For round-one applicants to Harvard Business School (HBS), we know jitters are likely at an all-time high. Tomorrow, December 15th, is the day the admissions committee releases it decisions for the first round. In a recent post to her blog, Director of Admissions Dee Leopold mapped out what anxious applicants can expect.
“Some time on Tuesday – most likely close to noon Boston time – you will receive an email from HBS MBA Admissions indicating that your decision is available,” she wrote. “When you log into your account, your decision letter will be there,” she added.
Before that, there’s no need to jump every time the phone rings, she counseled. “We don’t make any phone calls in advance of the online notification,” she wrote. Congratulatory calls will go out to admitted students later in the day, she continued.
If you are among those applicants invited to join the waitlist, you will receive a follow-up email later in the day tomorrow from Eileen Chang, who manages the waitlist, Leopold wrote. The waitlist will include some candidates who have already interviewed and some who have not.
Leopold advised candidates who are not admitted that her office will not be able to provide personal feedback on their applications. “Even if we had the staff capacity to do this during the application season, it probably wouldn’t be as helpful as you wish,” she wrote. This is because the vast majority of applicants are very well qualified and the final decisions come down to what mix of students will create the most diverse and textured class, she added.
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