Havard Business School will begin issuing R1 interview invitations on Friday, October 16th.
As one would expect, the admissions board is presently knee-deep in application reads. Director Dee Leopold was kind enough to offer a quick blog post with an update in terms of the interview invitation process. Here are the key facts:
1) As most applicants know, interviews at HBS are by invitation only
2) The first invites will begin coming out this Friday, October 16th
3) Invites will continue to trickle out until December 15th – at no particular pace
4) Most interviews will take place in November in Boston (on campus) or in various hub locations at major cities across the globe
Unlike last year, when HBS sent a large batch of invitations out in a single day, Leopold told prospective applicants to expect more incremental dispersal this application season. “Maybe more like a not-scientifically-measured stream until December 15th,” she wrote. “We really (really, really, really) don’t know how many will go out on any given day,” she added, which is exactly the answer you’ll receive if you call the office and ask.
Invitations to interview will be distributed via email and will include instructions on how to sign up for an interview spot. Interviews will take place during November in Boston or one of HBS’s other hub cities. Don’t worry about your interview email invitation getting lost, Leopold added. “We’ve been doing this for a long time and we haven’t lost anyone yet!” she wrote.
In late September, HBS announced that it has created Facebook and Twitter pages to keep applicants to the Class of 2012 updated on the admissions process. In addition to these updates, Leopold will post admissions information to her blog whenever she thinks it will be helpful. She also hopes to devote one post each week to answering questions submitted by prospective applicants.
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