ISB 2017 Aspirants

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With the application season on, many aspirants have doubts about whether their profile is good enough to apply and what colleges to select. I have been receiving a lot of private messages and apologize for answering late, for the sheer reason that every day is a DEADLINE.😔 

Here are a few pointers to help you navigate through the application cycle:

1. Plan and manage your time well. It is better to sweat it out during preparation rather than bleed in the battlefield!! (Metaphorically speaking of course!!😃 

2. Create an excel sheet and maintain a record of all your research and information you collect while looking at business schools.

3. Zero in on the few whose offerings align with your professional and personal aspirations. Look at class size, curriculum, specializations, industry wise breakage of placements, scholarship options, brand value and return on investment.

4. Now, start establishing personal connections. Get your profile evaluated BY the admissions committees. Connect with current students and alumni. Start talking to them. Connect with professors who teach subjects of your interest and/or are industry experts. Before you start, make sure you have a list of legible questions to ask.

5. Start researching on companies that hire on campus and attract you, keeping your short term and long-term goals in mind.

6. Hopefully, you're done with the GMAT and TOEFL by now if you're geared for R1. If you're working on increasing your score, keep the list of colleges in handy because it will help you stay focused.

7. Identify recommenders and speak to them beforehand to avoid last minute glitches.

8. Create accounts for your prospective schools. This way you'll get information about roadshows, information sessions, webinars which are happening now.

9. Make a plan of action; chalk out milestones and stick to achieving them.

10. There are a lot of rumours floating around related to profiles and applications. What happens with one need not become a trend. Believe in your profile and information you get from schools.

Good Luck and God Bless!

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Hi Just a quick profile evaluation required for ISB...

I am aiming for march 2017 admissions.....

X - 88 %

XII - 97 %

BE (manufacturing engg) from college of engineering Guindy - CGPA - 9.02

Worked in L&T for a couple of years in manufacturing and Supply chain...It was a green field company..so was crucial in development of the organization

Worked in a Educational startup for 6 months (like a service org..)

Completed a 6 months full time residential program on business analytics offered by IBM - Topper of the batch - cgpa- 9.5

Currently working as a data scientist in a GLOBAL AUTO MAJOR

Co-curricular/extra-curriculars:

Quiz,debate,drama - School level

Winner of proficiency prizes - School level

Won prizes in Paper presentation/conferences (more than 10) - college level

Sports/NCC (intra-school level)

Won many more competitions.....

GMAT MOCKS touching - 650....will definitely work hard to improve on this....

My experience during filling of application would be - 42 months...

1. Do i stand a decent chance for ISB? I am also open to NUS/NTU?

2. Which part of my application is weak and to be improved upon?

3. What should be my ideal gmat score?

Thanks in advance to the fellow puys....

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Hi.. please tell me how much to write in the section of 'explain gaps if any' in the application form... do we need to write a kind of essay of say 300 words or we just need to mention the reason in 1 or 2 lines...Because we have an optional essay where we can effectively explain year gaps.. Please help.. im stuck on this...

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Hi Just a quick profile evaluation required for ISB...

I am aiming for march 2017 admissions.....

X -92 %

XII - 95 %

BE (Elec. engg) from BIT Mesra- CGPA - 7.8

Working as a Credit risk analyst with one of the biggest banks in the world.

Have an experience of 42 months in the consulting role.

Job experience mainly involves using statistical procedures to arrive at different strategies for unsecured portfolio

Got promoted to next role(assistant manager) in a pretty decent time.

A Certified FRM professional. (FRM: Financial Risk manager). It is globally recognized certification for risk professionals. Given my interest to continue in Risk domain in financial services, I am hoping this will help me in my career. 

GMAT  score is little less (670), but I am planning to retake the exam.

Please evaluate and let me know my chances 

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Hi ! Please evaluate my profile ! 

Thanks in advance.


I am aiming for march 2017 admissions.....

X -71 %

XII - 73 %

BE (Mech. engg) from Govt. Colg. in Bangalore (UVCE).

Haven't taken GMAT yet.

Working in Sales with a electrical/construction industry major (L&T). (62 months exp as on date).

X' curriculars: NCC (C certificate), football team / organized various fests in college.  

Prof exp. : Decent career progress. Selected for Management Trainee program (young leaders type initiative in L&T)..1 of the 2 selected in my Business Unit (about 50 applicants) and amongst the 50 selected across L&T (about 1000-1500 applicants).

Current designation (don't know if this really matters) : Asst. manager - Sales

Look after sales of electrical products and systems with a individual target from a fixed geography (part of the 4 southern states of India).

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Hi, please evaluate my profile

X-83%

XII-84%

B.Tech(NIT)-9.2 cgpa

Work ex-6 yrs in Indian Oil Corp

Present desg-Sr. Purchase Officer

Work Profile-Procurement of capital and revenue goods for all indian oil refineries

GMAT Score-700

What are the chances to get a call from isb/iima/iimb/xlri?

I have no idea that from where should i get essays, sop and recommendations written. Kindly please inform how to procees further?

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Hi Please evaluate my profile,

X - 76%

XII - 88.2 %

B-tech - 7.8 CGPA

Work ex as on 31st March 2016 will be 30 months.

Presently working with TCS as ASE.

Gmat score 670.

What are my chances of getting admission into ISB?

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HI please evaluate my profile :

X: 84 percentage

XII: 79 %

CGPA: 7.6

B.Tech : nirma universityuniversity

GMAT : 680

Work experience as on sept'15: 26 month

Employer : Tamco, a 100% subsiadary of L&T (Electrical Busineas Group)

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Work profile : Responsible for sales of 4 countries Saudi arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Singapore

Designation : Sr. Sales Engineer

Work description : 

Solelly responsible for sales kf above mentioned cpuntries with a yearly budgeted sales responsibility of 30 million USD. Having already achieved 17 Musd  bu Q2. With major ordrs from kuwait oil company, and singapore power utility. 

Kindly help me, by evaluating my profile. 

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Hi,

New to this place...

My profile is something like this:

X: 89%

XII: 78%

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University; CGPA: 6.85

GMAT Score: 690 (q49 v35)

Work Experience: 50 months as on date

Worked first as a Marketing Officer in Andrew Yule & Co. Ltd. (A Govt. of India Enterprise) for 16 months. Responsible for getting orders from BESCOM worth INR 32 crores.

Switched to West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (A Govt. of West Bengal Enterprise). Working as a Testing Engineer at various sites and involved in troubleshooting problems. Working here for the past 34 months.

Please evaluate my profile to help me get a better understanding. Any chances in ISB or IIMB?

Thanks 

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Hi 

Can you please evaluate my profile.. 

X-89%

XII-96%

B.Tech -Mechanical engineering - 8.58 cgpa. 

Topper of the batch. 

Work experience - 24 months As Analyst in CAE.  Currently working in Fait Chrysler automobiles in Virtual validation of seating systems. 

Handled many on time deliveries to tier I supplier TRW. and OEM Chrysler. 

Gmat yet to take 

Good at sports and culturals from schooling. 

Presented many papers and Organised various events at graduation. 

Member and lead for  various committees at college. 

Present Member of corporate social responsibility activity group.

Please do suggest me aa challenging gmat score range for my profile..

Thanks in advance. 

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Is ISB is considering IR Section for admission this year?

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Is there a cut-off date to take GMAT to apply for PGP 2017? I am planning to apply for Round 2 and appear for GMAT by Nov end. Please let me know.

Thanks!

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Can someone tell me the deadlines for evaluation submissions? Last year they were open till 1 month after the application submissions.

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Hey Please evaluate my profile

10th-67%

12th-78%

Graduation- 63%

Masters Degree in Economics-66%

Strategic Analytics Certificate from IIM-Ahmedabad

3 Yr Work ex in family business and GMAT score of 730  

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Hi,

Please evaluate my profile for ISB.

GMAT:

Overall - 700 (Q44, V41), IR - 8, AWA - 6.0

Academics:

B.Tech (IT) - CGPA 9.8/10

XII - 91%

X - 89%

Work Experience:

Having 38 months of experience as a software developer at a German enterprise software giant. Responsible for design and development of a cloud-based product in the HCM domain. Currently product has over 4000 customers and 27M users.

Major Achievements:

- Co-inventor of two technology patents

- Two-time Winner of company-wide hackathon event for best innovation. One innovation got into product roadmap.

- Earliest among peers to get promoted (less than 3 years)

- Consistently recognized as a top performer within the team with multiple awards

- Among the top 3 rankers in undergraduate program

- Top ranker of school in XII board exams

Extracurricular Activities:

- Trained in classical Carnatic music. Have performed at various company events.

- Participated in few CSR initiatives organized by the company

- Was an active member of the college Web Design committee responsible for creating websites for college events.

- Have won prizes in computer gaming & entrepreneurship events in college

Post-MBA Goal:

To get into a product management role in the technology industry

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in case of family business from who shall the candidate get recommendation from? 

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Hi,

I have a query regarding admission criteria. I have done a dual degree B.Tech and MBA course (not integrated MBA, i have two separate degrees B.tech and PGDM) from IIT Kgp. Now I want to apply for an M.B.A. from ISB for the 2017 class. Do you think this is going to be a problem?

I will have close to 40 months exp by Mar 2016. 

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Hello everyone, 

Doubt regarding essay question-2(b).."...situation in which we interacted with people of diverse backgrounds"

I do not understand what exactly interaction means. is it working experience with diverse background people or any other minor interactions to get work done??

Please help!! Thanks in advance!

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 Hi,

Please evaluate my profile for ISB.

GMAT:

Overall - 710 (Q49, V36), IR - 4, AWA - 4.0

Academics:

B.Tech (Mechanical) - CGPA 6.63/10 From Nit, Nagpur.

XII - 89%

X - 78%

Work Experience:

Having 33 months of experience in project/product management in a MNC. Responsible for end to end management of multiple R&D projects (Commercial vehicles) including planning, budgeting, scheduling, resource allocation, optimization, project tracking etc

Major Achievements:

- 5 Successful product launches.

- Involved in all new project development for the whole CV division.

- Involved in the product improvement exercises for the current models for the international markets.

- Successfully driven cost cutting initiatives.

Extracurricular Activities:

- Marketing head for the college technical fest.

- Team manager for the college team to make a car prototype at a national level event and chairman of the college automotive club. -

- Participated in few CSR initiatives organized by the company

Post-MBA Goal:

To get into a strategy management and consulting role in the industry


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@Wally @dilbert

->> Can you please elaborate on this year's application requirement of providing details of one's reporting manager and hr manager's details. I believe it was not present earlier.