Phoren B-school Assistance Desk

[baccardisprite]

Last week, the UK Government announced a new set of rules for people to apply for a UK Work permit under the Highly Skilled Migrant Program (HSMP). Attached is the complete document for everyone's reference, but you can find details on the website as well.

Briefly:
1) The pass-point is now raised to 75 (it was 65 until last month).

2) There's now an age band, anyone over 32 will get NIL points for their age. It means that anyone over the age of 32 applying to the program will require at least a Master's Degree (worth 35 points) + (in India) earn more than INR 7-8L pre-tax (worth 40 points) to be able to qualify for the 75 points required.

3) The MBA Provision continues (which is good), 10 UK schools and 40 others from Europe, US, Asia and Australia make the list. If you graduate from anyone of these 50 schools, you qualify for 75 points therefore an HSMP. You also fall out of this age band.

4) The provisions for significant achievements & doctors appear to have been removed.

This is for info. Please refer the website for more details.

[baccardisprite]

Originally Posted by kaushalgoa

Hi, Could someone throw more light on my query posted at
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/b-scho...ulate-gpa.html. Regards, Kaushal

Given the number of Indian applicants to business schools, the schools will surely have their methods to convert your grades into a GPA. Either ask the schools for their way of doing so or don't convert. Either way, write to the schools and find out.

[aim-wsc]

The '.pdf' file baccardisprite has uploaded has the list of fifty colleges, the list is important it not only tells us the about the MBA eligible programmes (eligible for UK visa) but it also automatically tells us that these schools have some metal in them

so go ahead and have a look which are these schools
(in general: you can safely say that these are best top 50 MBA programmes UK gornment has done our job easy !!! note with lil bit bias towards UK,,,,)

UK

Ashridge
Bradford School of Management/Nimbas
City University: Cass
Cranfield School of Management
London Business School: LBS
Manchester Business School
University of Cambridge: Judge
University of Oxford: Said
University of Strathclyde
Warwick Business School

USA

Babson College: Olin
Boston University School of Management
Carnegie Mellon Univerity
Colombia Business School:CBS
Cornell University: Johnson
Dartmouth College: Tuck
Duke University: Fuqua
Emory University: Goizueta
Gerorgetown University: McDonough
Harvard Business School: HBS
MIT: Sloan
New York University: Stern-NYU
North Western: Kellogg
Rice University: Jones
Stanford University
UC Berkeley: Haas
UCLA: Anderson
University of Chicago
University of Maryland: Smith
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina: Keenan-Flagler
University of Pennsylvania: Wharton
University of Rochester: Simon
University of Southern California: Marshall
University of Virginia: Darden
Vanderbilt University: Owen
Yale’s School of Management

Australia

Australian Graduate School of Management
Melbourne Business School

Canada
University of Toronto: Rothman
University of Western Ontario: Ivey

Ireland
University College Dublin

Germany
Bradford School of Management/Nimbas

China
Ceibs

Italy
SDA Bocconi

Switzerland
IMD

France
Insead

Singapore
Insead

Spain
Iese Business School
Instituto de Empresa

Netherlands
Bradford School of Management/Nimbas
Rotterdam School of Management
Universiteit Nyenrode

[abet]

Hi Guys,

seems dat u hv already sent ur applcns. I am still held up with my transcripts and essays.

Was planning for to apply Rice Univ.

Can u suggest me any consulting service for admissions. I got score of 600 in GMAT and 2+ experience. So thought approching with a consultant will be better.
Do u think i shud continue to apply for fall,or go for summer???

Thanks
abet

[aim-wsc]

well! if you are looking for the "counselling and ^suggestions n feedback^" for free you have come to the right place

and if you can afford to pay those consulting services for MBA admision, go ahead.

Good Consultants I would suggest: "One very old, one very young"
Maxx Associates,
Stacy Blackman Consulting

I avoid posting urls so just search for these names thats pretty easy.

[devan]

Hi bacardisprite

Need some input for school choices.

I am from a scientific background....have a masters degree from IIT Madras in India and a Phd from a Max Planck i germany (wud have one soon).

I plan to work for 2 or 3 years before I hit B school, bt giving my GMAT next week.
I want to know more about schools that have a track record for accepting people with a background such as mine.

The schools that I aim for are as follows

INSEAD : Dream School, 1 year, Europe, reputed

Queens and Cornell : Found evidence of several students with PhD being accepted there. Feel I can fit well with their crowd of tech intensive students.

Purdue: high acceptance rates (according to BW) and again focus on technology.

ISB : home sweet home

I would like to hear your thoughts on my school choice and please suggest any other schools that come to your mind.

Thanks
Dev

[subhodon]

Hi All,
Just finished with my GMAT few days back...got score of 740(v40,q51)...

Here goes my profile:
Work Ex: 6.5 years (IT) (international exposure - 1 year)
BE (CS) - 74% (School Topper)
EC: Excellent
Currently working as Project Manager in one of the top IT MNC.
Community work : Excellent

I am planning to apply to:
UCLA, Kellog, CMU, Ross, LBS, Duke, Columbia, Sloan

I am aiming for MBA in Finance.

Please let me know about my chances in these schools and should i include any other schools in my list.

Thanks.
subhodon

[CATullus]

Originally Posted by subhodon

Hi All,
Just finished with my GMAT few days back...got score of 740(v40,q51)...
I am planning to apply to:
UCLA, Kellog, CMU, Ross, LBS, Duke, Columbia, Sloan

I am aiming for MBA in Finance.

Please let me know about my chances in these schools and should i include any other schools in my list.

Thanks.
subhodon

You can include Wharton and chicago as well. Go for the kill.

[subhodon]

Are you sure??? I am not sure if I can aim that high...

[CATullus]

Originally Posted by subhodon

Are you sure??? I am not sure if I can aim that high...

In my opinion YES. because LBS, Columbia, Kellogg and Wharton are equally competitive and YES Wharton and LBS stand out. But. If you have one thing that can get the adcoms eye (not the GMAt and proj manager but a great thing) then you can.