Why ISB will beat IIMs

[The Rock]

Originally Posted by DesiGuru

@The Rock

That is a Rocking pic

K

Appreciate your comment

[orca]

Good points put across by DG !!

If there has to be a comparision b/w the IIMs and ISB, makes sense to only look at those jobs@ISB that have gone to ppl < 4 yrs of work ex. If those 5 yrs+ work ex guys in ISB were to be in A/B/C, most prolly they wud have cracked 1 cr+ sals there as well. IIM or ISB no one wud really mind taking in a B-school grad with 6+ yrs of prior work ex at mid management roles. In fact comparing ISB placements with the PGPX course placements makes more sense but for that we might have to wait for a while !!

[live_n_let_live99]

Frm National wastes to "Err...May b not if they do get full autonomy" to may b in future "World Class after all"...


BJP needs to look at my friend...Chanakya.Political.Guru...Mahajan's loss may not turn out to b a body blow after all...

[AddyJ]

Some of the comments made above seem quite arrogant to me. I am not advocating for the ISB, nor do I have any experience with any MBA program! However, common sense tells me that it is totally foolish to say that only those people who do not get into the IIMs choose the ISB.

It is also foolish to compare the applicant pool of both scools. While the majority of applicants at the IIMs have no work experience, the ISB students have a lot of it. ISB selects its candidates based on a more holistic review of applications, and the GMAT/CAT is only one of the criteria. On the other hand, for the IIMs, the CAT is basically the only criterion. Therefore, most of the applicants who get into the IIMs would get rejected by the ISB admissions committe because they are not good enough. Only people who have work experience know what the value of, for example, superior communication skills is. The IIM candidates can only solve complex mathematical hurdles, something they will not have to do in their professional careers. Yes, what they will need in reality is communication skills, and skills to motivate people.

If I had to choose a school, I would choose the ISB in a heartbeat, because I know that not only will my teachers teach me, my classmates will share with me their professional experiences and give me a better overall understanding. The ISB has been structured along international standards, while the IIMs don't even compare. I cannot think of any other school right of the back that takes 70-80% of its candidates without any work-experience at all.

I would also like to reply to a misinformed comment. The salary at the ISB isn't lower that IIMs, but the contrary. The average domestic pay was about 2 lacks INR higher. So not only did the topper at ISB kick the IIMA topper's a** with 1 crore, the average earners did the IIM grads too --- and that too doggy style!

[DesiGuru]

This guy is 19, lives in Knoxville, Tennesee joined the forum yesterday and loves ISB

End of story

K

[The Rock]

Originally Posted by DesiGuru

This guy is 19, lives in Knoxville, Tennesee joined the forum yesterday and loves ISB

End of story

K

Dude, don't diss him. Hes just 19...It might leave scars for the rest of his life.

[ashish_bhel]

moods plz to come in picture and set the rules of the game . i am going through Pg since last 1 year had lot of debates but never any one used words as my friends has done in the last few lines of the thread.

ashish

Originally Posted by AddyJ

Some of the comments made above seem quite arrogant to me. I am not advocating for the ISB, nor do I have any experience with any MBA program! However, common sense tells me that it is totally foolish to say that only those people who do not get into the IIMs choose the ISB.

It is also foolish to compare the applicant pool of both scools. While the majority of applicants at the IIMs have no work experience, the ISB students have a lot of it. ISB selects its candidates based on a more holistic review of applications, and the GMAT/CAT is only one of the criteria. On the other hand, for the IIMs, the CAT is basically the only criterion. Therefore, most of the applicants who get into the IIMs would get rejected by the ISB admissions committe because they are not good enough. Only people who have work experience know what the value of, for example, superior communication skills is. The IIM candidates can only solve complex mathematical hurdles, something they will not have to do in their professional careers. Yes, what they will need in reality is communication skills, and skills to motivate people.

If I had to choose a school, I would choose the ISB in a heartbeat, because I know that not only will my teachers teach me, my classmates will share with me their professional experiences and give me a better overall understanding. The ISB has been structured along international standards, while the IIMs don't even compare. I cannot think of any other school right of the back that takes 70-80% of its candidates without any work-experience at all.

I would also like to reply to a misinformed comment. The salary at the ISB isn't lower that IIMs, but the contrary. The average domestic pay was about 2 lacks INR higher. So not only did the topper at ISB kick the IIMA topper's a** with 1 crore, the average earners did the IIM grads too --- and that too doggy style!

[morbidkk]

added nothing to anyone's knowledge...close this thread

[AddyJ]

I am sorry if I offended you! I should have given a little more background about myself before I started posting. Maybe my comment that I had no experience with MBA programs mislead some people on this forum. I dont have experience because I have never attended an MBA program. As far as research is concerned, I know much more about MBA programs than you would expect from 19 year olds.

I am from Delhi, and am as Indian as anyother "Desi" on this forum. I am a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I am sure you have heard of Kenan Flagler business school. If you haven't, well then dig this:

http://www.careerjournal.com/reports...-national.html

If you trust international rankings like Financial Times, that is fine! But just remember neither of ISB or IIM even appear on that list. My school does, and therefore, according to others, not just me, I study in a better place.

As far my research goes, I have been to campuses like the Wharton School of Business (UPenn), New York University, Columbia University, University of Chicago among several others. I have talked to their admissions consellors and alumni. You can choose to not trust me, but its true. I dont feel necessary to reason with anyone why I mentioned Knoxville as my place.

So even though certain people would want to dismiss me as a 19 year old kid in Knoxville, TN, I hope they dont feel embarassed that I may have achieved more than them and that too at a younger age. So be very careful about what you say when you are speaking to Daddy.

ISB rules, and THATs THE GAME!

[DesiGuru]

And I was in the US for over four years where I worked with a Harvard Business School Professor. HBS as you know is ranked in the top five and its website is http://www.hbs.edu/

My Prof told me that IIMs are way better than ISB which is way too expensive a school by indian standards

K

PS: Whom do we believe