Calling all INSEAD MBA Applicants: (January 2018 Intake) Class of 2018

Also received the call today!! Starting in Singapore!!
Good luck to everyone!!

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Congrats to everyone who received good news today! As soon as you're loaded into MBAconnect, get ready for a bunch of info to come flooding your way :D

Hey fellow R4 applicants! Not sure where everyone else is in terms of interviews, but I just finished both of mine over the weekend and today.

If anyone is interested, wrote up my experiences below. FYI, I am a US applicant and both interviews were conducted in the US by local alumni.

Interview 1: The first interview was very casual (as was the second one). We had lunch at a local cafe. It was sweltering hot - I wore a suit but the interviewer was wearing a button up and shorts. Overall, I felt like the interview was much more of a conversation rather than an interviewer. We did talk about things like my background and why INSEAD, but mostly felt like a conversation with someone I met at a coffee shop.

Interview 2: This interview had some of the typical questions that come up like tell me about working on a team, tell me about an accomplishment, what are your weaknesses, tell me about a time when you had culture shock. Basically if you go through the list of questions in this forum you will be set. Other than that, we talked a lot about her experiences at INSEAD and what she felt the strengths and weaknesses of the program were.

Overall, I'd say just write up some questions from the forum on a 3x5 card and drill them and you should be good to go!

Congrats to all who got in!! Good luck to those still waiting!!

Btw, once R3 acceptance is over, can someone update the admission stats from MBACONNECT? Thanks in adv!

Just to share my interview experience - both were very conversational although they were held at their respective offices.
Questions range from typical why INSEAD, why MBA to areas that are weaker in your application/resume (which you should know them by now).

If you are uncertain, ask your mentor/senior/friend to read through your application and CV and come up with some questions about the weaknesses

Hi,

I got my call today, Admitted as well
I was already so stressed after seeing how many people got their calls yesterday

Good luck to the rest!

Hi guys - received the call this morning. Super excited!! Starting in Singapore.

I've never posted here (or anywhere, really) but I relied on this community quite a bit for moral support. The GMAT club played an instrumental role throughout my journey from taking (/suffering through) the GMAT to getting the call. I would like to sincerely thank each and every one of you. I would be happy to share my experience, if anyone is interested. Can't wait to meet all of you and start the best year of my life. Good luck to all of those that are still waiting!

Hey peeps,

First time poster, long time reader.
I got my call this morning!!! Finally admitted!!
Starting in Fonty. Can't wait to meet you all.

Good luck to the rest.

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Congrats to admitted R3's and good luck to those still waiting !!!

Really disappointed on not being admitted. Trying to find a way to improve my chances of being admitted from waitlist.

Waitlisted with Interview on: 2017/09/06
Heard back via: Email
Location: United States
GMAT: 700, Q45, V40
GPA: 3.2
WE: 60 months
Industry: Manufacturing
Interviewed on: 2017/07/03
Decision Received on: 2017/09/06

guys I am trying to access the admission stats from MBA connect but I just failed to find them...

can anyone tell me where they are?

this looks very easy to understand the whole graph chart of industries to work on various categories. Very useful information.

Any Fonty ppl here? Do we have https://gmatclub.com/chat/Slack groups already?

Hello gmatclub

Here is an update on the latest data from MBAConnect (first nationality only):

Nationality #
Lebanese 16
Tunisian 1
German 18
Palestinian 1
Pakistani 9
Indian 42
British 16
Brazilian 31
Australian 9
Canadian 23
French 19
Portuguese 9
Spanish 33
American 37
Greek 4
Norwegian 2
Indonesian 5
Turkish 9
Slovene 1
Iranian 4
Kuwaiti 1
Italian 17
Israeli 8
Russian 6
Dutch 7
Belgian 3
Philippine 4
Taiwanese 5
Chinese 34
Colombian 3
Singaporean 12
Polish 4
Mauritian 2
New Zealander 1
Egyptian 1
Peruvian 4
Cypriot 1
Mexican 1
Swedish 1
Puerto Rican 1
Japanese 6
Kyrgyz 1
Serbian 1
Austrian 3
Bulgarian 5
Korean 2
Kenyan 2
Nigerian 2
Thai 5
Argentine 2
Sri Lankan 1
Ukrainian 1
Croat 1
Georgian 1
Ghanaian 1
Bolivian 1
South African 4
Moldovan 1
Malaysian 1
Chilean 1
Beninese 1
Moroccan 1
Slovak 1
Romanian 1
Jordan 1
Swiss 4
Uruguayan 1
Estonian 1

Total 458

Thanks for the update latinoinasuit

Thanks latinoinasuit for the numbers!

18 Germans, that's very interesting. Would be interesting to know how many are sponsored by their companies.

So i assume that there is around 42-100 spaces left? assuming cohort size of 500 - 550
Looking at the number of admitted from my country, my hopes just turned dimmer...

Profile evaluation-Indian male GMAT 680,Total exp-8 years in Indian PSU.

I need some guidance regarding my chances in INSEAD.
GMAT:680 Q 49, V 34
GPA:3.1 Electrical Engg
Exp:8years in Indian Maharatna PSU NTPC

Achievements:
Was part of the team that completed erection and commissioning of steam turbine in record time of 13months,a project worth INR 450 cr

Formulated a plan to stop barring stalling in turbine leading to annual saving of over 150 cr annually.

Other than my work life i also engage in csr activities of ntpc ,participating in education and swachh bharat abhiyan.

I am planning to start my mba at the earliest so is my profile ok or should i go for a better gmat score.

where are you from?