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GMAT 1: 780 Q50 V49
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28 Sep 2016, 19:32
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Hey everyone,
I recently took the GMAT and was able to get a 720 with a few weeks of studying, a total score I'm absolutely fine with. My issue comes with the breakdown.... 8IR 45Q 44V. I really didn't put much time at all into the quant section because I took a practice test early on that scored me at 49 and figured I'd be okay. The 45Q reads only 59%!! Will this be an issue when applying to schools? I received my degree in mechanical engineering so I'm not sure how this score will be view. I'm fairly confident that I could get a much high quant score with another 3-4 weeks of breaking down DS questions, but would I be better served by just chalking that up as a loss and moving on? The rest of my background is Mechanical Engineering from a Big Ten school 3.15 GPA, constantly hurt division 1 track athlete with some volunteer experience, started a few clubs, with 2.5 years of work experience by the time i'd matriculate working for a large oil refinery as a project engineer managing projects ranging from 50,000-1,000,000 total install cost. My GPA obviously isn't insane which is part of the reason I'm more concerned with the GMAT.
Am I just being overly worried about that quant score, or will admissions be legitimately concerned about my quant ability given my degree? I want to apply to Carlson, Ross, McCombs, and possibly Tuck. Appreciate any thoughts, thanks!
I recently took the GMAT and was able to get a 720 with a few weeks of studying, a total score I'm absolutely fine with. My issue comes with the breakdown.... 8IR 45Q 44V. I really didn't put much time at all into the quant section because I took a practice test early on that scored me at 49 and figured I'd be okay. The 45Q reads only 59%!! Will this be an issue when applying to schools? I received my degree in mechanical engineering so I'm not sure how this score will be view. I'm fairly confident that I could get a much high quant score with another 3-4 weeks of breaking down DS questions, but would I be better served by just chalking that up as a loss and moving on? The rest of my background is Mechanical Engineering from a Big Ten school 3.15 GPA, constantly hurt division 1 track athlete with some volunteer experience, started a few clubs, with 2.5 years of work experience by the time i'd matriculate working for a large oil refinery as a project engineer managing projects ranging from 50,000-1,000,000 total install cost. My GPA obviously isn't insane which is part of the reason I'm more concerned with the GMAT.
Am I just being overly worried about that quant score, or will admissions be legitimately concerned about my quant ability given my degree? I want to apply to Carlson, Ross, McCombs, and possibly Tuck. Appreciate any thoughts, thanks!
28 Sep 2016, 20:10
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The quant core is solid, 45 is kind of a threshold score where quants programs would not have any concerns about your ability to keep up with the quantitative courses.
The 59th percentile well that's to be expected because quite honestly you competing with ethnic groups that are quite known for being math geniuses. The fact that you're not a math genius doesn't mean that you'll flunk out of the classes, and they will realize that.
So if you are planning to apply this year and you're trying to decide if you should focus more on the GMAT or write your applications then I would say definitely focus on the applications.
However if you are thinking about applying next year and have time, may as well keep up the momentum to tack on another 20 points to that score which can never hurt and will definitely put you in a better steed with elite schools, and all schools really.
So bottom line, this score won't keep you out of schools, but a higher score will of course position you for even better odds.
At the same time your application is equally important. If you're going for round two this year we don't want to rob Peter to pay Paul here.
Farrell Dyan Hehn, MBA
Admissions Consultant & Verbal Strategist MBAPrepCoach.com
The 59th percentile well that's to be expected because quite honestly you competing with ethnic groups that are quite known for being math geniuses. The fact that you're not a math genius doesn't mean that you'll flunk out of the classes, and they will realize that.
So if you are planning to apply this year and you're trying to decide if you should focus more on the GMAT or write your applications then I would say definitely focus on the applications.
However if you are thinking about applying next year and have time, may as well keep up the momentum to tack on another 20 points to that score which can never hurt and will definitely put you in a better steed with elite schools, and all schools really.
So bottom line, this score won't keep you out of schools, but a higher score will of course position you for even better odds.
At the same time your application is equally important. If you're going for round two this year we don't want to rob Peter to pay Paul here.
Farrell Dyan Hehn, MBA
Admissions Consultant & Verbal Strategist MBAPrepCoach.com
29 Sep 2016, 11:25
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Thanks for sharing your profile. Tough situation here but I would say you should be fine for the schools you are applying for. Given you are on the lower end of on the work experience front and you do have some time for R2 I would consider retaking given you have the capacity to improve. Could give you access to additional schools if you are interested. If you are set on your schools then focus on your app and move on!
