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Application Process | MBA

Hear from the MBA Admissions team as we introduce the HBS application and what we look for in applicants. Play MBA Application Tips: Essays video Play Video duration: 1:50 View Details
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

Changes for MBA Applicants

POWER OF REFLECTION: Changes to the MBA application process mirror FIELD exercises. For MBA candidates worried about writer’s cramp, here’s some good news: applicants to the Class of 2015 will be asked to author only two 400-word essays... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 09 Jul 2024

Applying to HBS: Breaking Down the Written Application

This virtual event provides prospective applicants with insights into the HBS MBA application. A member of the Admissions Board will break down the components of the application, including guidance on navigating the View Details
  • 13 Aug 2024

Applying to HBS: Breaking Down the Written Application

This virtual event provides prospective applicants with insights into the HBS MBA application. A member of the Admissions Board will break down the components of the application, including guidance on navigating the View Details
  • 23 Sep 2020
  • Blog Post

Jo Tan (MBA 2021) Draws on Experience

brilliant project because it channels the HBS energy, it’s relatable, it’s vulnerable, it’s honest.” The Portrait Project is an HBS series featuring student essays with artsy black and white portraits in response to Mary Oliver’s famous... View Details
  • 22 Sep 2016
  • News

Words and Pictures

debuts the week of Commencement; and more than 100 portraits and essays are displayed on walls across the campus—including in the Admissions office—making Deifell one of the most exhibited artists on the HBS... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 15 Aug 2019
  • Blog Post

The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS

on to some of the reflection tactics and essays we had in school. You want to learn from all the risks you’re taking.   After business school, I decided to double down on impact investing and took on an HBS Leadership Fellow role working... View Details
  • Web

Harvard Business School

Building on the Legacy Thought Leadership Andrew F. Brimmer James I. Cash Jr. Linda A. Hill David A. Thomas HBS Faculty Members HBS Doctoral Students Alumni Profiles Research Links Essay on HBS Thought Leadership Early AASU documents... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2013
  • News

Pens Down

Illustration by Dan Page In May, on the eve of the HBS application season, MBA Admissions director Dee Leopold (MBA 1980) announced a change for Class of 2016 hopefuls. There would be only one essay... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • Web

GDPR & Other Data Privacy Laws | Information Technology

Information a French applicant for admissions shares confidentially in their admissions essay about their religion should be treated as Level 3 data. Information about an... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

What I Do: Lindsey Mead (MBA 2000), Vedica Qalbani and Jessica Wu (both MBA 2007)

service, candidate evaluation, and the evolving talent market. “No one ever writes their HBS admission essay about wanting to become a headhunter,” says Jessica Wu. Yet the work at Ratio—with locations in... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Peter and Maria Hoey
  • 02 Sep 2002
  • What Do You Think?

What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?

might be taken in admissions to sort out the "bad apples," the primary responsibility of business schools is to provide a place where ethics and values can be discussed by all, rather than just those clearing some View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Profile

Olujimi Williams

He recognizes, however, that he cannot fulfill his ambition alone. His education at HBS, for example, is supported by a full scholarship from 7Up Bottling Company in Nigeria. “Throughout the application process,” notes Olujimi, “I also got help from people who reviewed... View Details
  • 12 Mar 2018
  • Blog Post

Applying to HBS in Round 3?

“No one gets in during round 3.” That is something I often heard or read in blogs when I was making the decision to apply in the last admission round of business school. Some apply in round three because they need the additional time to... View Details
  • 20 Jan 2022
  • Blog Post

Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability

Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability I began my HBS admissions application essay with the following sentence: “I aspire to help build organizations that are advancing... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support

remember writing essays for admission to HBS and talking a lot about leadership and impact,” she recalls. “I can’t think of a better way to be a leader and have impact than what I am doing now.” Scharpf... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • Blog Post

Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability

I began my HBS admissions application essay with the following sentence: “I aspire to help build organizations that are advancing sustainability and addressing the issue of climate change.” For the past year... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
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Frequently Asked Questions | MBA

Does the reputation/history of my undergraduate institution or company affect my chances of being accepted? When I print the application in PDF format, parts of the application appear truncated, unclear and/or do not appear at all. Are these parts seen by the View Details
  • 10 Aug 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal

who also conducted an earlier study with Smith on college rankings. “The fact that a single widely covered scandal might impact applications as much as a drop in rankings from, say, 6 to 15, sheds light on how students trade off the many factors they consider in... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education
  • 25 Jul 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

Using data from Boston, we show that reserve and precedence adjustments have similar quantitative effects. Our results illustrate that policies about precedence, heretofore underexplored, are inseparable from other aspects of admissions... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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