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Thank you very much for the kind words, Narenn!

Hello Everybody,

This forum has been pretty quiet for a while now! Let's start having some healthy discussions and ensure that we make the best use of this thread :)

Wishing everyone the very best for the admissions!
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Hey all! I am also looking to join LBS in 2017. Any ideas on the way they view the GMAT?

I've taken it with a 690 result (Q 42 V 43) - a recruitment coordinator told me that the Q42 (47%ile) wasn't too much of an issue given I had a solid score of 690. Has anyone else gotten feedback like this? It seems almost too good to be true given other school's focus on percentiles!

editing as I've received feedback that they'd really like you to do the optional essay. Anyone else out there alive on this thread?? :o
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Hi All,

I am also planning to apply in R1, though I am afraid I am starting at a very late stage and might need to defer to R2. Could anyone post the recommendation questions?

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Hi,

I have 2 questions

1) LBS's cut off for GMAT is 650 Is there a section-wise ?

2) I understand that the class average for GMAT is 701, I do however have a GMAT score of 650. what is the probability to get through with a 650 Score. I currently have 5.5 years of marketing and branding work experience in an advertising and strategy consulting start-up, an e-commerce start-up and a global B-school in India. I have a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering and a Post Graduate Programme from MICA, specialising in Brand Management and Market Research.
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I have 2 questions

1) LBS's cut off for GMAT is 650 Is there a section-wise ?

2) I understand that the class average for GMAT is 701, I do however have a GMAT score of 650. what is the probability to get through with a 650 Score. I currently have 5.5 years of marketing and branding work experience in an advertising and strategy consulting start-up, an e-commerce start-up and a global B-school in India. I have a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering and a Post Graduate Programme from MICA, specialising in Brand Management and Market Research.
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Hey Lady! I will give you some of my conclusions based on my convo with the admissions office -

The school prefers you have a balanced score (like most) but will look at the GMAT along side your other academic performance and work experience to make a fair judgement if one section is weaker. That said they definitely prefer to see a score with a 7 in the hundreds place and if you can bump that verbal up, you could make it :)

An external admissions consultant (AccessEducation) explained the situation of lower than average GMATs to me in a really clear way: given that one of the performance metrics of an MBA recruiting team is usually maintaining or raising the average GMAT of the program, an admissions committee has to "spend points" on every student they send an offer to that is below their average. Your score of 650 means the admissions committee needs to "spend" 50 points. Do you have a profile worth spending 50 points on? That's not something I can offer feedback on. I suggest you call the admissions office and have an initial chat with them about your profile. If you don't want to take the GMAT again I might suggest hiring an admissions consultant to help you write some killer essays.

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Hey!

I am taking my GMAT on 15th November. Would I be eligible for Round 2?

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Recently our forum member, who got into LBS last year, reached out and expressed her desire to give back to the community and offer application advice to new applicants. Hence tomorrow - Wednesday, September 14th - we are conducting a live chat session with her in which she will interact with prospective LBS applicants in our chat room, share her application experience, provide tips to applicants, and answer applicants' questions.

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This is very cool Antonia! Thank you for offering to do this!

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FROM LBS Admissions Blog: Come and take part in a class
  Sitting in on a class is the best way to experience the quality of our faculty and the classroom experience and to meet informally with current Masters in Finance (MiF) students.  During October and November 2016 we offer four Saturday dates when you can join the part-time MiF Financial Accounting and Analysis core course […]

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Hi All!

I have a small query regarding submission of GMAT scores. I took my GMAT some years back (it is still valid), and did not have it sent to LBS. The LBS website says:

-The GMAT/GRE are compulsory elements of the admissions criteria and applicants should submit a self-reported score.

-The GMAT code for the London Business School MBA Programme is Z11-J7-50. Please include a copy of the preliminary score report with your supporting documents.If admitted you will be required to arrange for us to receive an official score report.

I find not sending official score report different from the process in other schools. Could someone kindly confirm whether or not I need to send the official scores via Pearson VUE?
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Hello Guys,

Recently our forum member, who got into LBS last year, reached out and expressed her desire to give back to the community and offer application advice to new applicants. Hence tomorrow - Wednesday, September 14th - we are conducting a live chat session with her in which she will interact with prospective LBS applicants in our chat room, share her application experience, provide tips to applicants, and answer applicants' questions.

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Name of the Student: Antonia Yeo
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I wish I could join, I've had a last minute meeting come up! Will there be a copy of the text posted later?
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Hi guys, I have a question...
How did you all submit the official test taker's report of GMAT.

It includes all the canceled scores and schools were the scores were sent to.

Did you submit the whole thing or just the relevant pages?

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Hi! You can request an official score report be sent to schools on the GMAC website.

A: Additional score reports can be ordered online for a fee. You may also contact GMAT Customer Service by phone. Please note, there will be an additional USD $10 fee for ordering by phone.

The schools won't see any instances of a cancelled score.

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Hi Ipetroski,
Thanks for your reply!

But I think LBS require us to submit the official TEST TAKER REPORT in addition to the official score sent from GMAT...

This is why I am confused... If they already have the validated scores, why would they want us to separately attach our own report?
Maybe they purposely want to check if we have done GMAT more than once or have applied to other schools?

Maybe I am just overthinking :p

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Yea I think you're overthinking. Official report from GMAC should be all they need.

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Me, yesterday! Good luck everyone!
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Just hit submit! Fingers crossed. Good luck to all those other last minute apps out there.
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