The Application Process

Age: 26
Gender: Male
Eth: Caucasian
Nationality: USA
GPA: 3.7
GMAT: 690 (Q44, 40V)
Work Exp: 5 yrs (Banking, PE)
Applying: 2010
Application Process: Round 2
Schools:
Chicago Booth
Kellogg
Columbia
McCombs
Fuqua
Darden

This website is priceless.

Best of luck.

bln123 wrote:

hk wrote: Target schools:

Insead - (Update - rejected)
IESE - interview invite
ESADE - interview invite
NUS
HKUST
HKU

Hey guys, very interested how your non-US applications are going since I am also looking to apply at INSEAD, IE and the like...

my profile

Age: 25
Gender: Male
Current Location: Germany
Nationality: German
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian
GMAT: not taken, looks like 700 (+/- 20)
GPA: 3.5-4.0, haven't calculated yet(business)
Full Time Work Experience: 3 years in major consulting
Application year: 2010
How far along in application process: GMAT not taken, researching programs...possibly applying for 2011

Well as you might have noticed that INSEAD has already rejected my application, i am not sure how valuable my input would be.

But for the benefit of all, here are the reasons why i think INSEAD rejected me:

1. My infamous GMAT score: I took my gmat 3 times and stayed adamantly on 640. INSEAD is a top b-school creeping into the top 5 b-schools in the world. So obviously they wouldn't want to go really low on the score. INSEAD's 80% range of gmat scores are between 640 and 710 so I guess i had a very small chance to start with.

2. Peer competition: I belong to the most competitive group of applicants. I'm an Indian and an engineer. And whats common with Indian applicants especially those applying to INSEAD is a ridiculously high GMAT score along with some international experience. I had the exp. but not the score. To top it all, INSEAD has a policy of not accepting more than 10% of the applicants from the same "group" (Geographic, professional, nationality etc.)

3. Lack of managerial experience at work: INSEAD's is a 10month program. This means that there is no time to actually learn from scratch. So given my background, i believe there might be better accomplished people for whom INSEAD would be an ideal bridge to advance.

4. I don't think my profile Pop'ed: One guy who got an interview call for fall 2010 intake was 30yrs old, 8 years at Mckinsey, triple citizenship and spoke 3 European languages other than English. So now you get my point?

Hope that helped in some way.

Hi all! It has been a while since I've been on here, but this site gave me priceless information and encouragement while I was studying for the GMAT.

About me:

Age: 24
Gender: Female
Eth: Caucasian
Nationality: USA
Current Location: NYC
GPA: 3.89
GMAT: 730
Work Exp: 2 years (Financial Analyst at PR Firm)
Applying: 2010

Schools:
USC Marshall (Submitted)
UW Foster (Deadline tomorrow...eek!)
UCLA Anderson
Yale SOM
UC Irvine
UC Davis

Best of luck to everyone!

Just found this site, lets give it a shot:


About me:

Name: Colin
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Eth: Caucasian
Nationality: USA
Current Location: Phoenix
GPA: 2.93
GMAT: 680
Work Exp: 2 years (Client services at large mutual fund family)
Applying: 2010
Undergrad: BBA in Management and BA in Spanish


Schools:
IESE (interviewed & waitlisted, invited to assessment day in NYC?)
Arizona State (interviewed)
USC Marshall (Submitted)
University of Georgia (Submitted)

Depending on what I hear from the above schools, I'll consider:
University of San Diego
University of Arizona

Some really good profiles!


How are the apps going for everyone?

IESE waitlisted me he he. Now the fun begins!!

palermo10 wrote:Just found this site, lets give it a shot:


About me:

Name: Colin
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Eth: Caucasian
Nationality: USA
Current Location: Phoenix
GPA: 2.93
GMAT: 680
Work Exp: 2 years (Client services at large mutual fund family)
Applying: 2010
Undergrad: BBA in Management and BA in Spanish


Schools:
IESE (interviewed & waitlisted, invited to assessment day in NYC?)
Arizona State (interviewed)
USC Marshall (Submitted)
University of Georgia (Submitted)

Depending on what I hear from the above schools, I'll consider:
University of San Diego
University of Arizona

Dinged from UGA

Wondering if anyone can give me feedback:

Age: 25
Gender: Male
Eth: Asian-American
Nationality: USA
Current Location: New York
UGPA: 3.13
GMAT: 770 (49Q; 47V)
Work Exp: 2 years (Corporate Legal Assistant at large New York firm)
Applying: 2010
Undergrad: BA in History top 5 US university (very little quant coursework)
Other degrees: MSc in Social Policy from London School of Economics (no quant coursework)

Where I plan to apply in round 2:
Harvard
Columbia
UC Berkeley
NYU
Duke
Yale
UCLA
USC
Georgetown
Boston U.
Fordham

Do you think I can at least be a sure thing for one school in the top half of my list? Stressing out.

hk wrote:IESE waitlisted me he he. Now the fun begins!!

Are you doing anything while waiting, i.e. sending mails, extra material, recs?

Vitalina wrote:

hk wrote:IESE waitlisted me he he. Now the fun begins!!

Are you doing anything while waiting, i.e. sending mails, extra material, recs?

I was waitlisted also, and I told them I would be going to assessment day in NYC at the end of January. I dont know what else we could be doing at this point... (or what else I could send them?)

^^ I would love to go to an assessment day, but Judge is not inviting waitlisted candidates for one.
I have already sent a general message reaffirming my intentions to study there, and I think I will ask one of my professors to send an additional rec.

palermo10 wrote: Schools:
IESE - interviewed - waitlisted, invited to assessment day in NYC
Arizona State - interviewed - waitlisted
USC Marshall - submitted
University of Georgia - submitted - dinged

Depending on what I hear from the above schools, I'll consider:
University of San Diego
University of Arizona

Just heard back from ASU... waitlisted. They encourage me to send additional materials. Not sure what I'll send? Its not like I'm writing op-ed pieces for the local paper or anything...

Age: 25
Gender: female
Eth: European
Nationality: Bosnian
Current Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
GPA (i can't count it) my average grade is 7,74 (5-10)
GMAT: (is future ) - march 2010
Work Exp: 1 year (Marketing and finance business in two firms)
Applying: University of Groningen - Netherlands ( conditionally admitted to MSc in International Business and Management- I have to beat the GMAT )
Undergraduate: BA in Economics - field of Macrofinancial Management