uschopeful wrote:
laserglare wrote:
why dont you wait and retake the gmat? why are you applying so quickly?
on the other hand, i know someone who supposedly got a 530 and got in
curious though, where did you get your econ degree?
I am still in undergrad and I just cant possibly find the time to study more for the GMAT without hurting my grades. If I do retake, it wont be until after I graduate in the spring.
I don't want to give up too much information, but I go to a top 30 school according to usnews.
What was the background of the person who had a 530 and got accepted?
You're gonna want to retake the GMAT even if it's going to hurt your grades. I am sure your overall grades won't drop so drastically at this point unless you cannot manage your time at all. Are you working while going to school? I am sure you can find the time to study.
Practically all of us here in the program studied GMAT alongside undergraduate works. I don't know anyone that took a year off to study the GMAT to get that 700+. It is easy to improve score from 500 to something that looks better like 600 with just a month of studying 1-2 hour(s) a day. If you somehow did get into the program, you're gonna have to get used to not having enough time for time to do everything 100%. The first 2 months of the program, you're doing fulltime recruiting alongside graduate level work. Every day is booked with some sort of social event in September. So, if you cannot possibly find the time to study GMAT and improve the score to at least average while going to undergrad, it is going to be quite difficult when you get into this program.
The program is not desperate enough to accept everyone that submitted their application as early as yours. It is far better to submit your best application at a later date. Even early next year is totally acceptable. That of course, depends on whether you're applying for Summer or Fall. I'm sure you can choose to study full time during the winter break and get above 600.
TL:DR retake the GMAT and submit the app later