Are there any other early b---ds (I mean birds, of course) here? *Edited by bsd_lover to include the list of all reported gmatclub applicants. Italics denote interview invites. R1 Applicants : admitted Nerdboy Hrubesch81 waitlisted Moud abhaypratapsingh interview calls adcxaway jkfinsead waiting subarao carol emailsector ob willdoin2010 iamcste kf13 Franklin futurembagrad dings scorpioguy GBH thelionking23 Elderas R2 Applicants : waiting nmohindru kf13

Good luck with your interview jfkinsead. I didn't get dinged for R1..just couldnt apply then, so applying now for R2. Cheers!

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Wow this is an exciting batch for INSEAD. 7 interview calls for gmatclubbers so far - definitely a good return - lets convert these to admits.

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Guys;
I have got interview invite from INSEAD. Has been rejected by cambridge and oxford so not very hopeful of INSEAD as well but will give my best shot.

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well done mate, some good news at last. Its been a long road for you (believe me I can empathise). Best of luck for the interviews.

I have updated the root thread with your name on it.

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How come this topic doesn't have a lot going on? Guess everybody's busy with applications for R2... like me.

Cheers!

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Hi!

Will be having my 2nd interview today... the 1st went great!

futurembagrad: you have been dinged for R1 and will be applying for R2?

cheers!

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Had my first interview - went okay, not great but not bad either. Now preparing for the second and dealing with sh*t at work. Way too much stuff going on, so I ask for your continued patience (hehe, INSEAD-speak) for that masterpage thing. Hm, and I also promised to post interview reports...

Ah, yes - very little activity on this thread and also over at the BW forums. Is it possible that there are fewer applicants for that particular school/intake/round? We cannot know for sure, but we can hope

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Hi there,

I had my first interview last Thursday and was kinda weird, okay but not so great either...
We had a very good connection with my interviewer, great chats on my career, my goals, my life generally speaking, didn't really feel like an interview but at some times, I felt he was trying to trap me. He was really digging to see how special and exceptional I was. I think I did okay, but I realized that I didn't prepare enough for such questions. Especially the "you have 1 min with the dean to convince him to take you in, what do you say"...
My 2nd interview is end of the week.
My 2cents on the number of applicants, I have two freshly graduated friends who heard from the Adcom that there's roughly 30% increase in the number of applications for Jan 10. Don't know where all these ppl are hiding though

Let's just give it all and do better than our best I guess!!

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Good stuff Maud. I get the impression that INSEAD really values the interview feedback from alumnae while making admit decisions. Hence they conduct two such interviews (all other top schools only conduct one). Also the questions seem to assess your ability to remain composed under pressure.

All the best for interview #2.

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Hi All

Its been around two weeks since I received pre-selection mail but I am yet to get any information on my interviews. The last I heard (last week) was that they are still checking the availability of alumni in my area. I think the deadline is 22 nd right?? Anybody else facing the same problem?

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Hi!

Will be having my 2nd interview today... the 1st went great!

cheers!

Good luck with your interview jfkinsead.

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futurembagrad: you have been dinged for R1 and will be applying for R2?

cheers!

I didn't get dinged for R1..just couldnt apply then, so applying now for R2.

Cheers!

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I am done with both interviews. The second one went okay as well. The interviewer was friendly and cool, nevertheless he cornered me a couple of times and tried to grill me on my goals - first, trying to establish if they are realistic, after I proved they are realistic, asking why I need an MBA.

Anyway, I am cautiously optimistic as to the result, although the 30% increase in applications as mentioned by a previous poster makes me kinda nervous. Let the waiting game begin. Again...

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I have been asked by my interviewer to send him the 6 page profile from INSEAD application. Does anybody know how to remove the 6 pages of profile from the rest of the application?

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I have been asked by my interviewer to send him the 6 page profile from INSEAD application. Does anybody know how to remove the 6 pages of profile from the rest of the application?

Maybe print to PDF?

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I have to send him a soft copy. How did you do it? Did you send your interviewer a hard copy?

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I have been asked by my interviewer to send him the 6 page profile from INSEAD application. Does anybody know how to remove the 6 pages of profile from the rest of the application?

Maybe print to PDF?

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I meant print to a pdf file. There are some plugins that let you do that. I just sent the whole file. What the hell.

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You could print the 6 pages and scan them. Lots of trouble if you don't mind sending the whole package.
Print to pdf doesn't work... tried already

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Thanks guys! I was able to download a software that helped me in sending only the 6 pages. :-D

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You could print the 6 pages and scan them. Lots of trouble if you don't mind sending the whole package.
Print to pdf doesn't work... tried already

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Actually, is there any reason not to send the whole package? Personally I thought it better for my interviewers to be able to read the essays, in order to get some understanding about my profile, goals, etc.

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I printed my profile with my essays. The 1st interviewer read my essays the 2nd didn't.

I think it's OK to send the essays.

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I sent only the profile because my interviewer asked for my profile and CV. Should i send the complete application for my second interview? Also can you guys let me know what happens if they are not able to arrange a second interview? Has anybody got admitted after just one interview?

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I printed my profile with my essays. The 1st interviewer read my essays the 2nd didn't.

I think it's OK to send the essays.