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31 May 2007, 12:39
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Hello,
First of all I want to say that your help is greatly appreciated and I have learned a lot from the many evaluations that you have done.
My question is as follows: I see many bright young people on this site that have great profiles. Great work experience, leadership skills and 750+ GMAT scores. You suggest that top schools like HBS and Stanford would still be somewhat out of reach for them. Yet, when I look up average GMAT scores of students accepted at these institutions, I see 700-715. This means that there are plenty with sub 700 scores that get in. What could they possibly have on their resumes to be able to do that?
First of all I want to say that your help is greatly appreciated and I have learned a lot from the many evaluations that you have done.
My question is as follows: I see many bright young people on this site that have great profiles. Great work experience, leadership skills and 750+ GMAT scores. You suggest that top schools like HBS and Stanford would still be somewhat out of reach for them. Yet, when I look up average GMAT scores of students accepted at these institutions, I see 700-715. This means that there are plenty with sub 700 scores that get in. What could they possibly have on their resumes to be able to do that?
31 May 2007, 14:40
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Hayabusa, obviously the first answer that you'll get is, "Well, GMAT itself means diddly-squat !!". But I think your question is deeper than that. Let me try to elaborate on your question (Please correct me if I am taking a different direction):
If one has fairly good experiences, great scores and good leadership skills, what can (s)he do to show that extra "spark" that H/S need (Without starting up companies, saving africa from starvation or finding the cure for cancer. How many MBA applicants have this kind of a background anyway?).
I read some posts by a girl (Intentionally not giving more details about her) who got selected in Stanford. Her sentence-formation and reasoning skills seemed quite ordinary to me (Although I do realize that people are not at their best when chatting on forums .. but I believe that your quality still shows). Without disrespecting her, I started wondering what kind of qualities she possessed that the school wanted her more than a lot of very strong profiles that we saw on GMATClub. I am not trying to diss her. I am just trying to find out in what areas I need to improve to be wanted by H/S.
ps. You may want to post this in the "The B-School Application" section also as a lot more applicants might have things to say and ask in this regard.
If one has fairly good experiences, great scores and good leadership skills, what can (s)he do to show that extra "spark" that H/S need (Without starting up companies, saving africa from starvation or finding the cure for cancer. How many MBA applicants have this kind of a background anyway?).
I read some posts by a girl (Intentionally not giving more details about her) who got selected in Stanford. Her sentence-formation and reasoning skills seemed quite ordinary to me (Although I do realize that people are not at their best when chatting on forums .. but I believe that your quality still shows). Without disrespecting her, I started wondering what kind of qualities she possessed that the school wanted her more than a lot of very strong profiles that we saw on GMATClub. I am not trying to diss her. I am just trying to find out in what areas I need to improve to be wanted by H/S.
ps. You may want to post this in the "The B-School Application" section also as a lot more applicants might have things to say and ask in this regard.
02 Jun 2007, 18:16
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Hayabusa
Hayabusa,
What they can have on their resumes is a track record of extraordinary leadership and impact and experiences that are distinctive relative to the average B-school applicant. When they have these, they can get into elite schools with GMAT scores under 700. There are also applicants from certain underrepresented groups such as African Americans, Native Americans, and Hispanic Americans who are cut some additional slack on their GMAT scores. The very top schools want outstanding leaders more than they want effective test-takers or quant jocks.
Good luck,
