Calling all ISB PGP Applicants: 2026 Intake Class of 2027 : ISB

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Welcome 2025-2026 ISB Applicants Welcome, all ISB class of 2027 hopefuls. Let's use this platform to know each other, exchange ideas, and discuss app strategies. Who all are applying? Let us know by commenting below. Follow the thread and bookmark this post. https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=71511 https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=71421 https://gmatclub.com/forum/schools/photo/ISB.jpg ISB MBA Deadlines 2024-25 Round Application Deadline Decisions Released Round 1 Sep 14, 2025 End of Nov 2025 Round 2 Dec 7, 2025 End of Feb 2026 Round 3 Jan 25, 2026 Mid March 2026 ISB MBA Essays 2024-25 Essay 1 https://gmatclub.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/transparent100-1.gif Provide an honest portrayal of yourself, emphasizing your strengths and weaknesses. Highlight the key elements that have shaped your personal journey. Give relevant illustrations as needed. (400 words) Essay 2 Contemplate two distinct situations—one where you experienced success and another where you faced failure. Delve into the personal and interpersonal lessons you learned from these instances. (400 words max) Essay 3 Given your previous experience and future aspirations, how do you plan to use the PGP at ISB to fulfil your professional goals? Note: It is not necessary for you to write this essay. Please use this space only if there is something really significant that you would like us to know.(250 words max) ISB MBA Admission Stats 2024-25 Average GMAT 716 Average GRE 330 Work Exp. 49 months View the full ISB Class Profile --> https://www.isb.edu/en/study-isb/post-graduate-programmes/pgp-management.html View the full ISB Employment Report --> https://www.isb.edu/en/study-isb/post-graduate-programmes/pgp-management/career-services.html

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Hello Everyone. It would be great if someone could review my profile and provide some recommendations:

10th - 92% (ICSE)
12th - 90% (ISC)
BTech Civil (Vellore Institute of Technology) - 9.02 GPA
-Vice Chairperson of College Literary Association (2019-20)
-Winner and Top scorer of Inter school Football Tournaments (2015-16)

From 2021 till Date (~4 years + 6 month internship)- Worked with Amazon as an Area Manager in Operations - 2.5 years.
Then after getting promoted, moved to Supply Chain Planning as a Program Manager - 1.5 years*

Also needed guidance on the following (sincerely targeting R1 of ISB):
- When should I schedule the GMAT keeping in mind the time required for LORs/essays?
- What is a good GMAT score for me?

Good academic scores. Amazon’s Ops + Supply Chain experience is valuable and should be leveraged for a strong application. You haven’t mentioned your post-MBA goals, if it is in the realm of operations management then you’ll have a good link with your past work-ex. Apart from application deadline, your GMAT scheduling should also be a function of your current preparedness. In general terms, if your GMAT is wrapped up by July, it will give you sufficient time to work on your application. Aim for 675+. Wish you the best. We are always available at Preppie (https://www.preppie.in) for a detailed conversation if and when you need it.

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Hello Everyone. It would be great if someone could review my profile and provide some recommendations:

10th - 6.8 CGPA (CBSE)
12th - 58.6% (CBSE)
B.Tech CSE (Galgotias University) - 6.66 GPA
Stoa School (GMP) - Alt. MBA

- Worked with the MD directly for three years as a paid intern for college, handled content marketing across platforms like Quora,
Linkedin.
-Founder of Marketing Club (2019-20)
-Winner across multiple debate, extempore competitions across NCR (2016-18)
-Co head of Graphex (responsible for designing of entire university’s graphics)

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2020-2022 - (2 Years) Worked in an Ed-tech (b2c) - 3 promotions during 2 years; from associate to Associate Senior Manager
2022 - 2023 - (5 months) Singapore based Startup (Remote) (SaaS - HR-Tech) - (SDR - UK)
2023-2024 - (11 months) USA, based startup (Remote)(SaaS-Privacy) - (SDR - UK and USA)
2024-2025 - (6 months) Banglore, India (SaaS - Legal Privacy, CLM) (SDR-North America)
2025 - (Currently working) Jaipur, Rajasthan (Pharma Manufacturing) (Founder’s Office)

Also needed guidance on the following (sincerely targeting R1 of ISB):
- What is a good GMAT score for me?

Low scores in school and graduation. Way too many job switches across different industries such as Edtech, SAAS, Manufacturing every few months which will have to be explained in the application/interview. Recent extracurriculars will add some value to the profile. Post-MBA goal isn’t mentioned. Also, your exact role in these firms isn’t very clear. Target a very high GMAT score (715+) to possibly make up for the current gaps in the profile. Happy to discuss in more detail at Preppie (https://www.preppie.in)

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Also needed guidance on the following (sincerely targeting R1 of ISB):
- When should I schedule the GMAT keeping in mind the time required for LORs/essays?
- What is a good GMAT score for me?

675+. Latest mid-August.
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Hi, Please rate my profile and suggest the necessary-

*Education*

10th-84%(CBSE) - 2015
12th-85% (CBSE) - 2017

BBA (Accounting &Finance and International Business) from Symbiosis Pune ’20 - 76%

*Work Experiece*

Aug 2020- Present (~5 Years)
TresVista: Working as an Associate managing a set of private equity, investment banking and hedge fund clients. Started as an Analyst in 2020 and currently an Associate managing a team of 5 analysts

*Internships*

Corporate Internships: 7 internships with various companies spread across Finance and Marketing roles with a total duration of ~14 months during college

NGO Internship: Operations internship (Nov'18-Jan'19) with an NGO in Pune including managing an event that created a Guinness world record

*Extracurricular*
Member of the Finance Club TresVista
Vice President Finance, Enactus (College)
Founding Member and Head, Investment Board (College)
Event Head and Coordinator, Business and Cultural Fest departments (College)
Secured positions in sports like football and chess in inter college competitions (College)
Participation in multiple inter college Business fests (College)

Preparing for GMAT now, please let me know the target marks. Special focus on colleges like ISB and Executive MBA with IIMs.

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Hi, Please rate my profile and suggest the necessary-

*Education*

10th-84%(CBSE) - 2015
12th-85% (CBSE) - 2017

BBA (Accounting &Finance and International Business) from Symbiosis Pune ’20 - 76%

*Work Experiece*

Aug 2020- Present (~5 Years)
Financial Services Firm: Working as an Associate managing a set of private equity, investment banking and hedge fund clients. Started as an Analyst in 2020 and currently an Associate managing a team of 5 analysts

*Internships*

Corporate Internships: 7 internships with various companies spread across Finance and Marketing roles with a total duration of ~14 months during college

NGO Internship: Operations internship (Nov’18-Jan’19) with an NGO in Pune including managing an event that created a Guinness world record

*Extracurricular*
Member of the Finance Club TresVista
Vice President Finance, Enactus (College)
Founding Member and Head, Investment Board (College)
Event Head and Coordinator, Business and Cultural Fest departments (College)
Secured positions in sports like football and chess in inter college competitions (College)
Participation in multiple inter college Business fests (College)

*Post MBA Goal*
Plan to enter the field of consulting specifically

Preparing for GMAT now, please let me know the target marks. Special focus on colleges like ISB and Executive MBA with IIMs.

I remember doing this in this chat.

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I remember doing this in this chat.

I am actually sharing this for the first time, might be some confusion with another candidate.

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WA@igv516

Hello Everyone. It would be great if someone could review my profile and provide some recommendations:

10th - 88.3% (ICSE)
12th - 90% (CBSE)
BBA (Strategic Finance) - 7.56 GPA
US CMA - qualified in both parts

Work ex -
2.8 years in Management Consulting at a Big 4 - Worked on diverse engagements across various sectors like energy, pharma, gov tech and space.
3 spot awards, 1 Above and beyond award.

ECs -
Karate Black Belt holder,
President, Student council (2017).
CBSE National Clusters - Football
Finance Head, Entrepreneurship cell, SJU
Event Head for finance events and participant in multiple.
Few volunteering events

Also needed guidance on the following (sincerely targeting R1 of ISB):
- When should I schedule the GRE keeping in mind the time required for LORs/essays?
- What is a good GRE score for me?

Hard to evaluate without a GMAT/GRE but overall profile is fine, no immediate red flags, experience is also within the range expected at 4 years upon matriculation.

You can get the application completed while you prep for GRE because at times people don’t get the target score so they retake multiple times which delays their application.

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Hi, Please rate my profile and suggest the necessary-

*Education*

10th-84%(CBSE) - 2015
12th-85% (CBSE) - 2017

BBA (Accounting &Finance and International Business) from Symbiosis Pune ’20 - 76%

*Work Experiece*

Aug 2020- Present (~5 Years)
Financial Services Firm: Working as an Associate managing a set of private equity, investment banking and hedge fund clients. Started as an Analyst in 2020 and currently an Associate managing a team of 5 analysts

*Internships*

Corporate Internships: 7 internships with various companies spread across Finance and Marketing roles with a total duration of ~14 months during college

NGO Internship: Operations internship (Nov’18-Jan’19) with an NGO in Pune including managing an event that created a Guinness world record

*Extracurricular*
Member of the Finance Club TresVista
Vice President Finance, Enactus (College)
Founding Member and Head, Investment Board (College)
Event Head and Coordinator, Business and Cultural Fest departments (College)
Secured positions in sports like football and chess in inter college competitions (College)
Participation in multiple inter college Business fests (College)

*Post MBA Goal*
Plan to enter the field of consulting specifically

Preparing for GMAT now, please let me know the target marks. Special focus on colleges like ISB and Executive MBA with IIMs.

Decent scores. Work ex also seems good - make sure to highlight your insightful interactions with PE, IB and HF clients. College extra-curricular exposure is diverse, anything else worth highlighting from the last 5 years post graduation? Post MBA goal of "consulting" is quite generic - From your experience in the finance sector so far, you should identify gaps/opportunities which you would want to go deeper into as a consultant post MBA. Target 665+ in GMAT. All the best! We would be glad to discuss your application strategy in more detail at Preppie (https://www.preppie.in)

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WA@igv516

Hello Everyone. It would be great if someone could review my profile and provide some recommendations:

10th - 88.3% (ICSE)
12th - 90% (CBSE)
BBA (Strategic Finance) - 7.56 GPA
US CMA - qualified in both parts

Work ex -
2.8 years in Management Consulting at a Big 4 - Worked on diverse engagements across various sectors like energy, pharma, gov tech and space.
3 spot awards, 1 Above and beyond award.

ECs -
Karate Black Belt holder,
President, Student council (2017).
CBSE National Clusters - Football
Finance Head, Entrepreneurship cell, SJU
Event Head for finance events and participant in multiple.
Few volunteering events

Also needed guidance on the following (sincerely targeting R1 of ISB):
- When should I schedule the GRE keeping in mind the time required for LORs/essays?
- What is a good GRE score for me?

Decent scores. US CMA qualification would also help provided you leverage it properly in your narrative. If your consulting experience from Big 4 is mostly client facing, that really gives you a diverse set of instances to talk about in your essays/interviews. ECs also seem well thought through. You haven’t mentioned your college and post-MBA goals. Target 328-330+ in GRE. Aim to wrap it up by end of July. You can always have a detailed discussion with ISB alums at Preppie (https://www.preppie.in).

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Hello!

I am an IIML passout (batch of 2022 passout).

My brother is looking to apply to the ISB PGP program too but at the moment I do not have a sense of what will be a competitive GRE score to get a shortlist.

Any thoughts?

Best regards,
Priya

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Hello!

I am an IIML passout (batch of 2022 passout).

My brother is looking to apply to the ISB PGP program too but at the moment I do not have a sense of what will be a competitive GRE score to get a shortlist.

Any thoughts?

Best regards,
Priya

Hi Priya, knowing the profile of your brother would have helped.

Just to give some pointers, the average GRE for this year was around 328-329.

All the best.
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Hi! Your academic and professional background are strong. Promotions are very important in elevating your competitiveness. Considering you are an engineer by background, you're definitely looking at a target score of 675+. If you are targeting R1 for ISB, realistically, your first attempt should be complete by the end of June. If you need a second attempt, you can take that in July and if for any reason you need to take a third attempt, then latest mid-August. More than 3 attempts within a short span of time are not recommended. Ideally you want to complete your GMAT within July itself. This will give you time to work on your application without too much stress. The application itself will take about two to three weeks alongside work (including all components of the app) but trying to focus on all three (the app as well as GMAT while working full-time) can be unnecessarily stressful and is not recommended.

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Hello Everyone. It would be great if someone could review my profile and provide some recommendations:

10th - 92% (ICSE)
12th - 90% (ISC)
BTech Civil (Vellore Institute of Technology) - 9.02 GPA
-Vice Chairperson of College Literary Association (2019-20)
-Winner and Top scorer of Inter school Football Tournaments (2015-16)

From 2021 till Date (~4 years + 6 month internship)- Worked with Amazon as an Area Manager in Operations - 2.5 years.
Then after getting promoted, moved to Supply Chain Planning as a Program Manager - 1.5 years*

Also needed guidance on the following (sincerely targeting R1 of ISB):
- When should I schedule the GMAT keeping in mind the time required for LORs/essays?
- What is a good GMAT score for me?

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Any views on TOP Gmat course by sandeep gupta

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Not too sure about that one. Read mixed reviews on Reddit.

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Reddit got me really anxious about that

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It might be beneficial to try out a couple of demo classes (also try Magoosh/TPP/EGMAT, etc). Select the one which suits you the best.

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