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 INSEAD

INSEAD


General Information




Location: Fontainebleau, France & Singapore
Acceptance Rate: NA


Average Age: 28
Average GMAT: 703


Class Size: 937
Average GPA: NA




 

Loans: No cosigners

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Important Dates
Application Requirements


Rounds Deadline Notification
Application Fee: 200 EUR


Early Round -- --
Interview: Invitation


Round 1 02/10/13 20/12/13
Required Essays: 3+5


Round 2 27/11/13 21/02/14
Recommendations:
 2
Round 3 05/03/14 23/05/14


Important Links
Rankings



U.S. News NA



Business Week 1 (Non-US)


Academic Calendar - NA
Financial Times 6



Wall Street Journal 15



The Economist 23



Forbes NA


Essays
  

Job Essays:

1. Briefly summarise your current (or most recent) job, including the nature of work, major responsibilities, and, where relevant, employees under your supervision, size of budget, clients/ products and results achieved. (250 words maximum)

2. Please give us a full description of your career since graduating from university. If you were to remain with your present employer, what would be your next step in terms of position? (250 words)

3. If you are currently not working, what are you doing and what do you plan to do until you start the MBA programme? (250 words maximum)


Personal Essays:

1. Give a candid description of yourself, stressing the personal characteristics you feel to be your strengths and weaknesses and the main factors, which have influenced your personal development, giving examples when necessary. (600 words maximum)

2. Describe what you believe to be your two most substantial accomplishments (if possible specify one personal and one professional, to date, explaining why you view them as such. (400 words maximum)

3. Describe a situation taken from your personal or professional life where you failed. Discuss what you learned (400 words maximum)

4. (a) Discuss your short and long term career goals. (300 words maximum) and (b) How will studying at INSEAD help you achieve your vision? (250 words maximum)

5. Please choose one of the following two essay topics:

(a) Have you ever experienced culture shock? What insights did you gain? (250 words maximum)

(b)Describe the ways in which a foreigner in your country might experience culture shock (250 words maximum)

 

6. Is there anything that you have not mentioned in the above essays that you would like the Admissions Committee to know? (350 words maximum) This essay is optional.

7. In case of reapplication, please provide an update on any new aspects of your professional, international, academic or personal profile that would not have been included in your previous application. Please also explain your motivation for re-applying to INSEAD. (400 words maximum)

  
  

Recommendations

  
  
 
  • How long have you known the candidate? Define your relationship with the candidate and the circumstances whereby you met.
  • How do you rate the candidate's potential for becoming a responsible and successful manager in international business compared with other students or employee whom you have in similar capacity? (EXCELLENT TOP 2%, VERY Good Top 10%, Average Top 25%, Top 50%, Average bottom 50%)
  • How do you rate the candidate on the following criteria?
  1. Competence in his field
  2. Professionalism
  3. Focus on the task at hand
  4. Readiness to use opportunities for achievement
  5. Creativity and resourcefulness
  6. Intellectual curiosity
  7. Energy and drive
  8. Personal integrity
  9. Ability to work in a team
  10. Organizational ability
  11. Oral communication
  12. Written communication
  1. Comment on the candidate's career progress to date and his/her career orientation
  2. What do you consider to be the candidate's major strengths? Comments on the factors that distinguish the candidate from other individuals at his/her level
  3. What do you consider to be the candidate's major weakness?
  4. Comments on the candidate's potential for senior management. Do you see him/her as a future leader?
  5. Describe the personality of the candidate, including reference to the characteristics listed in the table above.

 


Additional Information


  • There are 3 rounds of admissions for the September intake, and 3 for the January intake. See here.
  • In the majority of cases, two separate interviews are conducted.









 

 


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