ISB PGPMAX Essay 1: What has been your most significant achievement to date? Please explain why you consider it to be so. (500 words max) |
ISB PGPMAX Essay Tips :
This Essay
question will help articulate your achievements as a professional. The
achievement can also be a personal accomplishment that you most cherish
or hold dear. However you should be cognizant of the fact that the
adcom wants to know your greatest achievement in a career that is
spanning 15-20 years. The best way to go about this essay is to start
with a deep introspection on all your activities, accomplishments,
lessons learnt in the last two decades or so.
- Please make a long list of all activities that fit onto the above category
- For each activity identify –
The challenges that existed, How you overcame those challenges and
finally what difference did it create to you - your company or the
society in general (Impact)
- Learning’s that you carried
from this experience/accomplishment; How has it helped transform you
as a person (remember we are talking about your #1 achievement in life
and we are pretty sure it would be a major source of strength or
inspiration for your other activities)
- Please try to articulate
your success if possible in quantitative terms especially when listing a
professional accomplishment. For e.g. increased sales
by 60%, a first in the 20 year history of the department or my weekend
schools to illiterate day laborers educated 40 youth in a span of 1
year and helped 8 youth complete their matriculation.
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ISB PGPMAX Essay 2: What is your motivation to pursue a Post Graduate Program in Management for Senior Executives? (500 words max) |
ISB PGPMAX Essay Tips :
This essay tests
your understanding on your clarity about the program, how you
plan to leverage your learnings and to understand your long term goals.
The most efficient way to structure your essays would be to:
- Talk about your current
role and challenges that you face in everyday work life from a Skill
set, Business understanding, structured thinking and a from a global
perspective angle
- Mention your expectations
from the program and also talk about how the program will help fill the
skill set gap that you regard is hindering your professional growth
- Talk about your long term goals professionally and how you believe the ISB PGPMAX program will help you achieve that
- How will the intangibles
that gain from this course aid your future growth – Brand ISB, Alumni
Network, Life long learning opportunities etc.
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ISB PGPMAX Essay 3:The
programme requires a lot of understanding of management theory and
mathematical concepts. It also incorporates examinations and other
forms of assessment.
After many years of being away from formal studies, how do you plan
to adjust to an extremely rigorous academic life and how can ISB be
assured of you successfully completing the programme? (500 words
max) |
ISB PGPMAX Essay Tips :
Please provide
the school with your plan to cope up with increased workloads and also
some amount of the drudgery of academics. You could talk about how:
- How you are preparing
yourselves: By starting to read academic journals so as to condition
yourselves for long hours of concentrated study and research
- Help from your employer –
In terms of allowing you to completely concentrate for a week when you
are in ISB; Dedicated time during the day for your ISB workload or to
reflect on your learnings
- How will your family members support you during these 1.5 years so as to get the best out of the program
- You could present your Plan!
Optional Essay : Though the Essay is optional it should be utilized by the candidate to
showcase other aspects of his candidature to the school. This could
include:
- Significant other professional achievements – Not mentioned in Essay 1
- Personal accomplishments
- Hobbies
- Sports achievements
- Social service etc
Please use
this to bring out the personal side of you. It is very important for
the admissions committee to understand you as a person, your potential
and past non-professional accomplishments. This is a very good
opportunity to present a holistic view about you to the school.
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