{"id":681,"date":"2017-09-26T13:45:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T08:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.isb.edu\/admissionsdirector\/?p=681"},"modified":"2025-12-31T09:16:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T09:16:46","slug":"how-do-we-evaluate-pgp-applicants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.isb.edu\/admissionsdirector\/2017\/09\/26\/how-do-we-evaluate-pgp-applicants\/","title":{"rendered":"How do we evaluate PGP applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With just 20 more days left for the Cycle -1 deadline, we thought we should share a glimpse of what we look for in a candidate and how we evaluate applications and some tips on how can you strengthen your application.<\/p>\n<p>We believe that \u201cPeople succeed because of their strengths; despite their weaknesses\u201d. Hence we use a strength based evaluation methodology for assessing applicants.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TIP: Focus your application on showcasing your strengths<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We evaluate candidates on 3 key areas<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Academic Potential<\/li>\n<li>Leadership Attributes<\/li>\n<li>Personal Attributes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Academic Potential gives us an idea your learning ability and whether you can cope with the rigor of the 1 year at PGP. The Class 12 &amp; Grads and the Test Scores i.e GRE\/ GMAT scores contribute to the academic bucket. It has the same weightage for everybody and is independent of the work experience and background.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TIP: You can make up for an average Class 12 &amp; Graduation scores with a good test score (GRE\/GMAT) and vise-versa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Through assessing leadership potential we try to understand if you will, in the time to come, emerge as a good leader. Leadership attributes is not necessarily about leading teams- being a good team player, taking initiatives, motivating colleagues etc can be emphasized.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TIP: Talk about the individual contributions you have made to take the organization forward. Quote examples of the initiatives you have taken in and outside work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And lastly, the personal attributes, tell us about how well rounded you are as an individual i.e your skills, capabilities and interests in and outside work etc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TIP: Tell us about your hobbies, extracurricular activities and achievements. Highlight your societal contributions if any.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Recommendations play an imperative role in assessing both leadership as well as personal attributes. Hence it is very critical you to choose a evaluator who knows you well professionally, knows how you work, is senior to you in terms of responsibilities and whose work was impacted by your contributions. &nbsp;This time, the evaluation is quantitative as well as qualitative. And the evaluator has to wait for 24 hours for making changes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TIP: Prefer someone whom you have worked with recently.<\/li>\n<li>TIP: Designations of the evaluator don\u2019t matter. The evaluator should be able to give qualitative insights about your work, so choose wisely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can log in to your application at apply.isb.edu ; The cycle1 deadline is October 15.<\/p>\n<p>Write to pgp@isb.edu incase you have any admissions related queries.<\/p>\n<p>Good Luck for your application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With just 20 more days left for the Cycle -1 deadline, we thought we should share a glimpse of what we look for in a candidate and how we evaluate applications and some tips on how can you strengthen your application. We believe that \u201cPeople succeed because of their strengths; despite their weaknesses\u201d. 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