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02 Jan 2014, 12:25
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I would greatly appreciate an evaluation of my profile:
Me: male / white / 28 years old
Undergrad: BA Economics from a good west coast school with a 3.1 GPA. 4 year starter on a nationally ranked 1-AA football team, team captain and made the All-American team my senior season. Additionally, I worked full time to put myself through school.
GMAT: I initially took the GMAT back in September and scored a 640, lower than expected. I took retook the GMAT on Dec 30 after increasing my studying substantially and scored the exact same, 640 (42/35). Feeling pretty frustrated as my average scores on practice exams have been in the 720 range.
Work Experience: While my GMAT score is below average, I feel that I have distinguished myself through my work experience. I have 4 years service as an artillery officer in the Marine Corps and have been consistently rated at the top of my peer group. I was the distinguished honor grad of my MOS school (1 out of 175 Army and USMC Lieutenants). I have had experience as a platoon commander of 45 Marines and combat leadership experience in Afghanistan in charge of a liaison team of 15 Marines. I have progressed quickly and attained positions of increased responsibility. In the past year I served as my battalion's operations officer (O-2 filling an O-4 billet), served as the XO of a company of 600 Marines (O-2 filling an O-3 billet) and for the past 6 months I have been serving as a company commander for 600 Marines (currently an O-2 filling an O-4 billet). Right now I am in the process of separating and will be leaving active duty next month as a Captain (O-3).
I would love to attend a top school. My plan was to apply to UPenn, UVA, NYU, USC and possibly others R2 this year, however with my lower GMAT and GPA I am aware that there are weak spots on my application. Right now I am unsure if I should go ahead and apply R2 or retake the GMAT in a few weeks and apply R3 to my target schools.
Any suggestions as to whether I am better off or competitive if I apply now with my current GMAT score? Or should I retake and apply R3? Are there any other schools I can realistically target, either with my current GMAT score or an improvement?
Thank you very much for the help!
-Parker
Me: male / white / 28 years old
Undergrad: BA Economics from a good west coast school with a 3.1 GPA. 4 year starter on a nationally ranked 1-AA football team, team captain and made the All-American team my senior season. Additionally, I worked full time to put myself through school.
GMAT: I initially took the GMAT back in September and scored a 640, lower than expected. I took retook the GMAT on Dec 30 after increasing my studying substantially and scored the exact same, 640 (42/35). Feeling pretty frustrated as my average scores on practice exams have been in the 720 range.
Work Experience: While my GMAT score is below average, I feel that I have distinguished myself through my work experience. I have 4 years service as an artillery officer in the Marine Corps and have been consistently rated at the top of my peer group. I was the distinguished honor grad of my MOS school (1 out of 175 Army and USMC Lieutenants). I have had experience as a platoon commander of 45 Marines and combat leadership experience in Afghanistan in charge of a liaison team of 15 Marines. I have progressed quickly and attained positions of increased responsibility. In the past year I served as my battalion's operations officer (O-2 filling an O-4 billet), served as the XO of a company of 600 Marines (O-2 filling an O-3 billet) and for the past 6 months I have been serving as a company commander for 600 Marines (currently an O-2 filling an O-4 billet). Right now I am in the process of separating and will be leaving active duty next month as a Captain (O-3).
I would love to attend a top school. My plan was to apply to UPenn, UVA, NYU, USC and possibly others R2 this year, however with my lower GMAT and GPA I am aware that there are weak spots on my application. Right now I am unsure if I should go ahead and apply R2 or retake the GMAT in a few weeks and apply R3 to my target schools.
Any suggestions as to whether I am better off or competitive if I apply now with my current GMAT score? Or should I retake and apply R3? Are there any other schools I can realistically target, either with my current GMAT score or an improvement?
Thank you very much for the help!
-Parker
03 Jan 2014, 00:09
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Dear Parker,
For you the GMAT is key. You say you have been scoring a 720 on practices, so what is happening in the tests? It would be total folly for you to apply with anything less than your best score, especially since the difference between a 640 and a 720 is massive.
Your military experience, your vast vast leadership experience, and your excellent performance in the military all point towards a Top 20 school, but if you apply with a 640 you might have to settle for less. Plus schools LOVE you guys - military leaders, and especially from the Marines.
So my thought is that you might want to concentrate all your time and energy on the GMAT, and retake ONLY when you are ready, even if this means applying R3, or even if it means applying R1 next year. You have a great profile, so don't shoot yourself in the foot by rushing things.
And once you have your best score, then you can think about where to apply. Your list is a good start.
I hope this helps,
JF
03 Jan 2014, 12:37
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JF,
Thanks for the feedback. I had been leaning towards holding off on applying R2, retaking the GMAT next month and applying in R3; I think that may be the best course of action now. While not ideal to apply R3, if I score what I am capable of then I will be a competitive applicant.
I think the issue I had with my recent GMAT was just putting to much pressure on myself to get a solid score and make the R2 deadlines on a short timeline. I also had an issue with pacing that kept me from completing 3 or 4 questions on the quantatative and I let this carry over to the verbal. I know I can do better and will do so on my next exam.
Thanks again.
