Hi and thanks for your reply!
EMPOWERgmatRichC wrote:
Hi worship,
First off, a 660/Q49 is a strong score (it's right around the 80th percentile overall), so it could be enough to get you into your first-choice School. As such, a retest might not be necessary.
It's not only about getting higher score to have higher approval chances, but also about improving my verbal: i don't think i should ever apply to the business school if i can't handle Verbal
EMPOWERgmatRichC wrote:
Studies:
1) How long have you studied?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
1) For about 3-4 months, but inconsistently (work, children);
2) Mostly
Magoosh, skimmed
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Mgmat;
EMPOWERgmatRichC wrote:
Goals:
3) What is your goal score?
4) When are you planning to retake the GMAT?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
6) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
3) 700;
4) When i am ready - no time limit, but it would be good to retake in 1 month. I have also improved slightly since the last exam, and score 690-730 on my mock tests;
5) Hopefully - mid-summer;
6) Before posting my crazy Business Schools list, i would like to point out that my background is MUCH better than the GMAT score:
- around 10years of WE in retail banking/e-commerce, 8 of them in the #1 retail bank in my country;
- managing positions for 7 years (current position - executive director/head of business);
- lots of extracurricular activities: playing drums in the local band, won bronze-medal in powerlifting competitions, etc;
- i will have strong recommendations: 1) VERY successful HBS alumni (or even 2); 2) VERY successful HEC Paris alumni; 3) Managing Director from the #2-3 retail bank in my country;
There's one weak point, though: bachelor degree from an unknown local university, but i hope to cover this with the points above.
I have clear goals: either hi-tech retail banking/e-commerce, or consulting in the same area - generally, continue to improve in the area i am currently working in.
Countries priority post-MBA: US > Europe > return to my country.
So the list of the business schools:
1) MIT Sloan Fellows - first priority taking my background into account, but the problem is my profile is somewhere between MBA and the requirements for the Sloan programs, so probably will switch to regular MBA program;
2) HBS;
3) Booth;
4) Tuck;
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5) INSEAD;
6) LBS (Sloan Fellows would be good, but the requirements are too extreme);
7) Cambridge Judge.
EMPOWERgmatRichC wrote:
Have you purchased the Enhanced Score Report for either of your Official GMATs? While the ESR doesn't provide a lot of information, there are usually a few data points that we can use to define what you should work on to score higher. If you purchase the ESR, then I'll be happy to analyze it for you.
No, i didn't, but i will today.
Thanks!