INSEAD Decision Tracker & Historical Admit Data | Add INSEAD to your profile WELCOME! So excited you are joining us for this journey called applying for INSEAD. I hope we can all support each other and make this an active thread. Very open to ideas and suggestions on ways to add value to your experience here. Wishing success for each of you. Cheers, Farrell INSEAD MBA Deadlines Deadline for complete application Interview decision notification* Final decision notification* R1 18 September 2019 18 October 2019 22 November 2019 R2 06 November 2019 06 December 2019 24 January 2020 R3 15 January 2020 14 February 2020 20 March 2020 R4 26 February 2020 27 March 2020 30 April 2020 *Interview and final decisions generally start trickling in a week before the deadline. Note: thread participants, please relay word limits when new application opens Need an INSEAD profile Evaluation? Post it here > International Work Experience or International Movitation? What INSEAD Looks in its Applicants? 2019-2020 INSEAD MBA Recommendation Questions Admission Trends at INSEAD: Analysis of GMATClub Applicant Data Essay Prompts: Job Description Essays Essay 1: Briefly summarise your current (or most recent) job, including the nature of work, major responsibilities, and where relevant, employees under your supervision, size of budget, clients/products and results achieved. (short answer) Essay 2: What would be your next step in terms of position if you were to remain in the same company? (short answer) Essay 3: Please give a full description of your career since graduating from university. Describe your career path with the rationale behind your choices. (short answer) Essay 4: Discuss your short and long term career aspirations with or without an MBA from INSEAD. (short answer) Motivation Essays Essay 1: Give a candid description of yourself (who are you as a person), stressing the personal characteristics you feel to be your strengths and weaknesses and the main factors which have influenced your personal development, giving examples when necessary. (500 words max.) Essay 2: Describe the achievement of which you are most proud and explain why. In addition, describe a situation where you failed. How did these experiences impact your relationships with others? Comment on what you learned. (400 words max.) Essay 3: Tell us about an experience where you were significantly impacted by cultural diversity, in a positive or negative way. (300 words max.) Essay 4: Describe all types of extra-professional activities in which you have been or are still involved for a significant amount of time (clubs, sports, music, arts, politics, etc). How are you enriched by these activities? (300 words max.)

Hi harshutd1993 INSEAD has been the final holdout school for accepting the GRE, and just started doing so this past June. One really can't be sure if they are doing that because enough evidence of GRE as a predictor of academic success has been established (what most schools would say) or if it's because they do not want to miss out on top applicants with only a GRE score. Yes the GRE is indeed easier in terms of quant, however it's possible adcom have adjusted for that when reviewing the application. My advice would be to do the GMAT unless there is a great disparity between the two scores; or if you just cannot get any traction with the GRE. I have often had applicants take the GRE if the GMAT is just not crackable for them and it has worked out well IF they are also underrepresented where the school can get a more diverse applicant, enough quant to show they are not at risk of flunking out, and the GRE score is not published for that school so they school can benefit from the diversity but not take a hit to their numbers. All of this to say, not sure, not a mind reader - they just started in June and i am sure the school will say that they do not discriminate against GRE applicants but I think schools often say the PC thing. is it true, well who knows.

Does anyone have interview decision feedback for R2 September?

Not yet, historically when do they start sending out interview decisions after deadline? Posted from my mobile device

They started to roll out interview invites

Round 1 admits, how are you thinking about funding? Any thoughts on Brain Capital? It seems too easy and its not clear to me exactly how much of future income will be paid back to the fund. Does anyone have experience or further information?

Yes, it would be great if anyone could touch upon the funding aspect. Also, is there a WhatsApp group for admitted students already? Otherwise, we could create one.

Anyone received their interview invite from R2 yet?

Also interested in funding. Do we find out about scholarships via the portal or mail? I have not yet received any physical mail from INSEAD although they said they would be sending something. Has anyone else received any letters or packages from them?