CosmicPanda
CosmicPanda

Are colleges like ISB worth it or are they just fancy overhyped colleges ?

Just wanted to know if your top B schools in India actually are worth the money you’re ready to shell out or is it something that’s just gold covered ***.

Incase of doing an MBA any recommendations at what stage in my career should I go for one and which schools should I apply for ? 👽

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JumpyRaccoon
JumpyRaccoon

ISB is shit. Full stop. Go outside India for an MBA

PerkyKoala
PerkyKoala

why so? i have heard good things about isb :(

GroovyBoba
GroovyBoba

ABCLK are much better than ISB

SleepyHamster
SleepyHamster

I would flip you question a bit. Question 1: do you think your current skillsets can earn you decent income for next 5-15 years?
Question 2: do you current skill set get you work that excites you?
Question 3: does management, leadership, business excite you?
Question 4; if yes, which market do you want to stay in long run? India, Asia, UK, US, Canada, Australia?
Final suggestion; pick top 3-5 target B-schools in these geog.

  1. US: M7
  2. UK: Cambridge
  3. EU,: Insead, HEC, etc
  4. Asia: NUS, HKUST
  5. India: ISB, IIMA,B,C..
SleepyNugget
SleepyNugget
Amazon25mo

This is prolly the right way to go about it. It’s more about you than the college alone

DancingCupcake
DancingCupcake

ISB has become ankur warikoo of MBA colleges in India

SparklyBoba
SparklyBoba

It was worth it when it was 25-30L as fees, honestly don’t understand 45L + 5L fees for a MBA, I have met and worked under some ISB alumni some are really smart and some are really daft which makes you doubt the institution. Overall personal opinion is that if you are okay with the fees of 45L and are stuck in a job with >5 YOE, it’s okay else there are 100 other ways to make more money.

SparklyBoba
SparklyBoba

5 year loan with 8% education loan will come to 91K EMI or 10 year loan which will come to 50k per month, if you score a package of more than 30L it’s comfortable else it’s again a burden

JumpyNarwhal
JumpyNarwhal

ISB is definitely great if you can pay the fees comfortably.

Good companies give very high salaries simply due to the ISB tag.

And then you get a great network of high earning batchmates at all the best organisations in the country.

JumpyNarwhal
JumpyNarwhal

Have seen the above play out for 2 of my friends.

So speaking from real life examples.

QuirkyPotato
QuirkyPotato

Agree with above IMM and ISB are only worth something in india

GoofyNarwhal
GoofyNarwhal
Oracle25mo

I have a cousin who did an ISB mba after 5 years of work ex and graduated from BITS.. he was stuck in a job and did an mba and went into consulting.

It really changed his life, pay and best of all, having successful batchmates around the globe. It was worth it for him.

PS: Post MBA jobs are really hectic, but pay is really good

SleepyNugget
SleepyNugget
Amazon25mo

As someone who has many colleagues and friends who went to ISB - it really worked out for them.

If you can afford the fee and mba makes sense for you at this point - go for it. Else avoid if not clear

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