vodkacran wrote:
You know if I would collate all the details as posted here, most of our GMAT scores are in the 670-710 levels. Maybe GMAT was one of the criteria. Or at least for me, it seems like it.
If I were to correlate anything, I would do a bit of analysis on the favoured countries:
stk wrote:
For those of you who are interested in the admitted students so far here a short overview:
Admitted Students: 183
Fonty Campus male: 70
Fonty Campus female: 36
Singapore Campus male: 54
Singapore Campus female: 23
Indian: 24
American: 18
French: 15
Lebanese: 14
British: 12
Canadian: 11
German: 11
Chinese: 10
Russian: 7
Japanese: 4
Indians as you know have an extremely high bar to meet re everything. It's a country that has their lifeblood economy grounded in other countries (i.e. outsourcing and export/import). When I think of the other favoured nations, countries like US and Canada are countries of immigrants, so they are likely to have a strong international outlook. For the French, INSEAD probably attracts the cream of the cream of the crop, so no surprise. If they are holding back any major slots, it would be for places like Africa or South America. The low # of Japanese doesn't surprise me... they are a fairly closed country ... academically pretty solid, but not as strong for international outlook. Also, promotions are slow and steady, not up or out. So the GMAT may be an issue for you, but it depends on how you think you are relative to others in the leadership, ability to contribute, and international outlook areas relative to others. And that's the key, relative to others.
One last thing to consider is how they perceived your ability to be at the top. That's one of the reference questions - do you see this person being part of senior management one day. The adcom needs to see that you'll make VP or higher one day, or be making tons of money at your own company that you have a good shot at being successful at.