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Q. Is 720 a good GMAT score? A. It sure is better that 650. But not as good as a 750+ score. That wasn’t very helpful. So let’s tweak the question and make it a little more specific. Q. Is 720 a good GMAT score for IIM or ISB? A. It’s a tad lower than … Read more
IIMs love acronyms. Here’s one that you may have come across – PGPEM – and wondered what it was, and if it was worth it. The full form of PGPEM is Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management. Offered by IIM Bangalore, it is an executive MBA for working professionals. It’s been around since 1998 but … Read more
When you pitch product company experience versus service company experience, which is better from an MBA admissions perspective? Will one give you an edge over the other? It’s been our experience that not all roles in the larger technology industry are created equal. In a services firm (think the likes of Cognizant, TCS, Infosys, IBM, … Read more
Many assume that their chances of getting into top business schools like the Indian Institutes of Management will plummet if they haven’t worked in a private sector company, or if they have a low GPA. That’s not true. The admissions process for one-year MBA programs offered by IIMs follow the same approach adopted by international … Read more
What does it take to get into the INSEAD MiM program? How does the class profile look? What do you need to apply? In this article, we cover all this and more. We invited Sahil Ahuja, a successful INSEAD MiM admit from India to share his application journey, and 3 important things that aspirants need … Read more
What’s a good GMAT score for M7, ivy league MBA, Top10 programs? The average GMAT score for M7 MBA programs is around 730. That’s just the global average. If you do a little demographic drilling (for countries, industries & roles), this average varies. Underrepresented candidates can get away with low GMAT scores. For Indian applicants, … Read more
There are many affordable MBA admission consultants in India who charge very low fees. And then there are premium players who aren’t competing to be the cheapest in the business. When MBA applicants who’ve seen the charges of cheaper MBA consultants learn about MBA Crystal Ball pricing, the contrast is apparent. How much do MBA … Read more
Partly out of curiosity and largely to evaluate its impact on our own future, we asked ChatGPT to do what many have already started asking – write sample MBA essays for Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB and other top business schools. In an earlier post, we covered how to (and not to) write an MBA … Read more
Are IIT IIM graduates happy, rich and successful? If they are happy with what they’ve got from their degrees, then why would any IIT IIM graduate need a second MBA? Well, other than having the most respected degrees in India, IITians and IIM grads are also among the most intelligent, hard-working and ambitious. Which is … Read more
The number 13 isn’t everyone’s favourite. And when we’re talking about MBA applicants, 13 years of experience isn’t very attractive to most business schools either. But Gaurav had made up his decision. He wanted an MBA and he was going to get it, no matter what his quantum of experience implied. He shares his desire … Read more
You’ll hear many applicants saying they want to use the MBA to broaden their horizon. However, there are a few who want to go back to school to narrow down their horizon. Sahil Chawla, a marine engineer from BITS Pilani, was one of them not too long ago. After a productive and lucrative career in … Read more
In the past, we have analyzed what steps you can undertake if you come from management consulting background pre-MBA. If we extend the table from that article, we see this: School % Consultants in class % Finance in class HBS 17% 27% Stanford 19% 20% Wharton 23% 30% Data for class of 2023 | Source: … Read more