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Hello Experts,

I took my 1st attempt of the GMAT 1 month ago and scored 720(Q48, V41, IR6, AWA5.5). I was getting better scores in the mock, so I decided to give it one more shot after 3 weeks, but the next time, I got a score of 730(Q50, V39, IR4). Now my point is, which score should I choose for reporting to schools? I am targeting top 20 b-schools around the world (No particular preference of demography). I have a fairly strong profile with 5 years of work-ex and 1 year of community service + 1 year of freelancing experience.

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Hello Experts,

I took my 1st attempt of the GMAT 1 month ago and scored 720(Q48, V41, IR6, AWA5.5). I was getting better scores in the mock, so I decided to give it one more shot after 3 weeks, but the next time, I got a score of 730(Q50, V39, IR4). Now my point is, which score should I choose for reporting to schools? I am targeting top 20 b-schools around the world (No particular preference of demography). I have a fairly strong profile with 5 years of work-ex and 1 year of community service + 1 year of freelancing experience.

Please advise.

Hi dips1122

Go with the 730. The IR score doesnt matter as much, and a higher score overall does help (though marginally).
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I took my 1st attempt of the GMAT 1 month ago and scored 720(Q48, V41, IR6, AWA5.5). I was getting better scores in the mock, so I decided to give it one more shot after 3 weeks, but the next time, I got a score of 730(Q50, V39, IR4). Now my point is, which score should I choose for reporting to schools? I am targeting top 20 b-schools around the world (No particular preference of demography). I have a fairly strong profile with 5 years of work-ex and 1 year of community service + 1 year of freelancing experience.

Please advise.

Hi dips1122

Go with the 730. The IR score doesnt matter as much, and a higher score overall does help (though marginally).

Thanks GyanOne!
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Hi dips1122,

Both a 720/Q48 and a 730/Q50 are outstanding Scores, so you can comfortably apply to any Business Schools that interest you. Since many Programs (and especially Finance Programs) put more of an emphasis on the Quant Scaled Score, the 730/Q50 would likely be better for your applications.

Depending on the Schools that you plan to apply to, you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile and plans. There's a Forum full of those Experts here:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/ask-admissio ... tants-124/

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Hi dips1122,

Both a 720/Q48 and a 730/Q50 are outstanding Scores, so you can comfortably apply to any Business Schools that interest you. Since many Programs (and especially Finance Programs) put more of an emphasis on the Quant Scaled Score, the 730/Q50 would likely be better for your applications.

Depending on the Schools that you plan to apply to, you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile and plans. There's a Forum full of those Experts here:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/ask-admissio ... tants-124/

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Thank you Rich. I am actually confused because of the low IR score. Some schools, such as Yale SOM have mentioned that we can send multiple scores to them and that they will consider the best sectional scores. Do you think that holds true?
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You should report both scores but if you only have one gmat field in your app, I’d go for the 730. The jump in your quant looks a lot better than the jump in IR.

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Can you really choose a score ? I don’t think so ...

This is from my score report :

At your request, an Official Score Report - School Copy has been sent to the graduate management program(s) listed below. All of your GMAT exam scores from the past five years were reported to each program. Please allow three weeks for the programs you have designated to receive your score reports.


According to this , Both scores (since , you didn’t cancel either ,I guess ) will be sent to your schools.....

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Can you really choose a score ? I don’t think so ...

This is from my score report :

At your request, an Official Score Report - School Copy has been sent to the graduate management program(s) listed below. All of your GMAT exam scores from the past five years were reported to each program. Please allow three weeks for the programs you have designated to receive your score reports.


According to this , Both scores (since , you didn’t cancel either ,I guess ) will be sent to your schools.....

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Oh, that's news to me, really. What happens if we select different schools in different GMAT exam slots? Say, for example, I chose 5 schools for my 1st GMAT attempt, to which my official score card was sent. Then I re-attempted GMAT and selected 5 different schools. So do the latter 5 schools get both the scorecards? This is really confusing..
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You should report both scores but if you only have one gmat field in your app, I’d go for the 730. The jump in your quant looks a lot better than the jump in IR.

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Yes, that sounds relieving :)
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Your scorecard will have all your valid scores. That’s how the GMAT rolls :)

However if you have sent an old score, you have to send the updated score again. But if you send the new score, your old score will automatically be sent.

Makes sense?

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Your scorecard will have all your valid scores. That’s how the GMAT rolls :)

However if you have sent an old score, you have to send the updated score again. But if you send the new score, your old score will automatically be sent.

Makes sense?

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Yep, got it now :) Thanks for helping me out!
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Hi dips1122,

I agree that you could submit both scores; however, if you had to select just one score go with the higher quant score of Q50 and the higher overall score of 730. I realize you are concerned about IR but a higher overall score and higher quant score are more important than a lower IR score.
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Hey.. Congratulations on your scores !!
I need some advice. How did you score such a high score ?? what all material did u use especially for verbal...Also which mocks did you use??