HuskyFan32 wrote:
melon wrote:
HuskyFan32 wrote:
Hey guys,
New to this site. Wish I had found it earlier! I am finishing up my app for Carroll. 3.3 undergrad, finance major 3.75 in major. 3 yrs experience as RIA. a little bummed with my gmat of 620. was scoring 650-680 on practice tests. Im wondering what my chances are at BC. It is my reach school I guess. I have great recommendations (Bentley adcom told me so!) I feel my essays are strong. What do you guys think? Is my gmat going to screw me over?
I guess if you are an American you should go for it! Your chances are weak if you are from India or China.
Can anyone clarify this. Does being American make that much of a difference?
yes it matters a lot.
Consider this :
you have 100 seats , As per the class profile 30% are foreigners. so you have 30 seats. All 30 are not for one country.Universities look for diversity. So they give roughly 4 to 6 seats for Indians similarly for Chinese. Now from these countries you typically have around 60 to 70 applications. So obviously you need to stand out. If you have a 620 which is a lower than avg gmat score of the school and you have 700s scorers from same country its logical they will prefer a person with 700s in Gmat. (All this keeping in mind that people have normal profiles)
I do agree that some times to add diversity to the class people from foreign counties are selected with lower GMAT but no way from India and China when they have so many people to choose from
So cherish your citizenship.It matters to be American.
Universities are willing to consider Americans with lower GMAT.