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Sir,

In my company big chunk of our compensation (~40%) is paid to us like a bonus on the "anniversary" day of our joining the company. This amount is declared to us a year in advance. However, only my Feb 2009 salary stub will have this amount. Could you advise me what I should do.

Thanks,
Dev


Dev,

You only need to mention your CTC, do not include the bonus you mentioned.

Admissions Team
646

Hi,
I have done MBBS and MD. Last year one of my friend attended the sessions conducted by ISB and he asked about consideration of Internship as work experience, and got to know that at it is considered as work experience.

Please let me know if this is still considered as work experience for batch of 2009. As, this could make a lot of difference in my application. In April 2009 my work experience will be slightly less 2 years if the internship is not considered as work experience.

Regards,
Deepti

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Respected Admissions Committee,
I have an undergraduate degree from the US.
First year of my school, I attended university A, and then transferred to university B, where I completed my bachelor's degree.
After gaining a few year of experience, I enrolled in a graduate program at University C (Out of interest for the field, and also to build an alternative transcript as my grades from University B were sub par; The reasons for the blemished performance in school 'B' will be addressed in the optional essay).

I am not sure how to represent this in my educational details.
I have only one degree (from 'B'), which I can mention as my undergraduate degree. The credits at 'A' were transferred to 'B', but not counted towards the GPA (transfer policy for any school in the US), which makes my GPA lesser than the cumulative GPA of A and B taken together. How do I add details about school 'A'. I want the AdCom to take GPAs from both schools into consideration. Is it ok if I mention the cumulative GPA from both A and B schools under Undergraduate degree section, while reporting only school 'B' as the undergraduate school, and provide the transcripts individually?

At school 'C', I did some graduate level coursework, for which I did not and do not intend to receive a degree. I assume I can use the 'Graduate College' section for this, and mention the 'Degree/Certificate received' as 'None'. Please clarify.

I have passed CFA levels I and II, and want to use the 'Additional Education' section to report this.


Kishore,

You may provide the cumulative of university A & B. Your understanding about Grad is absolutely fine with us. Use the 'Additional Education' section to report your CFA levels I and II.

Admissions Team
648
mbaqueries Says
Good Morning Sir, you mentioned that the average GMAT for the IT pool is 730. Can you also please give us the average GMAT for the non-IT or specifically for Finance work ex pool?


Mbaqueries,

We regret the delay in reply. The average GMAT score of the current batch from the finance background is 690.

Admissions Team
649

Dear SirYou have just mentioned the average GMAT scores of candidates from IT and FINANCE background. Can you tell me the average score of candidates from Defence background for current batch?ThanksAlok

650

Thank you for your prompt response.
I have one more question. I submitted my evaluator information on the application and received the email saying the information was accepted and email sent to the evaluator. (8 day ago)
However, my evaluator has confirmed that he has not received the email. There is no option online for me to resend the evaluation form to the evaluator. I have emailed to [email protected] 2 days ago, requesting to resend the evaluation form, but have not received a response yet.
Is there any other way (telephone number or a different email address) where I can reach the appropriate department and expedite the process?

Than you.

651

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Dear Sir,
Thanks for taking this initiative of replying to the querries of the candidate.
I have the following querries regarding the application:
Experience Section:
1. I have been working with my current employer for the past 7 years (ever since my graduation) except for a period of 2 months (spanning Feb-Mar 2005). I had essentially moved to another company but returned to the first company within few weeks. I am planning to explain it in the optional essay.
Should I still give my employment details in 3 parts? (or) Can I project my career as a progression in the same organization?
Awards Section:
2. Awards section is allowing us to cover patents in that section. Are we expected to give the details of each patent as a separate entry?
In that case, if the total number of awards (including patents) is more than 6, how do we give these details?
3. Can research publications be covered under the awards sections? Can awards received at the workplace be covered under the awards section?
Essays section
4. Second Essay (About the speech)
Are we only supposed to target the "General Student body?
(Or) Can we assume the existence of some other body with some specific purpose and target the same? This could help us in projecting our skills in a more apt form.
5. Optional Essay
Does it need to have a central theme? (Or) Can it be used to list down different unrelated aspects of our application / profile?
Thanks and Regards,
Sarat
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Sir,

I have a question on the Job Achievements under "Employment Details" section:
If I were to list down 3 top achievements, there would be duplicate information in Achievements/Awards/Essays sections. So, what would be your advice: List down the TOP three or use this section to write down the achievements that are not covered anywhere else.

Thanks

654

Dear Adcom,

I have one particular question about extracurricular activities.
I have been following stock markets for a long time and for last two years, I am an active investor. Can I cite it as an extracurricular activity?
I don't have any certifications for it, but once I gave practice NCFM (By NSE) test and got a decent score. Will this certification (If I have it) add some value to my application.

Thanks,
Sravan

655

Would it be possible to record the "Global MBA Dream" event being held in Hyderabad and post it on YouTube?
It would be great to see an official YouTube channel maintained by the ISB adcom. Great way to reach out to students abroad.

-alchemist

656

Hi

I have the following questions while filling out the Application

So here goes

1) This is regarding the Education details
In each of the section for education details, like for the 12th or undergraduate, there is a box at the bottom - gaps in education. Is this for highlighting any gaps during the engineering course or 12th standard?

If suppose i graduated in 2002, but started working in 2004. Would i need to mention this somewhere?

2) This is About the evaluators
a)
I want to assign my evaluations to my two previous managers. My current managers response may not be good if i mention my future plans. Is this fine ? Will this effect my application? Will it carry the same value?

b) How much time would it take an evaluator to fill out the application? What would be the format of the form? WIll he need to write out lengthy essays etc?
I am asking all this because this question was put to me by one of my potential evaluators, since he said he has limited time to do this. Hence it would help me in giving him a heads up of what is expected from him.

c) One of my Evaluators has since quit her job because of personal reasons and is now a home maker. In this case i will not be able to provide an official id, but i can ask her to provide her credentials of the work experience. Will this be fine? Do i need to talk to the Admissions office in regard to this?


Thanks in advance
Krishna

657

Dear Sir ,

I had a query regarding the TOEFL score submission.

Sir , though English was the primary language of instruction during my undergraduate studies, I really wanted to submit my very strong TOEFL score. Presently in the application the toefl score submission section is only visible if one clicks on the radio button that states primary language of instruction was not english. Can you please let me know where in the application can I add this detail?

Thanks and Regards

658

Thank you very much for your reply.

I am appearing for CFA level 1 in Dec. Should I mention this in the application form? If yes, in which section of the application form?

Mbaqueries,

We regret the delay in reply. The average GMAT score of the current batch from the finance background is 690.
Admissions Team
659

Dear Mr Menon,

Thanks for this purposeful thread and the pains being taken in clarifying on wide range of issues.

1. As part of the scholarship application, we need to upload the Income proof of the spouse and parents. My father was a mason long back and now a home-maker. My spouse is a home-maker too. Hence, they don't possess any income proof as they don't have any active income.

How to explain this as there is no filed to mention the same.

2. I am working for a PSU, where a lot of intangible monitory benefits, such as unlimited medical care expenses, are not reflected in our Salary. We can mention Gross Salary by multiplying one of the recent month's Gross Salary. We can't mention the CTC as there are no official documents to support. But, just mentioning the Gross Salary may act negative as the figure is not that Big.

Please advise the course of action.


Thanks in adavnce.

660

hi sir
1. previously on this forum you have said that the period spent in IMA post graduation can be considered as work experience if a certificate from a competent authority is available. who would you consider as competent authority? for officers who have after completion of the training got commissioned into the defence will it be counted as work-ex.

2. there are a number of courses that the services conducted, and have their own grading system these course are primarily professional. However these cannot be entered in the professional education as they dont have any degree,CGPA system nor are they affiliated to any university.Other than the optional essay is there anywhere that we can reflect them.

thanks

Sairam,

Your experience at the IMA will be considered. You will need to provide a certificate from a competent authority (IMA) to that extent.
Admissions Team
661

hi,

I appeared in GMAT recently and got an abysmally bad score of 680 Q-49/V-32.

Though I understand that adcom has always emphasized on the overall application and not just the GMAT, yet I genuinely want to understand the importance of GMAT score and the break up of the GMAT. This question becomes even more important since I read in one of the posts that GMAT scores are also considered at the time of placements.

I have had good acads in the past at IIT and +2 etc. I have pursued CFA level I and pursuing FRM. Can my past academic performance offset my current academic performance( low GMAT score).

Also in my 3 yrs of work ex so far , I have 2.5 yrs of ex in IT and 0.5 yrs in Financial Services. I would have areound 1 yr by the time of admission. Will I be considered in IT pool or Financial Services.

Also I want to know the no of offers made in R1 and R2 last year. How much disadvantage is a person at when applying for R2.

Also can a candidate choose the specialization at the time of admission or it is only after the common currciulum that a person can choose ??

662
Hi,
I have done MBBS and MD. Last year one of my friend attended the sessions conducted by ISB and he asked about consideration of Internship as work experience, and got to know that at it is considered as work experience.

Please let me know if this is still considered as work experience for batch of 2009. As, this could make a lot of difference in my application. In April 2009 my work experience will be slightly less 2 years if the internship is not considered as work experience.

Regards,
Deepti


Deepti,

The internship that you undertook during your MBBS will not be considered as work exp. Only your MD exp will be considered.

Admissions Team
663
alok1das Says
Dear SirYou have just mentioned the average GMAT scores of candidates from IT and FINANCE background. Can you tell me the average score of candidates from Defence background for current batch?ThanksAlok


Alok,

We do not have this data as of now.

Admissions Team
664
Thank you for your prompt response.
I have one more question. I submitted my evaluator information on the application and received the email saying the information was accepted and email sent to the evaluator. (8 day ago)
However, my evaluator has confirmed that he has not received the email. There is no option online for me to resend the evaluation form to the evaluator. I have emailed to [email protected] 2 days ago, requesting to resend the evaluation form, but have not received a response yet.
Is there any other way (telephone number or a different email address) where I can reach the appropriate department and expedite the process?

Than you.


Kishorek,

We regret the inconvenience caused. Please call us at 040 2318 7474

Admissions Team