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Joined: 14 Mar 2023
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Concentration: Strategy, Finance
Schools: HEC Jan 2018 Intake (A$) ISB '19 (A)
WE:Management Consulting (Consulting)
28 Jan 2024, 03:01
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)shantanu09 - interesting profile overall. A few thoughts:
1. Your IIT pedigree and GMAT (assuming balanced Q/ V/ DI) are good, and along with the work-ex, would help compensate for CGPA.
2. Work-ex looks strong, given the international exposure and P&L leadership/ entrepreneurial experience: two aspects that INSEAD values. Would like to understand your key achievements, projects, skillsets gained etc. to assess the professional arc better.
3. Having a strong narrative incl. your motivation for 'why mba, why now' and 'why consulting' would be crucial. Having worked in consulting in the Middle-East, I agree that the MBA tag certainly helps, but the motivations would have to be deeper.
4. Would like to know more about your involvement in ECs, ideally recent ones (post undergrad), and what you learned, etc.
5. My suggestion, especially as an international applicant, is to look at Jan batch as you'd be in the earlier rounds there. While R4 isn't impossible, the bar is higher and would present lesser chances for scholarships. As an FYI, the age range of INSEAD's class is 23-35 years (average=29).
If you haven't already, I'd highly suggest establishing a connect with AdCom (thro' info-sessions or ideally 1:1) to discuss your experiences/ motivations and seek their feedback: this is particularly important for more-experienced applicants.
Hope this helps a bit. Feel free to reach out if you'd like to have a deeper chat.
Regards,
Arvind
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Schools: INSEAD Jan'25 intake (A) HEC Sep'24 Intake LBS '26 Oxford Said'25 IE Sep'24 intake IESE '26
GMAT Focus 1: 665 Q84 V81 DI84 
GPA: 6.7
Schools: INSEAD Jan'25 intake (A) HEC Sep'24 Intake LBS '26 Oxford Said'25 IE Sep'24 intake IESE '26
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28 Jan 2024, 06:28
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admitStreet Thanks for the reply. My scores are following. Definitely more biased around quant and DI but Verbal came decent. You think this would bring down the application?
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28 Jan 2024, 22:01
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Has anyone who’s applied to R3 of Aug’24 intake received interview invites yet?
