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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.)

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Admitted yesterday. Got a phone call.

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Hey guys,

I'm an Indian based in Dubai. My AO was EL.

Got admitted yesterday via phone. Starting in Fonty this Aug!

Looking forward to meeting y'all!

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Admitted via phone call :D
Any whatsapp group ?

you can join the following group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LqnWvW2msO2JAWehntyR65
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louis

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INSEAD DECISION TRACKER

Updates for the last hour:

Admitted, 10 minutes ago, from Canada, GMAT:760 (Q50 V42), GPA: 3.3, Industry: Manufacturing, WE 40, heard via: phone
Admitted, 36 minutes ago, from Canada, GPA: 2.9, Industry: Consumer Products, WE 60, heard via: portal_update

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Got the call yesterday, still not grasping the news fully! super excited!
AO is AN, and I am a french dude residing in the UK (I think they might do this by country)

Good luck to all of you waiting for a decision!

(lmangold thanks for the whatsapp link!)

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INSEAD DECISION TRACKER

Updates for the last hour:

Admitted, 5 minutes ago, from India, GMAT:730 (Q50 V40), GPA: 3.6, Industry: Energy and Utilities, WE 60, heard via: phone
Admitted, 7 minutes ago, from India, GMAT:750 (Q51 V40), GPA: 3.82, heard via: phone

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23 Jan 2020, 06:04

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got the call today! finally!

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03 Feb 2020, 06:08

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Looks like INSEAD interview invites for Round 3 have begun (saw one on clearAdmit). Has anyone else heard back yet?

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03 Feb 2020, 06:22

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Very exciting kkajaria3 thanks for letting us know - good luck everyone!

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Looks like INSEAD interview invites for Round 3 have begun (saw one on clearAdmit). Has anyone else heard back yet?

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A friend from Italy also received his invite today. I’m still waiting ?

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I have not heard anything yet - does anyone know who the AOs were or what country? I’m so nervous!

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Hi everyone. I’m from Peru and got an interview invite today

Applied in R3.

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Got the interview invite today (Germany)

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Any Indians who got an interview invite? Also, can we expect interview calls over the weekend?

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Nope, they don't work on the weekends. Vive la France

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Any Indians who got an interview invite? Also, can we expect interview calls over the weekend?

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Hey guys, received the interview invite today, located in Paris, France. Good luck everybody!

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Hello everyone,

I would like to ask what would be the norm in interview scheduling follow up? I have sent my INSEAD interviewer an email last Thursday to ask for his availability for the interview but he did not yet get back to me. would it be fine if I send him a follow up email already? or should I give it a bit more time?

Thanks a lot

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