HBS round 1 Waitlist–no news until Round 2 interviews are over
HBS ROUND ONE WAITLIST –NO NEWS TIL INTERVIEWSÂ FOR ROUND 2 Â ARE OVER.
Some convoluted news about the HBS Round One WL from her Majesty’s HBS adcom blog–this important news inserted   amid some jokey  explanation from HRH as to why HBS does not send out dings before Decision Day.Â
The entire post, and faux explanation as to why HBS does not send out dings (‘denials’ is the preferred term at the Palace) is mildly funny. They just cannot oficially ding anyone until they have buzzed every demographic in terms of age, gender, nationality etc. and made sure they got enuf flowers from that bunch. I am sure they just keep going thru each and every application, looking for underserved  demos, 20 adcoms on their hands and knees, lugging back up every file fr. Albania and N Korea not to mention Sri Lankan men, and also, no doubt the cry will go out to find files  which has been pre-graded by “leadership style,”  whatever that means. The reason they do not send out dings before decision day is that they do want to keep some flexibilty in terms of numbers, etc. and allow kids who know bigfeet to have them pound on the table. At Wharton, which does send out dings along w. Int. invites, the situation is diff. b.c. they interview way more kids per year, sorta 3000 or more vs. 1800 for HBS
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More About Round 2
http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/blog.html#post-2009-02-12
| Date: | February 12, 2009 |
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Here’s a question I’ve been asked a few (hundred) times in the past few days:
Why doesn’t HBS send out denials at the same time we issue interview invitations?
We don’t send out final decisions until the notification date because we need to see the results of the interview process before we extend offers to join the waitlist. After we’ve finished interviewing, we want to make sure we are still considering enough candidates from certain profiles – which include nationality, gender, industry background, leadership styles…and other dimensions – to compose the overall portfolio of next year’s class. This is why it is important for us to keep EVERY round 2 applicant under consideration until notification day. I know this process isn’t perfect, but I am absolutely certain that it’s thoughtful and thorough.
