Harvard Business School Application for the class of 2013 is online. This thread will also serve as a master thread for the 2+2 applicants for the class of 2016 (June 2011 Applicants!) APPLICANTS: Please fill out your stats in the Google Doc attached and keep updating your information whenever you see fit! We will keep this thread updated as well (GIANT Post - Be warned ) Current Students: Harvard Admits 2+2 APPLICANTS REQUIREMENTS: GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION: 1. Essay Questions : 2. Application Deadlines : To be announced for the Summer of 2011. For the Summer of 2010 class: 3. Letters of Recommendation : 4. Sandy's Advice for Students Applying to 2+2 : REGULAR APPLICANTS All quoted sections of this post are from the Harvard Business School Admissions Website GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION: 1. Essay Questions : 2. Application Deadlines : 3. Letters of Recommendation : APPLICANT LIST: HBS Applicant List Google Doc 0Avb_1Ns4jB92dHp0UTJQcWpEajJwdENjYW9PVEc1TEE OTHER RESOURCES: Useful Web Pages for Application * HBS Director's Blog for All Important Updates * Last year's thread for HBS (Regular Applicants) * Last year's thread for HBS 2+2 Applicants * Veritas Prep School Report for Harvard Business School (Please register your email id, and Veritas will send a link to the download and you can download multiple school reports at once if you want!) * Class Profile for 2+2 * FAQs * HBS Director's Blog for All Important Updates * Clear Admit's Essay Analysis for Harvard Fall 2011 * Veritas Prep Essay Analysis for Harvard 2011 Life at HBS - Blogs a) CS @ HBS - https://www.computersexy.com/blog/ b) Harvard Bound - https://myharvardmba2010.blogspot.com/ c) Inside HBS - https://www.insidehbs.com/ d) Sync - https://sync.bradleylautenbach.com/ e) Mark and Jie's Journey to B-School - https://markandjie.blogspot.com/ f) Will Hsu's HBS Bubble - https://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=wphsu99 g) AGirlsMBA at Harvard Business School: https://agirlsmba.blogspot.com/ h) Military to Business: https://militarytobusiness.blogspot.com/

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11 Jan 2011, 09:47

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Just got the mail that my 3rd recommender has also submitted.. hurray!!

How do I show gratitude to the recommenders BTW? especially when one of them is my direct supervisor? :O

I'm going with a few months of beer of the month club for a former boss who took care of recommendations for all 5 of my schools. For $30 a month he'll get a 12 pack of beer divided among four different microbreweries per month, and I think he'll like it since his wife said he hasn't been able to brew his own lately because he's been so busy.

For the other former boss who wrote 5 letters, I'm thinking of something similar but for wine rather than beer.

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11 Jan 2011, 09:50

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I forget that I am in the company of investment bankers and affluent consultants

I am just a software engineer in India. But yeah wine and gift baskets seem appropriate

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bb, isn't there a thread on this already? :eh:

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11 Jan 2011, 09:57

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Phew in For R2 with nary a minute to spare, phew... thanks to everyone on the thread for tips/advice.

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11 Jan 2011, 09:57

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Just submitted (yeah, I live on the edge like that)
Ivy Undergrad / 99th percentile / MC + entrepreneurship / unique extras
I will add myself to the spreadsheet as well.

Good luck guys!

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11 Jan 2011, 10:05

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srjaidev

I forget that I am in the company of investment bankers and affluent consultants

I am just a software engineer in India. But yeah wine and gift baskets seem appropriate

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bb, isn't there a thread on this already? :eh:

Found the following thread with a quick search:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/gifts-for-recommenders-105925.html?hilit=gift

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11 Jan 2011, 10:16

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Thanks everyone for ur tips ... Esp Magella & Bubbawon !:)

Submitted with 10mins to spare .....!!!

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11 Jan 2011, 12:57

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Submitted for R2!

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11 Jan 2011, 14:44

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hopefully this won't be too long of a wait, dee's blog says invites should go out in the first half of feb. looks like all the schools are moving a little bit faster this year... although im sure it doesn't feel like that for everyone.

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11 Jan 2011, 14:56

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Is anyone else having problems with their pdf application before hitting submit? Parts of it looks all streaky and blurry with missing fields even though my application is completely filled out. I've been waiting for an IT solution for a few hours now but I'm getting antsy and want to hit submit! I'm not sure if the issue is just at my end and the AdCom would be able to see it perfectly.....

HELP if anyone has it!!!

I didn't have any problems reviewing the PDF. If you're working on a slow computer, it might be taking time to render the image of the PDF. When I would scroll down, it would take a few seconds for the data to populate above the dotted lines for each field. Good luck!

I saw the same streaking problem before I submitted. Since it's on their portion of the application I figure that it will all work out and submitted anyway.

I use a Mac, which might somehow be related to the rendering problems.

oneofmany and alyzat: What Operating Systems do you use?

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11 Jan 2011, 15:00

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i use a mac as well and I had the same problem with the streaks, I submitted the app anyway and figured it would be ok

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11 Jan 2011, 15:03

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Update: I just redownloaded the PDF from applyyourself and opened on my Windows computer and it displayed fine...

I think we're all okay.

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11 Jan 2011, 17:58

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I also use Mac and it was blurry in the Finder but worked fine with Adobe Reader. No need to worry.

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Doesn't look like the roll call is being updated.... but,

just wanted to add my name to the R2 list, submitted on the 11th

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Doesn't look like the roll call is being updated.... but,

just wanted to add my name to the R2 list, submitted on the 11th

I think it's each forum member's job to update the roll call with their info…

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11 Jan 2011, 22:49

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Doesn't look like the roll call is being updated.... but,

just wanted to add my name to the R2 list, submitted on the 11th

I think it's each forum member's job to update the roll call with their info…

Got it, thanks, looks like i missed the link. My info is in.

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12 Jan 2011, 00:11

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Add me to round 2 plz

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Submitted, with my last recommendation coming in minutes before the deadline. I'll probably get my recommenders some gift cards, but maybe I can come up with something more creative....

Good luck everyone!

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12 Jan 2011, 01:02

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in for R2.

I reported my official score to HBS when took the GMAT test (with the 5 free schools) little more than 2 years ago. Do I need to officially report the same score again, now that I submitted for R2 today?

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which actually is length for HBS. round 1 they started sending invites in 14 days. this time they're looking for more time, it seems.

anyways, in for R2. had a problem submitting and got to the credit card page a few minutes after noon. emailed them and didn't get a response by early afternoon, called the office and the person said the app was still open and to go ahead and submit and it'll be round 2.

submitted at 5 EST and i got an email saying it was late but it would still be considered for round 2. and dee's blog stressed noon in caps, ha.