IMD Business School

Full-Time MBA Employments

Median Base Salary: $129,976

Median Salary with Bonus: $154,511

% Employed After Graduation: 87.0

Application Essay Prompts

"Essay 1: Describe yourself in two hundred words or less [200 words] I recommend covering just one or two major attributes in this short essay, sharing two separate anecdotes or one example that demonstrates both traits. Some of the qualities that IMD values in its students are an international outlook, desire to make a difference, commitment to learning from others, a broad understanding and appreciation of moral issues, and effective leadership. While you do not need to use these terms specifically, essays that reveal these qualities will appeal to the admissions committee. Essay 2: Give an example of a time when you were confronted with an unrecoverable event. How did it affect you and what were your greatest learnings? [300 words] Unrecoverable event is a euphemism for failure. You need to choose an event in which you could have done better. I often see applicants implicitly or explicitly blame others in their essays for what went wrong. Unfortunately, not accepting responsibility for the failure will indicate to the admissions committee that you are emotionally immature and incapable of owning your role in the failure. Focus instead on what personal and professional insights would have been helpful to you and how you have worked to gain and apply those since this event. Essay 3: On your 75th birthday someone close to you presents your laudatio (tribute). It can be a friend, colleague, family member etc. Please describe in detail what this person would say about you and your life. [300 words] This is your chance to share some of the accomplishments you have achieved in your life so far and others that you aspire to achieve before you turn 75. Instead of dreaming of enormous accomplishments in the future that have no grounding in what you have been doing so far, go ahead and talk about some of your achievements to date and how they set you on the path to the accomplishments you intend to talk about on your 75th birthday. Applicants may also use this essay to describe their long-term career and life goals, describing those goals as if they have come to fruition."

Full-Time Key Statistics

Full-Time MBA Students: 90

Average GMAT: 670

GMAT Score Range: 620-750

Average Age: 30.5

Average Work Experience: 7.0 Years

Rolling Admissions: No

% Students who are Women: 19.0%

International Students: 97.0%

Number of Applicants: 327

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Deadline 1: 09/17/2017

Deadline 2: 01/11/2018

Deadline 3: 01/20/2019

Deadline 4: 01/09/2020