According to the Wall St Journal Dee Leopold oversees admissions at Harvard Business School. Ms. Leopold, managing director of M.B.A. admissions and financial aid at HBS, joined the admissions office after graduating in 1980 and took over its top spot in 2006. Though she doesn't look at every one of the 9,000-plus submitted applications, Ms. Leopold personally reads applications for the 1,800 candidates invited to interview. About half of those are accepted.
Ms. Leopold spoke with The Wall Street Journal about how Harvard makes admissions decisions and what really stands out in a B-school application.
WSJ: How long do you spend on each application?
Ms. Leopold: Ten minutes minimum, and if you aggregate all the times I go back, probably 30 minutes or so. I sweep over, look at everything, and then go back. Everybody goes in different piles—things that I need to spend more time on, things that I trust my quick judgment on. I kind of go into hibernation after interviews. By the end of that period, I need a chiropractor.
WSJ: Candidates share who they are through their essays. How important are they from your perspective?
Ms. Leopold: I think people overestimate the role the essays play in the application. They're very, very helpful for the candidate, and they're a really good platform for starting a discussion in an interview, but we don't admit people because of an essay….
Read all about it at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203833004577251490098811270.html?mod=WSJ_Careers_CareerJournal_4
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