mcm wrote:
Hey guys,
I have a quick question on Report Fallacy nbr 2 in bb's post (2.Applicants who are somewhat happy with scores (600-700) but want to retake (usually for 700+), will actually order a report to send to a school before retaking, just in case they score lower on the retake (which is somewhat common unfortunately). Again, most of the time it just wastes money. Schools don't care if you score less on the second attempt. Pathfinder is a good example - he got into Wharton with 720 (first GMAT score) and 690 (retake) on his score report.)
I am in a similar situation (740 first time, scored 710 the second time - reason I retook is because I wanted to increase my quant score, which I did, but the verbal went down :-0). Scored 770-760 on all my practice exams, very frustrating...
Anyway, I sent my report to the school after my first attempt. I will probably send my full application in the next week or so, the application deadline is early June. Will the school see my 710 regardless of whether I ask for a second report to be sent to the school? In other word, will the school be able to see my 2nd test score even if I do not ask for a 2nd official report to be sent?
Thanks a ton
Welcome to GMAT Club!
No, schools won't see your 710. However, even if they do, they usually don't pay attention. The way it works, is you provide your self-reported GMAT score on the application and send in the score report. Then the clerk just verifies that your score is indeed accurate.
So, the schools you sent the reports to after the first attempt will never know about your second one but I would not consider your second attempt a reason not to apply to other schools that don't' have your original score report.
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