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Rejected too, good luck to everyone who made it to interviews - and for the others, I’m proud of us! Congratulations to everyone who tried, we’ll have better luck with the other apps:)

What were your profile like Both who were rejected as well as the one got selected for interview and congratulations to those selected, all the best to the rest for your future

You shouldn’t use ai at all. Essays should be a portrait of yourself. Ai detectors often make mistakes and deem human written words as ai written, it’s very veryyy common and I believe they know it too, so you’ll get by with around 5% ai I think. But still best not to use ai at all

Deferred to round 2 . Does anyone know what are the chances I get off the waitlist!?

Got an interview invite. I’m from India and work in private equity. If there is anyone else who is going to prepare for interviews, would be great if you could reach out. Would be helpful to have a sounding board.

hello! HBS mentions for international applicantsthat they "discourage applicants with a TOEFL lower than 109 to apply". Has anyone with a TOEFL below 109 received an invitation?

Can those who got an interview invite Please tell what a quintessential HBS student is according to you ? What does HBS want ? I am sure some crazy stats won’t get you in? What is that between the lines stuff? Anyone?

Your question is like asking Colonel Sanders for his secret recipe. Especially with a new director at HBS, I would be surprised if anyone really knows the answer.