Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Apr 2310:00 AM EDT
-10:30 AM EDT
Admissions committees evaluate the GMAT/GRE in context — your background, your representation in the applicant pool, the strength of everything else in your file. The same score works for one candidate and falls short for another with identical numbers.
Apr 2312:00 PM PDT
-01:00 PM PDT
Inquire for a free profile evaluation and guarantee statement for possible admits and scholarships!
Apr 2408:30 PM IST
-09:30 PM IST
Join us for a Live Coffee chat with Jenifer Turtschanow where we talk about enhancing your MBA profile and fixing gaps in just 4 months.
Apr 2908:00 PM EDT
-09:00 PM EDT
Join us for a live Ask Me Anything (AMA) session with Juno’s Co-Founder, where we’ll break down everything you need to know about financing your MBA in today’s rapidly changing landscape.
05 Mar 2010, 06:43
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi There
I live in France and I am considering applying to INSEAD September 2010 intake. I am 34 almost 35. GMAT taken three times: 430/560/700. I have studied english and spanish as majors and then applied this linguistic knowledge to business. I have almost 10 years experience in IT as Sales. I have started as a junior salesrep and ended Sales Director for Europe, Africa and Middle East with strong managerial and leadership roles. I have always achieved or overachieved my targets. I either built markets from scratch or made existing countries become cash cows for companies I have worked for.
The main reason why I want an MBA now is because I can now make a big difference between being a leader and being a manager. I believe my roles so far were more focused and only focused on getting the sales done. I am kinda of fed up with just being the guy who closes deals. I want to be able to have a more strategic vision on how a company can increase sales: i would like to get the salesreps to execute my sales strategy.
So my problem today is wether INSEAD will consider my application or not because of my age. They have already told me my profile looks great but my age is a handicap. They also suggested the Exec MBA which I do not want to do. How do you guys think I should orientate my application to make my profile more acceptable even though I am really older than the average at INSEAD?
Do you think it is worth applying anyway? I do not want to spend time on the essays and being told I have a great profile but no thanks you re too old.
Thanks very much for your help.
I live in France and I am considering applying to INSEAD September 2010 intake. I am 34 almost 35. GMAT taken three times: 430/560/700. I have studied english and spanish as majors and then applied this linguistic knowledge to business. I have almost 10 years experience in IT as Sales. I have started as a junior salesrep and ended Sales Director for Europe, Africa and Middle East with strong managerial and leadership roles. I have always achieved or overachieved my targets. I either built markets from scratch or made existing countries become cash cows for companies I have worked for.
The main reason why I want an MBA now is because I can now make a big difference between being a leader and being a manager. I believe my roles so far were more focused and only focused on getting the sales done. I am kinda of fed up with just being the guy who closes deals. I want to be able to have a more strategic vision on how a company can increase sales: i would like to get the salesreps to execute my sales strategy.
So my problem today is wether INSEAD will consider my application or not because of my age. They have already told me my profile looks great but my age is a handicap. They also suggested the Exec MBA which I do not want to do. How do you guys think I should orientate my application to make my profile more acceptable even though I am really older than the average at INSEAD?
Do you think it is worth applying anyway? I do not want to spend time on the essays and being told I have a great profile but no thanks you re too old.
Thanks very much for your help.
10 Mar 2010, 00:24
Kudos
Bookmarks
gmatyanis
If you are being discouraged by INSEADfrom applying to the regular MBA and encouraged to apply to the EMBA, I would take that advice very seriously. Several years ago INSEAD was quite specific that 35 was a cut-off.
Consider the Sloan Fellows programs (LBS, Stanford, or MIT), the Trium program, or IMD.
Best,
Linda
