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

devashishr

Sir,

In my company big chunk of our compensation (~40%) is paid to us like a bonus on the "anniversary" day of our joining the company. This amount is declared to us a year in advance. However, only my Feb 2009 salary stub will have this amount. Could you advise me what I should do.

Thanks,
Dev

kishorek

Respected Admissions Committee,
I have an undergraduate degree from the US.
First year of my school, I attended university A, and then transferred to university B, where I completed my bachelor's degree.
After gaining a few year of experience, I enrolled in a graduate program at University C (Out of interest for the field, and also to build an alternative transcript as my grades from University B were sub par; The reasons for the blemished performance in school 'B' will be addressed in the optional essay).

I am not sure how to represent this in my educational details.
I have only one degree (from 'B'), which I can mention as my undergraduate degree. The credits at 'A' were transferred to 'B', but not counted towards the GPA (transfer policy for any school in the US), which makes my GPA lesser than the cumulative GPA of A and B taken together. How do I add details about school 'A'. I want the AdCom to take GPAs from both schools into consideration. Is it ok if I mention the cumulative GPA from both A and B schools under Undergraduate degree section, while reporting only school 'B' as the undergraduate school, and provide the transcripts individually?

At school 'C', I did some graduate level coursework, for which I did not and do not intend to receive a degree. I assume I can use the 'Graduate College' section for this, and mention the 'Degree/Certificate received' as 'None'. Please clarify.

I have passed CFA levels I and II, and want to use the 'Additional Education' section to report this.

Admissions@ISB · **Re: doubt regarding River Zumba dam topic -** 29-08-2008, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by the.underdog

Hi,
This question is about one of the Essay topics given in the ISB application. The topic is this:

CASE : You have been appointed to head the team to build a dam across the River Zumba. Success in this project is critical for your company and would earn you a promotion. Failure would mean that your company would be bankrupt and will take along with it, its investors and its employees. Building a dam across the river would result in deforestation of a portion of the rainforests and would mean relocation of the tribals and destabilization of wild life at Zumba. There is resistance from environmental groups against your project. You are meeting the head of the resistance movement in one hour wherein you would have to explain your decision. Describe what you would do and why? (You will be evaluated on the creativity and practicality of your solution).

Now it says describe what you would do and why. I am not clear what this means. Does the Essay require me to write down what I would be telling the head of the resistance movt? i.e the content of my justification of the project. OR does the essay what me to describe what I would be doing in the one hour I have before the head of the resistance movt arrives?
I am not at all clear on this. It would help a lot if you can throw light on this.
Thanks

Dear Applicant,

Please use your own judgment. Clarifying this would defeat some purpose of the essay.

Admissions Team

Admissions@ISB

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Originally Posted by aki23

Hi Sir,

I have a query regarding recommendation.
I have worked in a project for 2 years and I want to take my recommendations from my seniors of that project. But around 5 months back my project got changed and though I can take recommendation from my immidiate supervisor I feel my earlier project seniors will be able to tell more about me in their recommendations than the immidiate supervisor can. But if I wont take a recommendation from my immidiate senior will that be a disadvantage in my application? Can you suggest whom I should take recommendations from?
Thanks.

Aki23,

If you feel that your current supervisor is unable to do full justice to your professional capabilities then we recommend that you opt for your ex supervisor.

Admissions Team

Admissions@ISB

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Originally Posted by entity_unknown

Thank you, Sir.

Now that I have decided to retake the test in third week of November, I have couple of questions about pros & cons of applying in R2 vis-a-vis R1, as follows:

Some B-Schools stipulate that candidates who wish to avail scholarship, tuition waiver, or accomodation should apply in first round - Does ISB also have this policy?

I understand that if the profile is strong it will get selected in R2 and if the profile is weak it will get rejected in R1. However, what about borderline cases ? Is it possible that a borderline case who would otherwise be selected in R1 gets rejected in R2 just because there are fewer seats left?

to summarize:

1] admission prospects - is R1 better than R2?
2] scholarship/waiver prospects - is R1 better than R2?
3] accomodation prospects - is R1 better than R2?

Thanks,
Applicant

Applicant,

1] admission prospects - is R1 better than R2?
Round 2 is definitely more competitive than R1. If you are a borderline case, there are high chances that you will be short listed for an interview and then it all depends on how you tackle that round. However, please keep in mind that a lot depend upon the quality of applications we receive in that particular cycle.

2] scholarship/waiver prospects - is R1 better than R2? No.
3] accomodation prospects - is R1 better than R2? No

Admissions Team

Admissions@ISB

Quote:

Originally Posted by devashishr

Sir,

In my company big chunk of our compensation (~40%) is paid to us like a bonus on the "anniversary" day of our joining the company. This amount is declared to us a year in advance. However, only my Feb 2009 salary stub will have this amount. Could you advise me what I should do.

Thanks,
Dev

Dev,

You only need to mention your CTC, do not include the bonus you mentioned.

Admissions Team

deepti_mba

Hi,
I have done MBBS and MD. Last year one of my friend attended the sessions conducted by ISB and he asked about consideration of Internship as work experience, and got to know that at it is considered as work experience.

Please let me know if this is still considered as work experience for batch of 2009. As, this could make a lot of difference in my application. In April 2009 my work experience will be slightly less 2 years if the internship is not considered as work experience.

Regards,
Deepti

Admissions@ISB

Quote:

Originally Posted by kishorek

Respected Admissions Committee,
I have an undergraduate degree from the US.
First year of my school, I attended university A, and then transferred to university B, where I completed my bachelor's degree.
After gaining a few year of experience, I enrolled in a graduate program at University C (Out of interest for the field, and also to build an alternative transcript as my grades from University B were sub par; The reasons for the blemished performance in school 'B' will be addressed in the optional essay).

I am not sure how to represent this in my educational details.
I have only one degree (from 'B'), which I can mention as my undergraduate degree. The credits at 'A' were transferred to 'B', but not counted towards the GPA (transfer policy for any school in the US), which makes my GPA lesser than the cumulative GPA of A and B taken together. How do I add details about school 'A'. I want the AdCom to take GPAs from both schools into consideration. Is it ok if I mention the cumulative GPA from both A and B schools under Undergraduate degree section, while reporting only school 'B' as the undergraduate school, and provide the transcripts individually?

At school 'C', I did some graduate level coursework, for which I did not and do not intend to receive a degree. I assume I can use the 'Graduate College' section for this, and mention the 'Degree/Certificate received' as 'None'. Please clarify.

I have passed CFA levels I and II, and want to use the 'Additional Education' section to report this.

Kishore,

You may provide the cumulative of university A & B. Your understanding about Grad is absolutely fine with us. Use the 'Additional Education' section to report your CFA levels I and II.

Admissions Team

Admissions@ISB

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Originally Posted by mbaqueries

Good Morning Sir, you mentioned that the average GMAT for the IT pool is 730. Can you also please give us the average GMAT for the non-IT or specifically for Finance work ex pool?

Mbaqueries,

We regret the delay in reply. The average GMAT score of the current batch from the finance background is 690.

Admissions Team

alok1das

Dear SirYou have just mentioned the average GMAT scores of candidates from IT and FINANCE background. Can you tell me the average score of candidates from Defence background for current batch?ThanksAlok