CONGRATS TO EARLY 2+2 FILERS, DEADLINE WAS NOON TODAY.
Hope Her Majesty Dean Leopold is full of hot dogs are raring to go thru that pile.

When can you expect an interview invite?????

Hmmmmmmmmmm, tuff to say. Last year, when app. was due on JUNE 15TH, THEY STARTED sending out dings and invites
on July 19th, sorta 34 days later. See below, for what each looks like:
But last year the entire 2+2 cohort had to apply by June 15th–this year, 2+2 kids can apply over all four deadlines (July, Oct, Dec, April) sooooooo, in theory they will get less apps for Round one, and send out the first round of dings and invites earlier??? YOU tell me.
Hey Dee, time to blog this, my dear.

After careful consideration of your 2+2 Program application materials, we are delighted to inform you that you have been selected for an interview with a member of our MBA Admissions Board. We look forward to the opportunity to get to know you better through our interview process.

We use an online scheduling system to manage our interview process. Since we know that many of our interviewees will need to make travel arrangements to our campus in Boston for their interview, we are sending this message in advance so that you are aware of our interview schedule. We hope this advance notice is helpful to you as you plan for your interview.

All interviews will take place on our campus in Boston. We will have interview slots available at 9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, and 3:00pm every day from August 18 to August 24. You will receive another email from MBA Admissions at noon on Tuesday, July 20 with a link to our online scheduling system. You will be able to select a specific interview slot at that time. Please note that all of our interview slots are available on a first-come, first-served basis. In the past, our interview slots have filled very quickly, so we encourage you to be prompt in selecting your slot.

You may find it helpful to review the activities available on our campus during your visit, as well as hotel and travel information. Please see our website for more details. Note that we will offer a lunchtime information session exclusively for 2+2 interviewees every day from August 18-24.

Again, we hope this advance notice is helpful to you. Thank you for your interest in Harvard Business School, and we look forward to meeting you soon.

Sincerely yours,
MBA Admissions
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Dillon House
Boston, MA 02163

WELL THAT WAS EASY, BUT THEY ALSO SEND OUT THESE:

Dear —–:

Thank you for your interest in the Harvard Business School 2+2 Program. We conceived this Program as a way to encourage college leaders to discover the many paths that can be opened by an MBA. This season we received over 800 applications for a Program designed for about 100 participants. We wish we could extend many more offers of admission. I regret to tell you that we are unable to offer you admission to the 2+2 Program.
Although this is disappointing news, please understand that this letter says “not now” vs. “not ever.” The 2+2 cohort is only a small segment of the Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2015; we hope that you will continue to grow and develop as a student and a leader and consider an application to the MBA Program in the future.

Let me close by thanking you again for the spirit of adventure you have demonstrated by applying at this early stage of your professional life. We respect and value the considerable investment you made in your application and hope that the process of reflection and self-assessment has been valuable.

Very truly yours,

Deirdre C. Leopold
Managing Director, MBA Admissions & Financial Aid

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2+2 news from her Majesty, who is beginning to protest too much about no hidden messages, this means basically, if you are currently a college junior you can apply to 2+2  EARLY AS ALWAYS IN THE PAST, or NEW: over your senior year.

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Sandy — What do you think will be the impact of the 2+2 class coming in next year on the overall class profile at H? I believe the 2+2 subgroup in itself will be as diverse (culturally, geographically, professionally) as the overall HBS population. But average age will surely slip lower considering more than 10% of the class will be 22-23.

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duh, been saying all along that arrival of 2+2 will impact this year’s class. BUT– Reliable rumor has it that of those 106 accepted kids, some substanial number, 20-30, will defer another year, so the 2+2 arriving cohort will be not be 106 but more like ~80.

For a description of that class, the one due to arrive in Sept, see link below and note GREAT HBSGURU quotes.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2008/9/17/seniors-get-hbs-22-decisions-twenty-two/

As to their diversity, the entering 2+2 kids are prob tilted WAYMORE to USA kids than Internationals, altho story above silent on that, since 2+2 outreach which fielded that class was really USA focused since it was first year. I dont have stats, but my guess is, Int component of that class could have been real, real low, mostly Ints at US schools. Only ONE kid from IIT was a member of first 2+2 class, my guess is, members of current 2+2 class just fielded who attend IIT and other prestige schools abroad, isway higher. etc. etc. And also more kids fr. China and cert more Ints studyiing in USA. Soooo, if anything, if HBS wants to keep up its drive to keep International cohort at ~34pct, the cohort getting screwed next year will be US KIDS. As to age, dunno, that is a tuff one, as stated here, the more impt metric is class you graduate from college not work exp per se, altho others may differ (including ‘official’ remarks by Dee herself). The charts on her blog are pretty compelling, and NOTE–they are NOT organized by months of work ex, but by year of college grad, sooooooooooooo, draw your own conclusions as to what kind of charts she keeps in her lap. if you are applying next year, and you grad in 2005 or earlier, well, you got a tuff row to hoe. Esp. as noted many times here, if you are in trad. gigs like IB, MC etc. Will that change due to a pick up in IB and MC hiring, that could happen. BELIEVE ME, HBS IS NOTHING IF NOT MARKET RESPONSIVE, their official baloney about their motives aside.

Of course, those 30 2+2 kids who do not matric next year, will matric at some pt. and at some pt, the 2+2 cohort is going to be ~100, sooooooo, yes, getting into HBS just got harder.

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HBS 2+2 PROGRAM ACCEPTS 100/828 VS. LAST YEAR 115/844: ACCECPT RATE =12% (LOWEST EVER) VS. LAST YEAR=14PCT. NO EXPLANATION IN HARVARD CRIMSON STORY ABOUT WHY, DESPITE MASSIVE INCREASED, and often annoying MARKETING, TOTAL APPS WERE DOWN.
ENHANCED TREND: ACCEPTS W. ENGINEERING, TECH, HARD SCIENCE=60 PERCENT

LAST YEAR= 50 PERCENT.

“Directionally, that’s intentional,” Her Majesty told the Harvard Crimson, despite the slightly different messaging on those fun 2+2 videos on HBS website, by new 2+2 poster boy, who verbally underscores that program is meant for kids of ALL BACKGROUNDS. While you are cruising those vids, check out the hipster fr. RISD, a 2+2 accept fr. last year. Dee Dee may be a secret Talking Heads fan. Anyway, you always need one of them.

Acceptance Rate Falls to Record Low for HBS 2+2 Program
By Grace Jiang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Published: Friday, September 03, 2010

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HBS 2+2 INTERVIEW INVITES ARE COMING OUT + THE LOOK LIKE BELOW.

Dear Future Master of the Universe:

Warm greetings from Harvard Business School!

After careful consideration of your 2+2 Program application materials, we are delighted to inform you that you have been selected for an interview with a member of our MBA Admissions Board. We look forward to the opportunity to get to know you better through our interview process.

We use an online scheduling system to manage our interview process. Since we know that many of our interviewees will need to make travel arrangements to our campus in Boston for their interview, we are sending this message in advance so that you are aware of our interview schedule. We hope this advance notice is helpful to you as you plan for your interview.

All interviews will take place on our campus in Boston. We will have interview slots available at 9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, and 3:00pm every day from August 18 to August 24. You will receive another email from MBA Admissions at noon on Tuesday, July 20 with a link to our online scheduling system. You will be able to select a specific interview slot at that time. Please note that all of our interview slots are available on a first-come, first-served basis. In the past, our interview slots have filled very quickly, so we encourage you to be prompt in selecting your slot.

You may find it helpful to review the activities available on our campus during your visit, as well as hotel and travel information. Please see our website for more details. Note that we will offer a lunchtime information session exclusively for 2+2 interviewees every day from August 18-24.

Again, we hope this advance notice is helpful to you. Thank you for your interest in Harvard Business School, and we look forward to meeting you soon.

Sincerely yours,
MBA Admissions
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Dillon House
Boston, MA 02163

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Her Majesty’s Blog reports that the HBS 2+2 program will send out about 200 interview invites on July 19th (as we predicted) –meaning that the number of admits should be similar to last two years, sorta 106-110.
For great 2+2 interview prep, check us out:

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http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/blog.html#post-2010-06-29

2+2 Interview Invitations
Date: June 29, 2010

For all of you 2+2 applicants waiting patiently for the “next step” in the process, here’s an update:

On July 19, we’ll be extending interview invitations to about 200 applicants. Detailed instructions will be communicated at that time.

Just a reminder that interviews will take place here on campus from August 18-24. There are no options for other dates or places.

All candidates not invited to interview will learn of their “release” on July 19.

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Sandy,

Do you have any idea of how the 2+2 program will affect the class of 2013 for HBS…Specifically how it might affect a applicant with 2 years of experience at the time of matriculation?

well, assuming that HBS does not dramatically increase class size for class of 2013, and it stays in the 920-940 range, that means instead of ~920-940 slots (maybe few less for prev. admitted, and seniors who deferred in prior years) this year the number of open slots will be 106 LESS than that.  That is going to impact anybody’s odds, but I do not believe it will disproportionately impact those w. 2 year experience, since that is very attractive demographic. Of course, other figure is what total number of apps received is. If in the 8k range, as recently, that means a big chunk of of spots (more than 10 pct ) are off the table. And don’t retort by saying that those 106 2+2 babies would have applied anyway, and are not applying now (b.c. they have already been admitted). Many wld be in law school, grad school, or just no longer competitive b.c. they did not do first bucket work at e.g. IB or MC shop.  So bottom line, next year applicants (entry in 2011, grad in 2013)  have a narrow needle to thread. 

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