INSEAD admit taking question

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Hi All, I will be happy to answer the questions you might have on INSEAD. The school, placements, admission process, etc. As a background. My profile is Indian / IT / Male / 720 But will like to stress here that this is really NOT a de…

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Hi All,

I will be happy to answer the questions you might have on INSEAD. The school, placements, admission process, etc.

As a background. My profile is Indian / IT / Male / 720
But will like to stress here that this is really NOT a decision maker.

Shoot back for more questions.

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Welcome to PG.com Thank you for taking the time to reply to people. Really appreciate it. Hope you have fun here 😃

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Hi All,

I will be happy to answer the questions you might have on INSEAD. The school, placements, admission process, etc.

As a background. My profile is Indian / IT / Male / 720
But will like to stress here that this is really NOT a decision maker.

Shoot back for more questions.


hi buddy.... are u in europe campus or singapore campus of INSEAD? i would appreciate if u can pour ur gyan on INSEAD at http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/b-school-info-at-one-place-25022705
in the specified format.

thanks a lot!
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Hey Insead.admit congrats for taking this initiative of starting the thread..

Here is brief gist of my profile ,i will have 3 yrs of IT exp in June and plan to apply Insead for Sep 2008.Pl tell do i stand chance or will have to wait for some more years to touch Insead.Insead is my dream college

GMAT
Academice Engineer with above average acads

Work Ex -Will be completing 4 yrs of work ex in Infosys by May 2008.Currently leading a team of 5 here for US client.Led many other Knowledge management and other initiative and consulted client fo tech/business solutions.
Working on six sigma green belt certification also

Extra currics
Started chapter of Toastmasters club In Infosys pune and served as President of club for 1 year.During this 1 year stint ,made Infosys Pune most recognized club in India and interview published in Toastmasters magazine for this succesful feat.

Conducted classes for blind student to empower them with IT
and conducted classes for House keeping staff also in Infosys..

Plan to learn French this year to make my candidature stronger

That is all,please tell what all i can do to emerge succesful from competitive IT pool

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Hi,

I think your profile and experience is good enough. 3-5 years seem to be the most common around.
Your toast master and other activities sound promising and impressive. Should be a value add in this highly competitive Indian/IT/Male segment we fall into.

INSEAD is a great school. It could open many doors for your post MBA plans.
One thing, which we tend to neglect is that world is not just US. And with latest H1 fiasco. I personally know of someone who has cancelled his decision to go to chicago and go to INSEAD instead.
He found that INSEAD will give him recognition throughout the world Europe, Asia, Middle east. The whole world is your oyster. He found from his research that chicago and all are great schools but unheard of in europe / asia.

Finally with just 11 month investment your chances of going wrong are even lesser ( compared to being found without a H1 or economic depression in US)

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Hi insead.admit

First of all... Congratulations on your achievement !!


I have a question about the financial aid at Insead...

Does Insead provide any options for students to get a loan for their studying and living expenses at Fontainebleau ? What options are you considering for financing your b-school expenses ?

please excuse me if its too personal.. i totally understand..

cheers..

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Hi All,

I will be happy to answer the questions you might have on INSEAD. The school, placements, admission process, etc.

As a background. My profile is Indian / IT / Male / 720
But will like to stress here that this is really NOT a decision maker.

Shoot back for more questions.


Hello..thanks for helping us out here. you mention that your stats are NOt a decision maker...What in your opinion was the decision maker in your application?
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Thanks for detailed reply.
There is no doubt that it great school and 1 year MBA makes it greater in terms of money and time investment..
H1B should not be problem for US BSchool becasue they have 20,000 additional slots for post graduates.But money investment is huge definitely.


Can you tell me how many folks have International exposure in insead,is it very difficult to make it to Insead without Internationa exposure..
Thanks,

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Heartiest congratulations on your admit. I had a question regarding campus choice at INSEAD. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Fonty v/s Singapore campuses? I know that one needs to specify the school preference in the application itself. Hence was curious to know about this.

Thanks

Hi All,

I will be happy to answer the questions you might have on INSEAD. The school, placements, admission process, etc.

As a background. My profile is Indian / IT / Male / 720
But will like to stress here that this is really NOT a decision maker.

Shoot back for more questions.
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Hi All,

1) Singapore versus france: you can move between campuses in your course. Almost everyone tastes both sides of insead. ( and few also go to wharton). I think your essays will end up justifying your start location ( note above it's just a start location in reality you can switch as much as you want). So if you say that u want to focus on the asian economies then better be quoting singapore as preferred campus.

You can also change campus before joining. HArder but possible with a justification:)

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H1B questions: Well as per apri 13th 14,000 out of 20,000 is already gone and NOTE that this is for people who graduated last year. So many from even harvard will have no choice but to go somewhere else. Students get their degrees in May.By that time quota of 20k will be gone. Thats for sure.


Financial aid: We have many scholarships. If you have a different back ground, are a girl your chances of differentiation and thus getting one increase even more. As per stats almost 30% or so of class gets a scholarship.
As for me I am taking a loan from a singapore bank. Most indians I know are borrowing from India. The students had formed a formal tie up with Bank of Punjab ( and some others) for a lower interest rate.

You can worry on all this once in 😉

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Hello insead admit ..thanks for helping us out here. you mention that your stats are NOt a decision maker...What in your opinion was the decision maker in your application?

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Hey INSEAD.admit

Does Insead has more combined placements or Placments are held different for each campus.
The average work exp on Insead site shows around 6 years ,that really scares me off,do they really take folks wid 3-4 years of work exp.

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Placements are common.
In fact insead doesnt even disclose your current physical location to companies. We have a state of the art video conferencing system, which is used by companies to interview people remotely. very common for people to cross apply.

As for experience the average stats might be around that area but I see enough indians in my class with 3 years work exp. ( some are even coming straight). So as long as u can show maturity and clarity of goals in ur essays you should be fine.

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Hey,
I guess I just got lucky :)

Seriously speaking nobody knows what gets you in and what keeps you out. I know people selected at INSEAD with much lesser GMAT score, experience and no international experience.

I guess as they cliche goes: it's a package. Be clear in ur essays. Justify your goals. Link your past to the future and differentiate from the guy sitting next to you and writting for same consulting /i-banking carrer.

In this age of competition you have to show that you know a lot about school as well. So research well on school's specific resources which will help you.
For INSEAD showing that you have an international outlook might help.

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Hello,

I have a hotel management background but accepted my first placement in Dubai. Have worked in Dubai for 6 years and the last 3 years I have been based in the UK - selling a 5 star hotel resort in Eastern Europe for the last 1 year. I am not sure what the Insead policy is wrt older applicants - I will be 32 this year. My career goals are entrepreneurship/hospitality consultancy. Extracurriculars were significant in college but the last 4 years have been dedicated to motherhood and main activities outside of work include toddler sports/music etc

My GMAT score is 690 (well-balanced wrt quant/verbal).

Really appreciate your feedback.

Thanks and regards,

Madhu

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MRajesh...

unwarranted reply here... insead.admit could perhaps bolster it.. but here goes anyway..

Your profile sounds like 'made for INSEAD'... A unique background+ lots of Int exposure... that too middle east + europe... unique career goals.. (diff from the normal indian bunch of IB+MC) and a good GMAT score... Insead's pretty keen on entrepreneurship too..

IMHO you should definitely apply to INSEAD and you have a grt chance... the PLUS is that there are some scholarships available Insead specifically for women.. like teh Booz Hamilton one...

all the best...

PS: age is not a factor at all.. insead is known to have older students and I m pretty sure u ll find a lot of people older than you there...

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Thanks a lot - I am keeping my fingers crossed for Insead - I see a perfect fit between the college and me/my goals. Let's hope they think the same way 😃

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Hi insead admit,

congrats for your admit, lucky are people who get the college of there choice :)
i have following questions for you

1) Insead hows it for strategy- i am specifcally intrested in marketing strategy, have no intrest in i banking

2) i am an engineer with bad acads, but above average career progression,( was best manager in india among 40 others for 2007-h2) have total 5 yrs experience by dec 2007 in 2 mnc.my experience is in product management encompassing channel and corporate sales.have had good exposure in co curricular activities.industry home aplliances and consumer goods- region western india -mumbai

3) another concern is the course regorous enough? it has to be, in 11 months i need to master strategy. i cant join a laid back college as i am primed for heavy hard work, in my work life and i cant take a laid back course.

4) placement for marketing & bussines strategy graduates? any idea...would love to
know the answer of same from you.

5) you know any other 1 year courses?specifically that could help me i n gaining knowledge of strategy.

Regards,

Sunil