Goldfinger wrote:
Replying to hirendhanak
Hi Experts,
I have a few queries with respect to the intake of INSEAD , can someone help me in the same. I am indian having an experience of nine years in Financial Services.
Functionally , i have been into Business Development , and have remained at leadership position for almost six years out of total experience of nine years. This sounds good...
My undergrads are in Business Admin and are strong enough, no issues with application essays ( have enough things to say ) or references too.
Now my questions are
1) How much importance does the b-school give to international exposure in job experience ? I think particulary INSEAD gives quite some importance to int’national exposure..2) If the job profile itself doesn't require international experience then how do they rate the job experience earned so far ? because i am not from IT field wherein you get more opportunities to work across globe. I guess it would be rated on your track, achievements, record, etc, at some point they would consider these and match them with your not-so-important int’national exposure. At the end of the day they do this will all applicants, they measure different things...I know guys that got accepted in Harvard MBA with no (zero) working experience, and other guys that got 760 GMAT and were not accepted in INSEAD or LSB...
3) I did my one year programme from IIM Calcutta, which was a part time sort of programme , truelly speaking it didnt make any value addition so should i show it in my application or not ? well...it’s a hard one...in short, I think not, because I do think you should try to be as true as you can in your application...also that will give you more confidence on that you can sustain your application for A to Z...for example, they could ask you about that on the interviews, etc. At the end of the day it’ll depend on your overall application, but if I had to choose yes or no, I’d choose no.
Hope it helped. Cheers.
Thanks
Thanks very much for giving me insighful picture.
I shall really be obliged if you can address a few more questions
1) I am scoring an average of 640 in my mocks right now.. i am not appearing for GMAT because i am sure if my GMAT is less then 700,then INSEAD may not even call me for an interview.. what do u think abt this ?
2) I have heard that US B-schools are not much bothered about international work exposure the way european schools are ?
3) Can you suggest me other b-schools ( US or Non US ) for consulting, stratagy and marketing ?
4) Which bschools give higher importance at the cost of decent score ( i mean if i land up between 640-680 , what should my options be )
I know i am asking too many questions before GMAT scores itself , but the reason to know all this is that i want to understand whether i should delay my GMAT untill i reach 700+ in my mocks or should i give it and move on. I would also add here that i am a non IT guy having undergrads in Business Management.
A few of my friends ( current students ) opined that your higher work experience may help you even if you score in the range of 640-680 , but i am really very confused.
thanks very much once again.