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Admissions Survey Excerpts
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Current Student
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Admissions process is the most grueling of any school to which I
applied (Harvard, Stanford, Kellogg, UCLA, Cal-Berkeley). 10-12 short
essays (12... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Admissions process is one of the most grueling in the world. Here are
the steps:
1) submit application with personal profile and 12-15 1200 charac... READ MORE
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Alumni
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The admission process is very rigorous at IMD. In addition to all the
paper work that is typically required of any MBA program, once you pass
the 1s... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Very rigorous - good GMAT score and very detailed and challenging
application form, consisting of around 12 essays. This was followed by
extremely... READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
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Current Student
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Program is general management, so you will get the basics - accounting,
finance, economics, strategy, operations, marketing, org behavior. For
so... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Curriculum is geared towards general management with personal
development characteristics. All participants share the same core
coursework in Acc... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Basically all the classes at IMD are attended by the entire class of
approx. 90 students. So, no worries about getting a spot in a popular
class. Th... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Very strong teaching staff combining excellent up-to-date practical
business knowledge with latest cutting edge research. READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
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Current Student
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Employment prospects are quite good, although the competition is not typically against other MBA's. IMD participants usually have more experience and... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Employment prospects are quite strong from IMD, especially for European assignments. Example companies that recruit at IMD include Nestle, Google, GE... READ MORE
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Alumni
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I think IMD is known for the quality of its graduates. This comes from the student profile that is quite mature to start with, but also the attitude a... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Extremely good links to industry and good on-campus recruitment process. I received offers during the recruitment period and accepted one of them. READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
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Current Student
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Quality of life is better in the second half of the year than the
first. This is because the weather gets better and the workload
slackens just e... READ MORE
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Alumni
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IMD is located in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is 40 km from Geneva.
This is the heart of Europe, 4 hours either direction to Paris and
Milan. A... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Lausanne, just by Lake Geneva is a beautiful city. I'm extremely happy
that I had the opportunity to live there and in the summer basically you
have... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Workload extremely intense so quality of life not brilliant - but
actually that's part of what makes the IMD experience so unique -
the "pressure ... READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
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Current Student
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It is non-existent at the beginning of the year when we work 16 hour
days. But by the end of the first month, you start to realize that you
becom... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Again, IMD leaves little time for a very active social life, but there
is quite a bit of bonding that goes on with the class. Participants
hold m... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Social Life is bit of a challenge in the beginning since there is
literally no time for it. Although I know some of my classmates did
manage to sque... READ MORE
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Alumni
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As above, limited in terms of time due to extreme workload, but I came
away with a group of lifelong friends. READ MORE
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