Happytrojan wrote:
Thats what they told me when I called their admissions office and asked what they look at. But your GMAT score is 650, and they told me the average of the admitted students is 660, so its not unplausible that they only looked at your GMAT score to determine admission. If 660 is the average, 650 shoud certainly be enough to get in. They told me they only look at grades to see what classes youve taken in order to determine eligibility, and nothing else. Thats what they told me at SSE's admissions office. I think its their general policy to make exceptions if you have done something exceptional in your professional life, which is why they ask for CV. Im not completely sure, but I am assuming that the person I spoke to knew what she was talking about and was straightforward with me.
Well, I have spoken to admission too (and other people admitted at SSE) I do not agree with you completely.
I agree with you that GMAT is the most important factor and that you probably have to meet som GMAT threshold to even be considered for certain concentrations.
I have read the same discussion consering SSE on other boards and the truth is no one know for sure exactly how the admission process works since they do not publish any stats at all for admitted students.