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Does anyone know how the assessment day flows?

It sounds like there are a ton of applicants going - did they just invite everyone who applied? I feel like it might be hard if you're with 50 other candidates all vying for the attention of the admissions committee :(

It sounds like it might turn into a convention senario where we're all just walking around...
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Hi
I gave my interview last week and have been invited to the assessment day at singapore.
Due to prior appointments I wouldn't be able to make it there.
At the same time I really want to get into IESE.
Can I take the risk of missing the assessment day.
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Has anyone who attended the AD in Barcelona received their acceptance (or rejection) emails yet?
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Does anyone know how the assessment day flows?

It sounds like there are a ton of applicants going - did they just invite everyone who applied? I feel like it might be hard if you're with 50 other candidates all vying for the attention of the admissions committee :(

It sounds like it might turn into a convention senario where we're all just walking around...

TheAlbatross did you get invited for an interview? if yes, then ask the area associate director and area coordinator. I think everyone gets an interview. gets invited to AD too.
I am located in the US. I received the interview invitation and the AD in one email.
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Has anyone who attended the AD in Barcelona received their acceptance (or rejection) emails yet?

jatdj Acoording to iese website, decisions will be released on December 12, 2014
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Thanks for the information, sab7a. Perhaps Dec. 12 is the last possible date a decision could be released? In the closing remarks of the AD in Barcelona, I'm pretty sure I heard that we would receive decisions 'within a week'. Can anyone else confirm?
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invited to AD on Nov 29 SG. Look forward to getting to know IESE better, the case method, and my teammates.
Anyone else attending coming from India?
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Just googled for information on IESE's Assessment Day and found this thread by accident. Created a profile just now to join in =) hello everyone!

I'll be attending the AD in Singapore too! I see some people here are attending, great. Both excited and nervous, I must admit. Do people actually 'fail' or get rejected after the AD? I was pretty excited to be invited because it seems like a last step towards admission.
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Thanks for the information, sab7a. Perhaps Dec. 12 is the last possible date a decision could be released? In the closing remarks of the AD in Barcelona, I'm pretty sure I heard that we would receive decisions 'within a week'. Can anyone else confirm?

Yes, thats what I heard in Barcelona, too. Think information for everyone who attended AD will be released early next week!

Fingers crossed!
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Does anyone know how the assessment day flows?

It sounds like there are a ton of applicants going - did they just invite everyone who applied? I feel like it might be hard if you're with 50 other candidates all vying for the attention of the admissions committee :(

It sounds like it might turn into a convention senario where we're all just walking around...

TheAlbatross did you get invited for an interview? if yes, then ask the area associate director and area coordinator. I think everyone gets an interview. gets invited to AD too.
I am located in the US. I received the interview invitation and the AD in one email.

Hey Sab7a, yeah, I got the interview and AD invite at the same time. I was curious about the acceptance rate of people going to the AD but it sounds like that's not a factor. Thought they'd only invite certain people to the AD but guess I'm not special :| haha
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TheAlbatross: From what I was told by a few current students, it sounds like the majority of people are filtered out during the initial application phase. I don't believe IESE would reveal specific numbers, but you can be proud - receiving an invite to the interview/AD is a big accomplishment.
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Does IESE call or send mails for a potential offer?
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Does IESE call or send mails for a potential offer?

I hope it's an email because I had a pretty bad assessment day :(

I prefer bad news via email and not over the phone.
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sab7a and TheAlbatross,

what was the assessment day like? how many people attended?
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sab7a and TheAlbatross,

what was the assessment day like? how many people attended?

Lasm1990, the NYC one was a lot of people, almost 40 candidates I think. It sounds like if you interview you were automatically invited for an assessment. Basically you get broken out into groups and then have to present a small case study they give you.

I think it's a tough way to evaluate candidates, especially with so many of us and so few evaluators (2), but that's how IESE does it. Wouldn't be surprised if I got dinged for not being overly enthusiastic like some were.
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sab7a and TheAlbatross,

what was the assessment day like? how many people attended?

Lasm1990, the NYC one was a lot of people, almost 40 candidates I think. It sounds like if you interview you were automatically invited for an assessment. Basically you get broken out into groups and then have to present a small case study they give you.

I think it's a tough way to evaluate candidates, especially with so many of us and so few evaluators (2), but that's how IESE does it. Wouldn't be surprised if I got dinged for not being overly enthusiastic like some were.

thanks buddy. good luck to all of us :)
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Does IESE call or send mails for a potential offer?

I'm thinking we must receive an e-mail. All of my correspondence, to this point, has been via e-mail.

It would really be nice to receive something early this week! I've been refreshing my e-mail more than I'd care to admit...
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