ISB 2010-11 Applicants (GMAT Club) R1 bigoyal - Interview Experience anotherindian R2 mbaquestionmark alwynjoseph arvs212 saaquib riteshbindal herovijay ISBtarget Total number of applications submitted in R1: around 1700 Total number of applications submitted in R2: ___ ISB Essay Analysis indian-school-of-business-2010-11-thread-82576.html?view-post=641975#p641975 Inviting all the applicants for ISB 2010-11 programme, please join this thread. You can contribute your thoughts, queries, information, suggestions, comments whatever you feel would be helpful to all the applicants. Indian School of Business ISB is a very young school - it was founded to address the shortage of managers with proper management education in South Asia (India to be more specific). The concept of a management school was thought up a bunch of Indian businessmen lead by Rajat Gupta (currently serving as a special advisor on management reforms to the Secretary-General of the UN) in 1996. The focus of the school was to be on aspirants keen on working in India or Indian firms abroad. The first batch of students joined ISB in 2001 and passed out one year later. An executive MBA was soon launched thereafter. Hence it is not a very mature school - not even ten years old! Institution and Course Structure : The course itself is one year long and is known for its rigor. Each year is divided into eight terms - each term lasting 5-6 weeks in length. The first four terms are the core terms and have no electives. The second four terms are the elective courses - there are over 70 electives to choose from. As per the information session I attended last year, the number of contact hours at ISB with the teachers/professors was over 700 hours in the full course and can go to 900 hrs depending on the electives chosen. ISB works on the concept of visiting faculty. The number of permanent faculty is just 30. However, faculty from three schools: Wharton, LBS and Kellogg visit the school for one term and take up courses for the full term (i.e. 5-6 weeks). At anytime there are up to 100 faculty members teaching at ISB. This gives the school the advantage of a world class faculty. One year Post Graduate Programme in Management Key Facts (2009-10): Class Size: 579 Average GMAT: 716 Average Age: 27 Average Work Exp: 5 yrs Programme Expenses: Approx INR 20, 20,000 (approx USD 42,000) Admission Pre-requisites: https://www.isb.edu/pgp/AdmissionPre-requisites.Shtml What ISB looks for https://www.isb.edu/pgp/SelectionCriteria.Shtml Placement Highlights: https://www.isb.edu/pgp/Placement_Highlights.Shtml Admission Deadlines: Cycle 1 Application Deadline: September 15, 2009 Offer Decision On or before November 25, 2009 Acceptance Decision 15 days from the date of offer Cycle 2 Application Deadline: December 1, 2009 Offer Decision On or before February 15, 2010 Acceptance Decision 15 days from the date of offer ISB Information Sessions: The ISB Information Sessions to reach out to all prospective students. https://www.isb.edu/pgp/IndiaLocations.Shtml ISB plans to increase its intake. As per a local newspaper, the school intends to increase its intake to 750 students for the full time course by 2015 or so. Hence, the intake can be expected to increase slowly every year. Current Students Blogs: https://pulyanithinks.blogspot.com/ Outside ISB : ISB is located on the outskirts of the capital city of Andhra Pradesh: Hyderabad. It is one of the largest cities of India (comes in the top six). It is the meeting point of the Hindu and Muslim cultures and thus has a cosmopolitan feel to it. Known for its spicy cuisine (biryani anyone?) and is now a rapidly developing city with many software firms like Microsoft, Insosys, Wipro, TCS etc. located there. The campus is located in Gachibowli, Hyderabad. It enjoys the locational advantage of being close to the campuses of Microsoft, Infosys and Wipro. Pics: The main building - the Academic Block https://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h229/egress63/04_isb-1.jpg https://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h229/egress63/Ind_school_of_business.jpg https://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h229/egress63/ISBentrance1.jpg Questions? Fire away!

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hi frnds.........

i also wanna apply fr ISB......bt i'll b compltng my 2 yrs in industry in sept10,plng to giv GMAT in may/jun.....wht do u thnk r my chances of gtng into ISB?

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hi frnds.........

i also wanna apply fr ISB......bt i'll b compltng my 2 yrs in industry in sept10,plng to giv GMAT in may/jun.....wht do u thnk r my chances of gtng into ISB?

There are multiple factors which determines your chances in any B-schools. Some of the broad criteria which I'm aware of are (not in any particular order):
1. GMAT score
2. Academic performance and Institution name
3. Extra curricular, volunteer activities
4. Leadership initiatives
5. Steps taken to reach your goal. This may include some certifications, program enrollments etc
6. Work Experience
7. How well you present yourself in the essays and interview.
8. Awards and recognitions are added advantage

In ISB a candidate profile is compared with profiles of other candidates from the same sector. For example a candidate from Finance background will be compared with other candidates from Finance background. So generally competition is tough for people from most typical backgrounds like IT, Finance etc.

Here is a link on ISB website which you may find useful:
https://www.isb.edu/pgp/SelectionCriteria.Shtml

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I've sent my app for R2...

i have a question.. is there an applicant who has requested an international location for interview - heard back from ISB yet?

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I've sent my app for R2...

i have a question.. is there an applicant who has requested an international location for interview - heard back from ISB yet?

I have sent for R2 as well and requested for international location. not heard anything back.

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i had applied in round 2...and asked fr intrview location as hydrbd...havnt heard bk frm them...ne 1 with a similar situation?

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I've applied for R2, and keeping fingers crossed.

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Hi All,

I received an Interview call yesterday. My interview is on the 24th Jan in Hyderabad.

I am based in Mumbai.

Best of Luck,
Pranay

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Hello Frds,

Pardon me if this is not the right thread to place this info. I haven't seen this info on Forum so thought to post about it. ISB Class of 2010 Placement began yesterday and Started with a bang as compare to last year. Seems After Summer Placements ISB is roaring once again...

Have a look at Rediff's business News... Since I am new to this Forum and this is my first post I am not able to put Link as per the Moderator's rule. So can't paste the link but its in Today's Rediff's Business News Section...

Thanks..
Amit

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I just noticed that the Interview window for international applicants/Hyderabad interview location has been extended... I remember seeing it as Jan 28th (or around that time)... no it has been moved to Feb 6...

interesting...

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looks good.

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Is there a maximum job exp. requirement for ISB? For example....candidates with more than 10 years of experience are less likely to be slected.

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It depends on your reasons for doing an MBA.
I have over 10 yrs exp and I have an i/v call.
Best of Luck!

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It depends on your reasons for doing an MBA.
I have over 10 yrs exp and I have an i/v call.
Best of Luck!

Hi

Any candidates asked for international location got an interview call. I am yet to hear back from them

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Thanks a lot for sharing this information. I think you should be able to post the links as well. Anyway, here is the link you are referring to:
https://business.rediff.com/report/2010/ ... -offer.htm

Looks encouraging for all the aspirants

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Is there a maximum job exp. requirement for ISB? For example....candidates with more than 10 years of experience are less likely to be slected.

The minimum exp required is 2 yrs, the avg experience for previous batch was 5 yrs. There had been cases when isb had admitted 20 yrs of experienced candidates. Check out the ISB batches profile for previous yrs.

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Is there a maximum job exp. requirement for ISB? For example....candidates with more than 10 years of experience are less likely to be slected.

Hi buddy

I am planning to give my gmat again and still waiting for Interview call from ISB. Can i email them and ask for status so that i can book my gmat date given enough time for interview prep.

is it advisable

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yes, surely you can get in touch with the isb for the status update. They usually confirm 7-10 days prior to the confirmed interview dates. Below are the tentative dates for various locations (source ISB site):

Following are the tentative interview dates in cycle-2:
City Dates
Delhi 04 - 10 January, 2010
Kolkata 15 - 17 January, 2010
Hyderabad & International 26 December, 2009 - 07 February, 2010

Based on these dates, you may get a call anytime. All the selection and ding mails are sent at the end and on the same date. So, in worst case, if one is not shortlisted for interview, ISB won't update the status till the end

Regarding 2nd attempt of GMAT, I'm not sure if isb would accept your new score in the half of the whole selection process. Check out with isb about this. Though surely these scores would be eligible for next yr.

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Hi Guys,

Whats up? There has not been any action recently.

Any lucky ones out there? Any tips for "to do" and "not to do" for next year

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What is your GMAT score? How much we need to get on an average?

Thank you

For ISB the 80% GMAT score distribution is 680-760 with average being 716. At the sametime ISB has admitted applicants with score as low as 600 provided you have a very strong application.

Check out this post by herovijay, he has talked in detail about ISB GMAT scores:
indian-school-of-business-2010-11-thread-82576-60.html#p644590

hey,
i have an 6+ yrs of industrial exp in hard core manufacturing companies in india, no extra curricular, thru out carrer 60% how much i must get in GMAT in order to expect a call from ISB .

any thoughts