Plan-Do-Check-Act

Dear all ISB aspirants for the Class of 2011 !

With around 32 days left in deadline for the submission of first round of ISB Application, we suggest all of you to get the act together and put in dedicated efforts towards bringing out the "real" you through your application


A simple methodology is Plan-Do-Check-Act that helps you remain on track to be able to do justice to your ISB Application.

Remember the following points
1. PLAN: you need to do planning at regular intervals, say for each week have a planned target. You can be more granular like plan for every 3 days output etc. depending on your workload and preparation level
2. DO: Most important is steps that you actually take daily to meet the plans. Buy sticky notes, have desktop notes applications remind you.
3. CHECK: Keep a check on your progress with regular frequency, adjust your direction if needed to re-align with goals. You can announce your goals to friends and family every day to help them remind you etc. and that might help you keep a check!
4. ACT: Act on the gaps you found to mitigate them, find out new an innovative ways to keep your motivation levels high while working towards your application each day!


Best of luck for your ISB Application !


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ISB and Older Applicants

As a one-year full time management program, ISB is very attractive to older applicants. When I say older applicant, I mean someone at least a good three to four years older than the average age of the school. ISB’s 2008 average age was 28, so if you're 31 or older you would possibly fall into that category for ISB.

As an older applicant – one of the most important concerns you need to address will be the placement concern. In the current economic scenario, the admissions committee knows that it will be harder to place you than younger applicants – and this concern could be a possible reason for rejection. You will need to use your career goals essay to alleviate this concern. Your career goals will have to be extremely detailed, you will need to identify positions, companies and your areas of responsibility post ISB. You will also have to show that your reason for entering a management program is not simply because you have hit a plateau in your career.

Another potential area of concern will also be how well you fit in with the rest of the class. You need to demonstrate flexibility and adaptability in order to prove that you’d be an asset to your learning team and not just because of your work experience.

For in-depth advice on how to structure your application essays as an older applicant, please contact us on thinkisb@gmail.com or call us at 9010917222.

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Our focused approach has three cornerstones

Engage

Majority of applicants who do not make it to ISB are lost as they don’t clearly understand why they failed - hence these applicants don’t reapply. We would engage with them by re-evaluating their application and explaining them why they might have missed out.The long drawn and involved process of ISB Application, compared to the process at other business schools in India, deters a lot of deserving candidates from applying to ISB. We plan to reach out to these candidates to make the experience less overwhelming for them.

Educate

ISB Admission criteria differs from admission criteria of other business schools in India. At ISB the holistic application matters rather than a single exam score – Applicants with 770+ GMAT have not made it to ISB while others with 640 GMAT have got admissions. We plan to educate the applicants what it takes to get into ISB

Enable

A number of deserving candidates don’t make it to ISB because they are not able to objectively project their credentials. We aim to enable such candidates to more effectively present their case.ISB prefers multi-dimensional candidates who are good in all dimensions. A lot of applicants while are excellent in some dimensions might not meet the bar in other dimensions. We would provide such applicants a development plan to further strengthen not so strong dimensions of their application.With a

• Multi-functional team consisting of ISB alumni with experience and support of ISB Admissions
• Well defined focus on ISB and in-depth understanding of the process
• Advanced mechanisms of performing objective and structured evaluations with process driven feedback
• Combined with a highly responsive service providing personalized attention and no cookie-cutter approach

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www.thinkISB.com (To be live on 15th June)Wishing you a great journey on your way to ISB and beyond!

Cheers

thinkISB.com Team