Intern
Joined: 17 Oct 2012
Posts: 14
Location: Singapore
Concentration: Entrepreneurship, Finance
GPA: 3.4
WE:Analyst (Internet and New Media)
Re: 710 five years ago. We'll see what it's worth now!
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20 May 2013, 17:01
Whew, okay, so this was a weird experience. I scored 720, Q48, V41. It happens very rarely that I would flunk quant and it happens very rarely that I would do well in verbal and I guess I don't have to tell you that it pretty much never happens that the two would happen at the same time... Well, anyway 700+ so I'm quite happy. Not sure what the lesson here is - last week I was very concerned about my verbal, so I've spent a lot of time preparing for that and neglecting quantitative, in which I felt quite confident. I guess both should go in parallel...
Anyway, I would appreciate any advice from someone who knows the admissions process well. Would 720 with rather poor quant (48) be considered a liability for someone with the following profile:
(current information, not at matriculation)
27 years old
4 years of WE:
* 2.5 years as a business analyst at a top tech company
* 1 year at a Big Four company in the consulting division
* 0.5 year social entrepreneurship
3.4 GPA, best Polish university, double majored in Marketing & Management and International Management
Extracurricular: Strong leadership experience during academia, decent entrepreneurial experience in recent 1.5 years.
Targeting: Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Columbia, Sloan MIT.
Other: VERY strong international experience (studied / worked in 8 different countries).
..so basic question is - should I retake to improve quant? I generally pride myself on analytical abilities. Big thank you in advance!