Another year of phenomenal interaction on ISB admissions. 131 pages - phew!

Thanks a ton all of you guys and a special thanks to Dr VK Menon.

We'll be back again for next year's ISB admissions season!

Cheers,

Hi...
Though I have not received many awards, i have been involved in lots of extra curricular activity. My academics are more than average
10th 84%
12th 70%
B.Tech 8.09/10
I have five years of work experience GMAT Score of 700 and AWA score of 5.00. I have applied for the second cycle.
How do you rate my chances of getting an interview call or do i need to appear for GMAT again with better scores???

:angel:
Hi
A special group has been created for Admits of ISB class of 2009-10.

This group will mobalise issues of admissions, loans, scholarships etc..

Moreover this would be an excellent forum for people from NCR to network and meetup with people who would be sharing classrooms with them after next few months.

All R1 admits(especially from NCR) please sign up to:
ISBClassOf2009-10 | Google Groups

Already we have a yahoo group. Avoid multiple groups as we might miss out on some good info posted in one of the forums ...........

Hi
A special group has been created for Admits of ISB class of 2009-10.

This group will mobalise issues of admissions, loans, scholarships etc..

Moreover this would be an excellent forum for people from NCR to network and meetup with people who would be sharing classrooms with them after next few months.

All R1 admits(especially from NCR) please sign up to:
ISBClassOf2009-10 | Google Groups

Dear Adcom,

I have been trying to submit my application by paying the application fees but I am not able to do so because of the website error. I have got the payment trasaction details from the bank but I have not received an application reference number from ISB. My application submission status also shows Incomplete. Kindly help!!
Thanks
Abhishek

hey .. even i faced minor issues while i was submitting my application last night, around 9 maybe. I first used the d ICICI gateway and got this transaction declined thing. But d citi gateway worked just fine. So try dat or use d online payment option, ie d third one ....
atb dude.. and relax ... leave d rest to destiny !!!

Dear Adcom,

I am an applicant in the Round II, I have been trying to submit my application by paying the application fees but I am not able to do so because of the website error. I have got the payment trasaction details from the bank but I have not received an application reference number from ISB. My application submission status also shows Incomplete. Kindly help!! I have mailed pgpadmission with the details of the transactions. I am a bit anxious in this situation because if I can't get through the fees payment stage I will not be able to submit my application this year. Kindly help!

Thanks
Abhishek

Abhishekh

Which browser are you using. People were facing similar issues with Google Chrome. I suggest you use Internet Explorer. If that also doesnt work out drop in a mail to Adcom with the transaction details. Also give them a call explaining the issue. I am sure they'll help you out.

Dear Adcom,

I am an applicant in the Round II, I have been trying to submit my application by paying the application fees but I am not able to do so because of the website error. I have got the payment trasaction details from the bank but I have not received an application reference number from ISB. My application submission status also shows Incomplete. Kindly help!! I have mailed pgpadmission with the details of the transactions. I am a bit anxious in this situation because if I can't get through the fees payment stage I will not be able to submit my application this year. Kindly help!

Thanks
Abhishek

I second that.
A brief feedback earlier would helps us improve.

Dear Adcom ,

I had applied for ISB Class of 2009-10 in round - 1 but could not make it after the interview. While I understand that ISB will be in a position to offer feedback on my application only in the month of May-09 due to the ongoing admission process, I would appriciate if some opinion on which are the areas that i need to improve on can be dispersed. The reason I ask this is because the time after May-09 to Sep-09 (~4 months) may not be sufficient to improve the weak areas significantly. My decision to re-apply next year or later will depend a lot on the feedback.
Request you to provide brief feedback earlier than May-09, and the detailed one could follow later.

Best Regards,

Dear Adcom ,

I had applied for ISB Class of 2009-10 in round - 1 but could not make it after the interview. While I understand that ISB will be in a position to offer feedback on my application only in the month of May-09 due to the ongoing admission process, I would appriciate if some opinion on which are the areas that i need to improve on can be dispersed. The reason I ask this is because the time after May-09 to Sep-09 (~4 months) may not be sufficient to improve the weak areas significantly. My decision to re-apply next year or later will depend a lot on the feedback.
Request you to provide brief feedback earlier than May-09, and the detailed one could follow later.

Best Regards,

Deepanshu12 and Ketan_b,

Please be kind enough to read the previous post my me, which was on behalf of ISB adcom.

Simz

Dear sir,

* I have completed my Engineering.

* I will be joining a leading IT consultancy firm soon.

* I intend to work for about 3.5 years and plan to apply for ISB for 2012-13 Academic year.

* My question are -

1. On what basis is a work experience evaluated?

2. How do you define the 'Quality of work experience' & 'Leadership Potential'?

3. What are your suggestions for candidates to enrich their work experiences before applying to ISB?

Thanks in advance!

Dear Sir,

One of my recommenders is not able to receive the email invite(even after resending). Though, another recommender in the same domain has received it. I am trying to sort this matter with email system-admin. But wanted to ask you if their is an alternative way to submit the recommendation(I have already edited his details as online recommendation). Can the email invite be forwarded to some other id(Contact details of the person remaining same).

Thanks a lot for your help,
Deepanshu

Official Message from the Adcom of ISB:

"Congratulations to all the Puys who have received an admit from ISB. Those who have not been short listed, cheer up Puys, life does not end here.

We will be closing this thread today. No queries will be replied to after this post. The ADCOM would like to thank all the Puys and the Pagalguy team for their continuous support. There were some intelligent questions and some the not-so-intelligent ones. However, we enjoyed every bit of it and were glad to see such enthusiasm and solidarity among the Puys.

We hope that all your queries were duly answered. In case of any further queries, you can always call us at 040 23187474 or write to us at pgpadmissions@isb.edu

We will be happy to help you.

All the Best for your life ahead!

ADCOM"

Good evening Mr. Menon and Adcom,

The ISB admission offer email states that the amount to be deposited is INR 2 lakhs or US$5000 to confirm a place in the batch of 2010.

Since ISB realises the fees in INR (per the website) and given the latest exchange rates bringing the INR 2 lakhs equivalent to approximately US$4000, would the office consider updating the USD amount to be submitted to confirm admission?

The international applicant community will appreciate your clarification on this topic.

Kind regards,
AG

Dear Adcom,
Thanks for the admission offer extended to me and thanks for all the wonderful help you have been providing here. We have all benefitted hugely from the same.

I have one quick question. Could you please tell whether merit based scholarships have also been announced already alongwith the offers or whether they would be given upon joining?
Thanks

Hello Adcom.

Can you please share some information regarding, out of approx 560 seats for the class of 2010, how many offers are made in R1 and how many have been put on waiting list.

And, from the past year data for class of 2009, approximately how many people from the wait list get accepted.

I will really appreciate if you can answer this. And ofcourse, I am not looking for a exact figures here, an estimate will be good enough.

Thanks a lot.

with regards
Kumar

( a R1 Waitlisted for the class of 2010 )

Hi,

I have applied in R2 a few days back. I have one query.

After ISB, if I am admitted, I wish after some years to enter into academics (i.e. research and teaching) would the ISB PGP course be recognised.

Your advice on this will be warmly appreciated.

-- SRC

Deepanshu,

Please call us at 040 2318 7474 with the details of your evaluator. We will resend the link to him.

Admissions Team

Dear Admissions@ISB
I'm an R1 admit, and I want to thank you all for your assistance.
The help you rendered here is just one of the factors that differentiates ISB as a globally relevant, gr8 B-school

Hi Adcom,

I want to thank you for your innovative and unconventional decision to help us out by using Pagalguy. It would be difficult for me to explain what I mean when I say that today is genuinely a milestone in my life. Part of the credit for my getting admitted goes to the advice I got from you on this forum. Thank you once again.

-
Shishir Kanodia
Bombay
R1 admit - ISB class of 2010

Dear Admissions@ISB
I'm an R1 admit, and I want to thank you all for your assistance.
The help you rendered here is just one of the factors that differentiates ISB as a globally relevant, gr8 B-school

Dear Sir,

I am an Round-2 applicant. I added 2 recommenders to submit an online application. The email-invite sent to one of the recommenders went to Junk folder, which had an auto-delete on. Hence, the email got deleted. Is there an option to resend the email.

Thanks,
Deepanshu

Deepanshu,

Please call us at 040 2318 7474 with the details of your evaluator. We will resend the link to him.

Admissions Team

Sir,

I am a R1 applicant.
As requested in the interview shortlist mail, I had emailed the documents (transcripts) to ISB.
It has still not been updated in my application portal (i.e. the "list of documents received by ISB" tab).
Can you please let me know if I need to do something about it?

Regards

V123,

No, you need no do anything about it. We will update it.

Admissions Team

Dear Sir,

I am an Round-2 applicant. I added 2 recommenders to submit an online application. The email-invite sent to one of the recommenders went to Junk folder, which had an auto-delete on. Hence, the email got deleted. Is there an option to resend the email.

Thanks,
Deepanshu

Sir,

I am a R1 applicant.
As requested in the interview shortlist mail, I had emailed the documents (transcripts) to ISB.
It has still not been updated in my application portal (i.e. the "list of documents received by ISB" tab).
Can you please let me know if I need to do something about it?

Regards

Thank you for providing this information. To clarify it further, what should I write in the 1) No of Employees and 2) the salary? I did it at IIM-Lucknow and it was a research assistant-ship without any stipend. We were a team of two who did it. So should I write the employees as 2 or the total no of people at IIML (~500).

Thanks,
Amit

Amit,

1) Mention 0 as the number of employees.
2) Enter 0/1 for salary details as well. Upload a letter from IIML stating that you were a full time employee with no salary/stipend.

Admissions Team

Dear Adcom,

By what time can we expect the results ?

Regards
Smack

Smack,

There is no specific time. You can expect a mail anytime post 5 pm. Till then rest easy and please try to concentrate on your work!!!

All the best to all the Puys.

Admissions Team

People!

No queries regarding "when/why/how/where" about results here on this thread. Any post regarding that will be deleted.

Keep a watch on http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/international-indian-mba-schools-accepting/29126-isb-2009-aspirants-526.html for the results update.

Rohit

Dear Adcom,
Here is my Profile:
Work-Ex:4.5 years(3.9 yrs-TCS,MUmbai Rest-JP Morgan Chase,Mumbai)
B.Tech,NIT,SILCHAR-2004 batch
Good Acads 10th(ICSE):90%,12th(CBSE)---78%,BTech(74%)
Some extra-curricular,Debates ,Elocutions,Finalist in NITIE's Case Study competition-2007

Please suggest what else I do for building my profile.Will joining an NGO help?Some certifications in Finance etc.

I am yet to take GMAT and am targetting 2010 batch at ISB.Please help.The nature of work is not extraordinary

Isb_here_i_am,

Extra curricular activities form an integral part of your application. A good GMAT score will increase your chances of being short listed for an interview. However, essays are also equally important.

Admissions Team

Dear Adcom,

can you please tell us what will be the mode of declaring the results 2mrw - mail/sms/listing at the isb website ??

Thanks,
Ankit

Ankit,

You will be notified via email and sms. Your applicant status on the website will also reflect the results.

Admissions Team

AJAIN1980,

Your internship will not count as work exp. It is not a mandatory information, if you wish then you an mention the details.

Admissions Team

Thank you for providing this information. To clarify it further, what should I write in the 1) No of Employees and 2) the salary? I did it at IIM-Lucknow and it was a research assistant-ship without any stipend. We were a team of two who did it. So should I write the employees as 2 or the total no of people at IIML (~500).

Thanks,
Amit

Dear Adcom,

can you please tell us what will be the mode of declaring the results 2mrw - mail/sms/listing at the isb website ??

Thanks,
Ankit

Dear Adcom,
Here is my Profile:
Work-Ex:4.5 years(3.9 yrs-TCS,MUmbai Rest-JP Morgan Chase,Mumbai)
B.Tech,NIT,SILCHAR-2004 batch
Good Acads 10th(ICSE):90%,12th(CBSE)---78%,BTech(74%)
Some extra-curricular,Debates ,Elocutions,Finalist in NITIE's Case Study competition-2007

Please suggest what else I do for building my profile.Will joining an NGO help?Some certifications in Finance etc.

I am yet to take GMAT and am targetting 2010 batch at ISB.Please help.The nature of work is not extraordinary

AJAIN1980 Says

Surprisingly, ISB has not asked about the career goals, Why MBA, Why ISB kind of information in any of the essays. Are these reserved for the interview section?

AJAIN1980,

No, there is no such reservation. These questions were a part of the essays last year.

Admissions Team

Thanks for the reply. Just wanted to confirm (from the point 2 above) that I can include my undergrad internships too in the employment history? Somewhere I read that the employment history should start only after graduation.

Appreciate your time to help the applicants.

AJAIN1980,

Your internship will not count as work exp. It is not a mandatory information, if you wish then you an mention the details.

Admissions Team

Surprisingly, ISB has not asked about the career goals, Why MBA, Why ISB kind of information in any of the essays. Are these reserved for the interview section?

Dear Mr. Menon,

What role does the long term career goal play in the interview and selection process?

Thanks,

Mbaclassof1011,

It helps in gauging your clarity of thought, maturity and career aspirations.

Admissions Team

Amit,

1) An evaluation from your previous employment's direct supervisor will be preferred.
2) Yes, you can.

Admissions Team

Thanks for the reply. Just wanted to confirm (from the point 2 above) that I can include my undergrad internships too in the employment history? Somewhere I read that the employment history should start only after graduation.

Appreciate your time to help the applicants.

Dear Mr. Menon,

What role does the long term career goal play in the interview and selection process?

Thanks,

Dear Mr. Menon,

My query is regarding the program structure and contents and how is it geared towards handling the requirements of students with diverse work experiences.
Prior work experience of ISB students range from 2 years to 8 years. While a student with an experience of 2 years would be preparing for a entry level role in management and a person with 8 years under his/her belt would be preparing for a middle level management role.
I want to understand how ISB takes care of these different types of profiles, both in terms of course content and placement. Is there some kind of customization in curriculum or a common cirriculum is provided for all.

Thanks
Suheb

Suheb,

The interactive learning comes from the experiences the students have had in the varied industries, functions, locations and situations that they have been exposed to before coming to ISB. While the length of work experience does add a lot of learning it is also true that people could have had some very enriching work experience in a shorter time as well. Students who come to ISB come with an aim to learn irrespective from where they get this learning. We have many senior students who have expressed that they have learnt from the experiences of the students with lesser experience. The curriculum is same for all students they add an additional flavour to it by way of sharing their experiences and knowledge.

Recruiting companies come to ISB for various roles and positions some which require less work experience and some which require more. There are positions available for the entire range and length of work experience.

Admissions Team

Dear AdCom,

It is impressive to know that ISB in the top 20 list of Financial Times. However I would like to know that is there any move to get ISB ranked in the THE-QS rankings as Government of India has a scheme whereby it supports courses in top 200 THE - QS schools to the extent of 25000 USD.
Being in the Government, I would feel in case ISB qualifies for the same, it would help someone like me to pursue a business management course and consider adding value to my work within the Government too. Otherwise, going through this course and investing about 20 lakhs will be more of a one way track.
In case ISB can take it up to ensure that FT rankings are also recognised, it would facilitate a lot of quality improvement within the Government.

abhish18

Abhish,

As of now, ISB is not participating in the QS Rankings. However, we have forwarded your query to the concerned department and they will look into it.

Admissions Team

Hi,
I believe Ivy league experience and post graduation degree at ISB at this point in time will be a great step to further my carrer.
I have 3 years exp in acquisition of various asset products in Financial sector in a team management role, and over one and half years of entrepreneur experience in FMCG products
I have good interpersonal skills and good analytical skills, I have a passion for learning, personal development and training, I want to join ISB for grooming myself, developing consultancy skills, building a holistic business skills and a global perspective in emerging markets. I want to take a job in consultancy post ISB to and start my own venture 3-4 years post ISB.
1.What are skills ISB sees during the interview or in application for some one who wants to shift a career from line role to consultancy.
2. Is 5 years exp in Financial sector/FMCG basically in a line role and aquistion is a competitive profile at ISB.
Am a re-applicant and this year looking at GMAT score of 710.

Request your inputs.

regards,

Aashish..

Aashish,

1) Skill set includes:

Problem Solving ability
Analytical skills
Communication skills
Line of thought
Capability to work under pressure
Industry awareness

2) Yes

Admissions Team