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profile evaluation [#permalink] New post   28 Oct 2011, 23:02
Hi Team,

Need your guidance. First a score of 680 (Q 46, V 37, AWA 6) and then one month later got a score of 620 (Q 49, V27). I retook the exam because I wanted to get a higher score on Quants and was targeting overall score of 720+. Unfortunately, during my retake, I did badly in Verbal (even though I felt I was doing well and my preparation and mock tests reflected a score of 40+).

My profile: Female, Indian, Already have an Indian MBA (but have good reasons to pursue global MBA), worked for 4.5 years in Banking in India, Right now am working for a micro business school in Singapore.
Target schools: LBS, INSEAD, Oxford, Wharton (Finance and Entrepreneurship focused schools)

Now my questions are:

1. Should I retake? - unlike my case, typically scores go up in retakes. Even though the highest score of two takes has not changed, how this drop will be perceived by schools?
2. At current scores, how does my application look like for my target schools?

Awaiting your response.
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Re: profile evaluation [#permalink] New post   29 Nov 2011, 15:49
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GMATmission wrote:
Hi Team,

Need your guidance. First a score of 680 (Q 46, V 37, AWA 6) and then one month later got a score of 620 (Q 49, V27). I retook the exam because I wanted to get a higher score on Quants and was targeting overall score of 720+. Unfortunately, during my retake, I did badly in Verbal (even though I felt I was doing well and my preparation and mock tests reflected a score of 40+).

My profile: Female, Indian, Already have an Indian MBA (but have good reasons to pursue global MBA), worked for 4.5 years in Banking in India, Right now am working for a micro business school in Singapore.
Target schools: LBS, INSEAD, Oxford, Wharton (Finance and Entrepreneurship focused schools)

Now my questions are:

1. Should I retake? - unlike my case, typically scores go up in retakes. Even though the highest score of two takes has not changed, how this drop will be perceived by schools?
2. At current scores, how does my application look like for my target schools?

Awaiting your response.

I'm sorry to hear about your difficult retest. The good news is that you revealed a higher Quant ability. Some schools (in particular, I believe INSEAD) will combine your highest scores from different exams, so you may wish to contact the admissions offices of your target programs to ask if this is possible. However, when it comes time for finance recruiting, you are almost certainly going to have to furnish recruiters with your highest GMAT score, so it makes sense to retake the exam in any case to pull it up to over 700.
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Concentration: Finance, General Management
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GMAT 1: 680 Q46 V37
GMAT 2: 620 Q49 V27
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Re: profile evaluation [#permalink] New post   29 Nov 2011, 21:33
jenniferbloom wrote:
GMATmission wrote:
Hi Team,

Need your guidance. First a score of 680 (Q 46, V 37, AWA 6) and then one month later got a score of 620 (Q 49, V27). I retook the exam because I wanted to get a higher score on Quants and was targeting overall score of 720+. Unfortunately, during my retake, I did badly in Verbal (even though I felt I was doing well and my preparation and mock tests reflected a score of 40+).

My profile: Female, Indian, Already have an Indian MBA (but have good reasons to pursue global MBA), worked for 4.5 years in Banking in India, Right now am working for a micro business school in Singapore.
Target schools: LBS, INSEAD, Oxford, Wharton (Finance and Entrepreneurship focused schools)

Now my questions are:

1. Should I retake? - unlike my case, typically scores go up in retakes. Even though the highest score of two takes has not changed, how this drop will be perceived by schools?
2. At current scores, how does my application look like for my target schools?

Awaiting your response.

I'm sorry to hear about your difficult retest. The good news is that you revealed a higher Quant ability. Some schools (in particular, I believe INSEAD) will combine your highest scores from different exams, so you may wish to contact the admissions offices of your target programs to ask if this is possible. However, when it comes time for finance recruiting, you are almost certainly going to have to furnish recruiters with your highest GMAT score, so it makes sense to retake the exam in any case to pull it up to over 700.


Hi Jen,


Thanks for your reply. I retook the test recently and finally got a 700 (Q49, V36). Given all the information, please comment on my application for following schools:

1. LBS
2. INSEAD
3. Wharton
4. NYU Stern
5. Chicago Booth
6. Oxford
7. Cambridge

This is the macro list of schools I am targeting. My focus area is finance. Please feel free to suggest other schools which I should consider.
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Re: profile evaluation [#permalink] New post   30 Nov 2011, 03:23
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GMATmission wrote:
jenniferbloom wrote:
GMATmission wrote:
Hi Team,

Need your guidance. First a score of 680 (Q 46, V 37, AWA 6) and then one month later got a score of 620 (Q 49, V27). I retook the exam because I wanted to get a higher score on Quants and was targeting overall score of 720+. Unfortunately, during my retake, I did badly in Verbal (even though I felt I was doing well and my preparation and mock tests reflected a score of 40+).

My profile: Female, Indian, Already have an Indian MBA (but have good reasons to pursue global MBA), worked for 4.5 years in Banking in India, Right now am working for a micro business school in Singapore.
Target schools: LBS, INSEAD, Oxford, Wharton (Finance and Entrepreneurship focused schools)

Now my questions are:

1. Should I retake? - unlike my case, typically scores go up in retakes. Even though the highest score of two takes has not changed, how this drop will be perceived by schools?
2. At current scores, how does my application look like for my target schools?

Awaiting your response.

I'm sorry to hear about your difficult retest. The good news is that you revealed a higher Quant ability. Some schools (in particular, I believe INSEAD) will combine your highest scores from different exams, so you may wish to contact the admissions offices of your target programs to ask if this is possible. However, when it comes time for finance recruiting, you are almost certainly going to have to furnish recruiters with your highest GMAT score, so it makes sense to retake the exam in any case to pull it up to over 700.


Hi Jen,


Thanks for your reply. I retook the test recently and finally got a 700 (Q49, V36). Given all the information, please comment on my application for following schools:

1. LBS
2. INSEAD
3. Wharton
4. NYU Stern
5. Chicago Booth
6. Oxford
7. Cambridge

This is the macro list of schools I am targeting. My focus area is finance. Please feel free to suggest other schools which I should consider.

Yes, it sounds like you now are a good contender for these programs. Also strong in finance (and worth a second look) are Darden, Notre Dame, UNC, and Tepper.
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Status:Bell the GMAT!!!
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Own Kudos [?]: 190 [0]
Given Kudos: 43
Location: Singapore
Concentration: Finance, General Management
Schools: INSEAD Jan '13 Said LBS '14
GMAT 1: 680 Q46 V37
GMAT 2: 620 Q49 V27
GMAT 3: 700 Q49 V36
WE:Other (Other)
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Re: profile evaluation [#permalink] New post   30 Nov 2011, 15:58
jenniferbloom wrote:
Yes, it sounds like you now are a good contender for these programs. Also strong in finance (and worth a second look) are Darden, Notre Dame, UNC, and Tepper.


Thanks for the quick revert :)
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Re: profile evaluation [#permalink] New post   12 Dec 2011, 17:04
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GMATmission wrote:
jenniferbloom wrote:
Yes, it sounds like you now are a good contender for these programs. Also strong in finance (and worth a second look) are Darden, Notre Dame, UNC, and Tepper.


Thanks for the quick revert :)

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