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Guys, I'm applying for the next batch, however looking at the spreadsheet for this batch on google docs, I can see that there is already someone reporting a WAITLIST decision.

I'm not an expert but with 680 on your GMAT, I would really wait till next Sept. You don't want to get dinged and then figure out what went wrong. Just a friendly advice. To get in R3, you application has to be air-tight!
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Hi bnkhan,

Please note that "batch" in INSEAD lingo means intake and not round. Also, if you notice brazas' GMAT score you ll see a Q47 there. He could have had a V42 and he would be sitting on a 730 or with a V47 on a 760. Still the quantitative would have been the same. In any case, both brazas' Q and V are above INSEAD's 70-75% requirement for each section so these are fine. The rest of the profile is what counts now. INSEAD, like any other top MBA program, rejects many applicants with very high GMAT scores. Remember that 80% of the class in the 650-750 range which means there are several people accepted with scores below 700. Finally, I have personal experience regarding a low GMAT score and in no case does it mean rejection. If you are a strong applicant with a low GMAT score they will ask you to bring it up but they will never send you a thank you but you are not good enough letter. Bottom line, if your have an 800 score but your essays and profile suck you are out and the "we do not encourage reapplications" would apply. If you have a strong profile but low GMAT (by low I mean below 70% on either of the sections) they will tell you "please raise your GMAT and please contact us when you do so".
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no news yet..

i'm in nz now, nearly 10 hours away from my country, sitting in my hotel room and checking my mailz.... when i should b out chillin!

I still haven't received a confirmation for my application. I wonder what's going on.

I also applied in R3 and haven't received a confirmation either
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Hey guys,

They should have contacted you already. No confirmation I guess means you do not even know your coordinator right?

I would not worry, but at the same time I would contact INSEAD and ask them about my application. They will tell you sorry for the delay and soon after you should receive an email from your coordinator confirming your application.
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Guys, I'm applying for the next batch, however looking at the spreadsheet for this batch on google docs, I can see that there is already someone reporting a WAITLIST decision.

I'm not an expert but with 680 on your GMAT, I would really wait till next Sept. You don't want to get dinged and then figure out what went wrong. Just a friendly advice. To get in R3, you application has to be air-tight!

Hi bnkhan,

Please note that "batch" in INSEAD lingo means intake and not round. Also, if you notice brazas' GMAT score you ll see a Q47 there. He could have had a V42 and he would be sitting on a 730 or with a V47 on a 760. Still the quantitative would have been the same. In any case, both brazas' Q and V are above INSEAD's 70-75% requirement for each section so these are fine. The rest of the profile is what counts now. INSEAD, like any other top MBA program, rejects many applicants with very high GMAT scores. Remember that 80% of the class in the 650-750 range which means there are several people accepted with scores below 700. Finally, I have personal experience regarding a low GMAT score and in no case does it mean rejection. If you are a strong applicant with a low GMAT score they will ask you to bring it up but they will never send you a thank you but you are not good enough letter. Bottom line, if your have an 800 score but your essays and profile suck you are out and the "we do not encourage reapplications" would apply. If you have a strong profile but low GMAT (by low I mean below 70% on either of the sections) they will tell you "please raise your GMAT and please contact us when you do so".
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gr8two: You can twist the logic any way you want, but bnkhan's advice was spot on. 680 on GMAT in R3 is very very tough. Semantics don't really matter **** at that point. He obviously thought "brazas" was applying to R3, as I would have thought too, so only that part was an honest mistake. Brazas, in my humble opinion, you would have a better chance in R1 than R3. And considering you are applying to R1 of Sep 12 intake, I suppose this is a moot point. Good luck.

And gr8wo: chill the heck out man!
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gr8two: You can twist the logic any way you want, but bnkhan's advice was spot on. 680 on GMAT in R3 is very very tough. Semantics don't really matter **** at that point. He obviously thought "brazas" was applying to R3, as I would have thought too, so only that part was an honest mistake. Brazas, in my humble opinion, you would have a better chance in R1 than R3. And considering you are applying to R1 of Sep 12 intake, I suppose this is a moot point. Good luck.

And gr8wo: chill the heck out man!
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What would u say is a competitive GMAT score for R3?
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Sadly we'll be competing with each other for the Canadian quota :p
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I'm not an expert but with 680 on your GMAT, I would really wait till next Sept. You don't want to get dinged and then figure out what went wrong. Just a friendly advice. To get in R3, you application has to be air-tight!

Hi bnkhan,

Please note that "batch" in INSEAD lingo means intake and not round. Also, if you notice brazas' GMAT score you ll see a Q47 there. He could have had a V42 and he would be sitting on a 730 or with a V47 on a 760. Still the quantitative would have been the same. In any case, both brazas' Q and V are above INSEAD's 70-75% requirement for each section so these are fine. The rest of the profile is what counts now. INSEAD, like any other top MBA program, rejects many applicants with very high GMAT scores. Remember that 80% of the class in the 650-750 range which means there are several people accepted with scores below 700. Finally, I have personal experience regarding a low GMAT score and in no case does it mean rejection. If you are a strong applicant with a low GMAT score they will ask you to bring it up but they will never send you a thank you but you are not good enough letter. Bottom line, if your have an 800 score but your essays and profile suck you are out and the "we do not encourage reapplications" would apply. If you have a strong profile but low GMAT (by low I mean below 70% on either of the sections) they will tell you "please raise your GMAT and please contact us when you do so".

gr8two: You can twist the logic any way you want, but bnkhan's advice was spot on. 680 on GMAT in R3 is very very tough. Semantics don't really matter **** at that point. He obviously thought "brazas" was applying to R3, as I would have thought too, so only that part was an honest mistake. Brazas, in my humble opinion, you would have a better chance in R1 than R3. And considering you are applying to R1 of Sep 12 intake, I suppose this is a moot point. Good luck.

And gr8wo: chill the heck out man!
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Thinking it was R3 makes it worse dude since R3 applications have already been submitted and people are waiting for interview invites. So you would be telling an R3 applicant well your GMAT is **** and you are screwed now. Not cool, especially when not the case.
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gr8two: You can twist the logic any way you want, but bnkhan's advice was spot on. 680 on GMAT in R3 is very very tough. Semantics don't really matter **** at that point. He obviously thought "brazas" was applying to R3, as I would have thought too, so only that part was an honest mistake. Brazas, in my humble opinion, you would have a better chance in R1 than R3. And considering you are applying to R1 of Sep 12 intake, I suppose this is a moot point. Good luck.

And gr8wo: chill the heck out man!

Thinking it was R3 makes it worse dude since R3 applications have already been submitted and people are waiting for interview invites. So you would be telling an R3 applicant well your GMAT is **** and you are screwed now. Not cool, especially when not the case.
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*Sigh* - considering the person who was misunderstood didn't have much issue, but you did, points to something other than this issue. Whatever it is, calm down. I am sure everything will work out. :)
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*Sigh* - considering the person who was misunderstood didn't have much issue, but you did, points to something other than this issue. Whatever it is, calm down. I am sure everything will work out. :)
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What makes you think I am not calm? You keep suggesting that but if you read my initial reply to bnkhan you will see it was full of information and no negative remarks. On the contrary, your reply speaks about twisted logic and presents theories as fact without any information to back them up and on top of that you end your message by telling me to chill the hell out.

No one can be sure about a lot here but I do not see why someone presenting an opposite opinion to yours means he is not calm?

A further example for R3 that shows that the GMAT is not that important even for R3:

R3 Jan 2011 with 660
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You can either accept my view as a possibility or present counter evidence. Again making wrong conclusions without evidence like me not being calm is not helping anyone reading this thread.
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*Sigh* - considering the person who was misunderstood didn't have much issue, but you did, points to something other than this issue. Whatever it is, calm down. I am sure everything will work out. :)

What makes you think I am not calm? You keep suggesting that but if you read my initial reply to bnkhan you will see it was full of information and no negative remarks. On the contrary, your reply speaks about twisted logic and presents theories as fact without any information to back them up and on top of that you end your message by telling me to chill the hell out.

No one can be sure about a lot here but I do not see why someone presenting an opposite opinion to yours means he is not calm?

A further example for R3 that shows that the GMAT is not that important even for R3:

R3 Jan 2011 with 660
search.php?author_id=108742&sr=posts

You can either accept my view as a possibility or present counter evidence. Again making wrong conclusions without evidence like me not being calm is not helping anyone reading this thread.
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Fine. Here you go.

Hi bnkhan, <<well done, you got something right>>

Please note that "batch" in INSEAD lingo means intake and not round. <<bnkhan was referring to how Brazas had mentioned "batch" and if you know English at all, you will realize that it looked like he meant R3>>

Also, if you notice brazas' GMAT score you ll see a Q47 there. <<Is that a guarantee to get admission? bnkhan and I said, 680 would be a tough score in R3 to get in. Neither one of us said it's a 0,1 situation. That is a product of your own idiotic brain>>

He could have had a V42 and he would be sitting on a 730 or with a V47 on a 760. Still the quantitative would have been the same. In any case, both brazas' Q and V are above INSEAD's 70-75% requirement for each section so these are fine. <<Again, no guarantee that this will get him into INSEAD.>>

The rest of the profile is what counts now. INSEAD, like any other top MBA program, rejects many applicants with very high GMAT scores. <<Well done, second point you got right. It'd have been nice if you hadn't contradicted yourself in your next post>>

Remember that 80% of the class in the 650-750 range which means there are several people accepted with scores below 700. <<Please point to any statement by me where I said if you have 680 you have no chance of getting in. It just follows logically that if you have 680, you have a better chance in R1 than R3. In fact it also applies to people with 720 and people with 550.>>

Finally, I have personal experience regarding a low GMAT score and in no case does it mean rejection. <<You keep repeating the same dumb **** and pretend that this is evidence, sorry but it is not.>>

If you are a strong applicant with a low GMAT score they will ask you to bring it up but they will never send you a thank you but you are not good enough letter. <<Umm, yes, they might. The same way they might say "Thank you, but you are not good enough" to people who have a high GMAT score but a weak application>>

Bottom line, if your have an 800 score but your essays and profile suck you are out and the "we do not encourage reapplications" would apply. <<This statement is true, but in direct contradiction to your previous one>>

If you have a strong profile but low GMAT (by low I mean below 70% on either of the sections) they will tell you "please raise your GMAT and please contact us when you do so". <<Unless you can actually quantify what "strong" mean, your statement here is inherently faulty. What might seem strong to you, INSEAD Ad Com might not feel the same way about it.>>

Anything else? You seem to be spoiling for a fight for no reason whatsoever. Everyone on here is trying to help, and if you see my track record you cannot fault me on that. I was trying to diffuse the situation when you took what bnkhan said completely out of context. But you instead trained your guns on me. I don't even think I need to go into your critical reasoning and reading skills, not to mention your inter-personal management skills. And yet, I wish you all the luck for getting into INSEAD. I am very sure that the last 2-3 hours of your activity on gmatclub is not reflective of your actual abilities.
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You guys, this discussion is useless! You are both correct: R3 with a lower score is more difficult to get in, however it doesn't mean anything if you are an awesome candidate, so there... you both have it.

We just want to know if anyone got a call today for R2!

Peace everyone!
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You guys, this discussion is useless! You are both correct: R3 with a lower score is more difficult to get in, however it doesn't mean anything if you are an awesome candidate, so there... you both have it.

We just want to know if anyone got a call today for R2!

Peace everyone!
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Second :)
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You guys, this discussion is useless! You are both correct: R3 with a lower score is more difficult to get in, however it doesn't mean anything if you are an awesome candidate, so there... you both have it.

We just want to know if anyone got a call today for R2!

Peace everyone!

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no calls or emails on this end of the world. Good luck to everybody tomorrow!
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Nothing to report from the middle east. Seems like tomorrow should be a busy busy busy day!
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*Sigh* - considering the person who was misunderstood didn't have much issue, but you did, points to something other than this issue. Whatever it is, calm down. I am sure everything will work out. :)

What makes you think I am not calm? You keep suggesting that but if you read my initial reply to bnkhan you will see it was full of information and no negative remarks. On the contrary, your reply speaks about twisted logic and presents theories as fact without any information to back them up and on top of that you end your message by telling me to chill the hell out.

No one can be sure about a lot here but I do not see why someone presenting an opposite opinion to yours means he is not calm?

A further example for R3 that shows that the GMAT is not that important even for R3:

R3 Jan 2011 with 660
search.php?author_id=108742&sr=posts

You can either accept my view as a possibility or present counter evidence. Again making wrong conclusions without evidence like me not being calm is not helping anyone reading this thread.

Fine. Here you go.

Hi bnkhan, <<well done, you got something right>>

Please note that "batch" in INSEAD lingo means intake and not round. <<bnkhan was referring to how Brazas had mentioned "batch" and if you know English at all, you will realize that it looked like he meant R3>> {So if I know English I should make rushed and incorrect assumptions?!}

Also, if you notice brazas' GMAT score you ll see a Q47 there. <<Is that a guarantee to get admission? bnkhan and I said, 680 would be a tough score in R3 to get in. Neither one of us said it's a 0,1 situation. That is a product of your own idiotic brain>>{Its no guarantee but in no case is it a bad score. And thanks for your very kind words.}
He could have had a V42 and he would be sitting on a 730 or with a V47 on a 760. Still the quantitative would have been the same. In any case, both brazas' Q and V are above INSEAD's 70-75% requirement for each section so these are fine. <<Again, no guarantee that this will get him into INSEAD.>>{Again you are missing my point that as long as you cover this requirement the GMAT plays a very small role}

The rest of the profile is what counts now. INSEAD, like any other top MBA program, rejects many applicants with very high GMAT scores. <<Well done, second point you got right. It'd have been nice if you hadn't contradicted yourself in your next post>>{Did I say that admission is guaranteed with a very high GMAT?}

Remember that 80% of the class in the 650-750 range which means there are several people accepted with scores below 700. <<Please point to any statement by me where I said if you have 680 you have no chance of getting in. It just follows logically that if you have 680, you have a better chance in R1 than R3. In fact it also applies to people with 720 and people with 550.>> {You could also say that you have a better chance with any score in R1 than R3 so this is irrelevant.}

Finally, I have personal experience regarding a low GMAT score and in no case does it mean rejection. <<You keep repeating the same dumb **** and pretend that this is evidence, sorry but it is not.>>{How is it not? I applied in R2 and was told that my application was awesome just needed to increase my quant to continue in R3. What evidence do you have on the contrary? Again thanks for your nice words}

If you are a strong applicant with a low GMAT score they will ask you to bring it up but they will never send you a thank you but you are not good enough letter. <<Umm, yes, they might. The same way they might say "Thank you, but you are not good enough" to people who have a high GMAT score but a weak application>> {Have you ever seen this happen? I seriously doubt else there would be no reason to not encourage reapplications}

Bottom line, if your have an 800 score but your essays and profile suck you are out and the "we do not encourage reapplications" would apply. <<This statement is true, but in direct contradiction to your previous one>>{What??? You mean in direct contradiction to your above comment.}

If you have a strong profile but low GMAT (by low I mean below 70% on either of the sections) they will tell you "please raise your GMAT and please contact us when you do so". <<Unless you can actually quantify what "strong" mean, your statement here is inherently faulty. What might seem strong to you, INSEAD Ad Com might not feel the same way about it.>>{Every person that had done his her homework knows what a strong application consists of, you do too (Leadership, International exposure, pieces of a puzzle forming the picture bla bla bla)}

Anything else? You seem to be spoiling for a fight for no reason whatsoever. Everyone on here is trying to help, and if you see my track record you cannot fault me on that. I was trying to diffuse the situation when you took what bnkhan said completely out of context. But you instead trained your guns on me. I don't even think I need to go into your critical reasoning and reading skills, not to mention your inter-personal management skills. And yet, I wish you all the luck for getting into INSEAD. I am very sure that the last 2-3 hours of your activity on gmatclub is not reflective of your actual abilities.
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Actually I think all this time you were projecting. Indeed someone needs to calm down and it is not me... Just as a friendly advice, you need to work on your temper and especially how you express yourself. It does not matter what the other person is saying you need to keep it cool. If you feel angry just avoid replying until you are feeling more relaxed and can see more clearly. As now it must be very hard for you to just say sorry I will do it instead. I am sorry for getting you upset and misunderstanding bnkhan's post who usually is very supportive of everyone. I guess these last few weeks have been very intense for everyone.
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Guys, calls will be made tomorrow and Friday: My interview process was so F***ed-up that I ended up having a glimpse at the inner working of the application process. Adcom was meeting today and yesterday afternoon
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INSEAD 2012 - Calling All Applicants 31 Aug 2011, 14:26
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AC and gr8tWo, I suggest a beer summit for all of us at Fonty in Jan. What say you ;-)!

Gr8tWo, I think your initial response was little out of the left field and I think AC felt that you sounded upset with my statement. Hence, asked you to chill out. Maybe he misunderstood your tone. I have come to know AC through our interaction in Dec 12 FB group and personal emails. He is a pretty stand up guy and I think he was trying to diffuse the situation and ended up getting in one. No biggie, it happens.

AC, you my dawg!!! No worries, I think gr8tWo may have been misunderstood as well.

Therefore, 'Let's hug it out, *complain*.' Ari Gold - Entourage (Much better line than 'Why can't we all just get along?' - Rodney King)

Everybody else, goodluck with your apps, interviews, final decisions, loans, scholarships, apt selections, campus exchanges, booty calls, graduation, 16hrs workdays, seven figure bonuses, models, bottles, wives/husbands (of course, they better come from the models group), kids, divorces (cuz of 16 hrs workdays), next batch of models and you know how that goes... Soap. Lather. Rinse. Repeat!!
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INSEAD 2012 - Calling All Applicants 31 Aug 2011, 16:19
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Actually... based on conversations with administrative personnel at INSEAD... R3 is the best round to differentiate oneself. The bulk of the application traffic comes in R1 and R2 supposedly.

Unless some people here think they know better.. :wink:
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INSEAD 2012 - Calling All Applicants Updated on: 31 Aug 2011, 19:32
Originally posted by pinocchio on 31 Aug 2011, 18:05.
Last edited by pinocchio on 31 Aug 2011, 19:32, edited 1 time in total.
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I have been waitlisted. M/Indian/Coodinator SJ.
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