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

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C20

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16 Feb 2011, 13:59

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Ding and I feel great. Good...NEXT! But, if the ding comes from UPenn...I'll be sad.

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16 Feb 2011, 14:00

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Ding here too!! Good luck fellas...

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16 Feb 2011, 14:00

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I was waitlisted. Hmm I wonder how many invites go out for third round. I'm sure it isn't 5 like someone said earlier!

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16 Feb 2011, 14:01

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Ding here as well. Though it hurts, it's not the end of the world ... onwards mates!

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16 Feb 2011, 14:03

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I was waitlisted. Hmm I wonder how many invites go out for third round. I'm sure it isn't 5 like someone said earlier!

There's no way of knowing--that's why someone threw out 5 as a sarcastic answer.

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16 Feb 2011, 14:06

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Ding here too.

Just before logging to my email I started wondering what made me apply to bloody Harvard in the first place

Oh well, after this first experience I should be less stressed waiting for Wharton decision of Friday I guess.

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16 Feb 2011, 14:21

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DING DING DING DING DING!!!

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16 Feb 2011, 14:22

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This is a painful day for many people... including myself. It's not easy being positive after getting a generic letter in exchange for all the intellect, emotion, creativity and months of preparation that we have put into this application. It hurts. Period.

My plan is to get drunk tonight, sleep in tomorrow, go skiing this weekend and start to take advantage of all the other great opportunities in my life that I have been too distracted to focus on. An application is supposed to reflect your life, not be your life or dominate your life.

I will be back next year.

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16 Feb 2011, 14:24

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hulk30

Dang. Did you only apply to HBS?

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16 Feb 2011, 14:26

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Ding and I feel great. Good...NEXT! But, if the ding comes from UPenn...I'll be sad.

Im worried about wharton too. Didnt hear anything until now.

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16 Feb 2011, 14:26

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Ding

It's alllllll good! Good luck, everyone!

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16 Feb 2011, 14:29

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Well put, we need a little time to greive. And then we'll move on or try again!

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16 Feb 2011, 14:31

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hulk30

No offense, but you didn't expect a personalized ding letter from a school that denies ~90% of its applicants did you?

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16 Feb 2011, 14:35

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Way too dramatic. You'll live.

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16 Feb 2011, 14:55

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My wife is more upset than I am

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Gd luck to all R2 interviewees!

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16 Feb 2011, 15:00

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"ding" sounds so much better than "rejected"

It's a ding here...my friend who was a R1 HBS admit assures me its because they probably think I'm a better fit at Stanford

I think I can get on board with that!

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16 Feb 2011, 15:24

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Ding here too. Good luck to those who got interviews. Now time to focus on nailing the Wharton interview.

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16 Feb 2011, 15:48

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Ding for me as well.

I heart missed a beat when I saw the notification email. But I could guess even before I checked my account. I knew the notification "Your application decision is now available online" was no good signal at all.

My heart dropped as HBS' application was the most well-prepared among all applications to schools for which I applied this year. But it seems that I am not good enough.

I'd better be focused on preparing for 2 interviews coming in the next 10 days. Best of luck to all those invited to interviews with HBS.

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16 Feb 2011, 15:54

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Super ding.and my wife is way more upset than me too...

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16 Feb 2011, 16:12

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I wouldn't go that far. It's not just a matter of your qualifications - there are a whole lot of other things that come into play. For example, diversity of backgrounds, education, gender, previous industry etc. It said so in the rejection letter itself - in the end, it's just a matter of numbers. Perhaps someone with a similar background as you was already admitted in R1.