Blog: Archive for the “Harvard University (Harvard Business School)” Category

For those obsessed with HBS and feel that there is no detail too small to know, Forbes.com has published HBS Dean Jay O. Light’s top-5 historical partnerships: Marie and Pierre Curie Lewis and Clark Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parrish Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard Watson and Crick A light diversion of a read….

William White of the Harvard Crimson recently reported on increased enrollment in HBS’s incoming class, the Class of 2011. With 942 enrolled students (from 9,093 applicants), this will be the largest class in HBS’s history. Aside from the increased class size, what is notable about the statistical story at HBS these days is that applications to the … Read More  

As we noted the other day, Harvard Business School (HBS) kicked off the admissions season with yet another early release of its essay questions. While Stanford has already followed suit and released its essay questions, we expect that many programs will stick with their late June/early July time frames. Time will tell… HBS tends to … Read More  

For the second straight year, HBS has kicked off the MBA application season by releasing its essay questions in May. In past years, many schools released their questions in early July, but when HBS advanced the application calendar last year, others quickly followed suit. We expect the same to occur this year—we shall see in … Read More  

HBS Admissions Director Dee Leopold updated the HBS admissions blog on Monday with an official notification that the school will be accepting both GMAT and GRE scores, starting with this application cycle (Class of 2012). In doing so, HBS is no doubt trying to expand its pool of applicants—those who are preparing for graduate school just might consider MBA programs as well (?).