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

Good luck liera

Submitted my application March 2nd, hoping for the best!

Hey People !!

I am hopeful that you all get interview calls from everyone's Dream School INSEAD.
Don't forget to update the status in your profile after submitting your application.
This helps to keep a check on the admitted/interviewed stats.

Hey Farrous,

I somehow missed this reply.

I am from INDIA, I dunno how it got US in my profile.
So you see over represented pool of talented indians !!

I did not submit in R1, looking for professional help for R2

Hey there,

I had some issues with a few of the questions well (8 essays!!), but for the cultural diversity question I wrote about a project that I worked on with a Brazilian client (I was working from the India office) and how the client and it's sales force had a very very unique style of working and thinking and how we had to incorporate that while delivering the project. I'm not sure whether that is enough, but that's what I put down. What did you finally end up putting down?

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I too couldn't find anything interesting to write about in cultural diversity question. Though I had trips to every part of India, will delve deeper into my experiences and find something to write.
It's not about a huge or small experience but you should explain it in detail of what did you learn from and how it impacted your future experiences.

Can everyone who had submitted their apps tell about what we can write in this question?

Hey Vp101,

Do you have 6 years of experience or 3, I couldn't understand from your profile but the above things are too less to analyse a person's profile. If it's 3, you are at a lower end of experience.
Try to get a 700+ score in GMAT, because we Indians are usually from a very competitive pool in every B-school. But that's just one part of the application. The essays itself are dreadful (they are 8 )

Plus here are no experts to judge your profile. You should get it evaluated in Ask admissions consultant Forum. They are experienced people who can give you a better insight.

Thanks Pria

It'll be six years since I graduated college this June. I am retaking the GMAT in the next few weeks. In case I don't get a score more than 680, I shall be applying with my old score. I know I'm on the younger scale of applicants, but let's see...

Oh! that essay is tough. When I brainstormed for this essay back in December, I had tons of ideas. however, I just couldn't capitalize on them properly, or if I did I just didn't like the content or the flow - so scrap and start all over again. I am done with the essays part except for this one. My wife will read over it today and will let me know if it's strong enough. If it is, I'll send it to my buddy to review.

My advice is to focus on the Impact:

- changed you behavior or perception
- inspired you to learn something
- made you reconsider beliefs or ideas

In your case and based on the info you've given, it's good to focus on explaining the difference in the style of work you encountered, the challenges you faced and what you learned from that experience. All this while using the enthusiastic tone.

this falls into the "change in behavior and perception": you probably made the effort to change your style of work such as in communication management, adapting to a new medium of communication. Just throwing examples here.

Good luck!

Anyone knows when the interview invites start coming in?

I applied to R1. Female from India. Banker by Profession and GMAT of 720

As per the mail from the Adcom, we should get the interview invites latest by 1st April.
So I think the invites would start coming out by the last week of March.

got a mail to attend the in-house program on 1st April

https://mba.insead.edu/events/in_house.cfm?utm_campaign=MBA%20In-House%20Event%20in%20SGP%20-%2001Apr2016&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua

anyone plan to join?
R1 applicants would have got the interview call by then, and it makes much sense to join the event if you get an interview call.
Better to have a first-hand experience than an expectation shock (regarding infrastructure and all) on the first day [a] the school

Hi folks..i have also applied for R1. Hope for the best!

You have a high chance of getting into Insead..


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Hi..do we have any statistics as to which intake is more competitive? Jan or Sept? Not sure if there is a significant difference in terms of number of application in these two intakes?

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