INSEAD admit taking question

[MRajesh]

Hello Insead admit,

I have been shortlisted for interview for R1 Jan 2008. Appreciate any tips/suggestions that you may have for me wrt what to expect and how best to prepare.

Appreciate your feedback.

Thanks and regards,

Madhu

[ankurkanwar]

Insead admit - approx how many ppl apply for each intake, what % are called for interviews and what % are finally selected?

thanks

[vipinraju]

Hello,
Congrats for getting into Insead.
I have done my MBA from top 10 indian college and willbe getting into an IT company.

I have 4 yrs of wrok ex now and I am planning to do another MBA in next 4-5 yrs.
Could you please tell me how much my previous mba would impact my chance?
Will it be seen as -ive?

Thanks and best of luck to you guys.

[insead.admit]

Hi,

You can justify additional MBA. I know someone from NIFT MBA (just an example) coming to INSEAD. Just tell them why u need another degree.


Interview tips: Be cool. Know your goals, essays, and why insead. Depends a lot on interviewer for how he /she takes the conversation.

INSEAD doesnt officially disclose the %age of people selected but I have heard that it's 25% of applied are offered admission.

[longhorn]

hi buddy,

can you tell us how does INSEAD view those who apply for R3?
i have read that its always harder competing for seats during R3.....but i rather make sure my app is perfect as can be, than jst rush it to make the deadline for R2.

any comments or insights from any of u guys wud be highly appreciated......thanks!!

longhorn

[insead.admit]

They say that R3 for them is an equal chance round. I saw lots of seats open till R3.

Of course I cannot be the authority for this

[longhorn]

hi insead.admit

thanks for ur input. I hope what you say is closer to the truth
cuz i read somewhere that R3 applicants have it more difficult.....has anyone heard or read the same?

it makes sense, in a way, cuz most ppl who knew they wanted to get into INSEAD wuda definitely applied their in R1 and the latest, R2....right?

i delayed cuz retaking gmat again.

thanks guys

[dasi]

Originally Posted by insead.admit

Hi All,

I will be happy to answer the questions you might have on INSEAD. The school, placements, admission process, etc.

As a background. My profile is Indian / IT / Male / 720
But will like to stress here that this is really NOT a decision maker.

Shoot back for more questions.

Hi Insead.admit

First of all, many congratulations for getting into INSEAD. Me too looking forward to following your footsteps... Aiming for sept 2008 / jan 2009. Here's my profile. Me taking my GMAT on 25 June. If i hit a 700+ score, what would be my chances??

(I'm sorry it isn't exactly short .. dint know what to leave behind.. this is virtually my entire resume out here

Work exp: (till sept 2008 ) - 3 years
Achievements at workplace:

• Six Sigma Green Belt certified. Six Sigma trainer and mentor for employees in the company. The ONLY employee in the company, with less than a total work experience of 5 years, to be selected in the training team.
• Head of the company music band
• Vice captain of the company volleyball team
• Part of the Editorial committe of the company monthly e-magazine

Acads:
BE - E&E / 2005 / NIT Surathkal India / 84.3 % / 4th topper in class
10th - 94.3% , 12th - 93.17% (both times, second topper in my district - Karnataka state board)

Other Extra - curricular activities:

• Coordinator of the Media Committee of INCIDENT 2005, the National level cultural fest of NITK Surathkal, in its 25th anniversary year. With a severe crunch of funds, I and my team, managed to cut down costs from the allocated Rs 40,000 to Rs 20,000, while producing superior results - arranging for professional coverage of all the major stage events and airing of these events on the local city channel (for the first time), to improve the publicity of the festival and the college.

• Executive member of the Events Committee of ENGINEER 2005 – the first major national level tech fest conducted by the college.

• Member of the Music club of NITK for three years. Won 3rd prize at ‘Ragam’ - National level cultural fest at NIT Calicut in eastern music group event.

• Secured 99th rank in the Karnataka CET in Engineering Stream, among approximately 1.6 lakhs students who took the test. (equivalent to 99.94 percentile)

• Captained the volleyball team of MPUC, Manipal from 10th standard to II PUC. In the absence of a good trainer in the college, also doubled up as the coach of the team, and played an important role in establishing our school among the top eight best volleyball school teams in Udupi district.

• III Prize in the Mysore Zonal level Kannada essay competition conducted by the Karnataka P.U Education Board. Various prizes in other district and college level essay and speech competitions, in Kannada, English and Hindi.

• President Scout. As the leader of the scout troop of my school, I have led the troop at several camps and rallies.

• State level NTS Scholar (11th rank in Karnataka state). Awarded the scholarship for two years during my plus two level.

• II prize in the state level quiz competition conducted by the ‘Prajavani’ (reputed Kannada state daily), in 1998. Various prizes in several other quiz contests.

Thanks a lot, in advance!!

[insead.admit]

Hi there,

your profile is good.
few (cliche) things. As you could be from a competitive pool. Try getting some international experience and other extra-ordinary feats ? you have time to plan / strategize it.
What that will be is your call / options availability

Best of luck !

[rahul hyd]

hi insead admit,

Congrats.........for being at the best non-US Bschool

hey, I am planning to apply for INSEAD for sept 2008 batch

here's my profile:

Mech Engg from REC / NIT Kurukshetra - 2002 passout
58 months sales experience - 2.5 yrs industrial sales & 2 yrs of project / institutional sales with Bose (audio systems)
GMAT - 740
ACADS - decent
aim: to move to consulting
Xtra cur - gud
· Vice-President of the College Photography club.
· Member of Mechanical Engineers’ Society & SPICMACAY at REC Kurukshetra.
· Founder- Secretary of BHUMI, a developmental institution.

• Weekend Radio Jockey at All India Radio.

I have been confident that my profile is decent, but after the ISB debacle(cudn'tmake it thru the interview), i have been trying to analyse the reasons for this.........
one negative (whether isb or anyother B school perspective) is i may not boast of any international experience.......to be very frank.....i dont think I can shift to a profile in sales that wud give me the requisite intl experience beforei start applying to insead..........

given this profile.........do you think this has a decent chance of acceptance......or will the intl experience part become a major deciding critereon?

Can you tell me if all the ppl the have an intl experience or sbd with my kind of background is also accepted in the current & earlier batches......

Rahul