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Hello All,

I'm looking for Top-25 daytime MBA programs that are GRE friendly.  "GRE friendly" means that a program is well-known among the admissions community as   not disadvantaging   students that submit that GRE scores .

I've been emailing schools and I have not received positive responses from: Haas and Anderson. Fuqua was tepid in their response.

Please help me with a list of schools that fit that bill. Extra points for Consortium Schools and Top-10 programs!

A little about myself:

I've been serving with AmeriCorps through various programs, and I'm pursuing an MBA to go into NPO/Educational leadership, and Social Entrepreneurship. I'm very interested in public-private partnerships, foundation work, and using quantitative to improve programmatic outcomes. I'm pursuing schools that will allow to do an MBA/MPP combo, which is why I'm trying to get the two-for-one deal out of the GRE. More so, I've already completed one GRE for a MS.Ed in Education and Social Change program that I completed during my Teach For America commitment.

My GRE is scores are V-165 (95%) and Q-161 (81%) which translate to GMAT of 680 (V-41 and Q-42). I'm working to retake my GRE to at least improve my quantitative to 165 (91%) and hopefully move up a point or two on verbal (96% or 97%).

Thank you for your time everybody!

brandon432 · Answer

The conventional wisdom is that submitting GRE scores instead of GMAT scores can call into question your commitment to doing an MBA program. I have no idea whether adcoms actually feel this way or not. Given your background and goals, it's pretty clear why you took the GRE. If you're going to retake a test anyways though, why not go for the GMAT?

Off-topic and bit biased. If you haven't already, check out Booth's Social New Venture Challenge. It sounds right up your alley. I have some good friends on the Moxie team, including a TFA alum.
https://research.chicagobooth.edu/nvc/socialnvc/
https://research.chicagobooth.edu/nvc/so ... s!year2014

jbotero08 · Answer

Thank you for responding brandon432.

I'm actually looking at Booth since I have a fraternity brother that just finished the program and loved it.

I'm seriously committed to doing an MBA because I believe that only in an MBA will I be able to receive an education that focuses on leadership, management, innovation, multi-sector collaboration and quantitative methodology. Most other programs will address one or two of the aforementioned factors, but not all. As someone that is interested in sustaining lasting positive change, I believe that an MBA will provide the opportunity to work effectively with multiple stakeholders and set effective policy. In other words, I'm extremely committed to the MBA.

The reason I rather retake the GRE, is because I know I was rushed when I took the est last time. I was teaching throughout the whole time and I barely spent less than 10 hours studying for it. I know with a real commitment to studying I can move my quantitative score to where I need it to be. (I taught Algebra 2 and Geometry, and although my timing is off, seldom does a question completely through me off.) More so, the better my GRE, the better my chance of gaining admission, and more importantly scholarship, to the top policy schools in the country. (HKS, Harris, Ford, Heinz, Sanford) Lastly, as a first-generation American, the grammar of the GMAT terrifies me. I did my grammar school in Central America and it is certainly not my strong suit. Vocabulary on the other hand, comes naturally to me.

Thank you for taking the time to respond. The SNVC is already making Chicago more attractive!

matrix30 · Answer

Do you think that some schools that accept GRE instead of GMAT still favor applicants who submit the GMAT? do you have any evidence that supports that view?

jbotero08 · Answer

I have emailed a couple of schools.

For example Haas and Anderson will accept the GRE but they "highly prefer and encourage the use of the GMAT" while Tuck, Yale SOM, and Johnson do claim to view the GRE in the same light as the GMAT with the caveat that they expect Quant percentiles higher in the GRE than GMAT.

That's where I'm coming from.

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