I arrived on campus at 9 am and participated in the different activities they offered for interviewees. The day in general was very impressive and enjoyable, with an interesting lunch speaker, tour of the campus, and class observation. My interview was early afternoon, and was with an adcom. Started off with basic questions like tell me about yourself, what do you do in your job, and some follow up questions asking me to provide detail on certain things I said. I’d suggest knowing your application inside and out and know exactly what you want to do when you graduate and what internship you’d like because the adcom grilled me pretty good on what I said. I’d also suggest knowing what your Plan B is if whatever your goal/Plan A falls through. Overall, it was pretty straight forward and in line with what I have read about HBS interviews. The adcom was extremely friendly and enthusiastic, and it was definitely my most enjoyable interview experience. I was accepted last week in the 1st round.
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Applied
to
UVA / Darden
Round:
Round 2
Received via
portal
EA:
165
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Target Career:
Consulting
Application Location:
Brazil
January 9, 2025 7:04pm ET
Applied
to
Cornell / Johnson
Round:
Round 2
Received via
portal
EA:
165
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Target Career:
Consulting
Application Location:
Brazil
January 9, 2025 6:39pm ET
Waitlisted
at
NYU Stern
Round:
Round 2
Received via
email
January 9, 2025
GPA:
3.39
GRE:
322
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Target Career:
Consulting
Application Location:
New York
January 9, 2025 6:04pm ET
Applied
to
Stanford GSB
Round:
Round 2
Received via
email
GPA:
3.9
GMAT:
695
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Target Career:
Entrepreneurship
Application Location:
San Jose
January 9, 2025 5:55pm ET
Waitlisted
at
NYU Stern
Round:
Round 2
Received via
portal
on
January 07, 2025
GRE:
335
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Target Career:
Consulting
Application Location:
New York
Note:
waitlist after interview in Dec. My GPA and GRE can't be improved anymore... I enjoyed the interview but turned out to be waitlist. How likely am I removed from waitlist? Any strategy and advice?