According to Harvard Business School’s Admissions Director’s Blog, HBS is experimenting with a change in their invitation to interview process. Using round one as a trial, HBS will use the following timeline:
- October 1 – deadline for receiving online applications
- October 15 – November 3 – interview invitations issued via email
- November 3 – all candidates not invited to interview will receive either a decision indicating that “we are unable to offer you a place in the Class of 2013″ or an invitation to join our waitlist
- November 1 – 21 – interview weeks, both on and off campus
- December 14 – decision notification (admit, deny, or waitlist) for all interviewed candidates
The admissions committee hopes that this updated timeline will take the uncertainty out of the typical October through mid-December waiting game for applicants, and will allow denied candidates to focus sooner on round two applications for other schools. The AdCom assured applicants that the committee will make decisions faster, but will continue to be as thorough as they have always been, with all applications being reviewed at least twice before decisions are made. We at mbaMission think that this is quite a logical change in the application timeline and expect that others will follow suit…
Read the full article: MBA News: HBS Changes Round One Timeline