dmoore392 wrote:
hi everyone, i'm going to apply for mba in HBS during the 3rd round and actually studying for gmat right now and planning to take it close to the deadline. Therefore i would like to ask you what do you think would be the deadline for taking gmat, in order to be in time for HBS MBA 3rd round application?
Thanks in advance!
Good luck in R3.
I took the GMAT ~4 weeks before the R1 deadline. This gave me enough time to receive the AWA and IR scores, which I believe are required for HBS. This also gives GMAC enough time to submit your official scores to the school. I think my scores went ~3 weeks after I took the test, so I wouldn't take any less than 3-4 weeks before the deadline.
If this is not possible, you might consider calling the school to see if they will accept unofficial scores (the printout you receive immediately following the test) and no IR or AWA scores at the time of submission. I'm not sure if anyone else already tried this with HBS, but some schools do not have a problem with it.
If it were me - I'd shoot for ~4 weeks before the deadline just to remove that additional stress from the mix.
Again - best of luck!