INSEAD MBA Admissions Chat with Gopika Spaenle and Frankia Fang Date: December 12, 2006 Time: 9pm-10pm ( BEIJING time ) Place: ChaseDream Audio Chat Room (http://chat.chasedream.com) Guest: Gopika Spaenle, Assistant Director of Marketing, MBA programme Frankie Fang, current Chinese MBA Participant ---------------------------------------------- Questions List (Dec 12, 2006) 1. For the program, does the student need to study French? 2. My career goal is to enter international luxury corporation ,especially those in France.That`s why I choose insead as my dream school. I really want to know whether the career service of insead can help me to realize that kind of job. 3. Next question: Would you like to share with any key words or advice for the applicants from Telecommunication? 4. Dear Gopika, Is there any courses in INSEAD focus on social entrepreneur? 5. How much work experience would you recommend prior to applying for INSEAD? 6. What is the statistics of Insead graduates who entered Media&Entertainment industry? Is Insead strong in this field? 7. Is it difficult to apply the scholorship for Asia students ? 8. Dear Gopika, Do you prefer applicants with more working experience? I have only 2 years working experience, will it be a disadvantage for me? 9. I quit my job several month before because I don`t want to extend my employment contract.I want to know whether it wil be an adversity to my application 10. do you think it is rational now for me to give up my own company and switch to insead now? by the way, my annual revenue is about 200,000 USD now. 11. What is the difference between starting off on the Singapore campus then on the France campus? Do the two campuses attract the same profiles? Or are there subtle differences? 12. do I must have the GMAT and TOFEL test? I just finished a master degree of finance ,taught by english. 13. i worked in retail industry. what can be further development for career of mine? Thank you 14. Will an MBA from Insead help a career shift into the non-profit sector? Are the careers services comprehensive? 15. what is the GMAT requirement for INSEAD? what is the preferred score range? 16. Does Insead have history of admitting students with HR background,such as HR consultants, since it`s an increasingly emerging but still rare background.Thanks 17. Could you give us some advice for the interview stage ? 18. How easy is it to switch from Engineering to Finance after an MBA. At what level would I expect to enter the Finance industry after 5 years of IT engineering? 19. Dear Fang, you speak excellent english . do you think studying INSEAD contribute to your english proficiency? 20. if you would like to address a point for INSEAD to improve, what will be that? 21. Can we contact alums before we apply? Where can we get their contact? 22. From your experience, what qualities help an applicant stand out from the rest of the applicant pool? 23. Do you have any recommendations on essay writing ? 24. what are the most key factors that differetiat INSEAD MBA program from Ameriacan MBA program? 25. I would like to study supply chain management, and I like INSEAD. Will INSEAD be a good choice for me? 26. Is it a "negative signal" to take the GMAT more than once? thank u. 27. How would INSEAD view experience in a Non Profit Organization? 28. I am 35 now, is it a disadvantage? 29. What does a rejected applicant look like? Are they just silly applicants? Please can you give an example? 30. Can you please explain how the decision-making happen for waitlisted students? For example, if only a single seat is available, how will the committee decide its choice since there is no ranking on the waitlist? 31. How does INSEAD look at GPA? I do not have a high GPA, less than 3 out of 4. Can I still apply? 32. How many Chinese participant from China Mainland last year , Dear Fang ? 33. Can you talk a little about family arrangement? If a husband is admitted, what can the wife do if they want to live together? 34. What was the intake ratio of the applicants during the last enrollment? 35. Dear Fang, What is your career goal? 36. If I did not do well in interview, may I request a second interview? Thank you 37. Is it reqired to have Bachelor degree from full-time university? I have my Bachelor degree from vacational university, can i apply for Insead MBA Program? 38. For Asian students, is it a big disadvantage to apply in round 3? Is it possible to get scholarship in round 3? 39. If I graduated from a Finance Bachelor`s degree, would studying towards MBA be redundant? Since I`ve done most of the courses in the MBA curriculum. 40. Fang, if you want to say a potential weakness for INSEAD, what will be it? 41. For letters of recommendation, should an applicant have a high-level person who has limited knowledge of the applicant`s day-to-day work or a mid-level person who has worked with the applicant closely, write them a recommendation? 42. can INSEAD provide any student abassador contact for Chinese applicants? 43. can you post the contact of Gopika on ChaseDream? You email address, for example?