Who's going for R1? Essays posted just this morning. What's everyone's take? Current HBS Students active on forum :thumbup: DefyingGravity - HBS'16

Denied as well! Good luck to everyone with an interview.

Dinged. Now the long wait until my next schools release interview requests

Dinged - 3.9 GPA / 750 GMAT/ 2 Years MBB / 2 Years MM PE Best of luck to those with interviews.

Ding Data scientist at one of those tech companies, 3.9 GPA in masters program from at Top 5 engineering school

Denied. For the record: 760 GMAT, Hispanic, first generation to go to college, immigrant parents, underprivileged upbringing, fluent Spanish, 6 years WE in consumer products and finance, 3.18 Econ GPA from a public ivy w/ upper-level math courses, CFA Level III Candidate.

Officialy dinged. Engineering from top Brazilian school, 3 yr WE as oil and gas consultant, 760 GMAT, based in Brazil with experience in 6 countries. One of my colleagues at my company was invited on the 6th with a 690 GMAT and similar profile - an indication that execution matters as much (or more) than stats! Best of luck to those invited!

What do you mean by execution? If I were you'd id be livid.

Ding now official. 3.5, 750 and 5 years experience as commercial lawyer. Rejected. Was fully expecting the result, but seeing all of the posts above really reinforces the fact that for the top programs, strong stats ultimately don't really get you anywhere. Hopelessly it's less true at some of the other programs I'm applying to, but for all of the time and effort that people put in to earn a high GMAT and undergraduate GPA, it's almost meaningless at a program like HBS or GSB, because basically everyone has them, and you don't distinguish yourself at all that way. Anyway, gave it my best, so I'm content. Congrats to all of those who got invites, and for those joining me in the reject lounge, best of luck on your remaining apps.