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Re: Is 700 GMAT score good enough to get into the top programs? [#permalink]
The 90% is quite good, but with Wharton and Harvard you might wanna bring up your verbal scores if possible. Stressing on your work experience and the insights you've gleaned from it would take the focus away from your scores a little. Plus your GPA is pretty excellent. I'd say that if you want to make sure you're not risking anything obvious, retake the exam and aim for a 40+ on the verbal. If not, this is a pretty good score considering it falls right in the bracket. :)
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Re: Is 700 GMAT score good enough to get into the top programs? [#permalink]
Thanks for the encouragement everyone. This website has been extremely helpful in preparing for the GMATs.

As I've already taken the GMAT once before, I probably won't be taking them again. The deadlines for Round 1 are also coming up so I just need to make a decision and submit the application. Do you have any suggestions on which schools are better suited for my background and where I'd have a higher chance of getting in? Are there any schools that value the quant score more than the verbal? Also, can you provide any guidance on what else I can do to overcome or justify my low verbal score (i.e. optional essay)?
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Re: Is 700 GMAT score good enough to get into the top programs? [#permalink]
GMAT shouldn't be an issue.

The schools you mentioned are within reach, at least judging from the writing of your post (you actually wrote in complete and coherent sentences and come across as a pretty decent writer, which suggests that you care enough about language that there's a good chance your essays should also be pretty strong).

Go for it. Yes, you're not super unique, but coming from a defense background may at least help a little (it's the same dish, but a slightly different flavor).

Apply to those 6 schools for Round 1, and assuming you get into at least one of them (my hunch is that you probably should), then apply to HBS or Wharton (or both) in Round 2 as lottery tickets - you never know.
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