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Do only 7 percent get 6.0 on writing?

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Do only 7 percent get 6.0 on writing? [#permalink] New post   10 Apr 2007, 16:07
That can't be real. I received two straight 6.0's, and I'm not a big time player.
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[#permalink] New post   14 Apr 2007, 20:35
Congrats!.. Did you use a template of some sort? How long were your essays?
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[#permalink] New post   15 Apr 2007, 08:48
alfyG wrote:
Congrats!.. Did you use a template of some sort? How long were your essays?


I used the Princeton template. However, I'm a solid writer and I used many transitions and was very organized. I don't think doing just the template guarantees a 6.0. My essay was 30-35 lines. Kinda long, but I had extra time
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[#permalink] New post   19 Apr 2007, 19:04
7% of all GMAT takers in one year is not a small number, so there is no question you are in it twice.
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[#permalink] New post   20 Apr 2007, 13:15
kidderek wrote:
Two words: Who cares?


well. Universities would care if some did good and some did bad. Its hard to measure how they grade the essays anyways
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[#permalink] New post   20 Apr 2007, 13:26
IHATEMELGIBSON1 wrote:
kidderek wrote:
Two words: Who cares?


well. Universities would care if some did good and some did bad. Its hard to measure how they grade the essays anyways


Actually, they don't even look at it. They might if you're a non native speaker.
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[#permalink] New post   20 Apr 2007, 15:17
It tells me my 6.0 in the 95 percentile.
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[#permalink] New post   20 Apr 2007, 21:24
kidderek wrote:
They might if you're a non native speaker.


No they don't. I'm a non native speaker with the following stats:

GMAT V: 95%
TOEFL CBT: 290/300
GMAT AWA: 4.0 (34%). I was basically unaware of the existence of the template and wrote essays that were too short.

No-one cared. I got into HBS, Kellogg and Ross with $$.

Cheers. L.
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[#permalink] New post   20 Apr 2007, 22:41
Lepium where'd you end up going or have you not decided yet?
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[#permalink] New post   21 Apr 2007, 02:23
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Lepium where'd you end up going or have you not decided yet?


So far nowhere (I applied for 09), but I'm in the process of sending a cheque to HBS.
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[#permalink] New post   21 Apr 2007, 08:45
lepium wrote:
kidderek wrote:
They might if you're a non native speaker.


No they don't. I'm a non native speaker with the following stats:

GMAT V: 95%
TOEFL CBT: 290/300
GMAT AWA: 4.0 (34%). I was basically unaware of the existence of the template and wrote essays that were too short.

No-one cared. I got into HBS, Kellogg and Ross with $$.

Cheers. L.


I'm sure your essays were good and a 95th% verbal score will negate any bad AWA score.
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