Puys,
Switching from BIG 4 to some other company effects profile during admissions in ISB....
Puys Please suggest,,,
hardshps: Why should it affect? Unless you have no correlation/logic for the switch and Iam sure u wud have some solid reason to make such a move just before the admissions.
In the awards and activities section of application, it is mentioned to list college and community awards and scholarships. I did participate in college festivals, but could not make it to win an award. Outside college I got some certificates from the "Employee Union Fund" due to my outstanding results in school. I am not sure what to mention in this section. Please help me out!!!!
@fanatic_ronnie said:In the awards and activities section of application, it is mentioned to list college and community awards and scholarships. I did participate in college festivals, but could not make it to win an award. Outside college I got some certificates from the "Employee Union Fund" due to my outstanding results in school. I am not sure what to mention in this section. Please help me out!!!!
You can list them too.. And even participation at really large events can be mentioned ... e.g. One of students of 2013 class had participated in world salsa comp.
Hi Sir,
I am Ashok and my profile is as below.
X: 86%
XII: 87%
BTech 2008 : 6.96 CGPA (VIT- Vellore)
Experience: 1)22 Months with Infosys
2)Co founder of an Electronics Startup PVT Ltd Company (2011) and the Managing Director
Patents: Sole owner of Two patents in the field of electronics.
GMAT: 640(Q50 V25) AWA:4,AR:2
I am planning to do a 1 yr MBA in India in a premier institute that accepts the GMAT score.
If you could evaluate my profile and my options of universities, you would be very helpful.
ThankYou.
@[200413:navisangha] Thank you for your sugestion.
Hello,
How does the Average Doemstic Salary is calculated? Does this figure also include international placement figures by converting foreign currency to INR using purchasing parity OR it contains only INR based salaries.
Does ISB gives salary ranges in terms of percentage? Also what is the median salary?
@Jumboo said:Hello,
How does the Average Doemstic Salary is calculated? Does this figure also include international placement figures by converting foreign currency to INR using purchasing parity OR it contains only INR based salaries.
Does ISB gives salary ranges in terms of percentage? Also what is the median salary?
AFAIK Domestic salaries do not include international figures. Also, the figures represent only the mid 80%ile. So the top 10%ile and bottom 10%ile are not included in the average calculation.
Morning/Evening To all the Puys,
Can anyone pls tell me if my profile would be robust enough?
Schooling - St. Xaviers Mumbai and Ryan International Delhi. - 6.7/10
Graduation - BBA from GGSIPU ('05 - '08) - 7/10
Post Grad Diploma - CFP (Certified Financial Planner) from FPSB (Financial Planning Standards Borad) , PGDWM (PG D in Wealth Management) from Indian School of Business and Finance , Delhi. ('08 -'09) - 6/10
Professional - Financial Analyst in EXL Service ('09 - '11) handling Financial Portfolios for HNI Clients and then as a Financial Associate handling a special project for a UK based Insurance Company's Payables (Migration to Stabilizing) .
Currently working as a Senior Financial Exec in Corporate Finance and Strategies for RHI (Sep '11 - Currently).
Awards and Appreciations - Awarded a Certificate of appreciation for stabilizing the operations process in EXL Service and Also awarded as the Everyday Heroes (An EXL's unique appreciation Initiative that's rarely awarded)
Additional Professional Career Related Certifications - Certified Six Sigma Black Belt in Quality and Certified Yellow Belt in Quality and Certified Six Sigma LEAN practitioner. Have also initiated improvement projects in departments for achieving high standards of service levels.
ECA - An avid musician who has composed 3-4 original compostions , Playing Guitar from past 7- 8 years. Have organized various rock gigs in Delhi circuit. Played for a Delhi based band on Lead Guitars. Played basket ball till zonal levels represting my school. A motivational speaker at times who has encouraged many people to take a career leap.
Currently am preparing for GMAT and aiming a score upto 680 - 710 .
@[552036:knopfler]Hi ..nice profile and work ex...and it's good you know that you're standing low on the score table. But no need to get disappointed, work on your apps and hope for the good result. Appearing for GMAT again is always an option. 
@[581822:vishalpatil104] Hi you have a very different and diverse profile of an defence personnel and usually the B-schools prefer people from different backgrounds, so as to add diversity to their batch. The average score for ISB is generally range between 700-720, so any score between this range will be safe 
@[402778:ps25] Hi...ISB intake is more compared to IIM's and after the Mohali campus it increased more, but the quality is never out of fashion .. If IIM's are combined, then in total they'll be having much more intake than ISB. ISB has a good brand value and till now justifying with it's image. Although IIM's are also good choice, but ultimately everyone has different perceptions..
Hi... one fine morning I woke up and I said, I'm doing an MBA in 2013...so here I am...
I have a valid GMAT score - I wrote it in December 2010. I scored an average 610 and an AWA of 6!! (yipeee)!
now for my profile
10th class - 95%
12th calss - 90%
CGPA - 7.8 (NIFT apparel manufacturing - 4 years course)
Work ex - 5 years and 3 months (as on date of posting) - with ColorPlus for 2.5 years in Branding and Brand Communications, and rest in Mahindra Holidays in Marketing, PR and Brand communications for Mahindra Homestays.
Work Achievement:
1. was sponsored and got through for a sponsored MBA with Wellingkar as part of the Young leader's programme in Raymond (did not take it up as I had already accepted a job offer with Mahindra)
2. Have completed a sponsored elearning course with Harvard Business Publishing on general management - sponsored by Mahindra Holidays and Resorts
3. Was part of the Women's committee in ColorPlus handling worker related issues in the ColorPlus factories
4. Am part of the Employee Social Options group in Mahindra (ESOPS) doing charitable work
Extra Curriculars in school and College:
Won many awards for oratory including district level
Have been house leader and managed the cultural team in school
Had been part of the editorial team in the NIFT magazine called Fashazine
Had been part of the organising committee for the NIFT annual events SPECTRUM
Have learnt French upto Level B2 at Alliance Francaise
Have completed Level 4 in Japanese with ABK AOTS Dosokai
Social activities
Salsa dancing
Have travelled alone abroad (backpacking) - for 2 months - a big personal growth teaching me about global cultures.
Have been doing photography and writing assignments for friends
What do you think?????
Profile Evaluation:
I have a valid GMAT score - I wrote it in Nov 2011. I scored an average 690 and an AWA of 5
now for my profile
10th class - 88.6%
12th calss - 77.8%
Grad - 82.4% (BIT Mesra - 4 years course)
Work ex - 3 years and 0 months (as on date of posting) in Automobile sector.
Extra curricular:- President of Club (at college), Games Captain (at school) many others.... but none of national level n all... average but many
Please give me honest feedback
uuuffffff FINALLY after reading all the 1549 replies in this thread I feel great. More about me and my complete profile in next message first i would like to thanks some puys out here ::
Starting with @[275158:anujnigam12] , @[553250:mustang28] , @Whitennoise , @[548938:MBA-2012] (dunno y but i can't tag some so i hope they get the message anyways) . U guys made the initial days of this thread both informative as well as entertaining. Your activity made me feel connected to u all and made me learn n even laugh..
Would like to know what happened in the end
@[548938:MBA-2012] : did u join somewhere or will b part of the ISB batch now ??
@[553250:mustang28] : did u go onsite or not ??
@[275158:anujnigam12] : how is Mohali treating u??
Secondly thanks to @[189156:snbasu] , @[200413:navisangha] , @[540859:Aritro9782] , for your wonderful efforts to help us all out here....
Also thanks to @[384681:mba-help] - Namita and @[8862:atouchofcrypticthunder] for their constant guidance..
I guess I might have left some names but hell yeah I have learnt a lot from all of you ..
Note that I will be messaging/bugging you guys a lot this August (high time now) and hope to make some good connections here ..
PS: ISB is not gonna be my first choice as I wanna go n study abroad for some reasons but its a great option nonetheless..
Hi Puys,
Regarding the awards and activities section, should I write professional level achievements in this section? I believe they would be a repetition because they are already there in the achievements section of work profile. Can any work related recognition be part of this section?
Ankit
@[594110:ThePoet] Hi.. you are right on part that having two year gap can be bit of concern for you and the interview panel. Actually a one year gap is quite common, but 2 year gap requires an solid explanation. I'm not a consultant but as a helper I think you have two choices to make regarding this...first you can stick to the actual excuse(which you have mentioned here) and the other is that you can develop a second excuse like health issues or family problem or any other thing which you find suitable for yourself. Otherwise you can go with the original excuse as you were later got into an IIT, so sleep over it and make a reasonable decision.
@[578588:singh151151] Hi.. definitely..you have a good profile although with this score of 730 it's pretty impressive. Remove any doubts from your mind and apply with confidence.
@[507977:4638] Hi..as per ISB is concerned, it requires a GMAT score preferably more than 700 to get a interview call and other thing regarding CAT is that you have a good profile as a CAT applicant because mostly CAT aspirants are freshers so you have a upper hand compared to them. But the level of CAT/XAT is bit tough than GMAT. So, ultimately the choice is your whether you want to appear for CAT or GMAT. As a helper I think if you are planning for GMAT, then you should look for more work ex of couple of year or so. It will be beneficial during interviews
@JKMastersCareer said: @4638 Hi..as per ISB is concerned, it requires a GMAT score preferably more than 700 to get a interview call
I would like correct you on this. ISB looks at profile as a whole and GMAT is just one part of it. I got into ISB at 690 ( just 2.8 yrs of work ex). I know people with GMAT score of 650 or less..
Though high GMAT score is a hygiene factor but it is not a deal breaker
Though high GMAT score is a hygiene factor but it is not a deal breaker