Calling all NUS Singapore MBA Applicants: 2025 Intake Class of 2027 : NUS

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Welcome 2024-2025 NUS Singapore MBA Applicants Welcome, all NUS MBA 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. Join NUS Chat NUS MBA Deadlines 2024-25 Round Application Deadline Round 1 Oct 30, 2024 Round 2 Jan 15, 2025 (Last round to be considered for scholarships) Round 3 Apr 02, 2025 NUS MBA Essays 2024-25 Essay 1 How have people, events, and/or situations in your life influenced who you are today? (250 words/ 3500 characters) Essay 2 How do you plan to spend your time on The NUS MBA to transform yourself personally & professionally? Briefly describe your experience to date, and how this and The NUS MBA can help you achieve your mid and long term career goals. (350 words) Optional Essay Is there any additional information relevant to your application that you’d like to share with the Admissions Committee? (200 words/3500 characters) Reapplicant Essay Reapplicants need to complete this additional reapplicant essay. Please provide an update on any new aspects of your professional, international, academic or personal profile that would not have been included in your previous application. Please also explain your motivation for re-applying to NUS. (Max 300 words) NUS MBA Admission Stats 2024-25 Average GMAT 670 Average GRE 320 Work Exp. 72 months Acceptance rate ~20% View the full NUS Class Profile --> https://mba.nus.edu.sg/who-is-it-for/ NUS MBA Employment report 2022-23 Average Salary $77,109 Received offer in 3 months 93% Changed location 69% Changes industry 65% View the full NUS Employment Report --> https://mba.nus.edu.sg/career-development/

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Hi, I’ve submitted the essays and completed the payment before the deadline. Only the LoRs are pending, which have a 7th Feb deadline. Is there anything else to do? Does NUS send us a confirmation email that everything has been submitted?

Hi @Akhil5495, it was mentioned in the latest webinar that the LOR needs to be in by the application deadline to be fully submitted.

I submitted my application yesterday and I have received the KIRA interview invite this morning.

There was no confirmation of my application submission but all application materials had the green checkmarks ✅

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Hey!
How was your interview experience? How many people were there in the panel and what did they ask?

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I applied around 19th December, got the interview email link a couple days ago and had my interview today. Should hear back in 2 weeks.

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Hi @Akhil5495, it was mentioned in the latest webinar that the LOR needs to be in by the application deadline to be fully submitted.

I submitted my application yesterday and I have received the KIRA interview invite this morning.

There was no confirmation of my application submission but all application materials had the green checkmarks ✅

Same here. Any resources available as to what kind of questions are being asked in these?

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Any suggestions on how to prep for video assesment and the kind of questions they ask which I could prepare in advance?

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AeriG

Hi All,

Would be great to receive your inputs on below:
1. The R2 deadline is 15th January. This is the deadline for stage 2 of the application right? Stage 3: Video Assessment can be submitted post the 15th January deadline?

2. Is there a particular format for CV for the application? No such template is attached on the portal under the "Supporting Documents" section.

3. In "Financial Support Documents" section, the instructions say "recent pay slip". Typically, pay slip of any past 3 months works but please confirm since I haven’t yet received the December pay slip from my organisation and plan to upload the November pay slip.

Thanks in advance!

Hi @AeriG !

1)As per NUS - After submitting your application, you’ll receive the video assessment email invitation from
[email protected] or (other email) to complete a video assessment. The email will be sent within 1-3 working days after your application is verified. You’ll have access to a practice recording, after which you will be required to answer one interview question. For the interview question, you can make two attempts with a 2-minute prep. time and up to 3 minutes for each recording. The assessment must be completed in one sitting and will take approximately 10 minutes. The video assessment must be completed within 7 days of the email invitation (the exact deadline will be mentioned on the email, may vary too). Completion of the video assessment is required to move forward in the admissions process. Please take a look at the application guidelines for the latest info.

2)There is no specific format for the CV but a one-pager resume should be good.

3)Nov, pay slip will also work fine.

For more info. directly connect with the adcom via email.

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Hi @Akhil5495, it was mentioned in the latest webinar that the LOR needs to be in by the application deadline to be fully submitted.

I submitted my application yesterday and I have received the KIRA interview invite this morning.

There was no confirmation of my application submission but all application materials had the green checkmarks ✅

Thank you so much, really appreciate the help here. I have sent an email to the admissions committee with a screenshot of the deadline my referee received to give me some clarity considering I didn’t attend the latest webinar. I’ve sent an email to these 2 IDs (hope these are correct ones, incase I’ve missed out on the correct ID, do let me know what it is) : [email protected],
[email protected]

There seems to be some miscommunication from their end, the automatic reply still says this

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Akhil5495

Thank you so much, really appreciate the help here. I have sent an email to the admissions committee with a screenshot of the deadline my referee received to give me some clarity considering I didn’t attend the latest webinar. I’ve sent an email to these 2 IDs (hope these are correct ones, incase I’ve missed out on the correct ID, do let me know what it is) : [email protected],
[email protected]

<[email protected]> is the right email. they are very responsive. fingers crossed to you

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Any suggestions on how to prep for video assesment and the kind of questions they ask which I could prepare in advance?

Hey sure! Be calm and confident. Make yourself ready with stories to answer question related to your work exp. (challenges, diversity, learnings, impact created, leadership) | Life experiences, strengths, weakness, about yourself, school values, fit, aspirations.
(Sharing some questions for prac. these are not the exact questions but you can take a look at the above chat to find the type of questions applicants got)
You can prepare yourself with some questions like:
1)Describe a time when you got a negative feedback from a supervisor/team member. How did it make you feel?
2)What challenging goals have you set for yourself
3)What are you expecting to learn during your MBA?
4) How do you handle (x situation) at work? How do you resolve it?
5)What hobby or project have you recently challenged yourself with?
6)What was your most significant accomplishment?

Good luck !

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After how many did you guys receive the video assessment? I submitted my application on 13th and haven’t got my invite yet.

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After how many did you guys receive the video assessment? I submitted my application on 13th and haven’t got my invite yet.

Usually within 3 working days

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I submitted my application on 15th and received the link for video interview on 16th.

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It almost three days now for me and still haven’t received it yet

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Pretty much cooked in my interview. Not so good not so bad. What will be the chance ??my GRE score is 333.

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Can someone share video assessment questions they got? It’l be really helpful

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My question was - 'Discuss a global issue that you feel is important. How are you contributing or engaging with it?'

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Can someone share video assessment questions they got? It’l be really helpful

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anyone has the idea if taking the second attempt to answer the online interview question affects the chances of selection?

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I have a 615 in GMAT FE. Should I apply for NUS Singapore?

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[quote="shivanichauhan310"]Can someone share the video assessment questions they got? It’ll be really helpful [/quote]
Mine was, “Describe a complex problem that you solved, how did you approach it and what was the solution?”

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