[estranged_gnrs]

Originally Posted by estranged_gnrs

Puys,

We know you are anxious and delay in the announcement of the results is taking it toll , but please be a little restrained in posting. Avoid speculation and post only if some relevant information needs to be shared.

Meanwhile go and check out PaGaLGuY Rankings . There is lot to read about and explore there!

Cheers and Best of Luck!

Rohit

Originally Posted by gjain

which ones?

Originally Posted by mbaclassof1011

Thats wht u think!

Originally Posted by powermba11

Change! Yes, We Can !

Originally Posted by target-09

It is all about CHANGE now..ISB or NO ISB

Originally Posted by siddharth1gupta

each message that i receive on my mobile .... makes my heart rate jump .... my pathetically slow nokia n 72 takes 10 seconds to open a message ... :sad:

Originally Posted by dandydude83

Another 30 mins for results puys..

(based on last year)

:angel:

People, please restrain yourself. Please do not indulge in any speculation, one-liner posts and misinformation. Last warning to the users here.

See, everytime you make a post here, all the people who are following this thread visit it and find out that it is not relevant at all! Please contribute useful information, so that when others see it, they do not laugh at immaturity of ISB aspirants. Compared to last few pages, there is much better quality of discussions at MAT and State level CET threads!

Please use PM for any personal discussion.

Edit : Thread Locked! Please PM me when the results are out.

Rohit

[itsme_291]

Worse is to have loads of work, but no enthu to do it..

Originally Posted by theapprentice

Hi Raghav
Just joking...Pagalguy par pagalpanti bhi zarrori hai..


cheers!
@
PS- Its a bad thing not to have any work in office one day prior to the result

[gone_case_1008]

Ha ha, target-09, I can understand your "bhawnaye"

[corr_monk]

Disclaimer - Only read further if you are upto no good.
Ok guys, the final day of wait! I think the time is opportune to do some retrospection without introspection (the best kind !). So I take the liberty to do a brief history of the ISB aspirants for the class of 2010 (the real reason is that I am sitting in office :P). I have also taken the liberty to use a BS licence (akin to a poetic license - allows me to BS). So here goes.

History of the ISB class of 2010:

Time immemorial (circa Sept 200 - Aspirants submit application. First wave of bravehearts call up the adcom - "when will the interview invitations come?"

Adcom - "As said on the website - 3-7 days before"

Bravehearts - "Ok... Still ...exactly when?"

Adcom - "3-7 days before"

Bravehearts (after a few days - lest they sound impatient) - "Thank you sir/maam for taking out the time blah blah, I am really impressed with ISB blah blah blah... When will the interview results be known?"

Adcom - "(Prays to god) 3-7 days before"

In the meantime there is a frenzy of theories at a popular web-forum, correllating - interview call order, doc upload status and which way one got out of bed - to the final selection.

Adcom (via emails/forums) - "We advise everyone to wait patiently and not fall prey to rumours or over-analysis"

Aspirants (amongst themselves) - "These adcom walas are really shrewd. They are delibrately doing this to throw us off."
Another theory takes birth - Ppl who were told by the Adcom dont-believe-everything-you-hear and whose docs have not been uploaded are rejected unless they are vegetarian"

In the meantime as declared everyone gets interview calls 3-7 days before the interview (well most ppl atleast).
ISB stumps everyone again - they stick to their plan.

Aspirants now move their area of focus solely to doc uploads. With palms sweating, they nervously type away, discussing among themselves what this could mean for their future and the future of the planet. More frantic calls to the adcom.
Adcom (and this time it is from someone way at the top) - "Please do not unnecessarily worry by over analysing small things"

Aspirant "Thank you sir for your kind advice .. I am really impressed with ISB and am very keen to join it ...blah blah blah ... My documents have been submitted but not uploaded. Can you please throw some light?".

Adcom - "(Sigh!)"

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..
Days go by. The doc upload theory shows some signs of waning. Only to be replaced by speculation on the final result declaration. Adcom is flooded with calls for enquiries. They put the most patient and understanding person they can find to recieve the calls.


Current student - "Guys the adcom is sitting for a meeting on friday. Holiday on the weekend and scholarship decision on Monday/Tuesday. So results would be out probably by the 20th only (or something to the same effect). Please dont hassle the adcom person with phone calls."

Immediately after this post.

Aspirant - "Hello adcom. When will the results be declared?"
Adcom - "(Grrr) 20th"
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The results are declared on 20th.
Aspirant - "How clever of the adcom to keep us in suspense ALL this while ! I love ISB"
And so it goes....
Most of the selected aspirants join ISB, the rest go on to do other big things in their life.
The adcom demands a pay hike. :-)

[estranged_gnrs]

Thread opened on repeated requests by genuine users. They have promised me that sanity will prevail. Hence, am opening it. But the rules still remain the same. No one-liners, no misinformation and speculation. Go to chit-chat section and enjoy there if you cant hold it!

I will be forced to ban anyone and lock this thread, if it is not complied.

Cheers and best of luck.
Rohit

[p_jez]

Originally Posted by estranged_gnrs

Thread opened on repeated requests by genuine users. They have promised me that sanity will prevail.

Thx a ton...

Hence, am opening it. But the rules still remain the same. No one-liners, no misinformation and speculation. Go to chit-chat section and enjoy there if you cant hold it!

Aah, but the world is not an ideal place, however much we may want it to be. There will always be people who will not read/disregard/forget the forum rules. Would have appreciated if you had posted the line about the "Chit Chat Section" with your first post, though...

I will be forced to ban anyone and lock this thread, if it is not complied.

Yes, and your decisions will be respected by most people (even if not appreciated by many)

Cheers

[NelloreGuy]

For whatever it is worth: My documents are now updated!

What if ISB doesn't happen?

Can someone please let me know good schools in Asia/Europe for Strategy Planning concentration?

[Acharya]

Originally Posted by NelloreGuy

For whatever it is worth: My documents are now updated!

What if ISB doesn't happen?

Can someone please let me know good schools in Asia/Europe for Strategy Planning concentration?

Congratulations NelloreGuy on getting your documents updated. Well, I think the discussions on the doc theory is past and we shouldn't indulge into it anymore!

Further, to your question on good schools in Asia/Europe for Strategy Planning, I can think of couple of schools in Europe like ESADE, HEC Paris and LBS (for sure!:beta1. Moreover, it depends on your profile also. Experience counts a lot in european B-Schools. To that end, I think Asian school should be a good bet:snipersm:.

[NelloreGuy]

Originally Posted by Acharya

Congratulations NelloreGuy on getting your documents updated. Well, I think the discussions on the doc theory is past and we shouldn't indulge into it anymore!

Further, to your question on good schools in Asia/Europe for Strategy Planning, I can think of couple of schools in Europe like ESADE, HEC Paris and LBS (for sure!:beta1. Moreover, it depends on your profile also. Experience counts a lot in european B-Schools. To that end, I think Asian school should be a good bet:snipersm:.

Well, I will be having around 12 years of experience by 2009. However none of it is in strategy planning. Of late I am slowly realizing that strategy planning is where I want to be. Have already looked at LBS (It is pretty much part of the plan for 2010). HEC Paris and ESADE - have to check them out.

How is Asian Institute of Management for this concentration?

Thanks Acharya - Yes, my documents getting updated is proof enough to refute the theory of doc updates. The chances of a convert in ISB for me is very slim thanks to the not-so-great interview performance.

[Acharya]

Originally Posted by NelloreGuy

Well, I will be having around 12 years of experience by 2009. However none of it is in strategy planning. Of late I am slowly realizing that strategy planning is where I want to be. Have already looked at LBS (It is pretty much part of the plan for 2010). HEC Paris and ESADE - have to check them out.

How is Asian Institute of Management for this concentration?

Thanks Acharya - Yes, my documents getting updated is proof enough to refute the theory of doc updates. The chances of a convert in ISB for me is very slim thanks to the not-so-great interview performance.

Ha ha..well as far as the interview performance is concerned, you can never say. I have seen my colleagues getting grilled on their academics after being a CGPA>9 as they had already made up their mind to select him (I think!) Since you have very high work-ex, you stand a very good chance inspite so-said-"bad"-performance! So keep flaming your aspirations...

I think your 12 years of work-experience would be more than enough to shoot down a couple of European B-Schools.:gunsmilie: May I know what is your concentration presently? If it is not IT than you stand a very good chance (you can go on the lines of having high work-exp) and now getting a brainwave to utilize your experience on the next level by leveraging it to consult companies in specific domains of your strenght. Even if you have it in IT, you will be able to differentiate yourself with other lesses experience. But you should present a strong case of why MBA now!