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You're overthinking and overanalyzing the GMAT stuff, but your revised school list looks fine - it's a good mix of schools and you should have a good chance of getting into a few of the schools on your list (i.e. there's a low chance that you won't get in anywhere, so you should feel somewhat assured that you'll likely get in somewhere next year, and maybe even have some choices -- no applicant gets into every single school they apply to, but with your list like most applicants you have a reasonable shot of getting into a few on your list).
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*HUGE* THANKS Alex. Your advice was not only valuable, but a needed affirmation!
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Hi Alex, don't mean to beat a dead horse but the script has flipped -

At the screams and hoots of former colleagues, took the GMAT again:
710 92nd, (V: 38 83th, Q: 49 86th)

I also decided that the cost to go to B-School was too high and decided to do more research and really drill down to my favorite prospect. So - I'm applying Columbia or bust. I'm going to apply no matter what, but I'd like to hear your thoughts on the value of applying ED vs. RD. Are there ANY reasons why someone would rather apply RD even though Columbia is their top school (or in my case, only school)? Does it have an affect on financial aid?

Thank you for your patience.
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Apply ED.
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Works for me!
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Hi Alex,

I was rejected from Columbia ED (you probably are not surprised!) and I hedged too much on deciding whether or not I wanted to get my MBA from any other school. Now I'm thinking of applying round three.

Can you provide some advice on how I can pick schools? I imagine the schools we discussed that were less competitive than Columbia (Yale, Duke, Michigan, etc.) are out the window at this point. Can I still look at the top 25 or am I looking at tier 2 now? I'd like to make this cycle the last time I apply to an MBA program!

Appreciate any advice you can provide, specific or general, as to applying third round. (For instance, is choosing schools where my GMAT is 30+ higher than the mean/median necessary?)