HBS Waitlist: What the latest Chang-O-Gram really means
In the previous post we copied in the latest Harvard Business School waitlist letter, The June Chang-O-Gram. After some close reading, here is what it really means:
AFTER 2ND WEEK IN JULY, EVEN IF THEY GET A CANCEL, THEY WILL LIVE WITH IT, AND NOT GO TO WAITLIST. AT SOME POINT, THEY JUST WORK WITH WHAT THEY GOT. THEY DONT CARE IF CLASS IS 914, 907, OR 901
WHICH ARE ACTUAL NUMBERS OF KIDS ENROLLING IN PAST 3 YEARS. “900 something” they can live with it. All sorts of things happen by the way, after Sept, which makes having class uniform size year after year not possible, including flunk outs after first semester when somehow kids who got in are discovered to not speak English (real story), dunno who did interview, etc. Cheaters, etc. etc. Or dudes who drop out to join hot Start Up, altho we are not in that phase of the business cycle right now.
FROM THE CHANG-O-GRAM : There is no consistency year to year as to the numbers of students who cancel during the summer months–sometimes none, other times a few. While it is difficult to predict, it does indeed happen, which is why maintaining the wait list over the summer is important. We anticipate the second week of July as being the time when we finally close the class. Any cancellations after this point are unlikely to happen, [hmmm not really, if cancel at that pt. is due to illness,death, visa problems or just cold feet] but until then, it is reasonable to expect that cancellations may occur.
