One of my friends is from the ISB Mohali campus. She is currently on an exchange term at Hyderabad. As I have visited both the campuses personally so have a decent understanding of the pros and cons for both. Advantages at Hyderabad campus Huge size of cohort: Anyone who is interested in a large network can create one with 600 students studying here. The other aspect is that you may not know everyone who studies here. Extracurricular and social life: Due to the location advantage, the Hyderabad campus provides students with an opportunity to have a much more vibrant social life. There are various clubs and departments specifying different interests of the students. Company presentations & interactions: Most of the placement interviews take place by Mohali joining in via VC at the Hyderabad campus. However, to communicate with all students, the major recruiters usually visit both campuses. Advantages at Mohali campus Faculty: Mohali campus is comparatively new, and it is located in a tier-2 city. However, the resident faculty on campus is quite less. This means that the school flies in some of the best faculty from colleges like Wharton, UNC, and Kellogg to teach. Accommodation & Food: The student villages at Mohali are much better in terms of furnishing, rooms, and quality of housekeeping, as it is a new campus. Compared to Hyderabad, the catering in Mohali is also much better, but this may be a temporary phenomenon. Obtaining subjects of your preference. During the elective terms, ISB follows an online bidding system for courses. Given the size of the Hyderabad campus, there are limited bid points so students wishing to take all the popular courses is not possible. There is no issue like this in Mohali campus. Placements: The school tries its hardest to balance both the campuses equally, so no trend in placements is observed. The campus placements for the Mohali students this year was better compared to Hyderabad, but Hyderabad has done better in the past. Categories ISB Mohali ISB Hyderabad Course Fee 30 lakhs 31 lakhs Placement Percentage 100% 85% Highest CTC 25 LPA 24 LPA Average CTC 20 LPA 15-20 LPA Recruiting Companies Google, Microsoft, Wipro, Infosys TCS, ABP, Network 18, Kearney Limited GPA per batch is calculated by the school. Therefore, for scoring a high GPA or scoring honours, there is no definitive edge to staying at either campus.

ISB Hyderabad and ISB Mohali are two different campuses of the same school. ISB Hyderabad is one of the top private business schools in India and it is the main campus. The other campus is in Mohali. The college was ranked 10 in 2020 by the composite rank for MBA. Even though they are two different schools, they have the same unified admission process. There is a very minute difference between both schools. ISB Mohali has small batches; the teachers of ISB Mohali are from US B schools while in ISB Hyderabad there are in-house teachers. ISB Hyderabad is more renowned as compared to the Mohali campus. Placements:  In terms of placements, both the colleges have the same placements, same admission processes, and same courses.  There was a remarkable amount of growth of recruiters as compared to the previous year.  In the year 2020, there were a total of 231 companies visiting the campus. There was a 16% of the incensement of the offers.  The top companies that visited the campus were Abhibus Services (India) Pvt Ltd, ABP News Network Pvt Ltd, Accelya, Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd, ACE Engineering Academy and Adani Group.  The average salary which was recorded was Rs 23.4 LPA. Infrastructure: In terms of infrastructure, ISB Mohali has a comparatively new campus but in comparison to ISB Hyderabad, the new campus is smaller and has fewer facilities than the one in Hyderabad. Therefore, the above mentioned are the differences between the two schools.

It’s hard to draw a differentiating line between the two campuses.  Peer Group:  The admission committee selects the incoming class and distributes it across the two campuses. So, you will get a similar peer group at both campuses.  Placements:  ISB Hyderabad and ISB Mohali conduct placements as a single school. Fore placements, students of one campus fly down to another. Students also don’t mention their campus on their CV. ISB Mohali placements 2022 had an average CTC of INR 34.07 LPA.  Education:  The quality of education and pedagogy are the same for both campuses. The faculties shuffle between the campuses and there are guest faculties from reputed B-Schools like MIT, Kellogg, LBS, etc.  At ISB Mohali, you will get almost the same academic experience as ISB Hyderabad. 

When applying to ISB, you will not have the option to choose between the campuses in Hyderabad or Mohali. Instead, you will have the opportunity to indicate your campus preference during the application process, but it should be noted that ISB may or may not take this into consideration. This is done in order to maintain equality between the two campuses so that neither campus students feel like they are at a disadvantage.  While in rare cases, ISB may take your specific location preference into consideration, it is highly unlikely. It should be noted that even in cases where requests for campus change have been made for reasons such as family or health, ISB has denied such requests. This is a reflection of the diverse student body that ISB attracts.

Firstly it's not up to you to choose Hyderabad or Mohali. You can just apply to ISB and the campus is allotted on the basis of a strange algorithm. Now coming back to the question of your chances of getting into ISB, it seems I know nothing about your profile. I will state some general points regarding ISB Hyderabad admissions  The first and foremost requirement is entrance exams like GMAT and GRE. The average is around 710 for GMAT and 325 for GRE. You need a minimum of 2 years of work experience  You require and Letter of Recommendation and introspective essays You need to feel a comprehensive application form that attracts the judges More than work experience, the quality of your work and achievements matter more. While writing the essays mention the unique qualities and roles you have fulfilled in life.

My brother has had an experience with both campuses and claims that both colleges are unique in their own aspects. Some major differences between the two campuses are The Mohali campus has better infrastructure owing to its recent construction. It’s decked with modern world-class facilities and is more advanced in comparison to the Hyderabad campus. The Mohali campus is located in North and has better food varieties  The batch size is small at the Mohali campus thereby reducing the competition tremendously. Sometimes the faculty for the same courses is different across the two campuses owing to their availability and other external factors. The Mohali campus has a more relaxed atmosphere than the Hyderabad campus as it is near Chandigarh. Hyderabad campus is always bustling due to the presence of a larger workforce, and colleges. Rather than choosing the campus, make the best out of whatever is available to you.

ISB Hyderabad's selection criteria lay great emphasis on Work Experience. The candidates are preferred and differentiated based on this aspect a lot here. To overcome this problem, ISB Hyderabad has come up with an Early Entry Option wherein candidates with little or no work experience can freely be evaluated on the basis of their academic performance, leadership potential, and personality attributes. Some highlights of the selection process of an Early Entry candidate are  The early entry applicants will have to in turn showcase their skills and capability by putting forward their goals, their prior achievements, and experiences, and why they are pursuing an MBA. An early-entry applicant has no work experience so his reason for MBA should be backed by strong goals. Because your academic performance will be the major criterion of evaluating your profile, each and every aspect of the same will be checked thoroughly. Any flaws can pose a problem to your admission. For an Early Entry applicant, his interview round is the most crucial as his personal attributes need to be evaluated which can be done through the interview only. The best thing an Early Entry applicant can do to increase his/her chances of admission is to get involved in extracurricular activities or get additional certificates and prepare best for the interview 

My cousin belonged to the Mohali campus of ISB and during her exchange term, she observed and compared the pros and cons of both campuses. I have listed the major pros of both colleges. ISB Hyderabad Huge batch size ensures peers from a variety of backgrounds. The location is helpful for the students to maintain a good social life ISB Hyderabad has a wider range of student-driven clubs and committed The placement presentations take place at the Hyderabad campus and Mohali students get to join through a video call only ISB Mohali ISB Mohali has very few resident faculty as it has been recently established. As a result, the institute calls in the best faculty from colleges like Wharton, UNC, and Kellogg to teach. Their pedagogy is unique and ISB Hyderabad lacks in this aspect. The campus is new so the accommodation facilities are better and made to suit all the necessary requirements. These hostels have better furnishing, space, and housekeeping facilities in comparison to the hostels of ISB Hyderabad. The small batch size ensures the quality over quantity belief The choice of electives is done through online bidding at ISB. Hyderabad campus with its huge batch size makes it impossible for all the students to get their choice of electives. Mohali students, in turn, face no such problem because of the small batch size ISB maintains a strict balance between both campuses and the placement statistics are a testament to that as no major differences can be observed. Overall my cousin never regretted choosing Mohali over Hyderabad and recommends the same to everyone.