ISB Extends GMAT Deadline for Prospective Students to January 15, 2006 due to Non Availability of GMAT Dates

The Indian School of Business has extended the deadline to accept GMAT scores from prospective students till January 15, 2006. This is to facilitate applicants who are unable to take their scores due to unavailability of GMAT dates.

There is a substantial growth noticed in the number of GMAT takers outside US, which is coming from countries like India and for the schools like the Indian School of Business. Through Oct. 31, total GMAT volume is up 3%, but only 0.2% in the U.S. v/s 9.3% outside US, explained a leading international business magazine which writes extensively on B- Schools across the world.

V K Menon, Director – Admissions, at the ISB said," The concept of the One Year programme in management, experienced student profile and the international faculty pool has been very well accepted by MBA aspirants in India. This has resulted in the size of the applicant pool for the ISB increasing by 80% in Cycle-1. We are getting repeated requests to extend the application deadline for Cycle-2 which is January 7, 2006, because of the unavailability of the GMAT dates."

"Many of our students have had to push their test dates for GMAT because of non availability of slots. It is very unfortunate that we do not have enough centers to cater to the growing needs of the GMAT," said Nidhi Khaitan Modi, Managing Partner, The Princeton Review-India.

Looking into the scenario the ISB will accept the GMAT scores till January 15, 2006. The last date of application remains the same as before – January 7, 2006 but, applicants may send in their GMAT scores alone by January 15, 2006.

This is also an opportunity for exceptional candidates with CAT (2002 onwards) scores to apply to the ISB. If they meet the combined admissions criteria, a provisional offer maybe made, subject to their taking the GMAT before March 10, 2006 and obtaining a minimum score of 680.
 

Source: www.isb.edu

published on IndianMBA.com on December 28, 2005

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