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Whether you are just beginning your MBA journey or fine-tuning your path to a 700+ score, GMAT Day is designed to give you a competitive edge.
20 Nov 2007, 00:43
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Hi All!
I've been a big fan of gmatclub for a couple of months now, but never really took the leap to post on the forum.
I need your advice.
I decided I was interested in Business School around last february. I want to go to a top 5 business school. (wharton, stanford, harvard, columbia, yale, etc). Although I'm relatively young, I think I have pretty good work experience and a 3.8 gpa from a respected university (not ivy but close).
Regretably and on a whim without much study or effort I signed up for a gmat test and landed a date march 1st. I took the test and scored a 610, 38 quant, 37 verbal.
I realized this wasn't the score for me, but began a new project at work and put the gmat and business on hold for another year. Come late summer, i studied again for an october 11th date, scoring a 690 (47 quant and 39 verbal)
I was really happy with the improvement, but it just absolutely killed me knowing I was close to one verbal or quant point away from that legendary 700 score we all aspire to.
So I decided to take the test again one month later, this time working on verbal and studying my brains out. I had hoped this would be my final attempt as I put all my effort into it. Come nov 12th, I scored a 680, 39 quant and 44 verbal! I was absolutely crushed, I blew it on my strongest front and gained ground on my weakest front.
now I'm faced with a decision, do I move on with my 690, approach the next part of my application (and life for that matter) calling it a day with the gmat, or do I go one more time, a FOURTH time, hopefully balancing out and scoring a 700+ on my gmat?
It has been a tough few days, at this point I simply don't know what to do. I run all these horrible questions through my head, for example: "Will a top b-school be less willing to accept me because I may bring down their avg gmat? or on the other hand will a school notice my high gpa and disregard my gmat sccore. Or will a school discredit a high score after taking the gmat 4 times? And last but not least, what if I don't score above 690 after my 4th time, demonstrating a plateau in comprehension , what does that say about my potential academic success.
What do you guys think? Do I take the test again for a 4th time or should I move on.
I really appreciate any response or thoughts, I find that this forum is the only place with people who understand what it means and requires to pursue this sort of dream. thanks again.
I've been a big fan of gmatclub for a couple of months now, but never really took the leap to post on the forum.
I need your advice.
I decided I was interested in Business School around last february. I want to go to a top 5 business school. (wharton, stanford, harvard, columbia, yale, etc). Although I'm relatively young, I think I have pretty good work experience and a 3.8 gpa from a respected university (not ivy but close).
Regretably and on a whim without much study or effort I signed up for a gmat test and landed a date march 1st. I took the test and scored a 610, 38 quant, 37 verbal.
I realized this wasn't the score for me, but began a new project at work and put the gmat and business on hold for another year. Come late summer, i studied again for an october 11th date, scoring a 690 (47 quant and 39 verbal)
I was really happy with the improvement, but it just absolutely killed me knowing I was close to one verbal or quant point away from that legendary 700 score we all aspire to.
So I decided to take the test again one month later, this time working on verbal and studying my brains out. I had hoped this would be my final attempt as I put all my effort into it. Come nov 12th, I scored a 680, 39 quant and 44 verbal! I was absolutely crushed, I blew it on my strongest front and gained ground on my weakest front.
now I'm faced with a decision, do I move on with my 690, approach the next part of my application (and life for that matter) calling it a day with the gmat, or do I go one more time, a FOURTH time, hopefully balancing out and scoring a 700+ on my gmat?
It has been a tough few days, at this point I simply don't know what to do. I run all these horrible questions through my head, for example: "Will a top b-school be less willing to accept me because I may bring down their avg gmat? or on the other hand will a school notice my high gpa and disregard my gmat sccore. Or will a school discredit a high score after taking the gmat 4 times? And last but not least, what if I don't score above 690 after my 4th time, demonstrating a plateau in comprehension , what does that say about my potential academic success.
What do you guys think? Do I take the test again for a 4th time or should I move on.
I really appreciate any response or thoughts, I find that this forum is the only place with people who understand what it means and requires to pursue this sort of dream. thanks again.
20 Nov 2007, 01:28
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Depends on your time frame. If you are applying for fall 08' admissions, then bag that 690 and move on. If you have the luxury of waiting another year, I envision you potentially breaking into the low to mid 700s on your next attempt in early 08.
boggin
20 Nov 2007, 06:17
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In general I think the younger the applicant is the higher the GMAT should be. If you want to apply as a young applicant then I suggest you take the test again for 700+. But if you wait a few years and accumulate great work experience, 690 should be sufficient. This I assume that you are from a normal, not hyper-competitive, applicant pool.
