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I am very happy for everyone here but I was wondering has anyone heard of people submitting thiercapplication and not getting can interview??

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I am very happy for everyone here but I was wondering has anyone heard of people submitting thiercapplication and not getting can interview??

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I read in one of the IESE 2011 forums in other websites of one applicant who got rejected without any interview calls. That means the pre-admissions committee really has a hand in determining which applicants are suited for the program and be subjected to the next round of screening.
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Rinie, are you suggesting they might just call most of the people that apply to interview?

it does seem like there are amazingly few people that get dings without and interview (on this and other forums in general).

Also, why is this thread so quiet? IESE is one of the top schools in europe...strange.
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i did the profile evaluation thing online and they want to do an informal interview via phone... anyone have any experience doing this?

Hi Shaselai,

I had the information interview (through phone) sometime during the 3rd quarter of this year. This is the perfect venue for you to be able to understand the IESE MBA program better and determine if you are a good fit to the class. A member of the AdCom will first introduce herself and then ask for your questions about the program. Mine lasted for around 30 minutes. My tip - just prepare your smart questions.
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Will this replace the formal interview at all or it doesnt "count" toward anything?
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Guys I just got admitted and I am super Excited!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D I did my interview via VC a couple of weeks ago . Hope you guys hear the good news soon ...
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Congrats Euromba84!! that's good stuff, you must be oozing with joy!

Now I feel at a massive disadvantage for having to do the assessment center... hmmm.
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Got the wait list email this morning. :?
guess i will be going to the assessment day on Jan 30th..

Congrats EuroMBA84!!!!!!
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Hey all! Am new to the forum. I applied to IESE and have been wait listed too. I had my Video conference last week.
I am looking forward to the assessment day now. euromba84 - congrats on your admit!
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Guys!!! I've just finished shedding my tears of joy. I got admitted to IESE!!! Wuhoo!!!
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I received a ding :( , I guess about the same time as the guys above received their email. I guess they notified everyone at once.

Congrats to the admitted, I will b working hard for my second round apps.
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Hey,

Just got back from the open day and assessment days and thought I might try to do an in depth debrief since it seems to be a lot of mystery to this program.

First Admissions and application.
The deadlines on the website are just a guidelines they really have a rolling admission process its best to time it according to the assessment day meaning get your application in like 3 weeks before the assessment day so they have time to review it.

GMAT: They just want you to have a score 620 and above

The biggest faults they see are application which do not show personality or who you really meaning only professional and academic.


They invite about 50% of applications to interview.

The interviews are with adcom and last an hour they honestly want to know more about you what is not in your application. Even before you started University and why I chose University.

The Assessment day is unique to IESE but they said they want more opportunity for the adcom to interact with you they set it up the way many corporates recruit when you have a group day with all the other candidates.
The benefit in doing the assessment day is you have more adcom members to advocate for your candicy.

My thoughts is they also want the assessment day to sell the school further you spend more time on campus to fall in love with he school further and increase their yield of offers to acceptance.

The assessment day involves everyone doing an intro presentation then splitting into groups and working on a case and deciding the next steps.

Then we have to present the facts and why we made the decision to the large group while the adcom and other candidates asks us questions.

The adcom watches you through even when you break into small groups.

They told us many times there is a major advantage to attending the assessment days.

Let me know if you have any specific question they told us we should know by Tuesday.
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Thanks Rinie442 for the detailed debrief!

Did the career services team also do a presentation ?. Do you remember any highlights from Career services presentation such as the breakdown of recruitment in consulting, banking, industry or employment by region for internships and full-time jobs ?

Good luck for Tuesday ! :)
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yes but its so many breakdowns... they have the 2010 stats maybe already... if you ask they will email they gave us a booklet about it
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anyone heard something yet? tuesday is almost done, at least in spain...
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No!!! nothing! I got reply s to my Thank you letters but thats it!
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Finally I got a mail from them, looks like I'm in ;)
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what did the letter look like? what does it outline
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Admitted!
very happy!

it was an email with a pdf attachment.
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Could the December 17th deadline for the commitment fee be a typo? that is awfully soon (and quite a lot of $$$!)
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no, unfortunately it's no typo. that date is also mentioned on the schedule on their webpage...
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