I remember sitting in my office after a meeting where my manager appreciated my efforts as a new Product Manager. He complimented me on my ability to understand the problems, my time and people management skills, and my dedication. The annual appraisal was around the corner, and he promised me a promotion and a good [...]

I've been intrigued by the space ever since I was in the seventh grade. It was in eighth grade when I learned about the Asian Regional Space Settlement Design Competition (ARSSDC), an Indian competition sponsored by the NASA. Within a 24-hour period, schools across the continent worked together and competed to submit proposals for the [...]

Will choosing one test over another impact my chances of selection? I had the same question in mind while I was selecting which test to give. I looked at both the tests carefully, understood what was covered in each and chose to go with the test that overlapped more with my strengths. Alums and school, [...]

Preparing for GMAT while trying to maintain a work-life balance can be a stressful ordeal. The fluctuating demands of a taxing 9-5 job, the ambition to grow personally as well as professionally and the drive to constantly develop a social network doesn’t come easy in combination with preparations for an exam which has the potential [...]

The little boy running around with sticks and tires in a small village in Kerala would have never imagined going to a premier B-School like ISB. And why would he? He barely knew how to speak English until almost thirteen years of age. Yes, that’s how my story started but I decided to change its [...]

“The surest way to make your dreams come true is to live them”. Like most of you, even I believed that GMAT was the only gateway to ISB. However, I happened to interact with an Alum who got into ISB through GRE. Yes! ISB like any Global B-School accepts both GMAT and GRE exam for [...]

I had no idea that I was in fact preparing to succeed in the MBA program when I started my preparation for GMAT and MBA application. The GMAT became my test of tenacity, the trait that is most essential for surviving in the rigorous and competitive MBA environment. I realized that by preparing for GMAT, [...]

In 2015, when I went back to visit my hometown in North-East, I knew there was something different. It wasn’t the place, but my perspective. “How can something so beautiful be so unknown to the world?”, I thought to myself. At this very moment, I made the decision to quit my corporate job in Mumbai [...]

Vishal's journey of transitioning from a vernacular medium school to an English medium school, to going forward and working for Vedanta Resources Limited & MMTC-PAMP India Pvt. Ltd. and making it to the Indian School of Business has shaped his worldview holistically. Faced with challenges to secure quality education and rural economic hardships; he describes [...]

"Having a background in neither engineering nor mathematics, I was hesitant to go back to college after a nine-year break. In addition, I worked more than ten hours a day on average and frequently travelled for work. But I always knew that I need to pursue an MBA from a prestigious institution to enhance my [...]