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Friends of mine who took the GMAT in the mid-late 90s said that getting a 650 was a great score and that it was much rarer to break 700..seems like if you had high 600s with a good story, you were practically in the door at Columbia, HBS, etc.....
Do you think this is accurate? If so what do you think is the reason? Better test preparation? More competition?
Do you think this is accurate? If so what do you think is the reason? Better test preparation? More competition?
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Definitely has been plenty of score inflation - you can compare the tables from a while ago - 2001, 2003, etc and currently and the percentiles have shifted even. I won't complain too much but in 2003 my 750 was 99th and right now it is 98th 
Test prep is improving significantly but the biggest factor is test takers are taking GMAT more seriously and there is a lot more of them. In 2002 when we just started, there was Princeton, Kaplan, and Veritas had a small hut on the beach of Malibu (just kidding). Today there are quite a few more players. GMAT is becoming more of an asset than just a pass/fail mark, though I would argue somewhat that top 20 still consider GMAT as a pass/fail - other's don't and will award scholarships based on scores.
Test prep is improving significantly but the biggest factor is test takers are taking GMAT more seriously and there is a lot more of them. In 2002 when we just started, there was Princeton, Kaplan, and Veritas had a small hut on the beach of Malibu (just kidding). Today there are quite a few more players. GMAT is becoming more of an asset than just a pass/fail mark, though I would argue somewhat that top 20 still consider GMAT as a pass/fail - other's don't and will award scholarships based on scores.
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I know what the OP is saying, but its not that extreme. I would say maybe 740 is the new 700.
And at the ultra elite schools, they don't really care as long as you are above 680.
Oddly enough, a specific high score is much more important at the lower schools.
And at the ultra elite schools, they don't really care as long as you are above 680.
Oddly enough, a specific high score is much more important at the lower schools.
