question for everyone, Advice needed!

Hi All!

I've been a big fan of gmatclub for a couple of months now, but never really took the leap to post on the forum.

I need your advice.

I decided I was interested in Business School around last february. I want to go to a top 5 business school. (wharton, stanford, harvard, columbia, yale, etc). Although I'm relatively young, I think I have pretty good work experience and a 3.8 gpa from a respected university (not ivy but close).

Regretably and on a whim without much study or effort I signed up for a gmat test and landed a date march 1st. I took the test and scored a 610, 38 quant, 37 verbal.

I realized this wasn't the score for me, but began a new project at work and put the gmat and business on hold for another year. Come late summer, i studied again for an october 11th date, scoring a 690 (47 quant and 39 verbal)

I was really happy with the improvement, but it just absolutely killed me knowing I was close to one verbal or quant point away from that legendary 700 score we all aspire to.

So I decided to take the test again one month later, this time working on verbal and studying my brains out. I had hoped this would be my final attempt as I put all my effort into it. Come nov 12th, I scored a 680, 39 quant and 44 verbal! I was absolutely crushed, I blew it on my strongest front and gained ground on my weakest front.

now I'm faced with a decision, do I move on with my 690, approach the next part of my application (and life for that matter) calling it a day with the gmat, or do I go one more time, a FOURTH time, hopefully balancing out and scoring a 700+ on my gmat?

It has been a tough few days, at this point I simply don't know what to do. I run all these horrible questions through my head, for example: "Will a top b-school be less willing to accept me because I may bring down their avg gmat? or on the other hand will a school notice my high gpa and disregard my gmat sccore. Or will a school discredit a high score after taking the gmat 4 times? And last but not least, what if I don't score above 690 after my 4th time, demonstrating a plateau in comprehension , what does that say about my potential academic success.

What do you guys think? Do I take the test again for a 4th time or should I move on.

I really appreciate any response or thoughts, I find that this forum is the only place with people who understand what it means and requires to pursue this sort of dream. thanks again.