In its continuing effort to be more transparent around the admissions process, the Harvard Business School (HBS) Admissions Committee yesterday shared the following information about Round 3:
“We plan to send out most of the Round 3 interview invitations during business hours today, April 9. There may be a few additional invitations going out until the May 14 notification date — not sure of the exact number, but probably around a dozen. Some Round 3 candidates who are not invited to interview now may be offered a place on the wait list on notification day, May 14.”
We here at Clear Admit hope some of you are celebrating today, having received an invite yesterday. As always, we encourage you to contribute to the Clear Admit Wiki, which is intended to serve as a repository of information learned by applicants as they progress through the MBA process. Specifically, the Wiki features an Interview page where applicants and students share their interview experiences. (It’s also a great idea to check out this page before heading into your own interview! You may also want to check out the Clear Admit Interview Guide for HBS.)
In other HBS news, the esteemed school was doing some celebrating of its own earlier this week. Tuesday, April 8, marked the business school’s 100th anniversary. To commemorate this milestone, HBS alumni clubs from Boston to San Diego joined in with celebrations of their own. Celebrity chefs, silent auctions, harbor cruises and more made for festive times across the country.
Centennial celebrations and events will continue throughout the year, including the Conversation, an online dialogue between “conversation leads” (Harvard faculty and staff) and anyone who wants to join in focused on a range of relevant topics, and the Colloquia, a series of 14 multi-session events that “combine theory and practice to shape the art and science of management.” The festivities will culminate in a Business Summit for HBS alumni on campus in October. The Harvard Centennial website, launched in February 2008, can keep you up to date on all related events.
Finally, the Financial Times this week featured an interesting article by Della Bradshaw that uses the HBS Centennial as an occasion to take a closer look at the MBA – how it has evolved in the past 100 years and what needs to be done to ensure that it continues to be relevant for future generations. We think it’s worth a read. Happy Birthday HBS!
