Comments for D.T.L.F. @ INSEAD http://dtlf08.wordpress.com A J08's step-by-step guide on how not to live out your year at INSEAD Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:59:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Trabajos by wannabeINSEADer! http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/2007/06/11/39/#comment-675 wannabeINSEADer! Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:59:45 +0000 http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/2007/06/11/39/#comment-675 This is just awesome!! I wonder what the CSDs are saying now in ligt of this fantastic current economic environment?? This is just awesome!! I wonder what the CSDs are saying now in ligt of this fantastic current economic environment??

]]> Comment on Clases by Alex Gladstone http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/clases/#comment-674 Alex Gladstone Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:13:40 +0000 http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/clases/#comment-674 My name is Alex Gladstone and I'm in the INSEAD J'10 promotion. I'm leaving this comment here in the hope that some of from the US and Canada that are stressed about your second or third language requirement (which is probably Spanish) can benefit. If you do need certification in Spanish you basically have 3 options. The first is to fly to France and take the language test in Fontainebleau with FL&C language school, but I wouldn't suggest that unless you are already pretty close to fluent. The second option is to study independently or with a school familiar with the DELE exam, but this is fairly difficult since the DELE exam is only given twice per year. Regardless of whether you are in a January or July start and when you might get your acceptance letter, you will be in a situation where you'll only have one shot to take the test. The DELE takes a very long time to return your results (up to two months?) so while you wait you'll have to keep studying in case your fallback is to take the FL&C test instead. The third and IMHO the best option is to take classes with tradfax.com to prepare for the FIDESCU D.I.E. (I know its a terrible acronym for an exam but don't worry) which is also accepted at INSEAD. Tradfax is the first (and right now the only) school and _exam_center_ in North America that is associated with FIDESCU. Tradfax is physically in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. It is run by Francis Guinazu who has been teaching Spanish, Portuguese, and English as a foreign language for over 25 years. He or another instructor can assess your skills and if necessary set you up with an intensive course of study (say, 8 hr/week or so) to help prepare you for the exam, and you can do it in person, via skype, or even by phone. You can take the test with tradfax directly rather than having to fly to Spain or elsewhere. I'm plugging them because I personally used their services and went from a very basic level of Spanish to the required level in just a few months while working a full-time job by using their intensive course. Check them out at http://www.tradfax.com And good luck to you all! My name is Alex Gladstone and I’m in the INSEAD J’10 promotion.

I’m leaving this comment here in the hope that some of from the US and Canada that are stressed about your second or third language requirement (which is probably Spanish) can benefit.

If you do need certification in Spanish you basically have 3 options. The first is to fly to France and take the language test in Fontainebleau with FL&C language school, but I wouldn’t suggest that unless you are already pretty close to fluent.

The second option is to study independently or with a school familiar with the DELE exam, but this is fairly difficult since the DELE exam is only given twice per year. Regardless of whether you are in a January or July start and when you might get your acceptance letter, you will be in a situation where you’ll only have one shot to take the test. The DELE takes a very long time to return your results (up to two months?) so while you wait you’ll have to keep studying in case your fallback is to take the FL&C test instead.

The third and IMHO the best option is to take classes with tradfax.com to prepare for the FIDESCU D.I.E. (I know its a terrible acronym for an exam but don’t worry) which is also accepted at INSEAD. Tradfax is the first (and right now the only) school and _exam_center_ in North America that is associated with FIDESCU.

Tradfax is physically in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. It is run by Francis Guinazu who has been teaching Spanish, Portuguese, and English as a foreign language for over 25 years. He or another instructor can assess your skills and if necessary set you up with an intensive course of study (say, 8 hr/week or so) to help prepare you for the exam, and you can do it in person, via skype, or even by phone. You can take the test with tradfax directly rather than having to fly to Spain or elsewhere.

I’m plugging them because I personally used their services and went from a very basic level of Spanish to the required level in just a few months while working a full-time job by using their intensive course.

Check them out at http://www.tradfax.com
And good luck to you all!

]]> Comment on Culture Shock by Rick’s Café Américain » Blog Archive » Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/culture-shock/#comment-668 Rick’s Café Américain » Blog Archive » Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:38:05 +0000 http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/culture-shock/#comment-668 [...] was definetly wrong: many sites (for example these ones)  have proven to be helpful in preparing me to the “application experience” and gave [...] [...] was definetly wrong: many sites (for example these ones)  have proven to be helpful in preparing me to the “application experience” and gave [...]

]]> Comment on HALO by C-Mog http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/halo/#comment-662 C-Mog Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:14:38 +0000 http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/?p=232#comment-662 "Sometimes to win the war, you must first burn the village" “Sometimes to win the war, you must first burn the village”

]]> Comment on Quantum of Solace by Revista MBA » Blog Archive » HALO http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/quantum-of-solace/#comment-661 Revista MBA » Blog Archive » HALO Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:07:11 +0000 http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/quantum-of-solace/#comment-661 [...] forks in the decision tree so sharp that I can still feel the puncture wounds in my chest, I wrote this. Three event-filled quarters later, I find myself again at an eerily familiar fork, so I figured [...] [...] forks in the decision tree so sharp that I can still feel the puncture wounds in my chest, I wrote this. Three event-filled quarters later, I find myself again at an eerily familiar fork, so I figured [...]

]]> Comment on Echelon by D.T.L.F. @ INSEAD http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/206/#comment-659 D.T.L.F. @ INSEAD Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:46:03 +0000 http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/?p=206#comment-659 N, check your mail. N, check your mail.

]]> Comment on Echelon by N http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/206/#comment-658 N Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:58:49 +0000 http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/?p=206#comment-658 Hey, it's been a month!! Time to write someting! Hey, it’s been a month!! Time to write someting!

]]> Comment on Echelon by mbamrs http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/206/#comment-657 mbamrs Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:38:25 +0000 http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/?p=206#comment-657 your blog is hilarious. love it. i just started my own - class of D09! would love it if you linked me! http://mbamrs.wordpress.com your blog is hilarious. love it.
i just started my own – class of D09! would love it if you linked me!

http://mbamrs.wordpress.com

]]> Comment on Echelon by D.T.L.F. @ INSEAD http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/206/#comment-656 D.T.L.F. @ INSEAD Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:28:24 +0000 http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/?p=206#comment-656 No need to practice; I'm a fucking pro. No need to practice; I’m a fucking pro.

]]> Comment on Echelon by D.T.L.F. @ INSEAD http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/206/#comment-655 D.T.L.F. @ INSEAD Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:27:36 +0000 http://dtlf08.wordpress.com/?p=206#comment-655 Déjà vu Déjà vu

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