alhuneidi wrote:
Hi lovely people!
I'm hoping to get some feedback on what to do with my gmat score. I took the test for the first time today and got a 700 (Q48, V38 IR8). Although a 700 is a good score I really was hoping to do better. I would have been ecstatic with a 730 and really believe that this score is achievable. On my previous practice tests (from mba.com) I was consistently getting >V40 and my quant fluctuates between a 47-50 (silly mistakes always hold me back and I've gotten much better at that.)
My dream would be to get into INSEAD (Jan 2020), and so here's a little more about my profile:
- Engineering undergrad from McGill - GPA 3.17/4 (first two years were at like 2.5 last 2 years were like 3.6)
- Experience in construction management in Canada and Schlumberger for 2 years now (offshore international and now onshore Canada)
- Ive founded a start-up while at uni but after some initial funding research came back negative I've also founded an NPO which is now working on a pilot project in Ethiopia to help with education.
My question is should I retake the gmat and aim for the 730 which I really think I can achieve. During my test I felt right away a kinda messed up the quant and the verbal I felt was ok, nothing special or horrible.
Any feedback would be much appreciated!
I think you answered your own question as you stated that you really think a better score is achievable. If that is indeed the case, I would highly suggest you retake as you would not want to feel like you didn’t give the process your all if you don’t get admitted. Then you’ll always wonder “what if I had re-taken?”, “what if I did that..?” and so on, and you don’t want that.
So while your profile does seem good (although I am lacking a lot of information in order to be able to really judge that), I would suggest you re-take, for your own sake, and for you to be able to present your very best self to the adcoms. That way there’ll be no regrets later...
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22 Oct 2018, 22:04
