One of the best courses I've taken at INSEAD is called International Political Analysis. The content was just okay, but the professor who taught it - Vinnie Aggarwal - a visiting professor from Haas just rocked the show.
The entire class felt like a story of countries, their manipulations and struggles. Just plain amazing..
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Hi
I have been following your blog for a long time. Firstly, wanted to thank you for the great job you are doing through this blog
I am an R2 applicant, India and just got interviewed for Sep 09 class. I am goign through the exact same delimma which you ddid exactly a year back ISBvs INSEAD.Now that you are 6 months into the program could you guide me on this. I am asking this purely in terms of ROI cause I believe that no other school could give the international experience which INSEAD gives. Please help, really confused
Also I am facing the same issue of raising a loan and feel stupid that I didnt look up earlier that INSEAD does not have tie ups with banks. Could you advice as to how you raised the loan?
Hi Akis,
Go for INSEAD. For 3 reasons
1. INSEAD is a more established school so stronger brand in Europe and SE Asia
2. Diversity - dont have a class just full of desi's. This is very important in the long run.
3. In reality, ISB is expensive by Indian standards. This is a minor point though.
About the loan, things are screwed up man. I got a loan from Sallie Mae in the US. I had to agree to about 6% and variable interest.Plus, you need an american co-signer which was not easy to get as well.
Another option is to network with you future classmates. Find a french citizen and offer them a deal they cannot refuse. Ask them to cosign a french loan from BNP or BRED and in exchange pay them a sum over the interest (like 3000 Euros cash + a security deposit of 5000 euros).
These are hard times that call for creative measures.
good luck.
IA
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