Globalist_80

Thanks Grad888, this is helpful!

Hi there Congratulations for the folks who have got the admission and all the best for the folks who are waiting I am from India and working on my application for MIA for 2015 admission in IHEID. I did my MBA from one of the good B'schools (From India's perspective, but not from global rankings standpoint). I have over 11 years of corporate experience mostly around marketing strategy/research/insights in companies like IBM, Oracle and Deloitte. I am not happy with the current job for long time and I am really passionate about global politics/IR. I have been thinking of studying MIA in IHEID from quite sometime as this'll give me a chance to reorient my career path and work with Itrernational organizations/Think tanks. But the problem is with my academic grades which are bad through out...from senior secodary up to MBA. Strengths/Reasons for MIA in IHEID: 1. Passion for MIA/IR 2. MBA with 11 years of corporate experience 3. Good recomendations from both professional and academic references (one each). 4. Research Background 5. Exposure to emerging markets/economies/politics 6. My wife has applied for swiss excellence scholarship for post doc in IHEID and expecting a positive outcome Drawbacks 1. Bad Academic grades 2. Not gone to reputed instituites/schools 3. Not travelled much outside India. Any advice how to deal with this given IHEID emphasises on academic achievements. Also pls let me know if I stand any chance to get in to IHEID for putting up a good Motivation letter, resume and recommendations. Thanks and appreciate your quick response.

Hi there Congratulations for the folks who have got the admission and all the best for the folks who are waiting I am from India and working on my application for MIA for 2015 admission in IHEID. I did my MBA from one of the good B'schools (From India's perspective, but not from global rankings standpoint). I have over 11 years of corporate experience mostly around marketing strategy/research/insights in companies like IBM, Oracle and Deloitte. I am not happy with the current job for long time and I am really passionate about global politics/IR. I have been thinking of studying MIA in IHEID from quite sometime as this'll give me a chance to reorient my career path and work with Itrernational organizations/Think tanks. But the problem is with my academic grades which are bad through out...from senior secodary up to MBA. Strengths/Reasons for MIA in IHEID: 1. Passion for MIA/IR 2. MBA with 11 years of corporate experience 3. Good recomendations from both professional and academic references (one each). 4. Research Background 5. Exposure to emerging markets/economies/politics 6. My wife has applied for swiss excellence scholarship for post doc in IHEID and expecting a positive outcome Drawbacks 1. Bad Academic grades 2. Not gone to reputed instituites/schools 3. Not travelled much outside India. Any advice how to deal with this given IHEID emphasises on academic achievements. Also pls let me know if I stand any chance to get in to IHEID for putting up a good Motivation letter, resume and recommendations. Thanks and appreciate your quick response.