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Manishcfc8
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08 Mar 2018, 12:58
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Hello everyone,
I know this might not be the correct section for admission counselling. However, my concerns revolved around GMAT as well. So, requesting your patience with this post.
I wrote GMAT with 50 days of preparation, scored 710, and then completed the application for ISB round 2 at the eleventh hour. Everything was done in a hurry. I was confident of landing an interview invite until I got a reject from SP Jain Institute of Management and Research with this very same profile. This situation got me demotivated pretty much, and ISB invite was the last thing I had expected. I got the invitation with 4 days of notice, and I clearly couldnt prepare it to my best. At the interview, I was told specifically that I seem to be more of a technical person, and believe this is what went against me. I received the reject invite on 5th March.
Now, having provided all this data, I want to mention my plans for the coming year. I believe with a better GMAT score(in excess of 760) will be helpful. Of course, I am concentrating on improving my overall profle and for this I have considered taking a couple of MOOCs from coursera or edx to get a much clearer overview about my reasons for an MBA, something that I can explain much clearly next time around to the interview panel. I have plans to take up more leadership oriented roles at work. So, I believe with these additional things on my profile, I will have better chances.
A bigger reason I believe is that 710 is around the median score for ISB and other colleges that I am targeting (NUS, HEC, INSEAD, IE. Havent considered US universities yet, so the list will get bigger).
My understanding is that even though GMAT isnt a dealbreaker after getting an interview invite, a 99 percentile score will have some value, especially considering other attributes of my profile are average( General, Engineer Male from India with 3.8 years of IT consulting experience with 1 year of lead role in Paris as a distinguishing factor).
What do experts here think? Should I really invest 3 months of my time on writing GMAT again, or can this time be used to improve other aspects of my profile, considering I will have to start applying again with 6 months now.
I know this might not be the correct section for admission counselling. However, my concerns revolved around GMAT as well. So, requesting your patience with this post.
I wrote GMAT with 50 days of preparation, scored 710, and then completed the application for ISB round 2 at the eleventh hour. Everything was done in a hurry. I was confident of landing an interview invite until I got a reject from SP Jain Institute of Management and Research with this very same profile. This situation got me demotivated pretty much, and ISB invite was the last thing I had expected. I got the invitation with 4 days of notice, and I clearly couldnt prepare it to my best. At the interview, I was told specifically that I seem to be more of a technical person, and believe this is what went against me. I received the reject invite on 5th March.
Now, having provided all this data, I want to mention my plans for the coming year. I believe with a better GMAT score(in excess of 760) will be helpful. Of course, I am concentrating on improving my overall profle and for this I have considered taking a couple of MOOCs from coursera or edx to get a much clearer overview about my reasons for an MBA, something that I can explain much clearly next time around to the interview panel. I have plans to take up more leadership oriented roles at work. So, I believe with these additional things on my profile, I will have better chances.
A bigger reason I believe is that 710 is around the median score for ISB and other colleges that I am targeting (NUS, HEC, INSEAD, IE. Havent considered US universities yet, so the list will get bigger).
My understanding is that even though GMAT isnt a dealbreaker after getting an interview invite, a 99 percentile score will have some value, especially considering other attributes of my profile are average( General, Engineer Male from India with 3.8 years of IT consulting experience with 1 year of lead role in Paris as a distinguishing factor).
What do experts here think? Should I really invest 3 months of my time on writing GMAT again, or can this time be used to improve other aspects of my profile, considering I will have to start applying again with 6 months now.
Manishcfc8
Joined: 11 Nov 2017
Last visit: 02 Jan 2024
Posts: 21
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Given Kudos: 38
Location: India
Concentration: Finance, Technology
Schools: ISB '19 (D) EDHEC Jan20 Intake (I) HEC'22 (J)
GMAT 1: 710 Q49 V38
GPA: 3.5
WE:Consulting (Consulting)
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08 Mar 2018, 13:28
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Hi, bb. Requesting your help here. Could you please tag someone who can assist me in this regard. Thanks in advance
08 Mar 2018, 23:51
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Hi Manishcfc8, I don't agree that your predominantly technical profile is the reason for your reject. What leadership experiences can a b-school expect from a person with less than 4 years of experience?
Among the applicants, there is also a considerable confusion between leadership and initiative. Formal leadership opportunities for people with less than 5 years of experience are hard to come by, but everyday work offers opportunities to exhibit initiative. Hence, one should demonstrate initiative taking abilities in the application.
Since you do have time before the the application season starts, you can consider pushing up the GMAT score. Will definitely help.
Among the applicants, there is also a considerable confusion between leadership and initiative. Formal leadership opportunities for people with less than 5 years of experience are hard to come by, but everyday work offers opportunities to exhibit initiative. Hence, one should demonstrate initiative taking abilities in the application.
Since you do have time before the the application season starts, you can consider pushing up the GMAT score. Will definitely help.
