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

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dumbass

Hi,

I am a reapplicant. Last year was a half baked attempt where in the essays were not upto the mark and even i gooffed up on some of the information provided like % scored, etc. I have had time this year and would have a well thought out application in place. I was wondering if last years application data would have an effect on this years application.

Thanks!!

Admissions@ISB

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Originally Posted by alchemistmba

Sir,

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

thanks

Thank You. We will get in touch with you soon.

Admissions Team

Admissions@ISB

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Originally Posted by 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 ???

Please refer to page no. 1 of this thread.

Admissions Team

Vaibhav Kapur

Sir,
Having read the thread, i collect that you can cover up for your past academics through a good gmat score and a great work experience.

The thing is my 10th and 12th were disasters and my academic records only started inproving after my 4th semester of b.tech.

i just passed out with an avg score and iam now in my family business

my queries are as follows-
Do i have a realistic chance of gettin through if i get a good gmat score
secondly if iam working in my family business, does that count as work experience?
and whose letter of recommendation would be required in my case??

thanks for your time

Admissions@ISB

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Originally Posted by 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

Varun,

It will help if you have some exp in Finance but you also need to have minimum 2 years of work exp to apply to ISB. You have two options:

1) Either you stick to your current IT job and apply to ISB,
2) Or you switch to a Finance job, apply to ISB for class of 2011 (in case you do not have 2 years of work exp)

Please refer to page no. 3 also.

Admissions Team

arora.nikil

Dear Sir, Due to high volume of posts, I think my query was missed out. Can you please have a look at this: 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

Admissions@ISB

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Originally Posted by 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

Nikil,

September 2007 salary slip will not suffice. Please submit your latest IT return.

Admissions Team

Admissions@ISB

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Originally Posted by 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

Dear Gurpreet

There is no upper age limit to apply to ISB. In fact, in the current batch we have a 52 year old gynecologist as a student. There are no criteria of limiting the no. of students belonging to a specific age group.

Admissions Team

Admissions@ISB

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Originally Posted by dumbass

Hi,

I am a reapplicant. Last year was a half baked attempt where in the essays were not upto the mark and even i gooffed up on some of the information provided like % scored, etc. I have had time this year and would have a well thought out application in place. I was wondering if last years application data would have an effect on this years application.

Thanks!!

If you submitted the application last year and paid the application fee, then we will cross-check the new application with the old one. My advice to you will be that you write about your goof up in the optional essay and explain the whole situation properly. However, if you did not pay the fee, then you need not worry as your application would not have been processed.

Menon