Calling all INSEAD MBA Applicants: (January 2017 Intake) Class of 2017

I don't believe it's a good idea to submit for R1 if you're just starting your motivational essays. You might go through different revisions or versions before anchoring the best one. It is also not suggested to pressure yourself in writing the essays.

I believe INSEAD is quite different than the US schools in handling over-represented applicants. While US schools will select the best academic profile out of the over represented pool, INSEAD will look into how diverse and how internationally motivated is the applicant. This is not to say that academics and experience do not matter. But I believe an applicant with an above average profile along with a strong international experience/motivation will get a better shot.

Where are you from btw? As per your profile, you are located in the US, right?

Good luck!

Hi blockman,

There is no "better" starting campus. However, it is suggested to be in France in the late rounds if the target is to secure a career in Europe. You can also elect to stay in one campus the whole course of the program.

Your best bet is to check the calendars for the consulting companies. For example, McKinsey interviews in both campuses.

Good luck!

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Hello Applicants,

We will have one more chat session on March 16th with Caroline Diarte Edwards, Director at Fortuna Admissions (former INSEAD Director of Admissions) and Melissa Jones, Expert Coach at Fortuna Admissions (former INSEAD Assistant Director).

Caroline and Melissa will dialogue with applicants in GMAT Club chat room on general admission questions and provide tips on getting into INSEAD. This is best opportunity for you all to learn about INSEAD's admission process from its former admission directors. So save this event to your Google Calendar and present in the chat room with your questions.

Date: Wednesday March 16, 2016.
Time: 6 AM PDT/9 AM EDT / 1 PM GMT
Place: GMAT Club Chat Room https://gmatclub.com/gchat/
Fortuna Admissions.&dates=20160316T124000Z/20160316T140000Z&details=GMAT Club INSEAD Chat with Fortuna Admissions.&location=GMATClub chat room" target="_blank">

Caroline Diarte Edwards

: Caroline is a Co-Founder and Director of Fortuna Admissions. She was Director of Admissions, Marketing, and Financial Aid for the INSEAD MBA program from 2005 until 2012. She holds an MBA from INSEAD (2003) and is a graduate of the University of Cambridge. She has previously worked as a Management Consultant for Andersen (UK, France) and as a Business Development Officer for the International Finance Corporation (Indonesia). Caroline is a sought-out expert on admissions strategy and business school trends, and is regularly featured or quoted by the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, CNN, the Economist, the Times of London, China Economic Review, Spiegel, and the New York Times.

Melissa Jones

: Melissa has been a coach with Fortuna Admissions since its inception. Previously, she worked at INSEAD in France as Assistant Director for the MBA program. She met with thousands of potential applicants from around the world, and delivered over 100 live and virtual presentations advising candidates on the MBA admissions process, including what makes a successful INSEAD candidate. In addition, she was on the scholarship committee reviewing candidate applications and selecting recipients.

Melissa previously worked in marketing and communications on behalf of global brands such as Sony, InBev, and Xerox. She also worked for a prominent Canadian women’s organization, the Women’s Executive Network, where she was part of the selection committee for the “Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards”. Melissa has an undergraduate business degree from Dalhousie University in Canada and she completed the Management Accelerated Program (MAP) at INSEAD.

First round deadline in couple of hours! Who already submitted their application?

As per the status updates of the members in this forum, 3 people have submitted the application, including myself.

Have you submitted your application?

How do you see how many submitted?

Hi Vibis,

In the first page of this thread, we have the main post with all the summary details of the applicants.
In that post, if we click the "Latest GMAT Club Member Profile Updates" link, we can see the status of the application for all the members.
This might not reflect the actual number of the submissions as many applicants might not have updated their status.

Hello nucleus, thanks for the info on the member profile updates. To answer your question: no I haven't. I will be submitting in R2.

Good luck to you!

Hi guys,
I had submitted my application a few days back. Was going through my form and i realized a typo in my CV that was uploaded. Have mentioned a wrong start date in one of my jobs. Do you think its wise to mail them now about it and send them a corrected CV separately? Or should i just let it be...???

I think it might be better to contact the admissions office and let them know of the error. Especially if the typo changes your work profile significantly and they are bound to notice anyway.

Hello Farrous,

Thank you for the wishes. I wish you the very best for your application in R2.

For consulting, if you wish to end up in Europe post-MBA, you should aim to spend P3-5 in Fonty. If you want to do IB in Europe though, the industry starts recruiting for summer internships from P1. If you're not going for a job in finance then where you spend P1-2 doesn't really matter so much.

Do we need to submit official scores with applications or just self reported are fine. I submitted with self reported scores in R1!!

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Hello Popov,

As per information from the INSEAD website
"You can take the GMAT up until the day of the application deadline, in this case a copy of your unofficial score report (to be uploaded as supporting document once you have submitted your application form) is sufficient for us to begin evaluating your file. "

So self reported scores should be fine .

Hi everyone,

I submitted mine on March 2nd and received a confirmation email that my application is complete and ready to be reviewed. Best of luck to everyone!

Submitted for R1 - got confirmation from an admission officer. Now the wait begins.
Good luck to all.