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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A question to internationals: how did you answer the "In what context are you currently reading, writing, and speaking English" question in the online application? I know it's a minor detail, but would appreciate your input.

For me, I just answered based on my normal routine of how I use English. The character limit for this part is quite tight so the answer should be pretty straightforward, nothing fancy. Imho, I think they just want to know you are reasonably comfortable with interacting in English due to the nature of their case method.

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I wouldn't think too much about this.... They will glean far more from your TOEFL/GMAT scores, essay and finally your interview... I think the key part is whether you were educated in English and if not, you can just use Native/Fluent/Conversant/Beginner to describe each aspect... They just want to make sure you will survive in an English teaching environment.

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Thanks guys. One more question: should I explain my mediocre grades in one out of four essays or briefly explaining it in "additional information" section will suffice? Thanks

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PRETTY SOLID ANALYSIS OF THE NEW WHARTON 'REARCHITECTURE' --THE QUESTION RAISED, WHEN DOES HBS JOIN THE BANDWAGON, SINCE BOTH STORIES HIGHLIGHT CURRICULAR CHANGES AT ALMOST ALL MAJOR SCHOOLS EXCEPT HBS

PoetsAndQuants-- Wharton Promises Free Life-Long Learning to MBAs in New Program. https://bit.ly/i3ojJi https://fb.me/FjxPDYuP

BusinessWeek: Wharton overhauls its MBA curriculum to offer students greater flexibility and a more global experience: https://bit.ly/gOJhiF

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I don't understand the Wharton thing. More buzzwords? More stats, micro? More international, more social impact? More electives? More free exec ed? Is there less of anything?

less required lock-step first year courses, which is now the entire HBS curriculum, at a school where first year kids are known as RC's (Required Curric) and second years known as EC's (Elective Curic). --and sets HBS up for being odd man out.
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one week to go!!

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I don't understand the Wharton thing. More buzzwords? More stats, micro? More international, more social impact? More electives? More free exec ed? Is there less of anything?
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Doesn't seem like HBS will change that as it will fundamentally change the section experience and a key aspect of collaboration they actually have at HBS (more experienced ppl in a field helping the less experienced).

However, I do think that the HBS curriculum will change within the next 1-3 years. Dean Nohria has a very strong philosophy on leadership and ethics; I believe this will translate to a fundamental change in how these two aspects of b-school are emebedded in the curriculum and taught at HBS.

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haha, I agree, that HBS first year lock-step "RC" is Rock Of Gibralter for now, and deeply embedded in the school's case method mythos abot learning leadership from diverse views, blah, blah, but even rocks can be chipped away at.

One of these days, when I get around to it, I will publish Nohria's 'stump speech' e.g. what he saying to small groups of faculty, alums, students, blah, blah gleaned fr. reports back to me, and what it really means. He is setting the table, in a slow-moving and shrewd way, for initiating case method changes 2nd year, and changing, in small but impt ways, the "demo" of the class to make it more female, international, and PC. HRH already on the case.

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HRH on the case: does this mean your chances are better now (vs before) if you're female, international, and 'PC' (however you define that!)?

PROBABLY -but I'm not Julian Assange, just working w. collected semi public info.

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6 days to go... :-D

where are you ppl..??

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Thanks guys. One more question: should I explain my mediocre grades in one out of four essays or briefly explaining it in "additional information" section will suffice? Thanks

Either way should be fine. If you can briefly explain it convincingly, the additional info part should suffice. But if you are planning to write the "undergrad experience" essay anyway, then I think you should incorporate your reasons into it (while not making the whole essay only about this point.)

Personally, I've taken the second option...and now praying it's the right choice

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Question about career placement at HBS. I am interested in marketing/management positions. What percentage of HBS grads move to NYC to work in this field post graduation? How hard will it be for me to do job search in NYC while in Boston?

Thanks.

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a chunk of placements happen in NYC.. and as long as you are in HBS getting a "marketing/management" job in NYC should not be a prob...

btw Kellogs has started sending out r1 decisions...

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gc329xyz , thanks for the response.
Good luck everyone!

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Wall St. hiring up at #HBS, Wharton, Columbia, NYU says Wall St J. blog w. impressive stats in support. https://is.gd/ipzyM

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Wharton recorded a 20% increase in the number of students offered summer banking internships from 2009 to 2010.
New York University's Stern School of business, which places about one-third of its students at investment banks, hosted 10% more bank recruiting events this fall for full-time positions and summer internships.
Columbia Business School, which places almost half of its graduates in financial services, also has welcomed more recruiters this fall and recorded a 45% increase in full-time job postings,
Harvard Business School is also expecting a flurry of offer letters for MBA candidates approaching graduation, though it is also a few weeks away from tallying the total of full-time jobs, according to Jonathan Shepherd, associate director of MBA career & professional development.
"Things feel very good -- certainly better than they have for the past couple years," he said.

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Don't worry, I did the same (over analyze) and so did other people I spoke with. They are actually less than a week away. I'm starting to lose my mind!!!! :shock:

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Interview a few weeks ago.

Thought it went well at the time. Now I've started to over analyze the whole thing, e.g. maybe I should have positioned my career vision answer more towards A instead of B to emphasize...
Anyway, thought I would keep this thread alive as well as state that it's darn near impossible to stay focused on current work when decisions are a week away... Good luck all

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By the way, I'm surprised how quiet Dee's blog has been. Would've thought that she would at least make one quick post by now just confirming the plan to release decisions and roughly the time... Guess she's said it so many times she thinks we will just check last year's?

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Filling out HBS application is like writing a bunch of additional essays. Asking me where I went to high school is a little ridiculous...

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Filling out HBS application is like writing a bunch of additional essays. Asking me where I went to high school is a little ridiculous...

It might seem ridiculous but don't take it lightly - During my HBS interview, I was actually asked about what my friends in the two high schools I went to would say about me - I'm currently in my mid-to-late twenties btw