INSEAD Masters in Management (MIM) 2025 Intake: Calling all Applicants

Hey, anyone recieved an update on R1?

Not yet

Anyone’s received their invite?

some have
saw a post regarding the same on reddit

Oh, can you share the Reddit link?

https://www.reddit.com/r/INSEAD/s/K3nH7ObhHh

Thanks

Hey
Has anyone who submitted their kira interview around 28th September got an interview call?

Any Indian applying in R1 got an interview decision yet?

not yet

Nope

Hey guys this is my background,
Im abishek kumar,22,indian male

ACADEMICS:

UG cgpa : 9.22
graduated top 3 in the class

GRE : 323
Q:161
V:162

Publications : 2 international conferences ( IEEE, IJCRT)

1)developed a mobile application for visually impaired along with an IoT device(smart stick)
2) another paper on econometric analysis of india’s inflation using machine learning framework and their impacts on financial markets

COMMUNITY WORK:

1) volunteered 6 months with a visually impaired school helping them with remedial teaching,scribe,large material preparation for low vision (2024)

2) Spent summer of 2023 volunteering in a mentally retarded school helping them

3) Worked with lions club for six months ,initiated several awareness campaigns during pandemic along with that a few campaigns on climate change and environment conservation awareness

4) worked closely volunteering in my uncle’s trust fund for six months involving in social/community services.

INTERNSHIP:

Worked in a startup as a software developer intern with a team of 4 in a single project

Extracurriculars:

Been playing football for a club (Bell fc) for seven years in zonals and district level and started playing recreationally after lockdown .

Karate (Oshukai international okinawa shorin-ryu karate-do)

BLUE 2 belt trained for 6 years and started training as a hobby after school .

Planning to give CFA level 1 by next year but then it will be too late

My dream schools are: HEC, Insead, LBS
Do i even have a shot ?

Hi Abishek,

We are INSEAD MIM alumni’s and from our experiences we are stating your strength and weakness

Strengths-

1) Two research paper that is really very good which shows your research skills
2) Community work which is also great showcases your values of giving back to the society
3) Good extracurriculars both in clubs and sports so that really gives you an edge

Weaknesses-
1) Low GRE score, I think you would be around 80-85 percentile whereas the top schools GRE average is on a higher end
2) Only one Internship at a stratup of 4 people (Maybe if you have made significant contributions, it can be a strength) and also you havent mentioned your college name so we don’t know if it’s a tier 1,2 or 3

Overall the GRE is a part of your application so it won’t matter much if you have a strong motivation to join these prestigious B-schools and Also, you will need to explain why you want to shift your career to business when you have so much success and expertise in a technical field.

Yes, two of our Indian mentee’s have got an interview call

Someone has received its admission offer?

Not yet. I guess perhaps it will take another 10-12 days.

Has someone received an offer?

Not yet, eagerly awaiting