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

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.
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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.

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.