Archive for February, 2010

HBS Feb. 1 WL letter: D-Day now April 6th

Monday, February 1st, 2010

THE CHANG-0-GRAMS BEGIN.

LOOKS LIKE HBS WLers will be

waiting tit April 6th, at the earliest,

for any outcomes.

MBA Program
February 1, 2010Hello Everyone:This is Eileen Chang from the MBA Admissions Board. As it is the beginning of February, I wanted to touch base and provide you with a waitlist update.

We are currently reviewing applications from our Round 2 candidates and will extend Round 2 interview invitations soon. Some of you who have not yet been interviewed may be invited to interview in Round 2. If you have already been interviewed, you will not be asked to interview again.

At this point, the earliest we anticipate making decisions on our waitlist candidates will be on notification day for Round 2, which is April 6. We will not be making any decisions before then. We realize that April 6 is more than two months away, and we are sorry if this causes inconvenience for those of you who are facing other deadlines. We will try to make decisions on as many of your applications as possible on April 6, and I will have more information about this in my spring updates.

We understand that with this timeline you may need to make other plans before receiving a final decision on your HBS application. If at any time you decide to withdraw from our waitlist, please do so by emailing Dana at dana_scalisi@hbs.edu. For those of you who want to remain on the waitlist, it is important to keep your contact information updated, so please email Dana with any changes.

We are grateful for your cooperation and patience with our process.

Sincerely,

Eileen Chang
MBA Admissions
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Dillon House
Boston, MA 02163


Wharton Round 3, what does ‘strongest of applicants’ mean?

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Sandy,

What are your thoughts on Wharton 3rd round? Know it is going to be hard, but it actually looks like a strong but “vanilla” candidate (blue chip banking/pe experience) might have a chance since the adcom states that there is room in R3 for the “strongest of applicants”?

Thanks.


phew, just reading the tea leaves, “strongest of applicants” kinda means not strong vanilla but REALLY strong vanilla, e.g. premium blue chip firm, some winning extras to boot, solid stats, and impressive execution. To my mind, it almost is code for admission is very rare and exceptional, and dont bother applying.

that is just reading the words, and my subtle understanding of both English and adcom talk.

based on credible rumors, sometimes R3 Wharton admits are close to single digits, and some portion of those are ‘friends and family’ (e.g. faculty nephews, big donor favs etc. )