Indian School of Business - ISB Hyderabad Admission 2023 | Placements | Current Student Network

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Hi Guys,

Please review my profile: 


1) Age : 26 years


2) Academics

a) GMAT Score - 740, IR-5,AWA-5

b) 10th - 92%

c) 12th - 88.4%

d) Graduation - 8.45/10 in Electrical  and Electronics Engineering from BITS Pilani


3)  Work Experience/Post College Life

i) 1.5 years as an Applications Engineer in a Semiconductor Company in Bangalore. 

ii) Jan 2015 to October 2016 (1 year 10 months) - Break from job to prepare for Civil Services Examination. Did not crack UPSC, but got selected in SSC CGL. 

iii) October 2016 - present (11 months): After selection in SSC CGL, joined Ministry of External Affairs as an Assistant Section Officer(ASO) in October 2016.


4)  No extra curricular just some small college competitions.


5)  No significant Leadership experience.


Targeting ISB. 


Request you to give your suggestions for covering up weaknesss in Profile, my chances of getting an admit with the current profile, and the college options that I have.  


Thanks

Akshay

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Hi ! Is it advisable to mention high- school level awards in your application apart from professional and college level awards ?

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Dear Class of 19 aspirants, next month, the Class of 18 at ISB has a phenomenal opportunity for you to directly interact with the current cohort of students and faculty members on campus! 


On 14th October, 2017, ISB's Mohali campus is organizing a Model United Nations conference followed by a gala which will give you enough networking opportunities and time to check out the campus on your own. If you're a current undergrad student, you should register at the link below and be a delegate at the conference:


https://dare2compete.com/competitions/24144/isb-mun/indian-school-of-business-isb-hyderabad/advaita-2017 


Don't miss this opportunity to know what life is like at ISB! It's going to be your home for a year :) 

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Hi,

Looking for feedback about my profile:

10th - 86.61

12th - 86.5

B.E.(Tier 2 College) - 62.59

Work Ex - 3 years as a software developer.

GMAT Score - 760

Achievements at work - Nothing significant apart from some employee of the month awards and some appreciation bonuses.

Designed a training session for the new recruits

Extra curricular - 

1. Worked at an NGO for a year during engineering(I haven't anything   related to social causes after college)

2. Microsoft's Student Partner during graduations.

I would appreciate any objective feedback.

Thanks.


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  Hi, I would kindly request you to evaluate my profile for EEO for Cycle 1 

 > 10th -86.6%

 > 12th - 90.75% - School Topper in Economics

 > Bsc Economics from Symbiosis School of Economics - CGPA -3.14 /4.0 (2013-16) 

> GRE – 296 


> Internships - 

 - Franklin Templeton Investments as a Business Developement Intern 

 - Adore India ( NGO) - Model Develeopement Intern  

 - 19 Columns - Market Research Associate  ( Work from home during college ) 


  > Co Currics - 


 -Debating Society Founder and Head in College


- achievements and awards as an adjudicator in National Paliamentary Debates and Invited as a judge for several tournaments; 


-Tournament director for Symbiosis School of Economics Parliamentary Debate; Awarded the best debate leader in college  


- Basketball ( District level in School ) and was a part of college team


 - passionate dancer - Deputy Head for College Dance Club  


- Part of Organisation Team in College Fests


- Part of Placement Cell in College 


 > Worked for 3 months with Jimmy Choo as an extention for my Luxury Brand Research Paper


 > Working with Infobip as their People Operations (HR) Intern from 11 months and soon to be People Operations Generalist in the company.  



> Taken part in small scale public debates organised by P.O.V - Right Path and Lifestyle and have won with different teams to keep up with the passion for debating.

 Though my gre score is do you think i stand a chance to be considered for an overall profile ?

 

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Hello ! Does anybody have the LOR questions ? I can't seem to find it in the application portal.

127

Hi,

When is the last date to fill up the reccomendations for the reccomendors?Is that too 15th Oct,2017 for R1?If yes how will they get a link before I fill up the entire application?

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Profile Evaluation 


Indian Male

Age 31

GMAT Score - 690 (v34, Q49, IR 6, AWA 5)

10 :- 80%

12:- 76 %

B.Tech in Information Technology from MNIT, Jaipur - CGPA 7.8/10


Work experience :- 9 Years


I have been working in TCS from last 9 years in variegated roles across multilple geographies (2 Years in UK and 2 in Germany).  From last 3 years, i am into the delivery manager role - handling the team of almost 70 members  for Vodafone Germany. Before that, i was involved in setting up of network model and testing it E2E for British Telecommunications (BT), UK


Achievements :- 


1. People management Champion -2017 on the TCS - Telecom unit level 


2. Awarded by BT, UK as the best network implementer for India Geography


3. Awarded by Experitest, Israel on for setting up Best Mobile lab among all their clients spreaded across the world


Extra Curricular activities 


1. Scrum Alliance Speaker - Education associates of various companies on the importance of Agile and how to implement it


2.  Worked for 3 months in NGO while i was in UK


3. Organised various sports and cultural events in TCS


4. I love doing meditation and soliloquy regularly


Kindly evaluate my profile for 


ISB, IIM A, B ,C




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Hello,


i haven’t received any update regarding my application status for ylp. Whereas for all my friends it shows completed. Does this i’m rejected? Please give an update if anyone knows about this..

130

Anybody having trouble uploading documents to application portal?.

I can't upload any document as of now.

131

How may recommendations are reuired for ISB PGP? I am not getting the option for adding 2nd recommendation in the ISB application. Anybody else getting this issue? Please help urgently.

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Hi, Please evaluate my profile:


10th : 88% CBSE


12th : 82% CBSE


Graduation: BE - IT 66% (Tier Two college)


GMAT : Aiming for 700+.


Applying for: ISB Round 2 


Work Experience: 3+ years


2 years as a Decision Scientist  with experience in analytics, revolving around analyzing and interpreting data to help organizations make informed, data-driven decisions. Worked directly with CXO level clients from different verticals like pharma, insurance and retail.


Lead a team(Client facing role) for a high impact project around social media analytics for a major US Pharma company


Mentored and evaluated new recruits as a part of their training and evalutation program.


Currently working onsite in the UK as a part of the Analytics team of a major Insurance company. Work involves Solution Designing and Business Insight generation to boost operations


Strengths: 

* Great communication skills 

* Enthusiastic to learn and solve business problems 

* Strong interpersonal and project management skills 


Extra cirriculars: 


* Worked as a Creative Lead for annual events at my previous organization

* Helped design training modules for new recruits as a part of their onboarding and training process


Other achievements: 


Secured a 99th Percentile in the NIIT National Talent Search Examination


Goals post-MBA: Enter the consulting domain and apply my learnings during the MBA program coupled with my analytics work experience to deliver end-to-end business solutions (that's crudely worded but hope it sends out the message I am trying to convey)



Please evaluate my profile. Thanks in advance :)


PS- Female candidate...though I am not sure if it helps when it comes to ISB :P


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Profile Evaluation 
Indian Male Age 29 GMAT Score - 700 (v37, Q49, IR 4)10th :- 89% 12th:- 89 %B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Enginerring from NSIT(Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology), New Delhi - Percentage-74%
Work experience :- 6 Years
I have been working in a telecom product company for 6 years.
Achievements :- 
1. Work selected for patent by the company(twice)
2. Awarded by the company 3-4 times for the extra effort put in.

3. Worked across various technologies
Extra Curricular activities 
1. Handled Placements for the entire batch during my engineering

2. Table Tennis awards at district, state level and corporate competitions.

Considering a leap from the current profile to the Product management role in future.
Kindly evaluate my profile for 
ISB, IIM A, B ,C

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Has ISB removed the extra essay for reapplicants?

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Profile Evaluation:

Indian - Male

Age - 25

GMAT Score - 740

Undergrad - B.tech from IIT Madras (7.3/10)

Class XII - 93%

Class X - 92%


Work Experience - 4 years


I have worked as an Equity Research analyst with JP Morgan for about 2 years and 7 months


I'm currently working at a small fintech start-up as the Head of Research, creating research on private tech companies and cryptocurrencies.


Achievements and Extra-curriculars:

1. Cleared all three levels of the CFA program and two levels of the FRM program


2. Finance head of the annual cultural festival of our college


3. Completed A1 level Spanish course and currently appearing for A2 exam 






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Evaluate my profile please


Age-25(Male)
10th -  92%

12th -  86% 

Graduation - Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology (8 CGPA) 

GMAT score - 750

 
Work experience- Accenture (3.5 years)  


2 years as a Software Developer working for a Canadian Bank, developing a banking software, first of its kind on Pega technology base. 

Tasks included module development,  defect analysis and solving.

1.5 years as Business Analyst on the same project,  cross trained on the business end. 

Tasks included requirement gathering, interpretation, business design and development strategies.  

Lead a defect  triaging team of 12 people spread across 2 countries and 4 cities.  
Extra curriculars -  played kho kho (national level), football(state and university level), painting (state level), oratory competitions,  selected for the Indian Army(SSB)

   
And what all woud be the areas i should emphasise upon more seing that i come from the majority male-IT-Engineer category ??

 

@apphelp

137

Hi,


I need help with evaluation of my profil. I have just started preparing for gmat (self learnin), aiming for ISB 2019.

Here are my details:

SSC: 71.33% (Maharashtra Board)

HSC: 62.67% (Maharashtra Board)

BE (Computer): 67% (Mumbai University)

Total Work Experience: 4.5 years 

Work Experience details:

1. Technical Editor: 9 months

For UK based IT publishing house

2. Commissioning Editor: 1 year and 8 months

For the same company.

3. Business Analyst: 2.1 years

Working in e-governance domain.

Have worked on major government projects like MahaRERA, and Right to Sevice acts as a BA.


Please help me to understand what GMAT score I should be aiming at, and is my profile likely to get through at ISB.

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Hi! It would be really helpful if you could evaluate my profile


Male, 29 


Class X: 87% (Tamil Nadu State Board)

Class XII: 92% (Tamil Nadu State Board)

B Com: 78% (GRD School of Commerce and International Business)

Professional qualification: Chartered Accountant


Work experience: 


1) 5 years post qualification experience with EY as a tax and corporate law consultant - Currently a manager


2) 3 1/2 years of articleship experience with work involving conducting statutory audits, preparation of projected financial statements for loan syndication, etc


Volunteer experience: 


1) 1 1/2 years experience with AIESEC - a global student-run not-for-profit engaged in facilitating student exchanges globally


2) Currently working with Make a Difference (MAD) (engaged in providing support to under-privileged children by way of education support, mentoring, etc) as a fundraising volunteer


GMAT: I currently have a GMAT score of 680


Any guidance would be helpful - Thanks!! :-)

139

Hi! Have the interviews after Stage II for YLP Class of 2019 or 2020 begun? If yes, then for which cities have the shortlists been out? As far as I know, the shortlists are sent out region wise in the country. 

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 Hi, I would really appreciate if someone can evaluate my profile.
GMAT: 710 (Q:49 V:36)

X: 93.5(Maharashtra State Board) |  XII: 85.83(Maharashtra State Board) | UG:7.53(B.techElectrical from NIT Nagpur 2015 passout)

2 years of work ex in BFSI in a consulting role

~1 year work ex as a data scientist for an NGO 

 Decent extra-curriculars
I am not sure if I should go ahead with R1 or retake GMAT and try in R2. 
Thanks in advance!