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Could anyone please post the total number of registered students in MBAconnect?
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Could anyone please post the total number of registered students in MBAconnect?
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187 registered students now
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Hi,
does anyone know if all the people logged in MBA connect are accepting the admission ? On those 187, are some of them just logged in for information, but finally chose another school, or does that mean that all 187 are confirmed ?

What is the yield rate of the people in MBAconnect ?
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Guys - don't forget to update us on how your interviews went!
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does anyone know if all the people logged in MBA connect are accepting the admission ? On those 187, are some of them just logged in for information, but finally chose another school, or does that mean that all 187 are confirmed ?

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I believe if they are on MBAconnect that means they have accepted the admission. So 187 slots gone out of approx 500
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FROM Insead Admissions Blog: A very very fast first week

It surprises me how the first week at INSEAD has just flown by so quickly! It really is incredible, when I reflect back on the things that have happened so far, and the people that we have met, through interactions in class, running into one another on campus, community service with SPLASH, and the parties organized. My favourite class for this week was on making effective business presentation, when a consultant demonstrated some techniques that would add that additional spark when we have to make a presentation. It was motivating to learn some of the methods used, especially for myself, since public speaking is something that I continue to be passionate about. Presentation skills are something that I tell myself that I have to continue to hone – from making speeches and debates in school, to making business presentations and sales pitches in my previous job.

Academia is going to run on full swing from now on, so there is a mixture of excitement and curiosity on what’s around the corner. Of course, I am expecting a whirlwind of intense activities that’s coming up, so balancing that, choosing what to go for would be an essential factor for what happens in this one year in INSEAD.

Another thing that I find really humbling is how open conversations can become when we start talking to someone here. The range of things that INSEADers talk about is another interesting thing, but so far the conversations have really been about careers. “What were you doing before INSEAD”, and “What do you wish to do post-INSEAD” are the familiar questions that float around the 14D batch. People are genuinely concerned, to learn more as we play a part in each other’s learnings, hence developing each other.

As I gear up for tomorrow, I have also committed myself to be fully onboard this whole process. While I do allow the INSEAD process to help me grow, I also am channeling my efforts in a particular direction so that I make the most out of this year.

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does anyone know if all the people logged in MBA connect are accepting the admission ? On those 187, are some of them just logged in for information, but finally chose another school, or does that mean that all 187 are confirmed ?

What is the yield rate of the people in MBAconnect ?

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nah... you get an MBA connect account even before you pay the deposit. at least i did.
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waiting for my second interviewer to confirm date, time and location. ugh, i can't remember the last time i refresh my email this frequently...

sorry guys, posting here since i dont' know how much more INSEAD-inspired posts my fb friends can take... :oops: :lol:
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I've done both my interviews - both were casual, straightforward and very friendly. One went for 45 mins, one went for 20 mins. I think the school leaves the format, questions etc. up to the interviewer to choose.

Best of luck to everyone.
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Got done with my 1st interview today. The alum graduated from INSEAD in '87. He is a MD in a top consulting firm and has been in the consulting business for 25 years now.

It was a very easy going interview, a lot conversational than I thought it would be. He asked me about my background and how I got to Chicago. Then he asked me what I do at work and how has my career progressed in the past 7 years. Why MBA? What are my post-INSEAD goals? He was then intrigued by my goals and said he knew a little bit about the industry and googled some competitors that he heard of on the radio and I started to take notes as he was talking. I told him why views about their approach and how mine is going to be different and he agreed with everything I said.

Then finally he asked about why INSEAD and how INSEAD would help. He asked me if I had talked to anyone at INSEAD and what was the feedback. Finally he said that everything looks great and he said INSEAD only wanted to see if I would be a good fit for INSEAD and he said he got what he wanted. I asked him what he thought about my plans and my goals, he gave me a thumbs up and said this is the time to go for it! It looked very positive, last 35 minutes.

I got a replacement for my 2nd interview. Emailed him today but haven't heard from him yet.
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does anyone know if all the people logged in MBA connect are accepting the admission ? On those 187, are some of them just logged in for information, but finally chose another school, or does that mean that all 187 are confirmed ?

What is the yield rate of the people in MBAconnect ?
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No, not all of the people on MBA Connect will eventually attend the school. You can create an account right after being admitted by the school, so you don't necessarily have to attend eventually.
It's however not possible to see on MBAC who paid the deposit and will therefore attend the INSEAD MBA and who didn't. So I can't say for sure how many slots are already taken.
I have no idea about the yield rate on MBAC. This kind of data is not made public.
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FROM Insead Admissions Blog: It’s all about cases!

Having now spent P1 and P2 at INSEAD, it’s certainly eye-opening how the programme is coming together as we foray into P3 and beyond. At INSEAD, after the first 2 periods, the electives period starts. Most electives seek to deepen students’ understanding in one of the core areas covered in P1 and P2.

One of the most rewarding electives is the Applied Corporate Finance elective. Students form groups of 4 or 5 and work on cases on a weekly basis, culminating in class presentations. Students are expected to take on 6 cases and encouraged to present 4. Here is where the value of all the seemingly mechanic subjects done in P1 and P2 come to light. To best attack each case, students must use what they know from Finance, but to get the best outcome it is best to mix in learnings from accounting, statistics, economics process improvements and even organisation behaviour classes. The insight that one can have in a case when putting on different lenses allows for truly deep conversations amongst team members and in-class, which is particularly rewarding.

As we continue to move forward into P4 and 5, experimentation is encouraged. We can take on interesting or left-field electives knowing that for GPA calculation, 2 electives can be dropped. One of the newest and most interesting electives is Complexity, crows and contagion, which utilises the relatively new concept of complexity to challenge notions of marketplace equilibrium that have dominated traditional thinking in the business world. I particularly enjoy the subject, which looks at collections of agents as a black-box with built-in unpredictability and tries to understand what leads to events such as long-tail events or market failures.

On the other hand, Understanding and Managing Risk tries to embed a holistic model of risk management in students’ mind, and broadens the definition of risk. Having come from a financial risk background, I find it fascinating to think about risk in broader terms, not just in terms of standard devisions of a number from its mean. The diversity of subjects combined with the knowledge gained in the early half of the program allow for high quality discussions in groups. Further, students are allowed to form their own groups in subjects as opposed to the imposed structure of P1/P2, which presents its own unique advantages and disadvantages. More on that in a future post!

Overall, I’m really looking forward to the rest of the MBA programme now that we are on the home stretch. I have been put on the wait-list for P5 so that adds in another element of unpredictability to the rest of the year, which makes it even more exciting.
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I'm done with first interview as well. My interviewer was rather young, 2007 passed out. It was very casual and conversational. He asked all he wanted to in first 20 mins and then we talked about bunch of things. Mainly career progression, why mba, why insead, which other schools. He was filling a form as we were talking.
Then we talked about travel, Africa, international politics, diving, Scottish independence, social entrepreneurship, his startup in renewable energy and more insead. It lasted for about 2 hours.
We were able to connect coming from similar background and similar hobbies. He said it's the right step and will recommend me.
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This is for the information of all R3 as well as European school applicants.

Admissanado experts - Jon and Lauren - conducted Q&A chat in GMATCLUB chat room few days back in which they offered tips and guidance to prospective R3 & European school applicants.
I have updated the first post with the transcript of this chat. Interested members can download this transcript from there.

Good luck to everyone applying and have a nice weekend. :)

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Hi, so glad to get the call last now from VM that I've been admitted and off from waitlist.
Hope I'm the start and looking forward to hearing from your good news as well.
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Hi, so glad to get the call last now from VM that I've been admitted and off from waitlist.
Hope I'm the start and looking forward to hearing from your good news as well.
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Can you share your profile, only if you don't mind !
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Hey guys - just finished both my interviews. Both were from similar backgrounds in their initial early careers (Investment banking) and now are in P/E and one was a VP at a local lender. Both interviews were around an hour, we kept it conversational and brief and to the point. My recommendation is to not over prepare for the interviews, don't sound automated and like you memorized the answers. The interview in my guess is to do what we call the "airport test" in IB interviews which is whether or not we would want to spend a few hours with you stuck in an airport, aka are you easy to get along with and seem like a normal conversational person. The only questions I prepared for and made sure I had a good answer for were the standard "Why MBA, Why Now, Why INSEAD", everything else I winged it and just acted like I was talking to a friend and having an easy casual conversation. I think both interviews went well, but who knows!
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Just saw the new INSEAD essays. All I can say is I'm glad I applied earlier.

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Just saw the new INSEAD essays. All I can say is I'm glad I applied earlier.

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I would agree. The new set of questions seem to be a bit more general and less focused which in the case of so many essays may be difficult to come up with a suitable topic
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Rankings for 2014, INSEAD up another spot tied with CBS @ #5:

https://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolra ... nking-2014
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