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I'm in a similar boat as you. Applied R1 and was waitlisted. From everything I've heard from current students and adcoms, waitlisted R1 applicants get reviewed in R2 but I haven't heard anything. I did spot someone on the Marshall forum who said decisions would be rolling until April 1. So fingers crossed! Posted from my mobile device

that's weird. i thought cgsm made membership decisions. What does it say when you log into your cgsm account?

I know this is probably isn't the right forum for this, but a lot of us post here regularly, so I'm confident I won't get any marketers responding. I'm about to start prepping for a retake of the GMAT and just wanted to know what people used to prep. I am especially interested in hearing from people that struggled with the quant. I put a good amount of time in before, using Manhattan's materials, and will likely use those again, but just wanted to see if people had great experiences with lesser known companies like GMAT Pill. Feel free to PM me as well, I don't want to takeover the thread with this, although it may be helpful for others in the future. Thanks

I used Manhattan as well.i used the economis trial for a bit online and I was impressed. I didn't want to pay that much for it though. Curious why you are retaking after admission and fellowship, jack. Posted from my mobile device

Thanks for the above. There are a few reasons, the biggest being that many firms (banks and MC firms, and other industries I'm sure) seem to have GMAT cut offs at or a little above 700. At this point I'm really relying on my network to help me get opportunities, but I'm only going to get one shot at recruiting, and I want to position myself for success as best I can. That way if it doesn't work out, I've got no regrets. Also at this point, I feel like I have more to gain than to lose by trying again. I'd essentially be forfeiting time and $200 (or whatever the test costs). Lord willing neither of those investments will seem that great over the span of my life, and if it could potentially open more doors, I'm all for it.

Good thinking. I might do the same. Just when I was starting to celebrate and enjoy my free time... You come up with a great idea like that one. You are right, there is no down side besides the time and the $250 (I think).... They take your highest I assume. Posted from my mobile device

It makes sense that Jack will re-take. I will do as well. I want to be upwards of 700+ for recruitment purposes.

doing the same - not for work reasons, coz my field they don't care so much... but for my personal satisfaction...always felt i didnt break 700 bc of work...and now want to take it when i'm not working to see. Also - i know for a fact that especially with schools that have grade non-disclosure or pass/fail - they straight up ask in those interviews what your GMAT score was.

I was so close to that threshold. 690. It was probably just two questions that would have pushed me over the edge....ugh....back to it I guess. M/b/b or bust. Posted from my mobile device

I suggest everyone buy the extended report from the GMAC. It shows how a person scored per type of question (sentence correction, data sufficiency, etc.) I know that my sentence correction is extremely weak in relation to the other two types of verbal questions. I also learned I'm about equal in my quantitative competencies. To move my score I need to hit up all types of quant and focus my verbal on sentence correction. Its a big leg up to know this info.