Application Procedure & Admission Process – Switzerland

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MBA Admission Process – Switzerland

Masters Admission Process –Switzerland

Undergraduate Admission Process –Switzerland

Step-wise MBA Admission process – Switzerland :

STEP 1: Research on and Shortlist your list of SWISS MBA programs. For a list of popular Swiss MBA programs with their approximate tuition cost,, check MBA in Switzerland

Our help: We will help you shortlist the right SWISS MBA programs based on your interest area, career plan, short and long-term goals, current academic background and scores, budget, more. We provide a list of AMBITIOUS, MODERATE and SAFE MBA options for you to select from and help you finalize the last list of 8 (sometimes 10) MBA programs

STEP 2: Book test dates for your GMAT and TOEFL or IELTS. Generally, students do the research on schools after knowing their GMAT score. We recommend you do it the other way round. Ideally, your GMAT preparation should go alongside your B-School shortlisting. Learn it all here about GMAT, TOEFL and IELTS

Our help: We coach you for these tests. We help you finalize the right test dates and register for the same. We help you with shortlisting the right B-Schools concurrently providing you reasons on why you should select the specific MBA programs

STEP 3: Populate the admission requirements including essay questions (or SOP requirement) for each University and collect admission documents that include sealed transcript (from your degree college – as many copies as the number of Universities you are applying to), recommendation letters (check STEP 4 below), CV (updated), passport copy (scan – front and last page), mark sheets (all – scan them, may be required at a later date), financial documents (balance certificate, bank statement, fixed deposit copy, affidavit of support or financial declaration form provided by the University), work experience letter (s), etc. Check out the full list of documents required for applying to SWISS Universities

Our help: We will populate the requirement for each MBA program that you are applying to and will submit it to you in the form of a grid for easy viewing with options to keep updating the file. Information includes Graduate Admission Link, Online Application Link, Deadlines, No. of LORs needed, GMAT/TOEFL Codes, Address to post any document, Essay questions, SOP requirements, and anything that we feel will be very useful to you – saving your time and energy (so that you could concentrate more on your main admission process). We will check all the documents you are collecting or answer any queries that you keep having during the process. We will provide the requisite formats / samples of CV, SOP, essays, LORs, etc. We will discuss on how much finance needs to be shown to the Universities. We will discuss on how much finance needs to be shown to the Universities.

STEP 4: Begin online or paper Applications for each University. Register your referees online and/or collect the recommendation letters (on the letter headed paper of the Company / Institution). Most top SWISS B-Schools prefer online method of submitting recommendations. You will need to register each referee (using their company / institutional email – no yahoo, gmail or outlook) and your referees will receive an email with instructions to submit the recommendation letter online. Through your online application portal, you will be able to see if your referee has ‘started’ with the recommendation submission or has ‘completed’ the recommendation letter submission process

Our help: We assist you in filling the application forms correctly. We discuss on who should be the right referee based on your profile, work undertaken at your organization (s), etc. We edit any content that you wish us to look at. We keep check your forms thoroughly and explain the plan of action that you need to follow for each University application submission

STEP 5: Write your Essays or Personal Statement. Each University may ask you to write from 1 to 4 essays. Thus, if you are applying to 8 #BSchools you may end up writing about 18 to 24 essays. Many Universities also have video interviews, or creative essays (eg. PPT presentation). Essay writing will be the longest process. Top MBA programs are very keen on knowing YOU well and the better the content of essays, the better are your chances of admissions to your dream MBA program

Our Help: We do limitless iterations to the essays. Every essay is checked, reviewed, edited, or suggested content is discussed. We keep brainstorming with you. Ask any of our students and they will say we help you bring out crisp and the finest essays. SWISS essay editing is a two way process. You keep sending us the essays and we keep reviewing them critically. For creative essays, we come with ideas and guide you through the process of creating them. For video interviews, we provide mock sessions (over skype, facetime or face-to-face). We also help you with your scholarship essay and application!

STEP 6: Check and Submit each application before the deadline. Your referees should also submit their recommendations before the application deadline. Report your GMAT and TOEFL scores online through the testing agencies (eg. ETS). Your US BSchool should receive the online score report before the application deadline. Post your transcript and other necessary documents to the right address (some Universities do not require anything to be couriered to them until they have made a decision)

Our Help: We check your application, find errors (if any) and help you correct them and suggest you on the next steps after the submissions. We help you report your scores online. We check your documents before they are dispatched to the University

STEP 7: FOLLOW UP with the Universities and ensure that they have received your documents and that nothing is missing. SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION – some US Universities need you to finish a separate scholarship application; so keep an eye on it and keep searching for opportunities

Our Help: At this stage, it is important to keep an eye on your emails and application portals as sometimes you may be missing some information. We help you solve any issues that come up. We help you with any scholarship or funding applications at this stage. We keep sharing any useful information or opportunities that come up

STEP 8: INTERVIEWS. This is your final step before receiving an acceptance or rejection. Most top MBA programs require you to attend an interview, which could be over Skype, telephone call, or sometimes in-country personal interviews. In general, these interviews can be conducted by the admissions committee or can be alumni interviews

Our Help: Our students keep reaching this stage. We have a list of questions that students are being asked from a large no. of popular business school. We offer you mock rounds and provide some great interview tips. We help you raise the bar! We correct you, we inspire you, we prepare you!

STEP 9: FINAL DECISION. Collect admission offers and keep an eye on the deadline to accept or decline the admission. Plan your next move (visa process, accommodation, etc.)

Our Help: This is a very important stage. The dilemma is when you get more than one admission offer. Our students generally do and we get in to the discussion about which should be the best option considering all the factors (including the changes that happened since you started your MBA applications to the current time)

STEP 10: PAY the required deposit as required by the University

Our Help: We will help you make this crucial decision and also guide you on the financial matters, including how to transfer the deposit and getting you a confirmation from the University

STEP 11: VISA. Pay the fee. Prepare your financial documents for the  visa application. Book a student visa appointment and apply for the visa. An interview by the SWISS embassy may be requested.

Our Help: We will help you finalize your financial documents, check if they are in order and guide you in filling the  visa form and taking the SWISS student visa appointment. In case of interviews we conduct mock visa interview sessions and thoroughly prepare you for the visa application and interview

Step 12: BOOK accommodation, flight tickets, buy forex, do your travel insurance, do the required vaccinations (your university will have sent you this information about the required vaccinations)

Our Help: We guide you as much as possible with all of the above

STEP 13: FLY. Once you receive the visa, celebrate, buy your stuff, pack your bags, and fly

Our Help: We will provide a pre-departure brief (eg. what to carry when you are going, about life in the SWITZERLAND, etc.), help you connect with other students going to the SWITZERLAND. Enough! We can’t fly for you. But what we can surely do is – stay connected!

Step-wise MS in SWITZERLAND Admission process:

STEP 1: Research on and Shortlist  your list of SWISS Universities for your selected area of interest/major.

Our help: We will help you shortlist the right MS programs at the right SWISS Universities based on your interest area, career plan, short and long-term goals, current academic background and scores, budget, more. We provide a list of AMBITIOUS, MODERATE and SAFE Universities for you to select from and help you finalize the last list of 8 (sometimes 10) SWISS Universities

STEP 2: Book test dates  for your TOEFL or IELTS. Learn it all here about TOEFL and IELTS

Our help: We coach you for these tests. We help you finalize the right test dates and register for the same. We help you with shortlisting the right Universities concurrently

STEP 3: Populate the admission requirements including essay questions (or SOP requirement) for each University and collect admission documents that include sealed transcript (from your degree college – as many copies as the number of Universities you are applying to), recommendation letters (check STEP 4 below), CV (updated), passport copy (scan – front and last page), mark sheets (all – scan them, may be required at a later date), financial documents (balance certificate, bank statement, fixed deposit copy, affidavit of support or financial declaration form provided by the University), work experience letter (s), etc. Check out the full list of documents required for applying to SWISS Universities

Our help: We will populate the requirement for each University that you are applying to and will submit it to you in the form of a grid for easy viewing with options to keep updating the file. Information includes Graduate Admission Link, Online Application Link, Deadlines, No. of LORs needed, GMAT/TOEFL Codes, Address to post any document, Essay questions, SOP requirements (each University will want to see some specific information in your SOP), and anything that we feel will be very useful to you – saving your time and energy (so that you could concentrate more on your main admission process). We will check all the documents you are collecting or answer any queries that you keep having during the process. We will provide the requisite formats / samples of CV, SOP, essays, LORs, etc. We will discuss on how much finance needs to be shown to the Universities. We also help you with your WES evaluation.

STEP 4: Begin online or paper Applications for each University. Register  your referees online and/or collect the recommendation letters (on the letter headed paper of the Company / Institution). Most SWISS Universities prefer the online method of submitting recommendations. You will need to register each referee (using their company / institutional email – no yahoo, gmail or outlook) and your referees will receive an email with instructions to submit the recommendation letter online. Through your online application portal, you will be able to see if your referee has ‘started’ with the recommendation submission or has ‘completed’ the recommendation letter submission process

Our help: We assist you in filling the application forms correctly. We discuss on who should be the right referee based on your profile, work undertaken at your organization (s), etc. We edit any content that you wish us to look at. We check your forms thoroughly and explain the plan of action that you need to follow for each University application submission

STEP 5: Write  your PERSONAL STATEMENT (or STATEMENT OF PURPOSE) and/or Essays . Each University may ask you to write either an SOP or up to 3 essays. Some Universities may want you to submit an Academic Statement as well as a Personal Statement. Thus, if you are applying to 8 US Universities you may end up customizing about 12 to 14 statements. Many Universities also have video interviews. Essay writing will be the longest process. Top MS programs are very keen on knowing YOU well and the better the content of essays, the better are your chances of admissions to your dream SWISS University for pursuing your Masters in SWITZERLAND

Our Help: We do limitless iterations to the Statement of Purpose (SOP), Personal Statement, Academic Statement or Essays. Every statement is checked, reviewed, edited, or suggested content is discussed. We help you customize it for each University. We keep brainstorming with you. Ask any of our students and they will say we help you bring out crisp and the finest essays. US essay editing is a two way process. You keep sending us the essays and we keep reviewing them critically. We come with ideas and guide you through the process of creating them. For video interviews, we provide mock sessions (over skype, facetime or face-to-face). We also help you with your scholarship essay and application!

STEP 6: Check and Submit each application before the deadline. Your referees should also submit their recommendations before the application deadline. Report your TOEFL scores online through the testing agencies (eg. ETS). Your selected SWISS University should receive the online score report before the application deadline. Post your transcript and other necessary documents to the right address (some Universities do not require anything to be couriered to them until they have made a decision)

Our Help: We check your application, find errors (if any) and help you correct them and suggest you on the next steps after the submissions. We help you report your scores online. We check your documents before they are dispatched to the University

STEP 7: FOLLOW UP with the Universities and ensure that they have received your documents and that nothing is missing. SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION – some SWISS Universities need you to finish a separate scholarship application; so keep an eye on it and keep searching for opportunities

Our Help: At this stage, it is important to keep an eye on your emails and application portals as sometimes you may be missing some information. We help you solve any issues that come up. We help you with any scholarship or funding applications at this stage. We keep sharing any useful information or opportunities that come up

STEP 8: INTERVIEWS. This is your final step before receiving an acceptance or rejection. While many SWISS Universities for MS programs do not require an interview, few top Universities for MS might require you to attend an interview over skype or through a telephone call, or sometimes in-country personal interviews. In general, these interviews can be conducted by the admissions committee or can be alumni interviews

Our Help: Our students keep reaching this stage. We have a list of questions that students are being asked from a large no. of popular SWISS Universities. We offer you mock rounds and provide some great interview tips. We help you raise the bar! We correct you, we inspire you, we prepare you!

STEP 9: FINAL DECISION. Collect admission offers and keep an eye on the deadline to accept or decline the admission. Plan your next move (visa process, accommodation, etc.)

Our Help: This is a very important stage. The dilemma is when you get more than one admission offer. Our students generally do and we get in to the discussion about which should be the best option considering all the factors (including the changes that happened since you started your MS applications to the current time)

STEP 10: PAY the required deposit as required by the University

Our Help: We will help you make this crucial decision and also guide you on the financial matters, including how to transfer the deposit and getting you a confirmation from the University

STEP 11:VISA. Pay the fee. Prepare your financial documents for the visa application. Book a student visa appointment and apply for the visa. An interview by the SWISS embassy may be required in few cases.

Our Help: We will help you finalize your financial documents, check if they are in order and guide you in filling the  visa form and taking the SWISS student visa appointment. In case of interview call we conduct mock visa interview sessions and thoroughly prepare you for the visa application and interview

Step 12: BOOK accommodation, flight tickets, buy forex, do your travel insurance, do the required vaccinations (your university will have sent you this information about the required vaccinations

Our Help: We guide you as much as possible with all of the above

STEP 13: FLY. Once you receive the visa, celebrate, buy your stuff, pack your bags, and fly

Our Help: We will provide a pre-departure brief (eg. what to carry when you are going, about life in the Switzerland, etc.), help you connect with other students going to the Switzerland. Enough! We can’t fly for you. But what we can surely do is – stay connected!

Step-wise Undergrad Admission process – Switzerland:

STEP 1: Research on and Shortlist your list of SWISS Universities for your selected area of interest/major

Our help: We will help you shortlist the right SWISS Universities based on your interest area, career plan, short and long-term goals, current academic background and scores, budget, anticipated IELTS /TOEFL scores and more. We provide a list of AMBITIOUS, MODERATE and SAFE Universities for you to select from and help you finalize the last list of 8 (sometimes 10) US Universities. Tip: Select your Universities based on your major.

STEP 2: Book test dates  for your TOEFL or IELTS. Learn it all here about  TOEFL and IELTS

Our help: We coach you for these tests. We help you finalize the right test dates and register for the same. We help you with shortlisting the right SWISS Colleges concurrently.

STEP 3: Populate the admission requirements including essay questions (or SOP requirement) for each University and collect admission documents that include sealed transcript (from School or Junior College – as many copies as the number of Universities you are applying to), recommendation letters (check STEP 4 below), CV (updated), passport copy (scan – front and last page), mark sheets (all since grade 9 – scan them, may be required at a later date), financial documents (balance certificate, bank statement, fixed deposit copy, affidavit of support or financial declaration form provided by the University), community service letters, etc. Ensure that you have clearly understood the application deadline for each University. Refer to our Bachelors in Switzerland section. Check out the full list of documents required for applying to Switzerland Universities

Our help: We will populate the requirement for each University that you are applying to and will submit it to you in the form of a grid for easy viewing with options to keep updating the file. Information we provide to you includes Undergraduate Admission Link, Online Application Link, Deadlines, No. of LORs needed,  Address to post any document, Essay questions for all your selected SWISS Universities, SOP requirements (if any) (each University will want to see some specific information in your SOP), and anything that we feel will be very useful to you – saving your time and energy (so that you could concentrate more on your main admission process and School/College education). We will check all the documents you are collecting or answer any queries that you keep having during the process. We will provide the requisite formats / samples of CV, SOP, essays, LORs, etc. We will discuss on how much finance needs to be shown to the Universities.

Your School counselor or (Junior) College counselor upload / update your School reports, predicted grades, recommendation, etc. You must however ensure that you are well within deadlines and you leave enough time for your school counselor to finish the process

STEP 4: Begin online or paper Applications for each University. Register your referees online and/or collect the recommendation letters (on the letter headed paper of the Company / Institution). Most SWISS Universities prefer the online method of submitting recommendations. You will need to register each referee (using their company / institutional email – no yahoo, gmail or outlook) and your referees will receive an email with instructions to submit the recommendation letter online. Through your online application portal, you will be able to see if your referee has ‘started’ with the recommendation submission or has ‘completed’ the recommendation letter submission process.

Our help: You can see above that the process is tedious. Our application grid, timelines that we prepare for you all help you in ensuring that you are not missing on any deadlines. We assist you in filling the application forms correctly. We discuss on who should be the right referee based on your profile, work undertaken at your organization (s), etc. We edit any content that you wish us to look at. We check your forms thoroughly and explain the plan of action that you need to follow for each University application submission

STEP 5: Write your Essays and/or PERSONAL STATEMENT (or STATEMENT OF PURPOSE). Each University may ask you to write either an SOP or up to 3-4 essays (topical). Thus, if you are applying to 8 SWISS Universities you may end up customizing about 18 to 24 essay statements. Essay writing will be the longest process. Top SWISS Universities are very keen on knowing YOU well and the better the content of essays, the better are your chances of admissions to your dream SWISS University for pursuing your undergraduate study in the Switzerland

Our Help: We do limitless iterations to your Essays, Statement of Purpose (SOP), Personal Statement, Academic Statement. Every statement is checked, reviewed, edited, or suggested content is discussed. We help you customize it for each University. We keep brainstorming with you. Ask any of our students and they will say we help you bring out crisp and the finest essays. SWISS essay editing is a two way process. You keep sending us the essays and we keep reviewing them critically. We come with ideas and guide you through the process of creating them. We also help you with your scholarship essay and application!

STEP 6: Check and Submit each application before the deadline. Your referees should also submit their recommendations before the application deadline.  Report  your scores online through the testing agencies. Your selected SWISS University should receive the online score report before the application deadline. Post your transcript and other necessary documents to the right address (some Universities do not require anything to be couriered to them until they have made a decision)

Our Help: We check your application, find errors (if any) and help you correct them and suggest you on the next steps after the submissions. We help you report your scores online. We check your documents before they are dispatched to the University

STEP 7: FOLLOW UP with the Universities and ensure that they have received your documents and that nothing is missing. SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION – some SWISS Universities need you to finish a separate scholarship application; so keep an eye on it and keep searching for opportunities

Our Help: At this stage, it is important to keep an eye on your emails and application portals as sometimes you may be missing some information. We help you solve any issues that come up. We help you with any scholarship or funding applications at this stage. We keep sharing any useful information or opportunities that come up

STEP 8: INTERVIEWS. This is your final step before receiving an acceptance or rejection. Few top SWISS Universities require you to attend an interview over Skype or through a telephone call, or sometimes in-country personal interviews conducted by their Alumni. In general, these interviews can be conducted by the admissions committee or can be informal alumni interviews

Our Help: Our students keep reaching this stage. We have a list of questions that students are being asked from a large no. of popular SWISS Universities. We offer you mock rounds and provide some great interview tips. We help you raise the bar! We correct you, we inspire you, we prepare you!

STEP 9: FINAL DECISION. Collect admission offers and keep an eye on the deadline to accept or decline the admission. Plan your next move (visa process, accommodation, etc.)

Our Help: This is a very important stage. The dilemma is when you get more than one admission offer. Our students generally do and we get in to the discussion about which should be the best option considering all the factors (including the changes that happened since you started your undergraduate applications to the current time)

STEP 10: PAY the required deposit as required by the University

Our Help: We will help you make this crucial decision and also guide you on the financial matters, including how to transfer the deposit and getting you a confirmation from the University

STEP 11: VISA. Pay the fee. Prepare your financial documents for the visa application. Book a student visa appointment and apply for the visa. An interview might be there in few cases by the SWISS embassy. Prepare well

Our Help: We will help you finalize your financial documents, check if they are in order and guide you in filling the  visa form and taking the SWISS student visa appointment. We conduct mock visa interview sessions and thoroughly prepare you for the visa application and interview

Step 12: BOOK accommodation, flight tickets, buy forex, do your travel insurance, do the required vaccinations (your university will have sent you this information about the required vaccinations)

Our Help: We guide you as much as possible with all of the above

STEP 13: FLY. Once you receive the visa, celebrate, buy your stuff, pack your bags, and fly

Our Help: We will provide a pre-departure brief (eg. what to carry when you are going, about life in the SWITZERLAND, etc.), help you connect with other students going to the SWITZERLAND. Enough! We can’t fly for you. But what we can surely do is – stay connected!

Once you reach safely, do drop us a line of text or email. We’d love to hear from you!