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souvik101990
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Location: United States (WA)
Concentration: Leadership, General Management
Schools: Ross '20 (M)
GMAT 1: 760 Q50 V42
GMAT 2: 740 Q49 V42 (Online)
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16 Jul 2017, 13:16
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Which other schools are you guys planning to apply to?
18 Jul 2017, 04:32
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Didn't see a post on essay & deadlines:
ESSAY 1 (If we were to admit just one more candidate to the Postgraduate Programme (PGP) at the ISB, why should it be you?)
ESSAY 2 (Describe your short and long term career plans. How does the PGP fit in with those? )
Cycle 1: October 15, 2017
Cycle 2: January 15, 2018
Cycle 1: December 05, 2017
Cycle 2: March 05, 2018
Below are the 2 essay topics
:ESSAY 1 (If we were to admit just one more candidate to the Postgraduate Programme (PGP) at the ISB, why should it be you?)
ESSAY 2 (Describe your short and long term career plans. How does the PGP fit in with those? )
Deadlines
:Cycle 1: October 15, 2017
Cycle 2: January 15, 2018
Final Decision Offer
Cycle 1: December 05, 2017
Cycle 2: March 05, 2018
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Joined: 25 Apr 2016
Last visit: 27 May 2023
Posts: 133
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Concentration: Strategy, Operations
Schools: ISB '19 (M) Sloan '20 (D) IIMB (A) Ross '20 (A) IIMA (D)
GMAT 1: 730 Q50 V38
GPA: 3.71
WE:Supply Chain Management (Consumer Packaged Goods)
21 Jul 2017, 17:39
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Hello Everyone,
While ISB seems to be influenced a lot by US Business Schools and tries to emulate a similar processes in it own way (importance of holistic / uniqueness in your profile etc), I do not have enough exposure on IIM's(esp IIM-A PGPX and IIM-B EPGP). What are the factors that are important for them? Given the average work experience of the batch lies between 8-9 years how do they view someone with 4.5-6 years of experience. Certainly the later category will have less managerial experience and also lesser impact. Is that a disadvantage? I recently e-mailed IIM A admissions team and they responded that 10% of their current batch has 4-5 years of experience which seems pretty low considering the batch size was 80.
Of the past successful candidates who had <6 years of experience what was the differentiating factor in their profile? I came to know that V.K.Menon, who was ex-ISB admission director(or of some similar post), has now joined IIM-B and handling marketing of EPGP Program. He is trying to change a lot in terms of admission process and wants to emulate ISB's processes. However the minimum experience bar is still kept at 5 years and batch size is still around 100-120. Can experts share more insights? It will be great for all applicants focusing on Indian B Schools! Thanks a lot! Hoping to get good discussion around this.
"Valar dohaeris!"
MBADecoder, ABatExpertsGlobal, EduSimplified, Apphelp, strategy4gmat1, ISBeacon
(Looking fwd to your expert opinions)
While ISB seems to be influenced a lot by US Business Schools and tries to emulate a similar processes in it own way (importance of holistic / uniqueness in your profile etc), I do not have enough exposure on IIM's(esp IIM-A PGPX and IIM-B EPGP). What are the factors that are important for them? Given the average work experience of the batch lies between 8-9 years how do they view someone with 4.5-6 years of experience. Certainly the later category will have less managerial experience and also lesser impact. Is that a disadvantage? I recently e-mailed IIM A admissions team and they responded that 10% of their current batch has 4-5 years of experience which seems pretty low considering the batch size was 80.
Of the past successful candidates who had <6 years of experience what was the differentiating factor in their profile? I came to know that V.K.Menon, who was ex-ISB admission director(or of some similar post), has now joined IIM-B and handling marketing of EPGP Program. He is trying to change a lot in terms of admission process and wants to emulate ISB's processes. However the minimum experience bar is still kept at 5 years and batch size is still around 100-120. Can experts share more insights? It will be great for all applicants focusing on Indian B Schools! Thanks a lot! Hoping to get good discussion around this.
"Valar dohaeris!"
MBADecoder, ABatExpertsGlobal, EduSimplified, Apphelp, strategy4gmat1, ISBeacon
(Looking fwd to your expert opinions)
