It's back! -[2008] Ask ISB-Hyderabad: Admission Director answers your queries!

[arora.nikil]

Dear Sir,
While most of the universities abroad give this information ISB website doesn't. Can you please answer this:

1) The total number of applications received last year?
2) The total number of interview calls?
3) The total number of seats, I assume is same as what it is on the website?
4) I also remember having read in ET that ISB plans to raise its intake to 560 this time, is this true sir?

Looking forward to hear from you ? If the answers to these questions are posted elsewhere in the thread then my apologies...

Thanks
Nikil

[Dreams_are_real]

Originally Posted by Admissions@ISB

Dear Ramesh,

Normally it takes 2-3 weeks for the official GMAT score to reach us. You will have to ensure that we receive it maximum by September 25. You can contact us to check the status of your score report.

Yes, it is possible to schedule a Telephonic interview if you are travelling, provided the time slots are available.

Admissions Team

Thanks for the reply. Looking forward to the examination and probably a chance to be part of ISB.
Regards,
Ramesh aka Dreams_are_real

[mbaqueries]

Dear Sir,

Good Morning

Which Private Equity firms (PE) have come for recruitment to ISB? How many students get placed with PE firms post ISB? I ask this as I am currently in a leading global PE firm looking for opportunities post MBA only in PE. I searched through the recent brochure however was unable to find any PE firms in the recruiters page.

Regards

[Admissions@ISB]

Originally Posted by arora.nikil

Dear Sir,
While most of the universities abroad give this information ISB website doesn't. Can you please answer this:

1) The total number of applications received last year?
2) The total number of interview calls?
3) The total number of seats, I assume is same as what it is on the website?
4) I also remember having read in ET that ISB plans to raise its intake to 560 this time, is this true sir?

Looking forward to hear from you ? If the answers to these questions are posted elsewhere in the thread then my apologies...

Thanks
Nikil

Nikhil,

Your queries are answered below:

1) Total number of applications received last year - 3500
2) Total number of interview calls - 1500
3) Yes, it is true, the total number of seats has been raised to 560 this year.

Admissions Team

[rahul11091979]

Mod Edit: Question deleted as all information can be found from ISB's website.
School's dont have a cut-off score. They encourage the highest scores you can achieve and will show either a Median or an Average score.
Scholarship details can also be found on the website.

[krvignesh]

Hello,

Work Ex-
Worked for a year and a half in A Leading UPS Manufacturing Company called Numeric Power systems .Was a part of their IT team as a SAP Consultant. Was involved in A Full lifecycle implementation of SAP.
From October 2007 till date at SAP LABS India PVT Ltd, Gurgaon as a SAP Development - Consultant.

Proprietor of an Event management firm in Chennai and have also done a lot of freelance event management.

Extra curricular in brief
Held Office In the rotract Club for 2 years in college.
Cultural secretary 2 years in a row and Helped organize one Intra College and one interstate Cultural.
Was a Part of the College Band and played the drums.
Was a Part of the National Cadet Corps in School.
Active part of a NGo called Health Care volunteer.

Academics
10th - 84
12th - 88
B.E. E.C.E In A college affiliated to Anna Univ 67%

I had a lot of backlogs during engineering. So i keep wondering if its worth applying and if i would get a call ?? Is this a factor that is looked at very seriously?? Will a Good GMAT score Make up for The Poor academics ???

[Morpheus123]

Good afternoon Sir,
Firstly i would sincerely like to appreciate your efforts in answering our queries.

I completed my Engineering last year and am presently working with an IT firm.I plan to have a career-Switch to finance as i am not interested in the IT domain.i am taking my Gmat in September this year so that i can apply to ISB for the Class of 2010.

Since i plan to switch to finance, is it advisable for me to switch my job to a financial one. Will it affect my admission chances for next year, since i would be having less than a year in that particular field. on the other hand, if i stick to my present Job i will have a 2 year work experience at the time of joining (if i get selected).

i am really confused and despirited and would really be glad if you could help me out by answering my concerns.

Have a great day
- Varun S

[arora.nikil]

Dear Sir,
Thank you for your reply on the statistics. I have another query with regards to the salary part in the application:
Basically I am self employed and what I do is I take equity stakes in startups(currently working with 2 startups) and scale up their operations or turn it around. So I don't have a fixed salary component but I have equity stakes, how do I show this in the application. One of the way I was thinking was to take the PAT(profit after tax) figure of the startups and calculate my equity earnings and enter this, but this value is too subjective and the valuations may be misleading for a startup however I can attach a 20% tolerance to this. Can I do it this way or can I enter the last drawn salary from an IT company which was in Sept 2007. Please suggest.

Thank You
Nikil

[gurpreetchugh]

Dear Sir

Is there any upper age limit for enrollment into MBA program at ISB. Though, i couldn't find any information on the website suggesting so.

Just out of curiosity, what is generally the maximum age of the students that get enrolled. Though stats on website suggests median age of 27-28 yrs.

Does ISB has any criteria of limiting the no. of students who are in their mid 30s , thereby giving preference to young and mouldable minds.

regds
Gurpreet

[alchemistmba]

Sir,

I've resubmitted my request to contact an alumni today.

thanks