HBS round 2 interview invites: 750 with ~100 to come
NO invite today–here is what happened in Round 1. HBS DID send out ~100 invites, after first 750, as Adcom notes below, via standard email notification, in what seemed to me, two squirts and some dribble (as well as special phone invites and last minute deals as alluded to above on this thread, but those were outliers). Soooo, My guess is, they will send out 50-100 more invites, sorta random (not military! per se) among the usual suspects, including bankers, consultants, etc. etc. and also some oddballs. –altho I agree, if you dont have an invite yet, things look grim as a matter of pure statistics. SK
the latest fr. Her Majesty about Round 2 offers. This pretty much parallels round one practice, where in fact, they DID send out more interviews, in a couple of spurts, altho I dont have exact numbers, but it could have been 100 as advertised. [exact words of this msg Round 1 were "Today we sent out about 750 invitations to interview. I think we will ultimately send around 850 by the notification date, January 21. I can't predict when this additional 100 invitations will go out nor to whom." ] Compare that to below, “I think there will be between 50 and 100 additional invitations sent between now and April 2′ which seems to lower the number (100 in Round 1, versus 50-100 in Round 2). All this confirms, a bit, my intel about round one admits being 500+, and R2 apps being level w. last year vs. R1 apps being up 20-25 percent. My guess is, TOTAL ROUND ONE apps were mabye a bit more than R2 (a flip of usual situation) and stronger (as usual). SO they will accept more R1 kids. Duh, maybe 25-50 more than average. Not sure what it means for WL.
Hello to Round Two Applicants
from HBS MBA Program
Today we are sending emails to about 750 applicants inviting them to interview. Detailed information will be included in the email. I think there will be between 50 and 100 additional invitations sent between now and April 2. These will be sent out as files are reviewed – not on a designated day or days.
As I’ve said before, I know that the business school application experience is anxiety-producing. We are trying hard to minimize anxiety and stress while preserving a time-intensive selection process in which the applications you invested so much in are carefully reviewed by multiple members of the Admissions Board.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
