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If Ronaldo cycles at a speed of 10 miles/hour from his house, he will miss his flight for Spain by 5 minutes, but if he cycles at 12 miles/hour, he will reach the airport 5 minutes early. How far is the airport?
12 miles
13 miles
14 miles
15 miles
16 miles

Anybody ?

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Hello,
Answering your questions as below.

1. Will my Govt R&D job affect my application severely? As i don't have any experience in private/corporate industry?
No. It is a plus as a diverse work experience. But your professional agility will be important.

2. How will my extra curriculars and hobbies fare against rest of the applicants?
At par. Ok.

3. Are there any certifications which i can opt for to improve my application?
Choose any skill upgrade (certifications) as per your career goals.

4. Should i target GMAT in August or in October? I think if i take more time, my score can go past 700-720s. If i appear for GMAT in August (for R1), i think my score might fall below 700.
Try to have a competitive score. Submitting in R1 with a low GMAT score versus with a stronger GMAT score in R2, will go with the latter.

5. How much time to be devoted for application filling and how do i approach it, i am totally new to this thing and don't have any prior knowledge about the same.
Upto you. A strong application usually takes around 30 - 45 days. Application filling might just take 5-7 days.

6. I can't tell at my organization for LOR so i will be sourcing it from a senior (close friend of mine) working in the same organization. Will ISB interviewers take it in negative sense?
You are at liberty to choose your recommender. It is recommended that you take your recommendations from your supervisor, which is not always practically possible. What your recommender has to say about you and how well he/she knows your professional acumen is what matters.

All the best!

walterwhite756

Hi all, kindly evaluate my profile and suggest tentative GMAT score :

10th : 90.33% (Rajasthan state board)
12th : 91% (CBSE board)
BTech : Electrical engineering in 2018 , 9.2 CGPA (Gold medalist from reputed NIT college)
MTech : Electrical engineering in 2020, 86% (Gold medalist)
GMAT : Yet to take (scored 650 in official practice test #1)
work exp : 5 yrs in core Government R&D institute, my work is focused on Research and development of various new technologies in power electronics sector with 1 promotion
Motive for exec MBA: career domain change from Govt to Corporate and better opportunities
Extra curricular : in the organizing committee of National science day (conducted every year) from past 2 years in the office.
Hobbies : Travelling, movies, Playing cricket

Queries:
1. Will my Govt R&D job affect my application severely? As i don't have any experience in private/corporate industry?
2. How will my extra curriculars and hobbies fare against rest of the applicants?
3. Are there any certifications which i can opt for to improve my application?
4. Should i target GMAT in August or in October? I think if i take more time, my score can go past 700-720s. If i appear for GMAT in August (for R1), i think my score might fall below 700.
5. How much time to be devoted for application filling and how do i approach it, i am totally new to this thing and don't have any prior knowledge about the same.
6. I can't tell at my organization for LOR so i will be sourcing it from a senior (close friend of mine) working in the same organization. Will ISB interviewers take it in negative sense?

Apart from ISB, i am thinking of IIM A, B and C. Can you suggest any other schools?

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Thanks for your wise words.
1. Please tell me range of target score in GMAT with my profile as mentioned earlier?

2. Kindly elaborate your reply to query no. 5 regarding application filling and 30-45 days in strong application. Why so much time is required for essay writing and all? Are there any other elements to application that i am missing right now?

Thanks.

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Hello,
Answering your questions as below.

1. Will my Govt R&D job affect my application severely? As i don't have any experience in private/corporate industry?
No. It is a plus as a diverse work experience. But your professional agility will be important.

2. How will my extra curriculars and hobbies fare against rest of the applicants?
At par. Ok.

3. Are there any certifications which i can opt for to improve my application?
Choose any skill upgrade (certifications) as per your career goals.

4. Should i target GMAT in August or in October? I think if i take more time, my score can go past 700-720s. If i appear for GMAT in August (for R1), i think my score might fall below 700.
Try to have a competitive score. Submitting in R1 with a low GMAT score versus with a stronger GMAT score in R2, will go with the latter.

5. How much time to be devoted for application filling and how do i approach it, i am totally new to this thing and don't have any prior knowledge about the same.
Upto you. A strong application usually takes around 30 - 45 days. Application filling might just take 5-7 days.

6. I can't tell at my organization for LOR so i will be sourcing it from a senior (close friend of mine) working in the same organization. Will ISB interviewers take it in negative sense?
You are at liberty to choose your recommender. It is recommended that you take your recommendations from your supervisor, which is not always practically possible. What your recommender has to say about you and how well he/she knows your professional acumen is what matters.

All the best!

walterwhite756

Hi all, kindly evaluate my profile and suggest tentative GMAT score :

10th : 90.33% (Rajasthan state board)
12th : 91% (CBSE board)
BTech : Electrical engineering in 2018 , 9.2 CGPA (Gold medalist from reputed NIT college)
MTech : Electrical engineering in 2020, 86% (Gold medalist)
GMAT : Yet to take (scored 650 in official practice test #1)
work exp : 5 yrs in core Government R&D institute, my work is focused on Research and development of various new technologies in power electronics sector with 1 promotion
Motive for exec MBA: career domain change from Govt to Corporate and better opportunities
Extra curricular : in the organizing committee of National science day (conducted every year) from past 2 years in the office.
Hobbies : Travelling, movies, Playing cricket

Queries:
1. Will my Govt R&D job affect my application severely? As i don't have any experience in private/corporate industry?
2. How will my extra curriculars and hobbies fare against rest of the applicants?
3. Are there any certifications which i can opt for to improve my application?
4. Should i target GMAT in August or in October? I think if i take more time, my score can go past 700-720s. If i appear for GMAT in August (for R1), i think my score might fall below 700.
5. How much time to be devoted for application filling and how do i approach it, i am totally new to this thing and don't have any prior knowledge about the same.
6. I can't tell at my organization for LOR so i will be sourcing it from a senior (close friend of mine) working in the same organization. Will ISB interviewers take it in negative sense?

Apart from ISB, i am thinking of IIM A, B and C. Can you suggest any other schools?

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Thanks for your wise words.

1. Please tell me range of target score in GMAT with my profile as mentioned earlier?
A target score could be close to the school average - 700/710/720 or higher.

2. Kindly elaborate your reply to query no. 5 regarding application filling and 30-45 days in strong application. Why so much time is required for essay writing and all? Are there any other elements to application that i am missing right now?

If you have researched and thought out your goals and expectations from the programs, along with your stories that you want to highlight, the essays should not take you long. If not, then managing all of this along with work commitments does take time. Its not mandatory for everyone to spend that much though. This is from past observations.

Thanks.

Goalisb

Hello,
Answering your questions as below.

1. Will my Govt R&D job affect my application severely? As i don't have any experience in private/corporate industry?
No. It is a plus as a diverse work experience. But your professional agility will be important.

2. How will my extra curriculars and hobbies fare against rest of the applicants?
At par. Ok.

3. Are there any certifications which i can opt for to improve my application?
Choose any skill upgrade (certifications) as per your career goals.

4. Should i target GMAT in August or in October? I think if i take more time, my score can go past 700-720s. If i appear for GMAT in August (for R1), i think my score might fall below 700.
Try to have a competitive score. Submitting in R1 with a low GMAT score versus with a stronger GMAT score in R2, will go with the latter.

5. How much time to be devoted for application filling and how do i approach it, i am totally new to this thing and don't have any prior knowledge about the same.
Upto you. A strong application usually takes around 30 - 45 days. Application filling might just take 5-7 days.

6. I can't tell at my organization for LOR so i will be sourcing it from a senior (close friend of mine) working in the same organization. Will ISB interviewers take it in negative sense?
You are at liberty to choose your recommender. It is recommended that you take your recommendations from your supervisor, which is not always practically possible. What your recommender has to say about you and how well he/she knows your professional acumen is what matters.

All the best!

walterwhite756

Hi all, kindly evaluate my profile and suggest tentative GMAT score :

10th : 90.33% (Rajasthan state board)
12th : 91% (CBSE board)
BTech : Electrical engineering in 2018 , 9.2 CGPA (Gold medalist from reputed NIT college)
MTech : Electrical engineering in 2020, 86% (Gold medalist)
GMAT : Yet to take (scored 650 in official practice test #1)
work exp : 5 yrs in core Government R&D institute, my work is focused on Research and development of various new technologies in power electronics sector with 1 promotion
Motive for exec MBA: career domain change from Govt to Corporate and better opportunities
Extra curricular : in the organizing committee of National science day (conducted every year) from past 2 years in the office.
Hobbies : Travelling, movies, Playing cricket

Queries:
1. Will my Govt R&D job affect my application severely? As i don't have any experience in private/corporate industry?
2. How will my extra curriculars and hobbies fare against rest of the applicants?
3. Are there any certifications which i can opt for to improve my application?
4. Should i target GMAT in August or in October? I think if i take more time, my score can go past 700-720s. If i appear for GMAT in August (for R1), i think my score might fall below 700.
5. How much time to be devoted for application filling and how do i approach it, i am totally new to this thing and don't have any prior knowledge about the same.
6. I can't tell at my organization for LOR so i will be sourcing it from a senior (close friend of mine) working in the same organization. Will ISB interviewers take it in negative sense?

Apart from ISB, i am thinking of IIM A, B and C. Can you suggest any other schools?

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If Ronaldo cycles at a speed of 10 miles/hour from his house, he will miss his flight for Spain by 5 minutes, but if he cycles at 12 miles/hour, he will reach the airport 5 minutes early. How far is the airport?
12 miles
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15 miles
16 miles

Anybody ?

Options are wrong. Correct answer is 10 miles.
PS- This thread is for ISB related queries.

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Isn’t it 11?

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Options are wrong. Correct answer is 10 miles. PS- This thread is for ISB related queries.

Yeah...even I got 10 but when I saw that it was not in the options got confused.

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Yes 10 is the answer ...options are wrong.

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hello, what would be the disadvantages i face by applying in R2 instead of R1?

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Hi everyone! I am currently preparing for the GMAT and I am done with the OG for both quant & verbal. Can somone suggest how i could improve my quant? Any online resources or books?

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hello, what would be the disadvantages i face by applying in R2 instead of R1?

AG2907 - The best round to apply is when you are ready with a strong application i.e. GMAT, compelling essays, LoRs, etc. It is better to have a strong application in R2 than a weak one in R1. Having said that, applying in R2 would potentially have the following disadvantages compared to R1:

R1 typically tends to have more seats available for enrollment than R2. Furthermore, R2 attracts a larger applicant pool than R1, making the competition more intense. Applying in R1 showcases your commitment and preparedness, indicating a strong interest in the program, which (other things being equal) adds more weightage to the application. Applying in R1 also gives you enough time to plan your transition.

Regards,
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AG2907 - The best round to apply is when you are ready with a strong application i.e. GMAT, compelling essays, LoRs, etc. It is better to have a strong application in R2 than a weak one in R1. Having said that, applying in R2 would potentially have the following disadvantages compared to R1: R1 typically tends to have more seats available for enrollment than R2. Furthermore, R2 attracts a larger applicant pool than R1, making the competition more intense. Applying in R1 showcases your commitment and preparedness, indicating a strong interest in the program, which (other things being equal) adds more weightage to the application. Applying in R1 also gives you enough time to plan your transition. Regards, Arvind HEC Paris MBA alum, Admissions interviewer W: https://admitstreet.com | E: consultingteam@admitstreet.com | M: +(91)-974-126-3950

Thank you. What about the scholarships? are they the same in both rounds ?

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Is it true that post 1st october the regular GMAT will be scrapped and only focus edition will be active? Or we will be having both the options?

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where can i find data insights mock questions ???

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Is it true that post 1st october the regular GMAT will be scrapped and only focus edition will be active? Or we will be having both the options?

We’ll be having both atleast till the end of this year, first quarter of next year is also expected.

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Is it true that post 1st october the regular GMAT will be scrapped and only focus edition will be active? Or we will be having both the options?

Hey guys! Have a follow up doubt. So say if I write the regular GMAT this year. Will it still be recognised and given same weightage if I use the score for 2025/2026 admissions???

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