HBS: Round 2 Interview Invitations

Harvard Business School (HBS) Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Dee Leopold informed on her blog about the plan for the Roound 2 Interview Invitations.

Quoting Dee from the blog, "On February 9 we will send out invitations to interview. The invitation will come in an email from HBS MBA Admissions and will contain detailed instuctions about how to sign up for interviews both on campus and in hub cities. Please be assured that if we see you haven't signed up for an intervew by the end of the week, we will contact you by phone...thus there's no reason to be anxious about lost emails, etc."

She further added, "Shortly afterward, I'll update you here as to how many invitations have been issued and how many we expect will go out between February 10 and the April 2 notification date."

Link: http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/blog.html

HBS Round 1 Notifications!

On January 21 HBS will notify its decision to all first round applicants.

HBS Admissions Director Deo Leopold in her blog stated, " Some time on Wednesday - most likely before noon - you will receive an email from HBS MBA Admissions indicating that your decision is available. You then log in to your account and there it is."
"We don't make phone calls in advance of this. Really. None. Admits will start to receive congratulatory calls later in the day, but notification is always online. So if you're waiting to hear from Harvard, no need to jump when the phone rings or worry when it doesn't", she said.

From the blog: Applicants invited to join the waitlist on January 21 will receive a follow-up email later in the day on Wednesday from Eileen Chang, waitlist manager. The waitlist will be comprised of a mix of candidates who have been interviewed already and those who haven't.

For those candidates who are not admitted, we are unable to offer personal feedback about your application. Even if we had the staff capacity to do this during the application season, it probably wouldn't be as helpful as you wish. The vast majority of applicants are certainly academically qualified to be here and would bring something interesting to the classroom. The challenge of selection is different from the process of evaluation - in our effort to bring together a diverse and textured class, we make many very tough calls.

HBS Blog Link: Round 1 Decision Day

Harvard Business School 2+2 Program

Harvard Business School is opening the doors on an innovative new program HBS 2+2. That is two years of work, then two years of immersion in the Harvard Business School MBA Program.

Graduate college > Work 2 years > HBS 2 years > Earn MBA

To learn more about 2+2 Program, click on the link below:

http://www.hbs.edu/mba/2%2b2/index.html

"This year we will be accepting results from both the GMAT and GRE for 2+2 applicants", said HBS Admissions Director Dee Leopold on her blog. More detailed information about this will be on the website soon.

This year's essay questions for 2+2 Program are as follows:

Required Questions:

1) What are your three most substantial accomplishments and why do
you view them as such? (600-word limit)
2) What would you like us to know about your undergraduate academic
experience? (400-word limit)
3) What have you learned from a mistake? (400-word limit)

Please also respond to one of the following (400-word limit each)

1) Discuss how you have engaged with a community or organization.
2) What area of the world are you most curious about and why?
3) What is your career vision and why is this choice meaningful to you?

Application Submission: 7/1/09 (5 p.m. EST)

Admissions Notification: 9/15/09

HBS Website: http://www.hbs.edu/mba/2%2b2/HowToApply.html#

HBS answers questions w.r to round 2 applications

In the post Approaching the Round 2 Deadline, HBS answers some questions of Round 2 Applicants.

Kindly click on the link below to view the same:

http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/blog.html#post-2008-12-30

Chicago Booth School of Business offers More full tuition scholarships

University of Chicago Booth School of Business recently announced creation of the Barclays Global Retail and Commercial Bank Fellowship Program. This program will provide full-tuition scholarships each year to four incoming MBA students from Africa, South Asia and countries with emerging economies.

According to the school: Preference for the merit-based, two-year scholarships will be given to students who intend to pursue careers in the financial services sector and demonstrate a commitment to the development of emerging markets

Rosemaria Martinelli, associate dean of student recruitment and admissions at Chicago Booth said,"While the Barclays Fellowships will be awarded based on merit, it should be noted that, in general, MBA candidates coming from regions of the world such as Africa are in great need of financial assistance. Often these candidates earn low annual salaries in their countries by U.S. standards, and scholarships drive the choice of schools for these students".

Stacey Kole, deputy dean for the full-time MBA program said," The introduction of a fellowship program for these students as opposed to a scholarship program is significant, because it presents the opportunity for mentoring and enhanced professional development"

"Mentors provide students with added insights about career opportunities in the banking industry and also provide fellows with advisors whom they can tap in parallel to the MBA experience", said Kole, who also is a clinical professor of economics. She further added,"Mentors will be assigned by Barclays. In addition to mentoring, summer internships will also be available".

“Investing in an individual’s education is not just about donating money,” said Frits Seegers, chief executive of Barclays Global Retail and Commercial Bank and a 1989 MBA graduate of Chicago Booth. “It’s also about investing the time of our staff and passing on our experience and skills to help others. At the same time, Barclays gets the benefit of talented people with superior education to increase our global footprint and capabilities.”

Details: http://www.chicagogsb.edu/newsmedia/releases/2008-12-02_barclays.aspx

Penn Grad to Offer Dual Degree

The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and School of Arts and Sciences have launched a joint MBA/master of environmental studies (MES) degree

Details: http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1493

B-Schools address common Application concerns in their blogs!

Avoiding 10 common mistakes on your application: Stanford MBA Admission Blog
http://www.stanford.edu/group/mba/blog/2008/12/avoiding_10_common_mistakes_on.html

Reading Applications: Tuck School of Business Blog
http://tuckschool.blogspot.com/2008/11/reading-applications-part-1.html

The GMAT - Myths and Reality: Tuck School of Business Blog
http://tuckschool.blogspot.com/2008/12/gmat-myths-and-reality.html