ISB 2008 - Interviews and Admits

[Aspirant008]

hI pUYS

My profile
B.E BITS Mesra Electronics with 66 % gpa
Work exp HP 2.5+ IT
Extra Circ: good, Community service
GMAT Planning to take end of october,2007

Will apply for 09 batch in c2 will it not get late and please help me in how ti go ahead with essays and applying for the form.

Is there NRI QUOTA or Nri CHILD QUOTA AS IN IIFT

RGDS
ARSHAD

[archipelago]

Originally Posted by EvilZombie

It is a question for all of you.

A friend of mine says he wants to take the million dollars and give it in charity.
I said the WHAT???!!!

Though he is into a lot of philantrophic activities and has contributed a lot to such activities, I seriously do not believe that any Indian middle class individual in his right minds will use the whole million for such a NOBLE purpose. Afterall we are no son-in-law of Mr.Warren Buffet!!

Though this essay provides a chance to talk about his philanthrophic associations I think his purpose is too unrealistic for an Indian school adcom to believe. So my question is

Does the adcom want to look at the Realistic nature of the essay or is it just helping us vent out such a facet of our personality while admitting a generous dose of fantasy?

We argued, fought but could not reach a conclusion so I thought democracy would help.
I hope to see some light at the end of the tunnel. Guys suggestions please!!

-EZo

IMHO, the ad com should accept that a person might donate a million dollars in charity as long as the applicant can project that he has been involved in philanthropic activities in the past... I think that the essay is meant for us to show what we have 'created' (headed a post that was set up for the first time, took and nurtured an initiative etc).

Once you establish that you have an experience in 'creating' things, u can connect it to how would you use the million $. In this case, ur friend may say that he will 'create' a new initiative in charity with the money and justify the usage. And you may write that you will start ur business or watever it is that u want to do with the million $.

[April2007@ISB]

Originally Posted by bornforyou

KrackIt...I don't think there is any bias against re-applicants but having said that re-applicants need to prove that they have gotten better. So it gets a little challenging. I once surveyed my batch on what successful re-applicants did and you may wanna check it out here (Aiming for ISB)

And I hope you also got adcom's feedback as to why you were rejected last year. ATB.

TAL BornforYou. This really helps. I am also a re-applicant.
As you mentioned, Adcome gives feedback and one should work towards filling the gaps mentioned. Now my question is particulary to Re-applicant essays. I was thinking on the same lines. Actually, I think I have almost attacked everything mentioned in ISB Feedback like..I improved my GMAT, I got a better role, moved to a new place n all...

Now do you think it is ok to write the essay similaryly ..to write the feedback and then attack each ? May be its not quite conventional...

[humans]

Hi All,

This is my first post and need some feedback from you guys about my prospect in applying to ISB.

I am planning to apply in C2 as I have just started preparing for GMAT and planning to give it in last week of September.

My Profile

Work Ex: Will be 10yrs next yr start of course. Totally in IT and includes more than 2 yrs of it internationally.
Academic: Nothing to write about. B.Sc (Gen) passed in 4 yrs after failing in 1st yr and obviously barely passed.
Extra Curicular: Nothing in academic but some during work.

So guys what are your opinions on my chances.

Thanks

[Aspirant008]

10 yrs too much exp to full time MBA why dount u do part time or executive.

do u plan to start ur own bussiness

[bornforyou]

Originally Posted by April2007@ISB

TAL BornforYou. This really helps. I am also a re-applicant.
As you mentioned, Adcome gives feedback and one should work towards filling the gaps mentioned. Now my question is particulary to Re-applicant essays. I was thinking on the same lines. Actually, I think I have almost attacked everything mentioned in ISB Feedback like..I improved my GMAT, I got a better role, moved to a new place n all...

Now do you think it is ok to write the essay similaryly ..to write the feedback and then attack each ? May be its not quite conventional...

The format should not be an issue. You have to optimize based on content and the word limit. Anyhow the moment you say you are a re-applicant the adcom is going to pull up your old application also.

[eyeris]

Hi,

I need some help with the essays. Does anyone know of a good, reliable link with the essay structure, sample essays etc relevant to ISB? I tried to google some but there are so many sites that sifting through each one is tedious. So if I could have the benefit of someone else's experience in searching for the site in question, I would be much obliged.

Regards.
Eyeris.

[harry_x1]

Hi friends,

Can anyone here provide me an evaluation of my profile.
I intend to apply for ISB an IIM 2008/09 session of PGPX.

1. Have 5 and a half year of leadership experience as a commissioned officer in indian air force.(completeing six by start of programme)

2. Age 27 years.

3. GMAT 710 and AWA 5.

5. B.Com Punjab university 66.4 % (19997-2000)

6. +2- 82.4%(CBSE)

7. 10th- 67.4% (CBSE)

8. Good extra curriculars in college and school(NCC, Cicet,hockey,theater,cultural dance)

I am interested in knowing the following things and will request anyone with the requiste knowledge to kindly provide the necessery guidance:

(a) What is the attitude of ISB guys towards people with military experience.
(b) What is their track record in giving admissions to military people(are some statistics available on this somewhere because the site doesnt disclose these numbers).
(c) Does my profile show any weakness(will try to improve dat for example my GMAT score etc).

Thanks

Harry

[harry_x1]

Hi friends,

Can anyone here evaluate my profile.
I intend to apply for ISB and IIM 2008/09 session of PGPX.

1. Have 5 and a half year of leadership experience as a commissioned officer in indian air force.(completeing six by start of programme)

2. Age 27 years.

3. GMAT 710 and AWA 5.

5. B.Com Punjab university 66.4 % (19997-2000)

6. +2- 82.4%(CBSE)

7. 10th- 67.4% (CBSE)

8. Good extra curriculars in college and school(NCC, Cricket,hockey,theater,cultural dance)

I am interested in knowing the following things and will request anyone with the requiste knowledge to kindly provide some guidance:

(a) What is the attitude of ISB guys towards people with military experience.
(b) What is their track record in admitting military people(are some statistics available on this somewhere because ISB website doesnt disclose these numbers).
(c) Does my profile show any weaknesses(will try to improve dat for example my GMAT score etc).

Thanks

Harry

[KrackIt]

BFY

Thanks for the earlier reply. I was also interested to find out more on the placement records for the IIM bunch!!! How many actually manage to escape from the tag post ISB?? and what kind of roles do they get if they end up back in IT. Can you please share some rough stats bout that aswell!!!

Thanks in advance!!!