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
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
Many MBA graduates from Indian business schools work with us for their second MBA. Not all are able to leave a well-paying career to join a full-time MBA all over again. More so when they have over 10 years of experience and in a good, stable career in Sales and Marketing with one of the … Read more
Many MBA applicants from India think that crossing the 700 score mark on the GMAT is the only way to get into a good business school, and have any remote chance of getting a scholarship. Oil and Gas professional, Ekta Kulhare, took the GMAT twice but wasn’t able to get a high score. She decided … Read more
Ten years back, Veena’s brother scored a 780 on the GMAT and worked with an American MBA consultant. Despite having a profile much stronger than Veena’s and shelling out a few thousand dollars, he failed to get into any of the MBA programs he applied to, including ISB.
What does it take to get into the Wharton MBA (University of Pennsylvania)? The usual suspects – a top notch undergrad degree, a high GMAT score, great experience in a feeder industry, with an international stint thrown in for good measure – no surprises there. And with thousands of Wharton hopefuls from around the world … Read more
The ambition to get into the world’s best universities isn’t limited to the metros. A lot of MBA applicants who reach out to us for help, hail from tier-2 and tier-3 cities. While the small-town label has no bearing on their strength as an MBA applicant, some of their concerns are universal – such as … Read more
Thug life is when you walk into a top university with a cool $125K in scholarship despite a low GRE score, low undergrad GPA, being a reapplicant…and 15 soul-crushing rejections! But where do you pin the blame after getting all those rejections from MS and MBA programs alike? The obvious culprit was a below average … Read more