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Updated on: 29 Oct 2018, 05:51

Originally posted by pikolo2510 on 25 May 2018, 07:20.
Last edited by Hatakekakashi on 29 Oct 2018, 05:51, edited 5 times in total.

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A bit too early to start the thread - eh? But guess what - ISB has preponed both R1 and R2 dates.

So get your GMAT exam out of the way as soon as possible!

ISB Decision Tracker & Historical Admit Data | Add ISB to your profile

Important Dates

Event	Round-1	Round-2
Application Deadline	15 September 2018	15 December 2018
Interview Dates	Oct 1 to Nov 7, 2018	Jan 1, 2019 to Feb 7, 2019
Final Offer Decision	November 2018	February 2019
Acceptance Date	10 days from the date of the offer	10 days from the date of the offer

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priyanshuis meet Spiderguy252.
he is one of the admins of the group.

Also, Please follow this thread for discussions and updates: Calling All ISB Admitted Students Class Of 2020 (2019 intake)

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Hi guys,
For R2, is there any possibility of Date extension for submitting GMAT score, as ISB did for R1.

(Yeasterday, I appeared for GMAT but scored below expectation)

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I don't think so....the extension in round 1 is purely cos of a preponement of submission deadline this year. That's just my thoughts. Pls call or mail ISB for confirmation though.

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Hi guys,
For R2, is there any possibility of Date extension for submitting GMAT score, as ISB did for R1.

(Yeasterday, I appeared for GMAT but scored below expectation)

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Hi thorats96

IMO the deadlines wont be extended this time.
Someone asked the Adcom and they said no.
Refer to this discussion for details: ISB Round 2 Application deadline extension?

thorats96

Hi guys,
For R2, is there any possibility of Date extension for submitting GMAT score, as ISB did for R1.

(Yeasterday, I appeared for GMAT but scored below expectation)

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guys,
just wanted to know if for the first round interview invites, were all the invites for a city rolled out in a single day?

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No one knows for sure, they have not conveyed any schedule. Better to call them.on Monday and confirm!

Peculiar thing is that they have called for interview on Friday!
What do they plan to do on Saturday and Sunday?

Let's wait for things to clear up.

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guys,
just wanted to know if for the first round interview invites, were all the invites for a city rolled out in a single day?

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Guys applying in R2,

Chai pe charcha with ISB Admissions & Placement Directors | Webinar on Strategies to improve your application. 6 Dec, 7 PM. Register: https://goo.gl/eVWSCE

Register and get in touch with the ISB Admissions team themselves and submit your best application in R2

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guys,
just wanted to know if for the first round interview invites, were all the invites for a city rolled out in a single day?

If you meant invites for applicants who submitted their final GMAT scores by Sep 15, while interview invites were not rolled out on a single day, they were rolled out in a contiguous 3-4 day period for each city. At that time, ISB had also announced specific dates for interviews in each city, which was followed.

For invites for interviews rolling out now, though, that pattern is not seen so far, nor have any city-wise dates specifically been announced.

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Hi All,

Couple of questions on the LoR:
1. Can we change the evaluator? i.e. say i have noted details of an evaluator on the portal and for some reason i have to change my evaluator, is that possible?
2. Can anyone post the LoR questions for 2019 intake?

Thanks.

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Link to any ISB R2 applicants group?? WA or https://gmatclub.com/chat?

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Link to any ISB R2 applicants group?? WA or https://gmatclub.com/chat?

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i guess there is no WhatsApp group for applicants. We only have a WhatsApp group for R1 admits so far which you can find in this topic https://gmatclub.com/forum/calling-all- ... 81714.html

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Link to any ISB R2 applicants group?? WA or https://gmatclub.com/chat?

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You joined us on https://gmatclub.com/chat right? With the same username?

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I work as an Assistant Engineer (Civil) for a State owned/Government organization. We do not have a full fledged HR department.

A post of Superintending Engineer (HRD & Training), generally held by an electrical engineer from T&C wing, exists but the concerned is not responsible for recruitment, keeping data of employees or keeping any record of performance of the employees. His role is just to conduct regular trainings for the staff.

Our performance is monitored by
senior engineers of our wing (Civil Wing).

Please suggest whose name should I put in HR Manager's details in this scenario.

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Did anyone here attend today's webinar of ISB (Strategies to improve your application for Round 2)?

If yes; did they talk anything about Round 3? Why did they have a new round/ what are the disadvantages if any if applied in R3?

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R2 Applicants !!
Where are you all ?

The discussions seem to have died out after R1.
How are the applications going for R2 ?

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R2 Applicants !!
Where are you all ?

The discussions seem to have died out after R1.
How are the applications going for R2 ?

Thinking about applying in R3 may be

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haha, going by the traffic on this thread, I think Major chuck of applicants will shift their plans to R3 from R2!
Going by the heresay trend that R2 requires higher Gmat score, most of the applicants will want to try again for a higher score !

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R2 Applicants !!
Where are you all ?

The discussions seem to have died out after R1.
How are the applications going for R2 ?

Thinking about applying in R3 may be

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Hi

I have a small query.
During my schooling, I switched schools after my 11th. But, as the new school was pretty new and did not have a 12th std batch at that time, I ended up repeating 11th std. Does this count as a gap in education? (ISB asks this in its application)

Any help will be really appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

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Hi Guys,

I recently got to know ISB has launched a new R3 this year. I discussed this with few alums. One of the alum suggested this a scary thing for any school. As per him this shows that the school has not been able to generate the kind of interest it expected and to lure more candidates it is launching a new round.

He was also of the opinion that this will have no major impact on the quality of students as serious top 1200 candidates would have anyway applied.

Most of the US schools have seen a huge dip in interest and schools in all the other geographies have been benefited with an increase in % of applicants. I was quite surprised after seeing this new development as it questions the demand for the school. Would love to know the opinion of the people on this thread.