While a lot has been written about the Hyderabad campus, ISB Mohali is still shrouded in mystery for many. Newly admitted ISB students as well as aspirants and applicants have a lot of questions buzzing in their minds. What happens after getting into ISB? How is the ISB Mohali campus different from Hyderabad? What happens ... Read more| MBA Crystal Ball
Is your glass half full or half empty? Why not fill it up and eliminate all confusion? That’s exactly what chartered accountant, Jayendra Ruparel, decided to do. With a decade of work experience under his belt, he was happy with his role. But he was also aware that time was running out, if he wanted ... Read more| MBA Crystal Ball
Here’s a philosophical question: Consider someone who has cleared all 3 levels of the Chartered Accountancy course (hailed by many as the toughest exam in the world) in the first attempt and done well in the professional world. When such a person fails to get a competitive score on the GMAT, is that a reflection ... Read more| MBA Crystal Ball
Getting into the Indian School of Business (ISB) is no child’s play. Just look at a few numbers to see the school’s impressive haul in the following series of charts. For the purpose of this article, we have taken the hallowed M7 business schools and INSEAD / London Business School (LBS) as the comparison set. ... Read more| MBA Crystal Ball
At MBA Crystal Ball, our business school admissions consultants have worked with many chartered accountants (CA) who applied to (and got into) the top business schools in India and abroad. You’ll find some of their success stories towards the end of this post. But we never got down to write the response to a common ... Read more| MBA Crystal Ball
It’s a tough road to become a Chartered Accountant. Ranked among the most difficult exams in the world, the passing percentage for all 3 CA exams is in the low single digits. If you considered folks clearing all three exams in the first attempt it drops to a shocking 1%. That explains why many drop ... Read more| MBA Crystal Ball