In a post to her blog yesterday, Harvard Business School (HBS) Director of Admissions Dee Leopold shared that her office continues to send out interview invitations to Round 1 applicants and that a significant number have yet to go out. She did not disclose how many more invitations will be sent, but she did explain that the timing of when you receive an interview invitation does not reflect the relative strength of your application or candidacy.

Interview invitations are not sent out on Saturday and Sunday, she added, so no need to look for them on the weekends.

Leopold reminded applicants that HBS will make R1 decisions before viewing R2 applications this year and that some applicants waitlisted in the first round may be invited to interview as part of the second round. Invitations to join the waitlist for R1 will go out on December 15th to candidates who have not been interviewed, Leopold said. She expects about 100 or so applicants to be invited to join the waitlist as part of R1.