While there are already many wonderful and life-saving posts on tips to get into top business schools, this isn't one of them. I had embarked on the MBA application process not knowing what to expect and took it one step at a time. Along the way, I was surprised by a number of developments, and drew some life lessons that I wanted to share. In fact, the journey was so valuable in and of itself that even if I hadn't gotten admitted, it would have still been worth the time, effort and cost of fulfilling all the requirements. I've distilled these thoughts below.

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Greetings, Readers!  I’ve volunteered to be one of the INSEAD 19D student bloggers, so let me take a moment to introduce myself.  I’m Nadine, a former diplomat and career public servant, probably not your typical MBA candidate. I'm American at heart, and also Canadian on paper. I grew up in Texas and have also lived in Washington, Jakarta, and Brussels. The stars aligned, and now I’m about to embark on my MBA journey at INSEAD as a 19D admit. In a previous guest post, I explained many of the factors that led me to choose INSEAD over other MBA programmes in the

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I wanted to pass along a few contributions from successful applicants who were not my clients, but part of my INSEAD thread on GMAT Club. I think you will find at least one or two things helpful! Successful Applicant 1 "I suspect that I was chosen due to a unique background (scientific education, highly entrepreneurial environments, finance experience), very strong GMAT, and very strong essays.

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Here is the game-plan to get an MBA and some key points that you might want to consider. I will not go into philosophical questions here, assuming that you gave this idea a good amount of thinking, made your decision and just need to have a practical guide into the next steps:

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Having applied to IMD, INSEAD and Columbia Business School, I got accepted by the last two schools. My choice was INSEAD. The question you might want to ask is what YOU need to do to get in the world's best business schools that receive millions of applications. How do YOU stand out from the rest?

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Flashback, 13 June 2008, Singapore I timidly entered the INSEAD Singapore campus at the Ayer Rajah Avenue and attended a class discussion by Prof. Horacio Falcao, as a part of the MBA In-House Event. It was my first experience of attending a class at a business school, and more significantly, my introduction to INSEAD.

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School starts soon and I am getting more and more excited by the minute!

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Hi everyone! First, let’s start with a little introduction: my name is Vitor, I’m a 28-year-old Brazilian writing to you from Thailand, just before I begin my INSEAD journey in Singapore (Yeah it's good to be travelling a bit and getting to know a few new places). In my first post here, I would like to talk about why I decided to do an MBA, why INSEAD was always my first choice, and some tips for the application process.

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Hello Everyone, My name is Shruti and I’m really excited to write my first post. I’m an Indian based out of Singapore and I have been working as a Design Entrepreneur for the past two years. During my education, I learnt to design graphics and researched on Spatial Psychology which later helped me as an artist while designing large scale art installations, and as an interior designer while designing hotels, bars and restaurants. After gaining experience in India and Singapore, I started my own consultancy which operated in hospitality, retail and residential space.  

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Hey everyone! My name is Elias Charara, MBA’19J. I will be joining the Fontainebleau campus in a week, and am very excited to write this first post, hopefully of many that I will be writing during the year. I am grateful to have been given the opportunity to share what I believe will be a great year (“the best of your life”, in the words of all alumni I met), and to encourage potential future INSEADers to join the family.

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