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@Currywurst: Yes, 1 was American and the other 2 from EU countries.
@gmhdxb: 2 Pakistanis for 12D, 7, 4 and 4 in the previous 3 batches each!
@gr8two: 8, 10 and 3 Greeks in the previous 3 batches.
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and could you tell me please the ratio female / male for R1?
and also the number of accepted spanish candidates?
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Of the 231 in 12D right now, 165 are male. 4 are Spanish!
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Lets put some of those wonderful GMAT skills to some good use... Remember those exquisite set theory questions?!

So: in a class of 231 students numbered 1 to 231, all even numbered students are Indian, whose numbers are divisible by 5 are American and those whose numbers are divisible by 7 are French. How many students in class are neither Indian, American or French?

Go figure!
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Of the 231 in 12D right now, 165 are male. 4 are Spanish!
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do you have a break-up of the 11D class? What was the total intake? and how many Indians?

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Of the 231 in 12D right now, 165 are male. 4 are Spanish!

do you have a break-up of the 11D class? What was the total intake? and how many Indians?

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516 total for 11D and 53 Indians!
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R1 would have been better.... but its too late now!!
I applied in r2 - lets keep our fingers crossed!

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Can someone explain me why you guys ask for the breakdown of the admits by citizenship and gender ? What's the info you looking for ? is the ratio of admits per category is known and fixed ? In which case, what is it ?
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Can someone explain me why you guys ask for the breakdown of the admits by citizenship and gender ? What's the info you looking for ? is the ratio of admits per category is known and fixed ? In which case, what is it ?
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Hmm, I don't think any of those things are known. As we all know INSEAD values diversity, and without being privy to all the details of every candidate, the only clear cut way to measure it is via nationality and gender. A flawed way to measure it, really - but pretty much all you have to get an idea of the competition.

I think the idea is that looking at the previous years' admits of a particular nationality and gender, you can figure out the ballpark number of people INSEAD might admit this year in the same category. Or it all could be crapshoot anyways, no one knows! Just gives something to discuss while the wait is on.
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Did everyone applying to R2 received confirmation from school? I applied 2 days before deadline but no confirmation or any sort of email from insead... how can i check they received everything?
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Can someone explain me why you guys ask for the breakdown of the admits by citizenship and gender ? What's the info you looking for ? is the ratio of admits per category is known and fixed ? In which case, what is it ?
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Its just an indication I guess. For sure, INSEAD will want representation from every country possible, so if you had a country with 0 people so far I believe your chances would be a bit higher. Other than that, INSEAD claims that there aren't any other quota other than the 10% cap per nationality (I am not sure if there is an official cap but INSEAD likes to say all the time how diverse they are with no nationality exceeding 10%). So, in theory, you could have as many admits from Malta as you would have from India. In practice, INSEAD says that there is a % of the population that fits the profile so smaller countries have less people admitted due to this fact. To confirm this, you would want to see how many people with the particular citizenship are a) within the age range, b) have appropriate studies, c) appropriate work experience, d) can afford the studies, e) have the motivation to pursue such a degree. If you knew this information for different countries, then you could compare with admission data and get a clear picture of which is actually the case.

Also, I think that women in general would have a slightly better chance since % of women is most likely a ranking element and they would want it to go up.

Finally, I think the competition is worse for countries reaching caps as they will have to select only the best of the best to fill the limited for the country places. For all the other countries not reaching this limit I think its a plain field with direct competition amongst the applicants (after at least one who is just good enough to be admitted but irrespective of competition per country).

So I think the algorithm is like this:

Is the candidate's application acceptable?
If no -> ding.
If yes -> place candidate in "maybe" bucket per nationality.

After all candidates are filtered based on the above you proceed with the following:

For those countries that only have one applicant -> send interview invitation.

Take the rest of the applicants and rank them. Starting from the top draw a line after about 500 applicants+(% of people you don't expect to accept the offer + %those that might fail the interview) and do a grouping per nationality. For those nationalities that are over quota, take the top x% (cap + a few more) -> send interview invitations the rest remove from the list (and ding them). Now some more will be added in the (500+x) list (since some people from India for example will have been removed due to cap).

Do as many iterations needed until no country is over quota and you have your list!
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Did everyone applying to R2 received confirmation from school? I applied 2 days before deadline but no confirmation or any sort of email from insead... how can i check they received everything?
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Where are you based? You get a confirmation when they receive and check all the docs. Mine arrived two days after I sent them (I'm based in Amsterdam), so 3 days after I mailed the package, I got the confirmation email from Anne Nigl. But I applied 2 weeks before the R2 deadline, so they had less work then. Maybe they became overwhelmed towards the end of the deadline. If you are really worried, I would just call them.
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Did everyone applying to R2 received confirmation from school? I applied 2 days before deadline but no confirmation or any sort of email from insead... how can i check they received everything?
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I applied almost a week before the deadline and have not received any confirmation. But something has changed in the etheryl website; there are new fields for a third reference, transcripts, test results and language proof but these are empty. Have you guys seen any difference in yours? What about those that have received a confirmation, what is the state of your etheryl page?
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Did everyone applying to R2 received confirmation from school? I applied 2 days before deadline but no confirmation or any sort of email from insead... how can i check they received everything?

I applied almost a week before the deadline and have not received any confirmation. But something has changed in the etheryl website; there are new fields for a third reference, transcripts, test results and language proof but these are empty. Have you guys seen any difference in yours? What about those that have received a confirmation, what is the state of your etheryl page?
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As far as I know, this applies to R3, not to R2. INSEAD changed this towards to end of the R2 deadline (I read this somewhere in this blog). I applied 2 weeks prior to the deadline and I did not see these additional fields. On the other hand, my pdf crashed a few times before I could submit, so I called them to ask them whether they had received all the info. And they confirmed that they had. As I said, if you are doubting or worried, just call or email them.
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Can someone explain me why you guys ask for the breakdown of the admits by citizenship and gender ? What's the info you looking for ? is the ratio of admits per category is known and fixed ? In which case, what is it ?

Hmm, I don't think any of those things are known. As we all know INSEAD values diversity, and without being privy to all the details of every candidate, the only clear cut way to measure it is via nationality and gender. A flawed way to measure it, really - but pretty much all you have to get an idea of the competition.

I think the idea is that looking at the previous years' admits of a particular nationality and gender, you can figure out the ballpark number of people INSEAD might admit this year in the same category. Or it all could be crapshoot anyways, no one knows! Just gives something to discuss while the wait is on.
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Ok fine you get the number of admits, but if you don't know the number of applicants (or waitlist) even less per category, how are you able to even have the slight idea of your chances ?
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Can someone explain me why you guys ask for the breakdown of the admits by citizenship and gender ? What's the info you looking for ? is the ratio of admits per category is known and fixed ? In which case, what is it ?

Its just an indication I guess. For sure, INSEAD will want representation from every country possible, so if you had a country with 0 people so far I believe your chances would be a bit higher. Other than that, INSEAD claims that there aren't any other quota other than the 10% cap per nationality (I am not sure if there is an official cap but INSEAD likes to say all the time how diverse they are with no nationality exceeding 10%). So, in theory, you could have as many admits from Malta as you would have from India. In practice, INSEAD says that there is a % of the population that fits the profile so smaller countries have less people admitted due to this fact. To confirm this, you would want to see how many people with the particular citizenship are a) within the age range, b) have appropriate studies, c) appropriate work experience, d) can afford the studies, e) have the motivation to pursue such a degree. If you knew this information for different countries, then you could compare with admission data and get a clear picture of which is actually the case.

Also, I think that women in general would have a slightly better chance since % of women is most likely a ranking element and they would want it to go up.

Finally, I think the competition is worse for countries reaching caps as they will have to select only the best of the best to fill the limited for the country places. For all the other countries not reaching this limit I think its a plain field with direct competition amongst the applicants (after at least one who is just good enough to be admitted but irrespective of competition per country).

So I think the algorithm is like this:

Is the candidate's application acceptable?
If no -> ding.
If yes -> place candidate in "maybe" bucket per nationality.

After all candidates are filtered based on the above you proceed with the following:

For those countries that only have one applicant -> send interview invitation.

Take the rest of the applicants and rank them. Starting from the top draw a line after about 500 applicants+(% of people you don't expect to accept the offer + %those that might fail the interview) and do a grouping per nationality. For those nationalities that are over quota, take the top x% (cap + a few more) -> send interview invitations the rest remove from the list (and ding them). Now some more will be added in the (500+x) list (since some people from India for example will have been removed due to cap).

Do as many iterations needed until no country is over quota and you have your list!
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So for waitlist, do we know the rough number of waitlisted people ? and the number who are lucky to make the final cut ? I mean is there stats online ? Because it looks like INSEAD doesn't reveal any of these number
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> worried as long as I am the only one waiting :) I am based in london

> Yes, I also see the same fields and they are empty
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my pdf crashed a few times before I could submit, so I called them to ask them whether they had received all the info. And they confirmed that they had. As I said, if you are doubting or worried, just call or email them.
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I had the same problem so I emailed them, twice, but still to receive a reply... I called INSEAD but a lady speaking French answered and told me to email the MBA guy. So I did and got a reply saying that the admission people are trying hard to process the applications but no mention if my application was ok or not.

Which number did you call?
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> worried as long as I am the only one waiting :) I am based in london

> Yes, I also see the same fields and they are empty
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One of my friends didn't receive a confirmation email and he inquired back. He was told that adcom hadn't received his transcript by the R2 deadline. His application was considered in R3, got wait-listed and finally accepted.
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Hi,

All those admitted so far please join the facebook group "INSEAD MBA Class of December 2012"
This is a secret group for privacy reasons so please drop a message with your GMATClub alias.

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