Ask any international MBA consultant how to get into Stanford University from India for the most selective MBA degree in the world that pays the highest MBA salaries, and you’ll probably hear some similar sound bytes. Score a 770 on the GMAT, work for 4- 5 years (in a top tier consulting, investment banking or … Read more
GMAC says that a 700 GMAT score would put you in the 90 percentile (ok, 89 to be specific). But sadly, for certain candidates (like the far-from-endangered Indian IT Male Engineer MBA applicant species), it is still considered an average GMAT score by the top 25 business schools. After getting rejected by 3 top business … Read more
It’s a tough road to become a Chartered Accountant. Ranked among the most difficult exams in the world, the passing percentage for all 3 CA exams is in the low single digits. If you considered folks clearing all three exams in the first attempt it drops to a shocking 1%. That explains why many drop … Read more
It’s common knowledge that the average GMAT scores for Indians in the top programs are higher than the averages listed by MBA colleges on their websites. You may also know that the MBA admission chances in Round 2 are lesser than in Round 1. And as an icing on the cake, Indians are more likely … Read more
There are very few architects from India applying to international business schools. And competing with engineers who crack the GMAT with relative ease is another daunting task for applicants from non-quantitative backgrounds. Manisha (name changed) faced these hurdles during her part-time MBA application to the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, considered to be … Read more
When applicants ask us how many schools they should apply to, we suggest having enough on the list to manage the quality (of each application) as well as the risk (of not getting into their top choice). Most candidates follow our advice, but occasionally we come across a few who’ve pretty much made up their … Read more
Shriman and Shrimati Gupta-ji (Sandeep and Divya) were at a stage in their life and career that would be best described by the popular desi label – ‘settled’. They both had Indian MBA degrees, good jobs and 500+ channels on cable TV (the last one is our assumption). When you are over 30, that’s a … Read more
Computer Engineer, Rishika Karnani (name changed), had a profile that was not too different from the thousands of Indian MBA applicants. And her goal to get out of the technology industry into a business role wasn’t too different either. But she was able to crack into 5 top ranking business schools in USA, Canada and … Read more
With an MBA from India already on the resume, like most second MBA applicants, Kartik Gupta was sure that it’s a top international bschool or nothing for him. If his application planning didn’t work out as expected, he wasn’t willing to wait for another year either. High-risk/high-reward application strategies such as this make us uneasy. … Read more
Singapore is an attractive destination for Indian professionals. Read why it figures in our list of the best countries for Indian MBA students. Nanyang MBA, offered by Nanyang Technological University (NTU), is among the few popular choices there and ranks high in our list of the most affordable MBA programs in the world. With a … Read more
It’s not very often that you hear of an MBA application and profile crafted by the applicant so effectively, that the interview ends up being a formality. Even if the Admissions committee is convinced about an applicant, they normally follow the protocol and communicate the decision after a few days. Harsimrandeep Singh, an oil and … Read more
You may have read why differentiation is a big problem for Indian MBA applicants. Coneenika Choudhuri chose to tackle the challenge in style. While other applicants grappled with their profiles to show a spike, What helped Coneenika go full-throttle, was inspiration from her bike. With MBA applications focussed on the when, the how and the … Read more