Calling all Applicants: INSEAD January 2022 Intake

Thanks for your responses bb and Uday. On the INSEAD website it clearly says those with >10yrs work experience will be encouraged to go for the EMBA, which is fine if this is stipulated clearly but we are clearly seeing people here who fall within the 10 yr mark to be redirected to the EMBA instead.

There are tons of people in 30s in INSEAD MBA class. I myself am 31 and have been admitted for the January 2022 MBA batch. It mostly depends on what kind of experience/overall profile do you have and what can you add to the classroom. Make yourself standout as much as possible and you should be fine.

I guess you can think about it as a soft ding. On one hand, another program may have rejected that applicant but in this case basically saying this applicant is rejected from the full-time program but they would be a fit for the executive program… Insead is a very competitive program…

and 10+ years of experience is tricky. Either you demonstrate a lot of career mobility and upward movement to the point that you are in the upper management or your trajectory looks a bit shallow. This is especially tricky for people in fields that don’t lend them selves to steep trajectories such as academia or military service or government work.
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Thanks bb for clarifying

I guess I am just thinking that it would have been MUCH CLEARER if the admissions committee explains the reason for rejection instead of a vague response to head towards the EMBA\

Does this imply that the EMBA does not have as stringent admission requirements as the MBA?

Thanks altairahmad- do you see many mid to late 30s (=>35 yrs) in your cohort currently? I’m still guessing that there are prolly more early 30s

any sub 700 score with an Insead admit this year?

guys, has any of you (R2 applications) received a final decision?

I was given an interview deadline of the 21st so I'm assuming we only hear back the week after that

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I am planning to give GMAT in August. Facing difficulty in solving Geometry questions, if you guys have any advice/tips, please share

Anyone has moved off from waitlisted? They say they review the list monthly, so wondering if anyone got off recently?

Still on the wait list here

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@shaunayang71 and BlackDogMBA - does the WL happen pre or post-interview or either?

Hi akshay2603c,

applicants are waitlisted after interview.

Warm regards
Alex
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Hi guys!

I applied to INSEAD MiM R5 and I have been selected for interview, which MUST be completed by June 21st.

On Saturday morning I wrote an email to the Alumni who is supposed to interview me, but he never replied. Therefore, on Tuesday morning I sent him a https://gmatclub.com/chat text to inform him that I sent him my application form and CV and reminding him of the interview deadline. He read the text exactly 1 minute after I sent it, but again he did not reply.

I don’t want to bother him too much because I think his feedback will be really important for the final decision but I don’t know what to do. Should I send him another email or another text? Or should I contact INSEAD to explain the situation and ask for another interviewer/a deadline extension?

Thank you in advance guys

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Hi AliceBissolino,

first of all, congratulations on your invitation to interview with INSEAD.

Unfortunately, the situation you described is not uncommon. Keep in mind that alumni interviewers are volunteers and they interview candidates as a way to give back to the school. So, if they are busy with work and all, the interview could not be among their highest priorities.

If I were you, I would email him once more with a friendly reminder. In this email, be very appreciative of his time. I talk from experience when I say that these interviews take a lot of their personal time. It's not just the interview, but the report they must send after takes time to write. So, it is always good to acknowledge this and be appreciative in your communications with them.

I would also email your AO and let her know about the situation. Worst-case scenario, she will find another interviewer.

And don't worry about the deadline. Deadlines can be extended and the day of the interview has no impact on the final outcome.

I hope this helps.

Warm regards
Alex
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still on the waitlist

Me too

when will we start hearing about R2 results for the D term? Next week?

Based on the pattern in this thread (R1), calls start going out the week of the deadline i.e. the week of the 28th

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Each round is different. There have been rounds when calls started being made 2 weeks before the deadline. In this case, that would mean around June 21st.

In any case, whenever they start, people will be getting calls every day until the very last day. So, if you guys see people getting calls and you haven't gotten yours yet, don't worry!
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do calls follow a specific order? In other words, do stronger profiles get called earlier? or is it based on geography (e.g., all Canadians get called after Germans) ?