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
Pulkit Kashyap’s first MBA application journey was disastrous – it started with a 570 GMAT score and ended with 4 rejections. He knew it wouldn’t get worse than that. So he picked himself up and did what any dejected, heart-broken Bollywood hero would do. He moved to Europe to rediscover and reinvent himself. He worked … Read more
NIT graduate and analytics professional, Sayoni Chakrabarti, got into an ivy league university for her MBA. She explains the research work she did to find out more about her target school. She used her creativity to her advantage and chose to include a slideshow in her Cornell Johnson MBA application. [Edit: After this article was … Read more
Working on MBA applications can be highly stressful for the applicant and the MBA consultant. That in turn increases the likelihood of mistakes. For Dinesh Kumar, it was very important to get an admit with scholarship. He was already worried about working in a non-feeder industry (i.e. retail) and not having big company brands that … Read more
With all the buzz around Canada being friendly towards international students, you’d expect Canadian visa officers to welcome prospective students with a smile and a bouquet. Despite getting admission offers from 2 leading MBA programs in Canada, Srivallabh’s student visa experience left him heart-broken. But he didn’t give up on his aspirations.
After completing his MS from USA, Siddhesh made his first attempt to get into a top business school in 2016. After getting rejected from all the programs, he launched his cryptocurrency startup. As an entrepreneur comfortable with technology, but struggling with the business skills, he felt the need to try for an MBA again.
Unlike film-maker Ashutosh Gowariker’s script-writers, Sindhu Keshavamurthy was courteous enough to ask us if her story was getting too long and needed to be edited. But we had already ordered extra pop-corn while reviewing it, and weren’t willing to settle for a shorter version. More so, because this fashion ecommerce marketing consultant covers a lot … Read more
What do you do when you come from an under-represented industry (non-profit), your GMAT score doesn’t make jaws drop and you’re not sure which degree is right for you? With a tick mark on all of the above, development sector professional, Mridhula Sridharan, knew what she was up against. Rather than getting flustered and discouraged, … Read more
Rohit Kabra left his job in USA to return to India so he could focus on his GMAT preparation. But he wasn’t able to score as much as he expected. He explains how he was still able to get into a Top 40 ranking program with a $40,000 (approximately INR 29 Lakhs) scholarship, without having … Read more