Sharing my profile as requested-

1. Background and nationality: 23 year Indian female
2. Pre-undergrad Information: Top 5% throughout school, 95% in 10th, 91.2% in 12th. Various accolades throughout school career (International and national abacus
champion, Diploma in Fine Arts, National Cadet Corps, etc.)
3. Undergrad Information: Majors in Economics from University of Mumbai- 9.13 GPA. Top 5% in the batch throughout college.
4. GMAT: Targeting 740 (680 in first official mock)
5. Work experience and leadership: - 2 years work experience (will have 3 by the time I join) in Ernst & Young LLP in government consulting.
- Received 4 awards in the short tenure of 2 years
- Worked back closely with diverse stakeholders like philanthropies (Gates Foundation), Central Ministry State Government, Local
Government, vulnerable groups like women Self Help Groups, sanitation workers, etc. Assisted in conducting various capacity building trainings and supported in livelihood intervention to these vulnerable groups
- Leading a team of 8 in Knowledge Management; supporting in capacity building of the entire team; independently published thought leaderships in the sector
- Worked extensively on Business Development and Strategy:
- Other experiences include vendor management of subcontractors worth 1 Crore, extensive stakeholder and project management
- Will be able to get good recommendations
6. Community and others: - Strong volunteering experience with Teach for India, and other educational NGOs, Social Media for change fellowship- worked back
closely on integrated rural development and solar project; crowd-sourcing of INR 50,000 after severe cyclone in home state through the NGO
- International and abacus Champion; Diploma in Fine Arts
- Other interests include mindfulness and yoga; swimming; scuba-diving; reading fantasy fiction
7. Post MBA goals: Consulting- ready to explore Strategy and Impact consulting

Also, on an average how much time is sufficient for working on the essays? And do we have to submit the LORs while submitting the application?

does ISB consider analytical writing scores in GRE?

Hi everyone! I wanted an opinion on something I am facing. My mother has fallen sick and my organisation doesn’t seem keen to provide me unpaid time off work and I think that I may have to resign. My question here is that is it necessary for me to be employed while applying to b-schools? I am being a little too optimistic here and thinking that if push comes to shove and I do have to resign, I can be at home and manage my chores so as to allow me time to prep which should ideally lead to a score increase form current 610 to 680-690. However, with not being employed will it affect my chances if I am unemployed with 7 years+ experience as a chef manager cum trainer at a leading hotel brand in India? A 29 year old female here. Please shed some light as to what are the possibilities here. Thanks!!!

Hi! The business schools are fairly accommodating about extenuating circumstances. Like any other business school, ISB does ask for a reason to leave the organisation and there is no harm in being honest about it. You have good amount of experience and I believe you will have many interesting stories to share with the adcom and with the larger class (should you get admitted). I would recommend you to be very clear in your short term and long term essay so that the adcom is able to join the dots with your past experience.

short term and long term goal essay*