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580? Bull.
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^^^ Not bull...from hbs website:
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Women 36%
US Ethnic Minorities 23%
International 34%
Countries represented 73
Undergraduate institutions represented 243
GMAT Score Range 550-790
Median GMAT 730
Average GPA 3.67

Love it when people just make stuff up out of thin air....kills me.
People have gotten in without bachelors degrees.
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580? Bull.
^^^ Not bull...from hbs website:
Class Composition
Women 36%
US Ethnic Minorities 23%
International 34%
Countries represented 73
Undergraduate institutions represented 243
GMAT Score Range 550-790
Median GMAT 730
Average GPA 3.67

Love it when people just make stuff up out of thin air....kills me.
People have gotten in without bachelors degrees.
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550 is nothing.. Class of 2012 touched 510!
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Preliminary Profile of the Class of 2012
Date: July 07, 2010
Here's a peek at the Class of 2012.

This is still officially "preliminary" until registration in September.

Admissions
Total MBA Enrollment 910
Applications 9,524
% Admitted 11%
Class Composition
Women 36%
US Ethnic Minorities 23%
International 34%
Countries represented 73
Undergraduate institutions represented 243
GMAT Score Range 510-790
Middle 50% GMAT Score Range 710-750
Average GMAT 724
Citizenship
North America 70%
—United States 66%
Asia/South Pacific 13%
Europe 12%
Central/South America 3%
Africa 1%
Oceania 1%
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Aringo.com client with 580 at HBS – bull? 25 Apr 2011, 08:24
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10) Move to Leuven and mail me beer
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lol..
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Aringo.com client with 580 at HBS – bull? 28 Apr 2011, 12:44
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thanks for all the tips and encouragement!
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are there other things working for you?
according to their chances indication model, the fact that you are european applying to an american school is an advantage, and if you managed many people and had many promotions it gives you a better chance at HBS.
by the way, if you're young (26-27) it might help as well, so don't wait too long :)
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yes, i'm in that age range, but didn't manage many people, and i'm not sure how many promotions i can show for.
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Well, you should highlight your strengths as much as possible, and an admission consultant can help you do that. in addition, you should really try to improve your GMAT, but you don't need me to tell you that :)
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10) Move to Leuven and mail me beer

lol..
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I'm glad someone got it. :)
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I thought about taking the GRE instead of the GMAT, but i heard that some schools prefer applicants who took the GMAT.
anyone heard about it, know if it's true? what about HBS?
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550 is nothing.. Class of 2012 touched 510!
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Preliminary Profile of the Class of 2012
Date: July 07, 2010
Here's a peek at the Class of 2012.

This is still officially "preliminary" until registration in September.

Admissions
Total MBA Enrollment 910
Applications 9,524
% Admitted 11%
Class Composition
Women 36%
US Ethnic Minorities 23%
International 34%
Countries represented 73
Undergraduate institutions represented 243
GMAT Score Range 510-790
Middle 50% GMAT Score Range 710-750
Average GMAT 724
Citizenship
North America 70%
—United States 66%
Asia/South Pacific 13%
Europe 12%
Central/South America 3%
Africa 1%
Oceania 1%
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I would also bet that HBS turned down some applicants with perfect 800s!
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Aringo.com client with 580 at HBS – bull? 14 May 2011, 12:07
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Quote:
One-time lucky case?
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yes!
it seems that it was a brilliant candidate.....

for example: they advised a girl who is 25 now, who became olympic champion in gymnastics at the age of 19, she graduated from most prestigious local university, but due to her son who is 2 years old (other more significant responsabilities, other than GMAT) she did not care much about GMAT, and took it only once, after having a lunch with the prime -minister of her country who congratulated her and her team of teenagers on winning European youth gymnastics championship (probably she was more occupied by kids rather than by preparing for the GMAT). :-D

just feel the difference.

p.s.this is my 1000's post!
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Aringo.com client with 580 at HBS – bull? 16 May 2011, 07:28
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LOL!
funny but true... too bad i don't such a great excuse for my poor GMAT score.
congratulations on your 1000 post!
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you forgot to mention that she has been volunteering for several years reading for the blind...
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maybe it's not a one time lucky case, they mention other clients with low scores who got into top programs. i hope i have something in common with those guys...
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one thing for sure - if you don't try you won't succeed!
what do you have to lose?
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That could be an interesting marketing trick from Harvard:
first step: you broaden your GMAT range to 400-800 and attract all possible candidates
second: as a result, your admission % plummets to 0.5% and you boast yourself as the most selective school on the planet (even surpassing famous IIB)
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Aringo.com client with 580 at HBS – bull? 31 May 2011, 07:57
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Do you really think HBS need more applicants? to make more money from the application fees? they have about ten thousand applicants every year! and don't forget that someone has to sit and read all these applications...
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I actually personally know someone who graduated from HBS a few years ago who had a 580 GMAT. Her essays were pretty rough too (at least on first pass)! However, most other aspects of her application were pretty exceptional so she made it in and she's been doing great ever since. It happens just not very often.
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Yes, I know, you have to be exceptional to get in with such a low score... everybody tells me that :(
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dude, forget about HBS, it's not for you. try other schools! you can do very well in life with an MBA from 2nd-3rd tier school.
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