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03 Oct 2019, 00:27
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Hello,
I would appreciate some help with choosing between the two best MiM programmes in France, especially given my unique scenario.
Yesterday, at a Campus France event in my city (Mumbai), I had the chance to sit down one-on-one with the Head of Recruitment, India for ESSEC Business School and go over my profile. While I have a below-average GMAT score (670: V42 Q39), she was confident I would be able to make the interview round since she was of the opinion that the rest of my profile can compensate for it. I personally was not super surprised by this because I am very confident that the rest of my profile does stand out versus most other Indian-male profiles (Bachelor's in Economics from a tier-1 school, management consulting experience at Deloitte S&O, startup experience from internships and working on a project of my own, event management exp, NGO exp, school/college-level sports, academic papers). For context, I applied to ISB as well via the Young Leaders Programme entry-option as a back-up option and got called for an interview with a way below-avg GMAT score (The YLP average is about 720/730).
I also intend on applying to HEC Paris, although I am not liking my odds with my current GMAT score. I plan on taking the GMAT again by mid-December, hopefully improving to about 700/710, and then applying in Round 2. But do you guys think that the jump from ESSEC to HEC Paris is significant enough to justify spending another 2-odd months on the GMAT, not to mention the cost of re-taking the exam, the possibility that I could end up with a 680/690, and also the fact that I will be applying in Round 2, a far more competitive application pool than Round 1, from what I've read online.
Also worth keeping in mind is that should I get accepted by ESSEC in Round 1 (and after my interaction with the India recruitment head, I am liking my odds), I will have to put down a deposit of about 1,000 EUR to hold on to my seat. This will be in addition to the approx. 1,300 EUR I will be putting down for blocking a seat at ISB since the results of the ISB interviews will be out well before I know about whether I've made the ESSEC Round 1 shortlist or not.
I would appreciate some help with choosing between the two best MiM programmes in France, especially given my unique scenario.
Yesterday, at a Campus France event in my city (Mumbai), I had the chance to sit down one-on-one with the Head of Recruitment, India for ESSEC Business School and go over my profile. While I have a below-average GMAT score (670: V42 Q39), she was confident I would be able to make the interview round since she was of the opinion that the rest of my profile can compensate for it. I personally was not super surprised by this because I am very confident that the rest of my profile does stand out versus most other Indian-male profiles (Bachelor's in Economics from a tier-1 school, management consulting experience at Deloitte S&O, startup experience from internships and working on a project of my own, event management exp, NGO exp, school/college-level sports, academic papers). For context, I applied to ISB as well via the Young Leaders Programme entry-option as a back-up option and got called for an interview with a way below-avg GMAT score (The YLP average is about 720/730).
I also intend on applying to HEC Paris, although I am not liking my odds with my current GMAT score. I plan on taking the GMAT again by mid-December, hopefully improving to about 700/710, and then applying in Round 2. But do you guys think that the jump from ESSEC to HEC Paris is significant enough to justify spending another 2-odd months on the GMAT, not to mention the cost of re-taking the exam, the possibility that I could end up with a 680/690, and also the fact that I will be applying in Round 2, a far more competitive application pool than Round 1, from what I've read online.
Also worth keeping in mind is that should I get accepted by ESSEC in Round 1 (and after my interaction with the India recruitment head, I am liking my odds), I will have to put down a deposit of about 1,000 EUR to hold on to my seat. This will be in addition to the approx. 1,300 EUR I will be putting down for blocking a seat at ISB since the results of the ISB interviews will be out well before I know about whether I've made the ESSEC Round 1 shortlist or not.
03 Oct 2019, 11:09
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Moving this to the MiM Forum.
Not knowing your profile, I can say it is positive that the AdCom had that message for you since Q42 is a pretty low quant score, esp for someone who just got out of undergrad.
Not knowing your profile, I can say it is positive that the AdCom had that message for you since Q42 is a pretty low quant score, esp for someone who just got out of undergrad.
03 Oct 2019, 11:16
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Moving this to the MiM Forum.
Not knowing your profile, I can say it is positive that the AdCom had that message for you since Q42 is a pretty low quant score, esp for someone who just got out of undergrad.
Not knowing your profile, I can say it is positive that the AdCom had that message for you since Q42 is a pretty low quant score, esp for someone who just got out of undergrad.
Q39* actually :P
Yeah, to be honest, I was very nervous about my chances at first too. But getting a call from ISB for an interview in spite of it was really reassuring. The plan is to give the test one more time because I can definitely do better than Q39. All of my official mocks were between 45 and 49 too so it was quite shocking to see such a low score on test day.
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