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To: Limch
To tell the truth, I always thought I preferred HBS. I really liked the school when I was there and I think the case study is an awesome way to learn (albeit not every subject but what can you do?). After that I guess it is Columbia, MIT,and then NYU. But it is hard to tell between the NY programs as they both have so much to offer but yet are very different with each having it's own appealing strengths.
However, the new E & I program at MIT seems really great and very attractive. But my wife and family would probably be happier in the NY area.
So, like you and everyone else on this board, there are many reasons for different choices. It is very hard to tell now.
May we all be lucky and succesful enough to have to choose.And if it this is a theoretical question for you, then it is double so for me as I have not received any interview invites yet.
I wish for us all to be able to continue this discussion in the "Accepted" thread in a couple of months.
AZ
To: Limch
Wow Limor.
Great News!
Very impressive too.
BTW – how do you rank your choices of schools? Which do you want to go to most?
AZ
To: Limch
Limor,
Thanks for posting Sandy's response. I think it makes sense since HBS must interview everybody before acceptance, that the more ineteresting/complicated/intriguing applicants are interviewed by the adcom themselves so they can really address a specific issue that got them interested in your application. I am sure you received a phone interview for only positive reasons.
In general I personally think that an interview with and adcom is better as it is not biased by an alumn's personal impression of you vs. him. What I mean is, please remember this is just a very superficial example, that if he doesn't like your shirt, he might say – hey we don't like people who wear those kind of shirts as HBS graduates. Again, I repeat, this is just a very general and bad example. I hope the idea gets across. An adcom, since this is there job, should be more able to overlook such things.
Regarding your icon – I also like the old Coke posters
(my wife says I am a Coke addict), and have a couple myself. The pic was too small to make out on the board.YFEFFER – BW is the BusinessWeek forum which is dedicated to MBA aplicants. students and alumni. There is a lot of useful information on the board and a few lifers, like Sandy, who have seen it all and can really help explain some of the less known processes of the adcoms. BTW, it is majorly a source of more pressure for those of us still waiting for an interview invite.
Good luck to us all,
AZ
To: אייל
Eyal Thanks!
That was an awesome answer from Sandy!
I actually read the original info on a different BW thread. I have been looking in to it myself, on the school websites (better than just rubbing my pants
– I loved that line) and it would seem some people mixed up Thanksgiving and Christmas, as some of the schools take off the week from Christmas till after New Years, but Thanksgiving is just a weekend of turkey and football.May we all hear good news soon and remember to give thanks for it.
AZ
To: JoeCool
OK.
Now I feel like an idiot.
I was so excited after I got in to see a new post on this thread that I came here first. Now I finally got to the main thread and saw Omri's post.
Well then, the first Israeli admit for 2007 is here. Congratulations Omri and good luck to the rest of us…
AZ
To: Limch
My heart dropped…
I was sure the first Israeli admit was in!
Very risky game Limor
, especially during such tense times…AZ
To: Limch
All you need is a wife who makes it very clear she needs a vacation, her b-day as an excuse and a free night in a tzimmer courtesy of work and then you realize that the piles aren't going anywhere and can wait a couple of more days till you get back.
My biggest worry while I was away was getting an interview invite already!
Hopefully we will all have a couple years vacation from work while enjoying a wonderful MBA experience abroad, starting this summer…
Keep the faith and good luck to us all,
AZ
To: All
Just needed one more post to finally reach 100!
That's it, I am going on vacation with my wife for a couple of days and will disconnect myself from the constant checking of e-mails.
Pray to find good news when I get back…
Good luck to us all,
AZ
To: Laker
Laker,
I am a fan too. Since Magic came to the team. (Yeah, I'm getting old)
I purposely posted this information regarding 6 am as a question as I did not know it to be necessarily true. I seem to remember other people either last year or on a different board, maybe BW, discussing that HBS decides each day on a number of interviews and then at the end of the day they are entered into the system which only sends out the e-mails the next morning at 6 am.
I am asking if anyone else heard anything like this? Maybe it was a different school and not HBS?
Thanks and good luck to us all,
AZ
To: All
Anyway, moving on…
I was wondering what time of day the e-mails about interviews have been arriving. I seem to remember HBS writing that they send them out everyday at 6 am EST. Is this true?
I mean to say there is no need to keep checking my e-mail every few hours if I were to know that the message will come at a certain time of day. Right? This way you check once, and move on with at least one more day to wait.
Thanks,
AZ
To: Limch, אייל
First – Congrats to all those who received interview invites. Good luck.
Limch, Eyal – the very standard you said I did not hold for others you did not hold for me. I wrote everything from a very general viewpoint pruposely not saying anything bad about anyone, since, as you correctly pointed out, I do not know them.
My question and explanation regarding the kind of Hotshot involved is due to a very disturbing story from last years application where a certain Israeli got in because his father, the CEO of a major Israeli company, donated a few million $ to HBS.
I support you all and only wish you luck. I have been around here too long, and have made many friends (current students and reapplicants) through the forum. I have helped and counseled others, both here and offline as well, and I don't think any of them would say I was full of myself. I would ask you to be careful and not to judge me based on one post in which I shared my personal feelings of frustration, just as you claim I wrongly did to others.
If I offended anyone I am sorry. That was not my intention at all.
Eyal – Please tell your boss I am sorry.
Limor – the comment about spending your time was made in good humor. I am sorry it was not taken as such. I truly appreciate and value the input and data you post. Additionally, the warning about the nail biting is due to my own bad experience. A habit which was very hard to break (but necessary nontheless – how many CEO's do you see biting their nails at board meetings?
). On the other hand, you have no idea why I was not accepted last year, or why I am not there already. Any speculation on your part is inconsiderate and bordering slander. Just as you would have others held to certain forum standards (like you correctly remarked to me) please hold yourself to them as well.To tell the truth I am pretty calm and am happy to see so many people getting the invites they have been waiting for.
Good luck to us all and keep the faith,
AZ
To: אייל
You're boss sounds like a jerk. Sorry.
As for Hotshots, my personal opinion is that there are good hotshots and bad. Good hotshots – have accomplished substantial things through their skills and abilities. Bad hotshots – are full of hot air, use a lot of connections (protexia in Hebrew) and are generally pompus jerks. (Kind of what your boss sounds like.
)I do not think any specific background or trait of a person will make him a bad hotshot. It is irrelevant what you're background is. The question is who you are. I would hope the adcoms during their review of applications and interviews weed such bad hotshots out. (Obviously they can't get them all – see the story about the HBS grad who was acused of murder!)
In any case, in the past Harvard had a name for accepting mostly the bad kind of hotshots due to connections and family history/status. Through my research before applying and after visitng the campus and meeting students I can tell you that this is definitely NOT true.
However, if you consider that this is a prestigious degree in business from very respectful schools, there will always be a few bad hotshots who get in through their connections and recommendations. In most cases I would imagine, the strong social environment keeps such bad hotshots in check.
Good luck to your boss's brother-in-law and to us all. May we all share good news soon.
AZ
To: Limch
Limch, Thanks.
I already saw that on the HBS site and on BW. As a Re-Applicant I've been through this already once before.
Do you do anything else but roam the forums and sites waiting for an interview? I would go out of my mind. BTW, don't bite your nails too far down else you won't be left with any fingres to log-on with and check your change in status…
Keep the faith people and good luck to us all,
AZ
To: אייל
Eyal,
You better be relying on good information!
Until now we were all able to relax knowing the Israeli interviews haven't started going out yet. Now we all need to start worrying!
J/K
Stay calm. As Sandy said, until late November or early December it is not worth worrying. Worrying, BTW, doesn't help anyway. Belive me I've tried it.
Good luck to us all,
AZ
To: shaysp
HA! HA!
You also have to actually get through the interview and then get in to the school, so you have a lot left if you ask me. The setting up of the interview is probably the easiest part of the whole application process.
Good luck to you and us all.
AZ
To: goidelg
There is no problem of Jewish communities or kosher food in any of the schools located in major cities: NY, LA, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago etc.
However, the variety differs. No matter where you go you can find Kosher products in the major supermarkets and cannot walk in to a Burger King… (Dunkin' Donuts is a different story!)
The schools in smaller and more rural areas are more of a problem. Not many religious Jews in Dartmouth, Cornell, etc. But still there are some.
G-d is everywhere, and so are we
Good luck to us all,
AZ
To: gets
Interesting.
But definitely turns up the heat/brings on the pressure, etc.
I am worried about the statement that the recruiting market emphasis goes from second year to first year through this system. As it is there is enough pressure to find a summer internship. I would like to know that at least in my first year (G-d willing – after I am accepted
) I can concentrate on learning the core courses and basics.AZ
To: All
15 Ways to Know You're Dating an MBA
1. Calls the first month of your relationship a "preliminary assessment period.".
2. Talks to the waiter about process flows when dinner arrives late.
3. Congratulates your parents for successful value creation..
4. Your Valentine's Day card has bullet points..
5. Refers to lovemaking as a "win-win.".
6. Decides to re-org your family into a "team-based organization.".
7. Refers to your date as "testing marketing methods…"
8. Writes executive summaries on your love letters.
9. Ends the argument you have by saying "let's talk about this offline." .
10. Refers to you as "my co-CEO."
11. Insist you do market research before getting pregnant.
12. Says your "deliverable" for Sunday evening is clean laundry and paid bills.
13. Asks the waiter what the restaurant's core competencies are.
14. Gives constructive feedback to your dog.
15. Conducts a performance review after having had sex with you.
