INSEAD -January 2014 Intake - Calling All Applicants

In for round 1. 1st week of April isn't that far away..so I guess now would be a good time to do sound . I'm disappointed that INSEAD doesn't have information sessions in India..would have been great to attend one of them.

They are some virtual events. May be u can try that?

I am in for R1!

count me in for R1:)

Hello All,
First of all I would like to say - WELCOME EVERYONE. This is going to be a real long journey, longer if admitted.
My name is athith rai. I am also looking for 2014 January intake -INSEAD.
PROFILE:
ENGINEERING- bangalore(GPA-3.6)
GMAT: 660(Q-49 V -31)-4 ATTEMPTS AND THIS is the maximum. I know i know its not great..

WORK EXPERIENCE: Overall 6.5 years-3.5 years in Accenture- into data warehousing and data mining.Later, 3 years in one of the largest RETAIL organisation as I wanted to be more close to Business. Working here as a senior Analyst, mainly into analytics- predictive forecasting models, working closing with Promotion effectiveness, Workign mainly on Market research expecially on cusomer Market research.
International experience: Overall 3 months- Countries travelled- Czech republic, Poland and Hungary.

This is the first post in any online forum. Could anyone please help me evaluate my profile. What are the chances?

Hey atith,
Post your profile details in admission consultants forum, you'd get the right advice there on your profile.

Hey INSEAD does host info sessions in India. I attended one last year in Mumbai. It was a fabulous experience meeting the alumni and the Dean Dipak Jain.
Though there is nothing on the website now, I'm sure there will be an announcement for one such session this year too.
Keep checking.

count me in too
finishing the first draft of Essays..

GMAT 730- 4 years international workex in energy/project management

cheers
Swamy

Phew... I did not find this thread and ended up creating one. I should delete that.
Anyway I am also vouching for R1. Have you all started your apps for R1? I just got my GMAT done last week - 710 (Q50 V35 - Not so great.. but whatever), and am planning to start the app process. Any tips on the apps?

My profile - 6 yrs IT industry. Decent acads (Topper of my class), close to 2 yrs exp in US and short term in UK (2 months). Decent extra curricular activities both at work and otherwise.

Great.. Hop on the wagon..
I guess ur profile is god enough for insead.. Just shine through ur essays.. That's what matters the most..

Thanks Vips...

I'll be applying in April. At 32 I'll be one of the oldies, but blogs like mbaover30 show that it is at least possible. The GMAT is done, recommendation requests are sent and first drafts of most essays are done. Now for a month and a half of finishing touches (and a TOEFL test).

I must say that everything people have written about the MBA application process making you reflect and learn about yourself is true. When I started this process I was still very unsure if this was the right choice. After months of researching, GMAT studying and self-reflecting, I'm a lot more confident that a year at business school is the right decision for me. The problem is that it will be such a blow if I do not get accepted...

Anyways, good luck to everyone. The next few months are going to be very exciting.

Good luck every one. Lets put our best efforts for Insead Jan 14.

Sure..will keep an eye out for it..but wonder if the info session will be in time for R1.

Here we go. Shooting for R1 but will do R2 if necessary.

Count me in for R1...

Hey All,

I am applying in R1 and have a question related to admission form. I have a query regarding admission form of the regular 10 month MBA course at INSEAD. My native language is not English but the mode of instruction for my entire university degree for all subjects was English. All my mark sheets and certificate of the 4 year university course are also in English. In such a case, do I need to submit a separate certificate/letter from university certifying the same or mentioning the same in the app form will suffice. Specifically asking this as I see the below sentence in your website " You need to submit a transcript which indicates that the curriculum was entirely taught in English".

Pls clarify/correct.

Thanks,
Neeraj