Updated, penultimate HBS WL Death Notice
HBS DING LETTER TO BITTER-END WAITLISTERS, FYI,
WELL, ACTUALLY, ONE MORE DING LETTER TO GO AT THIS POINT. SO KEEP WALKING AROUND WHILE THE MUSIC PLAYS IF YOU ARE STILL ON WL.
MY GUESS IS, THEY WILL KEEP 20-30 KIDS ON SUMMER WAITLIST, AS PER LAST YEAR, AND DING THE REST TODAY.
THEY ACTUALLY GAVE OUT MORE DATA LAST YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!
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May 29, 2009 [GOOD ONE]
Dear ————-:
Later on today, you will be receiving official notification of your release from our waitlist. While this outcome is likely not what you had been hoping for, we want to thank you for being on our waitlist this year, and for the patience you have shown during your time with us. Any candidate on the waitlist this far into the season was definitely qualified to be admitted. However, in managing the composition of the class, along with the reality of how many people we could reasonably expect to admit from the waitlist going forward, we found it necessary to make a number of release decisions to enable candidates to have closure to the year sooner rather than later.
We know that being on the waitlist was certainly difficult. The anxiety you experienced with the uncertainty in timing is something that we fully acknowledge. We hope our monthly updates and desire to be transparent in our process was somewhat helpful in mitigating this anxiety. Regardless, while this is probably not much comfort right now, we hope you know that every candidate on our waitlist was important to us, and your cooperation with our process was truly appreciated. The level of competition in admission to our program this year was extremely high, and the fact that we placed you on the waitlist was a strong signal of our interest in you.
It has been a pleasure getting to know you, —————, and we wish you the best in the coming year. Thank you for your interest in Harvard Business School.
Sincerely,
Eileen Chang & Dana Scalisi
MBA Admissions
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Dillon House
Boston, MA 02163
