HBS round one interview invites to come out Oct 28th, give or take 4 days
WHEN DOES HBS SEND OUT INTERVIEW INVITES: PROB AROUND OCT 28TH (so embarrassing, no sooner do we say this than folks tell us her majesty has been telling folks in undisclosed locations that this year they will be moving faster, see post directly above this, and will be sending out invites 3rd week in Oct. week of 19th, scary)
OK EARLY BUNNIES, I’VE ALREADY BEEN ASKED THIS QUESTION FR. THE USUAL SUSPECT PRE-MATURE E-APPLICATORS (ha ha in this case the premature eblogerator was me) WHO HAVE HANDED IN THEIR HBS APPS ALREADY AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR BACK.
LAST YEAR APP WAS DUE ON OCT 15TH AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF INVITES (SEE NEXT POST) WHERE SENT ON NOVEMBER 11TH – TWENTY-SEVEN DAY LATER
APPS THIS YEAR ARE DUE ON OCT 1 AND MY CRAY SUPER COMPUTER HAS BEEN RUNNING ALL NIGHT, AND JUST MINTUES AGO REPORTED, THAT 27 +1=28, GIVING US A WORKABLE OCT 28TH DATE, IF YOU BELIEVE LAST YEAR WILL BE ANY GUIDE. AS I DO.
for granularity on this, and HRH’s blog fibs,
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THIS WAS HRH LEOPOLD’S BLOG ENTRY ON NOV 11TH–IN A YEAR WHEN APP WAS DUE ON OCTOBER 15TH –NOT SURE IF THERE WERE IN FACT 100 MORE INTERVIEW INVITES, BUT LOTS OF POST NOV 11TH INVITES WERE THE RESULT OF BIGFOOT INTERVENTION, ETC. ETC. ALTHO NOT ALL. IF YOU DONT GET INVITE ON FIRST BIG WAVE DAY–TIME TO START THINKING REAL HARD ABOUT OTHER SCHOOLS.
| Date: | November 11, 2008 |
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Round One Interview Invitations
| Date: | November 11, 2008 |
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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. It is possible that candidates invited in the next few weeks will not have extensive options to interview in hub cities; we will make every effort to work with them to schedule an interview which is convenient.
The Admissions Board continues to review written applications and discuss cases until the January notification date.
I also anticipate that around 100 Round One candidates who have not been interviewed will be invited to accept a place on the wait list in January. As their cases are further considered, they may be invited to interview.
We are trying to be as transparent as possible about this anxiety-producing process. I hope I am clear in my continued message that this is a “selection” process designed to bring a talented and diverse mix of students into the classroom. There are no hard and fast rules and there are many more qualified candidates than we have capacity to admit.
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. It is possible that candidates invited in the next few weeks will not have extensive options to interview in hub cities; we will make every effort to work with them to schedule an interview which is convenient.
The Admissions Board continues to review written applications and discuss cases until the January notification date.
I also anticipate that around 100 Round One candidates who have not been interviewed will be invited to accept a place on the wait list in January. As their cases are further considered, they may be invited to interview.
We are trying to be as transparent as possible about this anxiety-producing process. I hope I am clear in my continued message that this is a “selection” process designed to bring a talented and diverse mix of students into the classroom. There are no hard and fast rules and there are many more qualified candidates than we have capacity to admit.
PS THIS WAS HER OCTOBER HEAD FAKE –SAYING THAT DDAY WOULD BE NOV 12TH AND THEN THEY ALL CAME OUT ON THE 11TH. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, GOOD LUCK WORRYING.
Round One Interviews
| Date: | October 17, 2008 |
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Here are some quick but not very eloquent notes to Round One applicants:
Now that the round one application deadline has passed, we anticipate your questions about interview invitations. Our plan is to begin inviting candidates to interview on November 12. All the interview invitations will not be extended in a single day. A significant majority of invitations will be issued by the week of November 1
7. In past years, invitations have been extended up to and including the date of notification; we expect this practice to continue.
