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Hi njesus,

there is no reason to be anxious. Just choose a topic that:

  • you feel comfortable with
  • you know well
  • you are passionate about
  • is somehow connected or relevant to your application (e.g. your career goals)

I hope this helps.

Good luck!
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Do we prepare a separate presentation for each interview?

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I like how this girl put it, I hope this example might stir something: https://poetsandquants.com/2017/11/06/m ... of-2019/8/

Admissions interview: In addition to classic interview part, HEC MBA applicants are also required to make a short presentation on any topic. Choosing the right topic is challenging. I wanted it to be entertaining (not too specialized or technical), yet relevant to the business school application process. So I chose a topic I was passionate about: ballet with an added “business” twist. The title of my work was “What Sergey Diaghilev and his ‘Ballets Russes’ can teach us about running a company?”


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why are you anxious?

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They are releasing the decisions in batches, I suppose. There was someone in the forum last week, I met someone who was invited last friday.
I was pre-selected this morning. I am super excited but now anxious about the theme of my presentation.

Because I don't know which theme to present. They say it should be something different from your application and I think the app from HEC is quite thorough about themes.
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No, wow, that would be hell. Just one.

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I got an email from the adcom confirming my pre-selection and asking me to wait as they lineup interviewers for the next round :)

I am hoping to sort out my presentation this weekend. Any idea about HEC's 'admit to interview' ratio? Is HEC overly generous in sending out invites and consequently brutal when it comes to selecting candidates after interviews? (Like Rice)

Or even getting an interview invite is a big big step towards admit?

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Thanks ARLeeConsulting and MBAPrepCoach.

I will think about it tonight already.

Just an update: I have already received the contacts of my interviewers and I have about 2 weeks to finish the process.
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Anyone else waiting on alumni interview information ?

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I got an email from the adcom confirming my pre-selection and asking me to wait as they lineup interviewers for the next round :)

I am hoping to sort out my presentation this weekend. Any idea about HEC's 'admit to interview' ratio? Is HEC overly generous in sending out invites and consequently brutal when it comes to selecting candidates after interviews? (Like Rice)

Or even getting an interview invite is a big big step towards admit?

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From the decision tracker,

For 2021, 27 got admitted out of 31 interviewed. admit to interview ratio is 87%
For 2020, 51 got admitted out of 61 interviewed. admit to interview ratio is 83%
For 2019, 24 got admitted out of 33 interviewed. admit to interview ratio is 72%
For 2018, 27 got admitted out of 31 interviewed. admit to interview ratio is 85%

These numbers doesn't represent all the applicants but give you a fair idea. You can check the same for other years in the decision tracker here https://gmatclub.com/forum/hec-paris-22 ... acker.html
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Hi Guys,
Indian here. Does applying too late in the application cycle have any implication on admit and if it does, then applying in fourth round i.e 1 April for Jan-2020 intake too late now?
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Indian here. Does applying too late in the application cycle have any implication on admit and if it does, then applying in fourth round i.e 1 April for Jan-2020 intake too late now?

Yes when you apply does have an impact, especially if you come from an over represented country. Jan 2020 intake has only 70 students, with around 17-18 Indians hence R4 is slightly risky. If you want to go ahead and take your chances, you can do it but will be better if you apply to sep 2020 intake.

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Hi all. Today’s the day for the Feb window results. Any idea when the results start trickling in ?

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Hi all. Today’s the day for the Feb window results. Any idea when the results start trickling in ?

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Already got my call last evening, she said the acceptance emails should be coming in later today.
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Already got my call last evening, she said the acceptance emails should be coming in later today.

Congrats ! I’m assuming you mean you got an acceptance call last evening and official emails will start coming in tonight.
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Hi all. Today’s the day for the Feb window results. Any idea when the results start trickling in ?

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Already got my call last evening, she said the acceptance emails should be coming in later today.

Congrats Vik1611!

I see in Clearadmit that a couple of others got intimated via call yesterday. Both in USA - not sure which intake though.
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Hi all ! Just got a call from the admissions director. I got in !!!
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Accepted! Got the call and email just over an hour ago! :D
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I missed my call yesterday, but got my confirmation today! So happy!
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