Watch: How Sumedha got into M7 & T20 with scholarship + other applicant stories
After being written off by a reputed ‘M7 specialist’ admissions consultant, a VIT engineer ignored the demotivating advice, worked with MBA Crystal Ball and earned admits from Chicago Booth and UVA Darden with a $70,000 scholarship. Sumedha Updhyay approached us while preparing for her GMAT. The computer engineering graduate from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) … Read more
Siddharth Panikath has had a unique application journey. He saw many rejections before smartly achieving success. During our initial profile evaluation discussions itself, we had discussed the risk of going ahead with his MBA plans and had suggested an alternative too. Acknowledging these, he chose to give MBA applications a shot and worked with us. … Read more
Artificial intelligence has permeated into every aspect of the economy and is reshaping global businesses at mind-boggling pace. This transformation has influenced everything from market research to financial analysis, and is powering decision-making across industries. AI has now evolved into a strategic partner rather than just being a specialist’s tool. AI is revolutionizing how companies … Read more
DEI has been in the news for a while after the U.S. announced policy changes. Here’s a primer on what it means for international students aiming for American universities. What is DEI? A term once thriving in the folders of HR offices has been pushed to the storage, with people, it is relevant to, scrambling … Read more
AI tools will kill the MBA admissions consulting business, people predicted after ChatGPT made a big splash. Years later, we have a much larger palette of AI tools for every possible niche including admissions consulting. But professional MBA admissions consultants haven’t gone anywhere. If anything, the number of new consultants popping up indicates that the … Read more
Nihitha’s professional journey has taken her places – from Netherlands to Italy to India and more – but her MBA journey was not without its hiccups. She trumped them all to achieve impressive results. She got into 2 IIMs after a Bachelors in Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. This is the transcript of … Read more
One of the many ways business schools assess the “readiness” of an applicant is through standardised test scores. The rest – GPA, recommendations, essays, and even interviews – either rely on evaluations from different sources and systems, or, subjective estimations. These test scores are the only exams that see no colour, race, or region. They … Read more
Aditya Vaze is a successful professional with over a decade of work experience who worked with MBA Crystal Ball to define his career path and made it happen with an admit to ISB PGPMAX – the executive MBA from ISB for senior professionals. This is the transcript of our our video Q&A with Aditya. Watch … Read more
Raghavendra Polanki had an amazing ride from the startup world to the world’s most coveted company, Google. But his thirst for learning didn’t stop. He was convinced that an MBA would help him fuel his next growth phase. We interviewed him on our YouTube channel. Here’s the transcript. If you prefer watching the original video, … Read more
Roma Mishra, an IT professional, applied to the top 3 IIM one year MBA programs – IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA PGPX), IIM Bangalore (IIMB EPGP), IIMC MBAEx) – after a career break, and with a modest GMAT score of 710. She got into two of them, with one (IIMA) offering her scholarship. Check out her journey. … Read more
Apoorva Bhushan’s resume does not include the typical brands (such IIT, BITS, McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, Google et al) that many associate with top school admits. So how did she manage to get into so many elite business schools that offered a cumulative scholarship of $250,000? We interviewed her on our YouTube channel. Here’s the transcript. … Read more
Even at the beginning of the previous decade did one not imagine that our lives would become so intertwined with digital technology. People of all ages, teens to twilight, are hooked on to the ever-competing smart gadget that does everything but wash our dishes and hair. And with the advent of the smartphones and their … Read more