Calling All Paris HEC MBA Applicants: September 2020 Intake

Hi! I’ve just been admitted for September 2020 and will be happy to answer any questions anyone may have on the application process, why I chose the school, etc.

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Hi All,

I have just received my invite to the HEC Paris September intake if 2020. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have on the admissions process etc.

PS : If there is any whatsapp group for candidates admitted into HEC please add me to it

Hi Crimsonette,
Many congratulations to you Do you have admits from any other school? Are you going to accept HEC offer?
It would be so kind of you to submit an Interview debrief on the below link:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/hec-paris-22 ... brief.html

Cheers!!!

Hi arhitsharma241192,
Many congratulations to you Do you have admits from any other school? Are you going to accept HEC offer?
It would be so kind of you to submit an Interview debrief on the below link:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/hec-paris-22 ... brief.html

Cheers!!!

Yes, I am going to accept. I did not apply to any other schools as HEC was my first choice, and because of their quick admissions process I still would have had plenty of time to apply to other schools. Those application fees sting!

However my second choices were INSEAD/IMD (both Jan intakes), and my backup choices were IESE and ESADE.

Hi, potential classmate! Let's see if any other admits join this thread and we can all create a WhatsApp group - I believe you and I are pretty ahead of the curve at the moment.

Are you going to accept?

A new HEC Paris Interview Debrief has just been posted: https://gmatclub.com/forum/hec-paris-221/interview_debrief.html#debrief-1039

Hi,

I've submitted my interview debrief on the link.
While I have applied to a few other european schools and am in the process of interviewing for them, HEC was my first choice and I'll be accepting the HEC offer.

Hi,
Excellent decision. Thank you so much for posting a debrief. HEC .. yayyy !!!

Hi, I submitted my application for 15th Oct deadline and haven't got a reply yet.
Anyone else in the same boat?

Sitting right next to you. Waiting for a beacon.

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monabag .. I wish you will be shortlisted soon. Would you like to share your profile? What are your MBA goals? Why you chose HEC?

testtaker2019 .. I wish you will be shortlisted soon. Would you like to share your profile? What are your MBA goals? Why you chose HEC?

lol! thanks!! makes me feel better! all the best!

Sure.

I am 33/Indian/Female.
GMAT - 700, Q - 48 V - 38

I am a graduate from National Institute of Fashion Technology. GPA 8.2/10, gold medalist
I have 10 years + work experience in fashion retail working for international premium brands Tommy Hilfiger & Calvin Klein.

MBA Goals - Career acceleration, opportunities to work in the luxury/ lifestyle retail sector.
HEC is my first choice as it has a great alumni network in the sector I wish to work in. Also, I like the course structure with electives/internship etc.

I have also completed B2 level in French from AF.

Hi,
Thank you so much for sharing. They have a Luxury trek. Recently, trek people went to different premium wine and champagne makers. You will get to know how they kept their brands premium, maintaining cost and supplies. Also, students from HEC goes to SDA Bocconi for luxury competitions.
It is a great school. They are looking to improve their Women to Men ration in the class

Sure. Going to cut some corners and add the default writeup.

Why HEC:
- Great brand with inroads into consulting.
- strategy elective
- consulting club and consulting practice


Basic bio:
- Nationality: Indian
- Gender: Male
- Age: 28

Academic Details (commerce/business administration):
- Grad: BBA (in Finance) - rough calculation of GPA using the WES scale 3.42
- Post Grad: PGDM (in Finance) from a top-15 school in India - rough calculation of GPA using WES scale 3.37
- GMAT: 720
- TOEFL: 112

Work experience:
- 3 years with a Big 4. I worked with the Risk Advisory Services team in India. I did process risk assessment for several organizational processes for clients across several industries. I also worked with the senior management in Business Development activities for the India operations of the team.

- 3 years (post-PGDM experience) with the Indian arm of a US-based Hedge Fund in the Financial Operations team. I work as a part of the team that serves as a nodal point for internal and external stakeholders.

- While I have managed a couple of small teams for various tasks, I dont have any significant management experience.

International experience:
- In addition to dealing with stakeholders from all over the globe on a daily bases and working as a part of a team spread across various geographies, I also worked at the US office for a period of 4 months.

Extra-Curricular Activities :
- I have been actively involved in sports at school, college and corporate level.
- During my undergrad, I was a part of the strategy club, where I participated and organized in a few management fests.
- During my postgrad, I was a part of the committee dealing with student exchange programmes.
- I have been involved with the CSR groups in both the organizations.
- Currently volunteer at a local zero-funds volunteer organization that works to get surplus food from restaurants and communities to serve the less fortunate.

Post-MBA plans:
- I plan on leveraging my risk advisory/consulting and financial operations experience in landing a strategy consulting job