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What are the chances of getting an INSEAD scholarship for Indian students in Round 2, with a rather average GMAT score? If you thought the odds are low, you’re right. While that may be true from a subjective viewpoint, there are always those who try to go against the statistical chances and succeed. Ajinkya Rajadhyaksha … Read more
What career goals should you write in your MBA applications? How do you ensure that the short-term career goals are aligned with the long-term goals? Vibhav Agarwal sure knows a thing or two about crafting winning MBA applications. He’s helped many applicants get into the most selective programs in the world. In this post he … Read more
Many applicants ask us about the difference between a competitive and low GMAT score for INSEAD and other top schools. By global standards, anything over 700 can’t be termed as a low GMAT score at all. But elite business schools such as INSEAD have a funny way of making even good GMAT scores look low … Read more
The average work experience for ivy league MBA programs is 5 years at matriculation. Which means most applicants apply with 4 years of experience. That puts younger folks with lesser experience at a serious disadvantage. More so at European schools like the London Business School, where the average age and experience is even higher. [read … Read more
Are the ISB Round 3 deadline chances really low? To answer the question, we’ll turn to a little analysis that we had done years back that reveals a phenomenon that repeats every year. Read this analysis: ISB Admissions Round 1 vs Round 2 deadlines. And ISB didn’t even have a round 3 deadline then. Extrapolating … Read more
Higher age, low graduation grades and an over-represented profile can be liabilities while applying to elite bschools. And Avinash Kaparekar put a tick mark on all of them. But that’s not the only challenge he was facing. Getting rejected can take a big toll on the confidence level, while working on MBA applications all over … Read more
In the pursuit of an elite M7 MBA, Yajur Taxali had to face almost every big hurdle – non-feeder profile, average GMAT score in his first attempt, application rejections and waitlists. But he took every setback as an opportunity to learn and become better. His efforts finally paid off. How I got into Kellogg … Read more
Getting into the Indian School of Business (ISB) is no child’s play. Just look at a few numbers to see the school’s impressive haul in the following series of charts. For the purpose of this article, we have taken the hallowed M7 business schools and INSEAD / London Business School (LBS) as the comparison set.
You’ve read a lot about ISB placements. But what’s the truth about international placements at ISB? How does it work? Does the ISB exchange program experience help in getting a job abroad after PGP? More ISB Placement success stories here. ISB PGP grad, Ritesh Jaiswal, would be the best person to answer these questions. He … Read more
An Executive MBA is a great way to gain new management skills while holding on to your job and salary. However, EMBA programs have a higher experience requirement, specially when it comes to management exposure. [Check out our Executive MBA video to understand more.] IT manager, Kinshuk Verma, had 8 years of experience while applying … Read more
When submerged under water, Shouvik Das knows how to hold his breath and not panic. That ability helped him tackle the challenge he describes in this story. MBA applicants, especially those competing in over-represented applicant pools, strive hard to get a GMAT score that’s head and shoulders above their target bschool’s class average. Apart from … Read more
Why go for an MBA after 8 years experience when you have a good job? A frank and transparent discussion with her supportive boss, helped product manager Manureet take the big step. She walks us through her journey as an applicant first and then as an international student in one of the oldest and most … Read more