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SunnyAnd75
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GMAT 1: 640 Q38 V40
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27 Dec 2013, 11:48
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Hello,
I applied to the Vanderbilt MS Finance in the first round and have an in-person interview on Monday. I just took the GMAT for the second time. Here is my profile:
Undergrad double major: Bachelor of Science in Finance, Economics
Undergrad GPA: 3.88 (Senior with one more semester to go from Florida Atlantic University)
2x President's List, 6x Dean's List
GMAT #1: 640 (43Q, 35V) --> one month of studying
GMAT #2: 640 (38Q, 40V) --> one week of studying for quant only
In addition, I am a female and my freshman year I had brain surgery for a condition that would have killed me had I not gone to the doctor sooner and didn't even drop any classes! Because of my finance and economics degree I have taken many math and math related courses and got an A in all of them (Precalc, calc, statistics, qmb, macreconomics, intermediate macro, intermediate micro, mathematical economics, finance, advanced finance, cases in finance etc) I only got a B+ my first micro class but this was the semester I had brain surgery so I feel like I get a free pass on that one. To summarize, I have a good math background I just did not test well on the quant and did not have enough time to prepare.
My question is…. My gmat scores are giving me panic attacks. If I combined the 43Q and 40V it is a 680 which isn't so worrisome but I know they do not combine your two individual scores into a composite. Despite this, will they look at the fact that I am capable of a 43Q and 40V? If not, do you feel my other qualiities give me a good enough chance that I stop panicking? Should I bring up my strange GMAT score pattern during the interview?
I applied to the Vanderbilt MS Finance in the first round and have an in-person interview on Monday. I just took the GMAT for the second time. Here is my profile:
Undergrad double major: Bachelor of Science in Finance, Economics
Undergrad GPA: 3.88 (Senior with one more semester to go from Florida Atlantic University)
2x President's List, 6x Dean's List
GMAT #1: 640 (43Q, 35V) --> one month of studying
GMAT #2: 640 (38Q, 40V) --> one week of studying for quant only
In addition, I am a female and my freshman year I had brain surgery for a condition that would have killed me had I not gone to the doctor sooner and didn't even drop any classes! Because of my finance and economics degree I have taken many math and math related courses and got an A in all of them (Precalc, calc, statistics, qmb, macreconomics, intermediate macro, intermediate micro, mathematical economics, finance, advanced finance, cases in finance etc) I only got a B+ my first micro class but this was the semester I had brain surgery so I feel like I get a free pass on that one. To summarize, I have a good math background I just did not test well on the quant and did not have enough time to prepare.
My question is…. My gmat scores are giving me panic attacks. If I combined the 43Q and 40V it is a 680 which isn't so worrisome but I know they do not combine your two individual scores into a composite. Despite this, will they look at the fact that I am capable of a 43Q and 40V? If not, do you feel my other qualiities give me a good enough chance that I stop panicking? Should I bring up my strange GMAT score pattern during the interview?
30 Dec 2013, 08:29
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I think you will get in.
1) Great GPA
2) GMAT is fine
3) Brain Surgery is no joke
4) You are a woman
Not discounting you in any way, as I believe if you were a man you'd still probably get in, but MSF programs would cut their arm off for qualified women to apply. In my class we had roughly 20% women and that is considered high. Just not a lot of females interested in finance I suppose.
Come off well in the interview, have a concrete reason a) why an MSF, b) why Vanderbilt, and c) what you plan on doing with it and I think things will turn out just fine.
Good luck!
1) Great GPA
2) GMAT is fine
3) Brain Surgery is no joke
4) You are a woman
Not discounting you in any way, as I believe if you were a man you'd still probably get in, but MSF programs would cut their arm off for qualified women to apply. In my class we had roughly 20% women and that is considered high. Just not a lot of females interested in finance I suppose.
Come off well in the interview, have a concrete reason a) why an MSF, b) why Vanderbilt, and c) what you plan on doing with it and I think things will turn out just fine.
Good luck!
SunnyAnd75
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30 Dec 2013, 09:57
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I got your reply 20 minutes before my interview and just finished. Thank you for calming my nerves! I think I did well.
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