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Hello Camille, I'm applying at the first round for the 15J class and I have a doubt regarding the optional third reccomendation: I saw that on the iApply webpage there are two upload boxes for "Additional Letters"; can I provide up to 3 or 4 letters? And the 3rd/4th letters are free of layout or must follow the same structure of the two mandatory letters?
Thank you very much.
Luigi

Hi Luigi,
No format or questions are imposed on your 3rd/4th recommendations. Total freedom

camille

Hi Ces000,

the only difference between Jan and Sept is that the Jan intake has 2 months of summer break during July and august, during which you can complete an internship.
Sept intake will complete the MBA in 10 months straight, and Jan in 12 months. Each has pros and cons. But class size, competitiveness, curriculum offer and structure are absolutely indentical.

I'm sure this subject has be discussed in more lengh previously on this forum or somewhere else on the site.

cheers,
camille

lol.. Kudoed for that P.S!

Hi Guys,

Pejay Belland talks about GMAT scores on this FIND MBA article titled:
Can a Low GMAT Score Kill Your B-School Dreams?
Why your GMAT score is important, and what it tells MBA admissions people about you?

https://www.find-mba.com/article/786/can-a-low-gmat-score-kill-your-b-school-dreams

Cheers,
Camille

Hi

I did my MBA from a top 3 IIM (1 year full time program ) and graduated in April 2013 . I did pretty well in my academics and was in the top 1% of my class during my MBA. My post MBA goal was to join a management consulting firm ( Top 3 MBB) . However due to the economic downturn here in India the usual consulting firms did not recruit from our school this year. After doing a search for 8 months for an entry into a top consulting firm I have found that it is extremely difficult to crack in to these firms, once out of school.

Hence I am considering doing a second MBA from Insead , to achieve my goal of switching to the management consulting industry. I am targeting the Jan 2015 Intake . Prior to my MBA I had 6.5 years of experience in Analytics and am currently involved in Product Strategy.

My question is , would I be eligible to apply to Insead , considering that my post MBA workex would only be 1.5 years ? Also how feasible will it be for a person with 8 years of experience to switch to a management consulting firm post MBA from Insead ?

Regards

Hello Camille or anyone else who can help,

I have a general GMAT query. Last year, I ordered a GMAT score report (paying $28) to be sent to INSEAD. However, I did not end up applying due to some issues.

I will be applying to INSEAD this year and since last year, I have taken the GMAT again. But in the list of 5 schools that one can specify to send the score report for free, I did not list INSEAD as one of the schools thinking that they already have access to all my score reports.

Is this correct or would I have to order another score report for INSEAD detailing my new score?

Thanks

Sunil

Thank you very much!

We the INSEAD MBAs have created a page for you guys if you need any help w.r.t. your MBA admissions.

https://www.coffeechat.fm/co/inseaders

Schedule a virtual (online) coffeechat with anyone you prefer to learn more about INSEAD, its cultures and how it can impact your life and career. Hope you will find it useful.

Hi, I just submitted my application and got an email confirming the app has been submitted. The email also referred to an attached pdf version of the app but had no attachment.
I can't go back to my app and there is no place I can see if my recommenders have submitted. My recommenders have not got links since an hour of submitting the app, will those only come on a work day?

Hi Camille,

I Want to apply on R1 for the January 2015 intake. I know I'm a bit early but I want to know when the application will be available online. Can I assume that the essay questions will be the same?

My second question is regarding the recommendation. I live in Montreal and my current and former manager are both french Canadians and have an average level in English. Can one of the letters be submitted in french? If that option is not possible, can I submit a recommendation from a senior analyst/mentor?

thanks for your help!

Hi Camille,

Quick question regarding Sept'14 Round 1 Deadline

Seems to be extended to October 7th 2013! Does that mean deadline for recommendations is now October 14?

I am an Indian lawyer working in a good reputed company as an in-house counsel for last 5 years. Before that I was a practicing lawyer for 5 years. In total having experience of 10 years in the field of law. My qualifications LL.B (in top 5 of the class of 720) and Company Secretary (passed in first attempt and top 50 all over India in many thousand applicant).My gmat though is modest 670 (Q50 V31 AWA 5.0 IR 7)

My age is 34. I have two small doubts:
(i) Whether a person on a higher age group or with many years of experience, is a good fit for an MBA programme, where the cohort's average age is around 28.

(ii) How to finance an expensive MBA. I am not averse to take loan. But it appears you can take only one education loan and in India what max I am getting as education loan is Rs. 20 lacs which is nowhere near the fee of a good MBA. INSEAD MBA is around 60,000 euros in tuition and another 30,000 euros in living expense and other. That is around 60 lacs rupees. Can you guide how to finance that. From where can I get tuition and living expense loan. My present salary is Rs. 15 lacs per annum

Hi Camille,

Just wanted to check with you - there is no separate re-applicant essay in the new application, is that right?

Dear INSEAD admissions,

I am a R3 applicant for January 2014 intake, I have been put on wait-list, this is specially frustrating as INSEAD is the only school I want to get to and the only school I applied to.
I have a set of questions,

-Is the yield for the Jan intake higher than Sep intake? as the theory suggest January no other schools are admitting?
-The wait-list is used to manage diversity but I come from a rare nationality ( so I am told, Syrian ) so how come I am on the wait list?
-How would I know the weaknesses of my application that stopped me from gaining a straight admit? I may have material that would help me and help the admission office to get me in.
-Are their weaknesses to my recommendations? ( as this is the only part of the application the I do not know the content of) if so would submitting a third recommendation help ?
-Currently my current employer do not know about my MBA plans, my plan was to tell my employer once admitted to explore funding options. would telling them now and getting a letter of support from them help the application?

Please advice
Thank you

Hi Camille,

I have a question regarding recommendations. After 2 years working in Management Consulting, I have set up my own company and therefore do not have a manager or supervisor. Would it be acceptable to use a former manager who I worked with closely during my time in consulting?

Many thanks for your help!

Hi Camille,

I know that INSEAD requires 2 recommendations in english. One of my manager is a chinese native and while he does know english asked me if it was okay to write the recommendation in chinese, then goto the translation company to translate to english? He feels that if he wrote it in english, he would not be able to give the best recommendation he can. He plans on using one of the available lawyers for translation that was on the UK Embassy website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... of-lawyers

My other recommendation is by an English native from the US so that should be fine. As someone who started my career in the US, moving to China to further my career has given me many more opportunities and believe would add diversity to INSEAD. Unfortunately, I don't work for anyone who is fluent or even studied English in a university and I hope this would be acceptable as it would also be my direct manager.

Thanks!