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dmsobers
Joined: 31 Aug 2017
Last visit: 08 Apr 2018
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Location: United States (CT)
Concentration: Strategy, Operations
Schools: CBS '20 (II)
GMAT 1: 690 Q47 V36
GMAT 2: 720 Q49 V38
GPA: 3.75
WE:Engineering (Aerospace and Defense)
08 Sep 2017, 19:22
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Hi, I'm looking for advice on whether I should apply to schools by the round 1 application deadlines with a GMAT score of 690 or retake the GMAT (I think I'm capable of scoring 720) and applying in R2. I'm not sure if I am competitive enough of an applicant for the schools I am applying to. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
GMAT:
August 19th - q48, v38 (score of 690)
September 8th q49, v29 (combined 640), I just took the test today I cannot take another one until September 25th (16 day waiting period). On all of my prior practice exams I scored a 40 in the verbal section, so I'm not sure what happened there...
Schools:
MIT Sloan
Columbia
Stanford
Tucks
LBS
Professional Experience:
1 year consulting at Accenture
4 years in the aerospace / defense industry as an engineer and project engineer (with 2 promotions)
Education:
Undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering, GPA: 3.75/4
Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering, GPA: 3.5/4
Demographics / Other: Female and from the U.S.
Extracirricular:
Very involved with community outreach and STEM development programs, and i'm also a university teacher during the fall and spring semesters
GMAT:
August 19th - q48, v38 (score of 690)
September 8th q49, v29 (combined 640), I just took the test today I cannot take another one until September 25th (16 day waiting period). On all of my prior practice exams I scored a 40 in the verbal section, so I'm not sure what happened there...
Schools:
MIT Sloan
Columbia
Stanford
Tucks
LBS
Professional Experience:
1 year consulting at Accenture
4 years in the aerospace / defense industry as an engineer and project engineer (with 2 promotions)
Education:
Undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering, GPA: 3.75/4
Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering, GPA: 3.5/4
Demographics / Other: Female and from the U.S.
Extracirricular:
Very involved with community outreach and STEM development programs, and i'm also a university teacher during the fall and spring semesters
09 Sep 2017, 11:11
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I'd probably wait for R2 at this point and - given those schools - resit for 720+. Focus pretty much solely on verbal for a month because you're going to need to breach v40 for a shot at that sort of score. Identify your verbal weaknesses and work hard on them and good luck.
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dmsobers
Hi, I'm looking for advice on whether I should apply to schools by the round 1 application deadlines with a GMAT score of 690 or retake the GMAT (I think I'm capable of scoring 720) and applying in R2. I'm not sure if I am competitive enough of an applicant for the schools I am applying to. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
GMAT:
August 19th - q48, v38 (score of 690)
September 8th q49, v29 (combined 640), I just took the test today I cannot take another one until September 25th (16 day waiting period). On all of my prior practice exams I scored a 40 in the verbal section, so I'm not sure what happened there...
Schools:
MIT Sloan
Columbia
Stanford
Tucks
LBS
Professional Experience:
1 year consulting at Accenture
4 years in the aerospace / defense industry as an engineer and project engineer (with 2 promotions)
Education:
Undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering, GPA: 3.75/4
Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering, GPA: 3.5/4
Demographics / Other: Female and from the U.S.
Extracirricular:
Very involved with community outreach and STEM development programs, and i'm also a university teacher during the fall and spring semesters
GMAT:
August 19th - q48, v38 (score of 690)
September 8th q49, v29 (combined 640), I just took the test today I cannot take another one until September 25th (16 day waiting period). On all of my prior practice exams I scored a 40 in the verbal section, so I'm not sure what happened there...
Schools:
MIT Sloan
Columbia
Stanford
Tucks
LBS
Professional Experience:
1 year consulting at Accenture
4 years in the aerospace / defense industry as an engineer and project engineer (with 2 promotions)
Education:
Undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering, GPA: 3.75/4
Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering, GPA: 3.5/4
Demographics / Other: Female and from the U.S.
Extracirricular:
Very involved with community outreach and STEM development programs, and i'm also a university teacher during the fall and spring semesters
Based on what you wrote, it really sounds like there is potential for a better score here, so I would definitely retake if I were you, just so you know you tried everything you could in order to get in and don’t have any regrets afterwards. As I am sure you know several of the schools on your list are really competitive so you do want to have the feeling you didn’t leave any stone unturned!
