Hello everyone,

I've had a long history with GMAT (started back in 2017 with a 700 and now finally a 780 in 2020).

Score breakdown below -

Total - 780
Quant - 49
Verbal - 51
IR - 5

Ironically, in my previous attempts at GMAT - I struggled with Verbal, however my IR was always an 8. I however managed to screw my IR this time (I'm sure this would be partly my fault and rest my proctor's). The chat window during GMAT online wasn't working for me (however the audio was). And my proctor landed up trying to communicate with me during my IR section using the dysfunctional chat window - which obviously got me a little tensed and I landed up easily loosing the first 2-3 minutes in the IR section trying to communicate with my proctor.

Eitherways - I'm almost tempted to give another attempt at GMAT in center as soon as I can for the following two reasons (and I'd love thoughts from experts in the forum on whether this is worth the effort)?

1) I'm planning to apply in the next 1-2 years (and not this year), and I'm still not sure whether MBA schools in US/Europe will still be accepting GMAT online scores then? What do you think are the chances that online GMAT scores will continue being accepted across most top US/European MBA schools in the next 1-2 years?
2) I can't believe I screwed up my IR. But how big of a deal breaker is it to get a 5/8 on IR (which is basically a 50 percentile)?

Ofcourse, there is the catch that it is really difficult to get a GMAT center appointment (I'm based in Chicago and I see very few options). I can't conclude this post without thanking all the experts on this forum (Just to name two such experts I've interacted with personally - egmat, @EducationAisle)! Learnt a lot from this forum, and I'm happy to add a more detailed debrief later. Thank you!

Regards,
Soubhik Bardhan

Hi Soubhik,

A 780/Q49 is an exceptional Score, so you can comfortably apply to any Business Schools that interest you. As such, a retest is NOT necessary. Most Business Schools still do not place much (if any) emphasis on an Applicant's IR Score, so you have nothing to worry about with an IR5. Since you're not planning to apply to Business School for another 1-2 years, you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile and plans. Those Experts should be able to answer your Admissions questions and help define the specific areas of your profile that could use some improvement.

There's a Forum full of those Experts here:

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

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
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Amazing score!! No, you do not have anything to be concerned about. Obviously it’s your call, but I don’t see any need for a retake.
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Wow! Awesome Score!
P.S. IR does not really matter, not with 780 at least. I would not worry about it.

BB.
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Thanks bb. My only other concern is if MBA schools don't view online scores at par with offline scores next year (once hopefully covid subsides) since I'm only planning to apply next year at the earliest. Do you think it's reasonably safe to assume this wouldn't happen?

I don’t think we have any reason to believe that the online scores won’t be considered on par with offline. Heck, some schools are accepting MCAT ??‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️

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Alright. I'm happy then. Thanks for the reassurance, bb.

Congratulations Soubhik_Bardhan on 780!
All the best for next phase

Thanks gmat1393!