Harvard Business School - Rejected - 05-23-2017

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May 23, 2017 1:15pm ET

Rejected at Harvard Business School

Round: Round 2

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Post MBA Career Name: Entrepreneurship

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Anyone else trying to get into the feedback call-in number? Hasn't worked for last hour

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Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Same - no answer (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Was this a rejection from the R2 waitlist? (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 What call in number? Didn't know you could get feedback..... (0)

Still Likes Earned: 0 Were you on the WL and got rejected? (0)

Gog Likes Earned: 0 Were you on WL? (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Just R2 rejected after interview, they gave a number and two time windows in the decision letter. Didn't ring for the 2 hours they provided, and now goes straight to Dee Leopold's voicemail. I believe they only do this for those who were interviewed but ultimately not accepted. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Guys cmon don't fall for this. Clearly trying to freak you out. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 HBS has periodically had a policy whereby they will tell you why you were rejected if you inquire (Dee's initiative), I think that's what this poster is referring to. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 This is probably a fake post (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Interesting (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 No, it's not. HBS DOES give feedbacks, BUT only to those who made it past interview. With OP was rejected after interview in R2, then one can expect that he will be given feedback from HBS if requested. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 What kind of feedback? Too close to the script? Or too many qualified people from the demographic group and encourage you to apply R1 next year? (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 HBS is good at telling you what went wrong and why you didn't get an offer. But you have to know they also sometimes say "there is nothing with you, they already took someone else with the same profile", blah blah blah. If they said it, it's likely the truth too. But if you screwed up your interview or you came too strong or fake, HBS will tell you that. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 If they say they already got someone with similar profile, would they say reapply R1 next year brotha/sister? (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 They always encourage everyone to reapply next year...just so you know, but that does not mean anything. Your profile next year will be evaluated based on the application pool of next year, even if you are well qualified to get in. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 If you are WLed in R2, it is likely that if you apply R1 you will have a slightly better chance. (0)

HiThereDee Likes Earned: 0 I got through and spoke to Dee. She was super kind and thanked me multiple times for being patient with the WL. Unfortunately, did not give me any valuable feedback in terms of my application - just said that pretty much everything was great and it came down to class composition in my case. Was hoping for more feedback as I am looking to reapply next year. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Were you released or still on the WL? (0)

HiThereDee Likes Earned: 0 Released. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 @HiThereDee: Released from the round 1 waitlist? Releases from round 2 are tomorrow... (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Is Dee still at the school? (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Yeah, she is. I think she's probably just seeing through the transition for a year or two. She was there interviewing on my interview day. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Yep, she interviewed me, and it wasn't the standard 2-person inteview. Really nice but I was not expecting it to be her! (0)

HiThereDee Likes Earned: 0 Sorry for the confusion, released from r1 waitlist. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 I spoke to Dee...her feedback made me lose all respect for the school and feel much better about not going there. Condescending tone and essentially intimated that my personality wasn't "bubbly" enough in the interview. Jesus christ. Even said no issues with my answers or any of the typical (roundabout, nervous). Literally just didn't get on my knees enough for them was the feedback. (0)

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