Ask IMD Admissions

I would like to be the first to officially welcome IMD Team to GMAT Club!
Welcome!

wow !! awesome initiative.

Welcome to the GMAT club, this is by far the most comprehensive forum for GMAT and business school.
You can definitely count me in for class of 2013. My profile is as follows
Male
GMAT : scheduled for middle of Sep 2011.
Undergrad GPA: 2.7
Major: business admin, political science from a second tier liberal arts school in the US.
Work Experience: 4 and a half, will be almost 6 at matriculation. 2 and a half years in Pakistan, 2 years in Dubai, UAE in a first class international bank. Retail and corporate banking.
Citizen: Pakistan

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Hi Scbguy,

Thanks. If you would like your profile evaluated, we have a free of charge service called "Assess Your Chances" (http://link.imd.ch/mba_ayc).
You will need to create a myIMD account and then fill in the questionnaire. Within approx. 15 business days you will get feedback from our admissions team.

Are you currently working in Dubai? If you are interested, we have an info session on 14 July from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Sign-up here: http://www.imd.org/programs/mba/Come-and-See-Us/MBA-InfoSession-Dubai-14-July-2011.cfm

Best regards,

Mark

Hi Mark, I have submitted my profile in the assess your chances section of the website 2 days ago. I will be sure to attend the session you mentioned. Thank you

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Hi Mark,

I was just scrolling through below link that highlights the class profile for IMD :

http://www.imd.org/programs/mba/upload/ ... rofile.pdf


I noticed that almost all of the people graduating have international experiences. Is it that you absolutely stress on this criteria ?


I have been involved in working with an MNC and now working in my own startup. But I am far from any sort of international experience.

I had a look through the student profile at IMD and found a few interesting issues. Could you kindly clarify :

1) Most of the students have a work experience in varied countries, many-a-times in obscure industries (eg. NGOs in Europe and Africa). How helpful is having such a "colourful" work experience for IMD admission?
2) Most of the students were fluent in more than two languages, a few of them even upto six languages. I found this very intimidating as I know only three languages, none of them European except English. Proficiency in how many languages would give me a competitive advantage over the rest?

Regards,
Fivedaysleft

Hi!


We look at your international outlook: time spent living outside your country of origin, the international scope of your career and your knowledge of foreign languages. It's a combination of all three, you might not have worked abroad but you speak four languages, you might have worked with a number of people from different countries (etc...).

Remember to bring out as much international outlook when writing the application.


We do not look for a "colourful" work experience, we look at your career progression: how your responsibility has increased, the breadth and depth of the knowledge you have acquired, and the impact you have made on your organization.


The minimum requirement is one language in addition to English. We will evaluate your international outlook: time spent living outside your country of origin, the international scope of your career and your knowledge of foreign languages.

Thanks!

Best regards,

Mark

Hi Mark,

I had submitted my application for "Access my chance" at IMD but I have not received any decision on it. I tried sending an email but received an Out of office till 25th July.

I have to apply for Aug 1st deadline, let me know whom should I contact.

Thanks
Vivek

Dear Vivek,

Could you send us an email: mbainfo(at)imd.ch with your first and last name. We will check and get back to you. Thank you.

Best regards

Mark

For those you who are interested, we are doing an Online Campus Visit on Thursday July 28 at 3:00 PM GMT+1 (convert time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=28&month=7&year=2011&hour=15&min=0&sec=0&p1=87)

If you are interested in joining, please sign-up here: http://link.imd.ch/11061

Mark

Hi Everyone,

Our next admissions deadline is August 1, this is our fourth deadline for the of 2012 class. The last deadline is September 1. If you have any questions about your application, please feel free to ask us. You can find more inforamtion about our admissions process here: http://www.imd.org/mba-admissions.

Mark

I have a question and would appreciate a quick answer. Can the 3 letters of recommendation be completed online by my recommenders? Or do they have to print the PDF and write on it?

Sorry the instructions are not to clear on the site. Would really appreciate a response, as my recommenders are incredibly busy people who dont have time to sit and write handwritten notes.

Thanks!!

Dear Ozzyk,

You can chose. When preparing the online application, under "additionnal documents", you have the possibility to either:
- fill in the contact details of your recommenders and we will then send them an email with the instructions.
Or either
- download the pdf, read the instructions on the pdf, and send it be mail/email to your recommender.

Thanks,

Best regards

Mark

Hello Everyone,

Our last deadline for the class of 2012 is September 1.
You can find all the information needed about our admissions criteria and process here: IMD MBA Admissions

Please feel free to ask us any questions you may have regarding your application or the program.

Thanks,

Mark

Hi,

I have done my bachelors in business admin - 3 yrs full time , and I have done one year programme which i could attend through satellite medium of classes, so i could continue my job as well.

i have an experience of 10 yrs - full time.

So, as a whole the no of years of formal education i have taken till now is 15 yrs - full time , so can i apply or not ? or do you require me to complete 16 years of formal full time education?

cheers,

Hello hirendhanak,

The minimum requirements to apply to our MBA program are:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited institution
- GMAT (average score 670 / 80% of MBA participants score between 620 and 750)
- Minimum three years full-time work experience (average is seven years / range is four to nine)
- Strong command of written and spoken English (TOEFL not required)
- One language in addition to English

If you are still unsure, please fill in our "Assess Your Chances" form. You will then get feedback from our admissions team: http://link.imd.ch/mba_ayc

Please let me know if you have any other questions, thanks,

Mark

Dear Mark,

I am interested in applying to IMD for 2013 class. I will be visting IMD on 30 September to know more about the IMD MBA. I already met IMD representative at MBA Fair 2010 in Amsterdam and spoke to an IMD alumni, from Netherlands, who spoke highly of IMD and motivated me to apply to IMD. At MBA Fair 2010, IMD also gave me the contact details of IMD alumni in Netherlands. The IMD alumnis whomever I contacted said that the best decision they made in their life is doing an MBA at IMD. I will be meeting IMD representative again at MBA Fair 2011 in Amsterdam.

I am eagerly waiting for the online application form for 2012 IMD MBA.

Though I filled out the assessment chances form two weeks ago, I havent heard from IMD about my chances. Could you please assess my chances?

Nationality: Indian
Age: 29
GMAT: 690 (Quantitative: 45, Verbal: 38).

Educational Background:
1. SSLC: 91.2%
2. Diploma in Chemical Technology: 3 years - 75.7% (First Class with distinction), Institute: Kongu Polytechnic, India
3. Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering - 3 years - 74.8% (First Class), Institute: Periyar University, India
4. Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering - 2 years - 1.7 (B+, Good), Institute: University of Kiel, Germany

Professional Background: Experience: 5 years (6 years in 2013)
a) Full time jobs
1. Since 2008, I have been working as a research chemist for a chemical company in Netherlands.
To be more specific, I develop environmental friendly, but low cost, sustainable/recyclable rolling oils, lubricants, wet temper fluids and corrosion preventives for steel/tin plate rolling mills in Europe/Asia.

2) In 2007, I worked as a Junior Researcher/Intern for Mitsubishi Chemical Science and Technology Research Center in Japan.
I was involved in developing batteries for hybrid electric vehicles.

b) Part time jobs
2004-2006: 2 years - I worked as research assistant for University of Kiel and Max Planck Research Institute in Germany.

Extra-Curricular Activities:

1. Treasurer of Amnesty International Group in Amsterdam - since 2010 - Present : I organize yearly money collection and take care of annual budget.
2. Member of Greenpeace, Netherlands - My background in chemistry and chemical engineering helps me to support the environmental causes of Greenpeace .
3. Member of Dutch Refugee Council, Netherlands - I helped/help the refugees from Srilanka to settle down in Netherlands.
4. National Cadet Corps, India - 3 years - Passed the B certificate exam
5. National Social Service Scheme, India - 3 years - Participated in social harmony and youth development program
6. Scouts, India - 2 years
7. I won a few prizes in sports and games and in quiz competition

Languages known: Tamil, English, Hindi, Dutch, German

International Exposure: 26 months in Germany, 7 months in Japan and 48 months in Netherlands.

As I have technical skills in chemistry/chemical & Materials engineering, combining the business skills I learn from a business school, I like to work for oil & gas and/or chemical company such as Royal Dutch Shell in Europe. I will be getting permanent resident status in Netherlands in 2012. I hope that the status might allow me to find jobs in Europe after finishing MBA.

Thanks in advance for assessing my chances. I hope to meet you at MBA Fair 2011 in Amsterdam or in Lausanne on 30th September 2011.


DutchGerman

Dear dutchgerman17,

Thanks for your message. It can take up to 15 business days for us to get back to you on your Assess Your Chances (AYC). I'll check with my colleagues in admissions about your AYC.

We look forward to seeing you at IMD on September 30, my colleague Suzy will be doing the campus visit.

Best regards,

Mark