HBS will admit 480 round one, our guess. Dee’s blog says 120 on WL fer sure.
Monday, December 12th, 2011Her Royal Highness, and HBS adcom Dee Leopold, in a blog message  has noted that HBS will put 120 applicants on the WL on Round One Decision Day (December 19th, 2011).
Some back-of-the envelope nubmers based on her blog entry (there is a link to it above and it is reprinted at the end of this entry).
~850Â total round one interviewsÂ
(source: historical data, personal sources, data from sign up sheets)
120 on Waitlist (source Dee’s blog)
730 left (source Euclid)
in the past, HBS has had a 59pct post-interview admit nubmer, which is historical, and has been confirmed by HBS on occassion, but do not sue me if that number has changed, altho I think it is +/-5 valid
If you apply that 59 pct to the 730, you get 430 admits, but you really need to apply it to the 850
to get 501, but 501 admits will not be sent out on D-Day, because some of those ultimate admits will be on the WL.
But WL admit is not 59 pct (by a long shot). Sooo, have fun and good luck figuring out how many admits go out on D-Day
 I say, 480 or so. Based on what?
 the above and some hunches.
thus
850 kids Waiting Right Now Who Have Been Interviewed
Genius Boy, me predicts, of those 850
480 Admits
120 WL
250 Dings
see below for Her Majesty’s Blog Entry.
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Round 1 Notification
Date: December 12, 2011
It’s a week away…so I thought some details might be in order.
In addition to admit and deny notifcations, we will also be inviting about 120 or so candidates who have been interviewed to join our waitlist. All waitlisters will receive additional information from Dana Scalisi, who manages this process.
For candidates who are denied admission after an interview, there will also be information about call-in hours in January if anyone would like to have a conversation with me. I wouldn’t call these “feedback” calls since they aren’t very detailed…but sometimes it can be reassuring to hear that there were not specific weaknesses in an application, but rather just the reality of a highly selective process with the goal of maximizing the mix of voices and perspectives in the classroom.
For those of you in waiting mode, I send you all good wishes for distraction.












