2. PE/VC Down fr. 18pct to 13pct -HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3. Women up 36 to 39 pct 4. Class size up fr. 910 to 918 5. Investment banking and Investment Management DOWN fr. 14 to 12 pct Class of 2013* https://www.hbs.edu/mba/perspectives/class-statistics/ Admissions Total MBA Enrollment 918 Applications 9,134 % Admitted 12% Yield 90% Class Composition Women 39% US Ethnic Minorities 23% International 34% Average Age 27 Countries represented 68 Undergraduate institutions represented 243 GMAT Score Range 490-790 Median GMAT 730 Citizenship North America 70% ?United States 66% Asia/South Pacific 13% Europe 10% Central/South America 4% Africa 2% Oceania 1% Undergraduate Majors Business Administration 20% Engineering/Natural Sciences/Technical Disciplines 36% Humanities/Social Sciences 43% Other 1% Pre-MBA Industry Consulting 21% Consumer Products 6% Financial Services** 12% Healthcare/Biotech 6% High Tech/Communications 9% Manufacturing 14% Military 5% Non-Profit 8% Other Services 5% Venture Capital/Private Equity 13% Unspecified 1% * As of June 1, 2011 – subject to change ** Includes Investment Banking and Investment Management ============================== Preliminary Profile of the Class of 2012 https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/blog-all.html entry for July7,2010 Date: July 07, 2010 Here’s a peek at the Class of 2012. This is still officially “preliminary” until registration in September. Admissions Total MBA Enrollment 910 Applications 9,524 % Admitted 11% Class Composition Women 36% US Ethnic Minorities 23% International 34% Countries represented 73 Undergraduate institutions represented 243 GMAT Score Range 510-790 Middle 50% GMAT Score Range 710-750 Average GMAT 724 Citizenship North America 70% ?United States 66% Asia/South Pacific 13% Europe 12% Central/South America 3% Africa 1% Oceania 1% Undergraduate Majors Business 23% Engineering/Natural Sciences/Technical Disciplines 33% Humanities/Social Sciences 43% Other 1% Pre-MBA Industry Consulting 22% Consumer Products 7% Financial Services* 14% Healthcare/Biotech 6% High Tech/Communications 6% Manufacturing 9% Military 5% Non-Profit 7% Other Services 5% Venture Capital/Private Equity 18% * Includes Investment Banking & Investment Management BTW: A GREAT, GREAT RESOURCE FOR ALL HBS APPLICANTS IS LAST YEAR'S THREAD, CALLING ALL HBS 2011 APPLICANTS, calling-all-hbs-2011-applicants-including-96063.html#p739570 ESP THE FIRST POST, WHICH ITSELF GIVES RESOURCES. SPENDING AN HOUR READING THRU THOSE POSTS WILL GIVE YOU AN EXCELLENT IDEA OF WHAT THE YEAR AHEAD WILL LOOK LIKE AND PROVIDE YOU WITH MANY, MANY PROFILES AND THEIR OUTCOMES. Interview questions:

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cheetarah1980 - No problem. I am all for transparency and realism:
1. ~87.7% of invites were "supposed" to be sent out today
2. They went back to re-evaluate waitlisted candidates

HBS was a dream for a lot of us and there is still A chance, but I'm planning on getting ready for the other schools. Congratulations to those who got the invites - now go get them admissions!

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Sandy - what's your estimate of % invites that have gone out today?

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Dear Sucker.

Warm greetings from Harvard Business School!

After careful consideration of your application materials, we are delighted to inform you that you have been selected for an interview with a member of our MBA Admissions Board. We look forward to the opportunity to get to know you better through our interview process.

We use an online scheduling system to manage our interview process. Since we know that many of our interviewees expect to travel to either our campus in Boston or one of our global hub cities for their interview, we are sending this message in advance so that you are aware of where our Admissions Board members will be traveling. We hope this advance notice is helpful to you as you plan for your interview.

We will have interview slots available in the following locations:

Boston, MA (on the HBS campus): February 16-22 and February 27-March 9
Menlo Park, CA: February 16, 21, 23, 27, 28 and March 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13
New York, NY: February 19-20 and March 4-6
San Francisco, CA: February 27-29
Dubai, UAE: March 4-7
London, UK: February 20-24 and March 5-8
Mumbai, India: March 9, 11, 12, 13
Paris, France: February 27-March 1
Sao Paulo, Brazil: March 5-8
Shanghai, China: March 3-8

You will receive another email from HBS MBA Admissions at noon on Wednesday, February 1 with a link to our online scheduling system. You will be able to select a specific interview slot at that time. Please note that all of our interview slots are available on a first-come, first-served basis. In the past, our interview slots have filled very quickly, so we encourage you to be prompt in selecting your slot.

Videoconference interviews (via Skype) may be available for applicants in remote locations.

Again, we hope this advance notice is helpful to you. Thank you for your interest in Harvard Business School, and we look forward to meeting you soon.

Sincerely yours,
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Also Sandy, did any of your 2+2 candidates get invites today?

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31 Jan 2012, 11:51

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guys, keep your chins up. i honestly thought i had little chance with my low gpa and lack of WE -- but the interview invite appeared in my inbox at exactly 12 noon EST. they're going to send invites two more times, so best of luck!!!

and congrats to everyone else who has received an interview invite!

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@riskylvrg:

Hey - after thinking about your post (I felt similarly for the last 2 hours), I've applied my keen MBB consulting skills (such as they are - not worth an invite on Day 1 sadly :-D

) and really dug into the numbers.

First off, let's take the percentages. Obviously the exact same % won't be sent out, but we're going to be in the ballpark. Now, here's the thing: the general body of knowledge states that Round 2 apps go up over Round 1 apps. If we take that as true, but still hold HBS readers to the same volume in their 3 weeks of reading, we can argue that the percentage of total invites sent out is probably a little lower just because there's more volume to plunge**. Let's call it 75-80%. Now, additionally, if we stick with our initial assessment that R2 is bigger, let's say - for the sake of argument - that there are more interview slots, call it 850-1000. Picture's looking a bit better, right? I would strongly suggest that even if the % are exactly the same, the absolute number of invites to go out is still higher. Or in other words, let's not be optimistic, fine, but don't droop with despair for one more week (at that point it's almost certainly curtains).

Given that back of the envelope analysis, I'm ranging the remaining invites at about 170 - 250. That's probably too high for the low end, so if we force it down a bit - add a nice fudge factor - let's say somewhere between 120 - 250 with the lower side being the sweet spot. 105 went out after Day 1 in R1 so I doubt I'm horribly off here.

For those of you who want to get into MBB post MBA, that was your first lesson in making up numbers - you're welcome :-)

** Now, we can argue about hail mary applications and cutoffs, but even shredding apps below 500 GMAT and 2.0 GPA is a timesink - you have to do a little bit of rationalization, make sure you're not tossing someone who's gone on to be the king of the investment bank or is currently curing cancer, right?

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@Rogue310

I am all for your math - the bottom line is the absolute amount of the invites may be larger and percent of those of us who are still waiting may be higher.

Well, good luck to us all. Cheers.

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I like the optimism here. Don't worry, we survive to fight another day.

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2+2. I don't know what to think......

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Any 2+2 ers get an interview invite today?

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Any 2+2 ers get an interview invite today?

Yes -

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Also Sandy, did any of your 2+2 candidates get invites today?

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Sandy - Do you have any info on San Francisco/Menlo Park interviews?
I have to choose one tomorrow and wanted to know the pros/cons.
Thanks!

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does anyone know if wave-1 invites are in any way "priority" candidates, and those invited in week 2 or 3 perhaps being the longshot "we will give em one last chance" candidates?

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does anyone know if wave-1 invites are in any way "priority" candidates, and those invited in week 2 or 3 perhaps being the longshot "we will give em one last chance" candidates?

nope according to the admissions blog the timing of interview invite says nothing about your candidacy

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Anyone realize that most of us will be dinged on Valentine's Day?! Not sure if that is a good or bad thing....

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31 Jan 2012, 15:12

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Sandy, is there any advantage of interviewing in Boston over NYC? I am from a manufacturing background (engineering) and won't mind the drive to Boston

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Sandy:
I have similar questions too. Any advantage of flying to Boston to take the interview? You mentioned in another post that on campus is a little chaotic. Thanks!