INSEAD WAITLIST September 2014 Intake

Hello GMATCLUB Members,

We are bringing a webinar with Q&A as well as chats with current students focused on the Waitlisted Applicants.
The first event of this series is Webinar conducted by Admissionado's Founder and HBS Alum Jon Frank. Jon will share his suggestions followed by a Q&A session. This is your opportunity to ask your specific questions. The webinar will take place on 31st January 2014, Friday, 9 AM PST..

We shall also be conducting chat sessions with some Current students from various schools who were successfully admitted from a waitlist so you can learn what to expect from the process, what worked for them, and what it takes. These chats shall take place in our Chat Room. We will release the times & Dates (all will be the first week of February)

Registration Link: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/531329318
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If you are on a waitlist - you do NOT want to miss these!

The webinar and chats are free. There will be a 30-minute Q&A session at the end of the Webinar on Friday Jan 31st at 9 AM PST - join to have your questions answered.

Thank You!

The last waitlist decision was made around 27-29th January. That was about mid way between R2 interview invites - 10th January and final decision - 21st Feb.
We are about at the same time now. R3 interview invites have been sent on 11th April and final decision comes on 23rd May.

I think adcom will have some spare time once they've sent the interview invites and before the interview reports start flooding their mail boxes.
That time is assigned to us wait-listed souls !

Hi J0ey, Hi All,

Good idea to start this thread. As you say, we must keep positive.

oops.....Here I can see 8 waitlisted candidates, but our statistics is showing only 4....

Guys, Pls update your application status....

All the Best to all Waitlisting Candidates!! Thank You.

290 people for 15'J on mba connect - of which 42 are Indian nationals

1st deposit payment due on 25 march 2014.

Hope this helps

Hi guys,

If you ended up here, it's because you were waitlisted for INSEAD. I was also waitlisted for the Sept 2012 R1 intake (13J class), was finally admitted and graduated in July 2013. I thought I would like to retrospectively share some of my thoughts with you.

1) being waitlisted is a success. INSEAD is very competitive and if you got waitlisted, it's because you have the right profile, but there is just an over-supply of other candidates similar to you with slightly better features. E.g. at the time of applying, I was a European engineer with 5y of experience, medium int'l experience, good leadership experience, but under-average GMAT (660). When I joined, I had the chance to meet my alter egos: engineers with experience in Europe and 730+ GMATs.

2) being a waitlisted candidate does not make a you an under-performer at INSEAD if you get admitted, it all depends on what you make of your time at the school. I was for a while worried by this after working with my overachieving P1-P2 group including a bright consultant who left us all amazed with his speed, efficiency and broad knowledge of many subjects. I worked hard and ended up having an above-average GPA at the end of P5. I also discovered that based on my previous experience, I was very strong in OB, marketing and strategy. Many people who were not waitlisted ended up with worse grades than me. Other waitlisted people were amazing leaders, so let this be enough evidence to dispel the idea that being waitlisted makes you a under-par candidate.

3) there is little you can do once you have been waitlisted and it is mostly out of your hands. I was waitlisted in mid-Dec 2011 and got admitted on early Feb, 2012. What I did in the meantime was accept the position in the waitlist and prepare my application for other business schools, preparing for the worse. For what it's worth, I would like to share what I indicated in my letter to accept the position in the waitlist: I said I was happy to be waitlisted because it was an indication that my classmates would be of high caliber. I also provided a description of my new responsibilities and most recent achievements. Finally, I indicated that I was ready to start in Singy rather than Fonty and that I was also open to start in the next intake (Jan 2013). Disclaimer: I don't have proof that this letter made a difference, because you cannot get official feedback from the AdCom and a part of the decision depends on luck (who are the other candidates, do they accept the offer at INSEAD, etc). I'm just saying that small things might make a difference, in the same way that a GMAT score can get you in or out. So I just made sure that I put all the odds in my favor: I applied to R1, attended two open-campus days, spoke with a member of the AdCom, interacted with 7-8 alumni and made sure my essays were perfect.

I hope this helps and I wish you the best of luck!

4

Japan - 6, Korea - 7

Keep in mind that some folks actually paid the deposit, even in Round 1, and are not going to attend. I have one co-worker that was admitted in Round 1 for INSEAD and just heard the good news from Kellogg a few weeks back. He already paid the deposit for INSEAD, but there's a great chance that he'll go to Kellogg, he's not going to decide until Kellogg's deadline comes up. I'm sure there are quite a few in this situation

brazilians: 24, lebanese: 8, total:422

Hi guys,

Just got the new late last night.. waitlisted..

Seems the only thing to do is chin up and wait..

was looking around for some kind of percentages/ stats on chances of waitlist turning to acceptance... anyone?

Hi there, also on the waitlist. Hopefully something comes out of those monthly reviews!

hi peeps…
wait list too… any idea whats the conversion %age for wait listings...

Hi Guys- Wait listed too.

I believe they just wait list everyone who is not selected. I don't see anyone who got a rejection.

hello people, waitlisted too... has anyone been waitlisted before? any experience on the matter?

Hi all !
What is your profile ? Mine is :
- French
- Entrepreneur / Digital
- GMAT :690 / T:107 / 3.2 GPA

Hello ppl!

my profile is:

-Greek, 30
-work ex: approx. 6 years. Entrepreneur (consulting) , and previously healthcare
-GMAT: 700, IELTS: 8/9
-Degrees: Bsc Economics , LLB
-Languages: Greek,English,Spanish,Italian

Merry Christmas to all!

Hi all,

What are you doing while waiting ? Are you applying to other schools ?
I am applying to Stanford (R2) and LBS (R3).

What about you ?

Hello to everybody! i'm about to apply to other schools too.

I was wondering, when you replied ''yes, put me on the waitlist'' , did the adcom respond? Because in my case, noone did, and i was just curious to know how things work..