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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ok, atleast we have 2-3 friends applying for ISB on GMAT club. Let me do one thing, I'll keep adding the names on top of the thread, this way we can be in touch with each other, and certainly R2 guys can take some help from R1 guys

I see ur name on the top mate. I guess the end dates for round-1 are near.. so how far are you done with your apps ? and more importantl, im interested to know about the other schools you are applying..

I'm yet struggling with my essays, and am not even ready with the 1st draft

.Though I don't wanna miss R1, but with the speed I'm progressing, it seems I'll end up applyin in R2

Apart from isb, I've applied in IIMA. I missed applying in IIMC. Haven't yet given a thought for international b-schools.

What bout you? where all are you applying ?

I presume you are applying for an Executive MBA then.. I have eyed only ISB in India as it seems to fit my plans. But as far as schools abroad are concerned I have researched a little and INSEAD seems to be a good option. But I really do not want to build any hopes until I get my GMAT score, for about a month now. I see you are from delhi as well.. so whats your profile.. you can probably pm me... and for the forum, did you happen to attend the info session of ISB in delhi last month ? nything useful (which is not given in the ISB website.. ).. It would be great if you could share that as well..

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Just in case people are interested, here are some ISB videos :

https://www.youtube.com/user/isbindia

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hey...well im in for R2....have a not so gr8 GMAT score of 670(q47,v35,awa6) whch is way less than the freakishly high average GMAT score fr ISB...

...nonetheless i hope to make a nice apps package so tht they might cnsider me...

fr strtrs i wrk just across the road to ISB ,in Infosys...

i have arnd 2yrs wrk ex here in a banking project..and prior to this i was wrking in my own magazine business, which i have done fr abt a yr before doing my graduation( some unavoidble circmstnsces) and also aftr my graduation fr abt 6-7 mnths...
and since last yr march i have also been actively involved and, worked for an NGO in AP(Hyderabad)...

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hey...well im in for R2....have a not so gr8 GMAT score of 670(q47,v35,awa6) whch is way less than the freakishly high average GMAT score fr ISB...

...nonetheless i hope to make a nice apps package so tht they might cnsider me...

fr strtrs i wrk just across the road to ISB ,in Infosys...

gr8! so we have someone staying so close to ISB.

You know last year the min GMAT score admitted to isb was 600. So don't worry much about your score, just try to make your application attractive, you still have some time.

Btw, had you any chance to visit the isb campus or information sessions ? Anything you want to share from your experience ?

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I am the last person who wants to stress anyone, so I apologize for posting this, but probably better now than later. For ISB the 80% GMAT score distribution is 680-760 with average being 716!

So you are a little below in scores, but that may not mean much if you have a strong application.

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hey...well im in for R2....have a not so gr8 GMAT score of 670(q47,v35,awa6) whch is way less than the freakishly high average GMAT score fr ISB...

...nonetheless i hope to make a nice apps package so tht they might cnsider me...

fr strtrs i wrk just across the road to ISB ,in Infosys...

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count me in for R1

ah! so I have some company now

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I had a one year break in my education before starting my graduation. The break was because I wanted to be in the best engineering college in the country. I studies for 1 year in a regional college but got admission to that college next year.

How will such a reason for the break in education be looked upon by the ADCOM in ISB and LBS?

I also had a similar 1 yr break in my education. Anyway, I think if one has learned from his mistake and later made something good out of it, he/she should be able to convince adcom. In your case a good point would be you got admission after 1 yr in regional college, this shows how determined you were.

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One more thing, in case of ISB you can use 4th essay, which is optional, to convince adcom. Not sure about LBS part.

btw, which round of ISB you are applying for ?

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Hi All,

Count me in to. But for R2.
I am suppose to appear for my gmat in next week.
In last couple of weeks I have read a lot of blogs of current and amulni of ISB.
And the case study teaching pattern is really amazing and it is one of the prime reason why I am planning to apply.
But my profile is like (should I use as or like ?) that of 0.1 Million other engineers. Indian. IT. Male.
So I am not sure how to prove my uniqueness !!
Also I have seen that most of the IT people who have made it to ISB have a onsite record, but I dont have any onsite record. So I don't think I can build up my chances very strongly..

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Hello Saaquib,

Would be helpful if you can mention the blogs and information sources you have been referring.. if you happen to have a note of all those..

Thanks..

And all the very best for your GMAT exam.. Do let us know about your results..

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Hi Saaquib,
welcome! for gmat preparation you may find the below link useful:
everything-you-need-to-prepare-for-the-gmat-revised-77983.html

To make your application strong you can mention some extra-curricular activities / programs etc you have been involved in. It can be anything like writing white papers, certifications (not technical ones), any other initiatives or may be excelling in your hobbies that can reflect your leadership qualities. You still have some time, if haven't done yet, start now.

regarding the onsite criteria, I don't agree with you. I have couple of my friends in ISB who do not have any onsite exp.

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Here is a link to one of ISB's current student blog. You'll find things like info about ISB, essay analysis, and how this guy made into ISB in his 3rd try

https://pulyanithinks.blogspot.com/

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i have one question on ISB and schools like it... Does the one year program help in specializing in any field at all? Is ISB a good bet if i want to switch career paths from technology to consumer marketing?

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Hi mnk, ISB do have few elective courses, which one has to opt for during the 2nd half of the whole course.
https://www.isb.edu/pgp/Elective_Courses.Shtml

Also there are lot of student clubs active in different fields. The one you may be interested in is:
https://www.isb.edu/MarketingClub/index.Shtml

I would suggest you to attend ISB info session in your nearest city. Here is the schedule:
https://www.isb.edu/pgp/IndiaLocations.Shtml

Hope it will help.

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Number of applications submitted till now for R1: approx 550 :shock:

still 2 days to go.

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Number of applications submitted till now for R1: approx 550 :shock:

still 2 days to go.

How did you know that ?

Does anyone know how many total applications ISB recieved last year ?

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Number of applications submitted till now for R1: approx 550 :shock:

still 2 days to go.

How did you know that ?

Does anyone know how many total applications ISB recieved last year ?

Last year, the acceptance rate was 4% and the class size was 579, so total applicants must have been 14,475, that's assuming the numbers are correct here: international-schools-rankings-class-profiles-and-comparison-83394.html

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whoa! I hope that's not true. If the remaining apply for cycle 2, I am doomed !!

4% is under % international, not acceptance rate.

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whoa! I hope that's not true. If the remaining apply for cycle 2, I am doomed !!

4% is under % international, not acceptance rate.

I think last year it was somewhere near 4200+ applicants (including both rounds). By today end of day we'll come to know number of applicants for R1, my wild guess is it would be somewhere near 1500+