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Should Work on Application / Retake (Round 3) / Postpone by 1 year [#permalink]

07 Dec 2015, 15:57

Have scored low on GMAT (680-Q50,V31), inspite of scoring 710 & 740 on GMAT Prep & between 690 & 730 on MGMAT.

For all MOCK CATs - Quant was between 48 & 50 - Verbal was between 36 & 40. [ Last mock given 2 weeks before GMAT].

Target Schools - Booth, Fuqua, Kellogg & LBS. (Second Round Deadline date - 5th January 2016).

Profile - Male /Indian / Engineer (IT). Total exp - 5+ yrs. 1 year in Business Consulting (worked on inhouse SaaS product steering product roadmap and analytics), 4+ yrs in setting up own venture (Entrepreneur - Boot Strapped - in Human Resource - Helping tier 1 technical companies in hiring process).

Extra curricular / Accolades - Multiple in school and college. Heading various Clubs / Groups in College. Prior to college actively involved in Theater & represented state in Cricket. Multiple certificates (20+ from college & school for winning & participating in various inter & intra institution events and fests).

Education - B.E. (IT) in 2010 - Tier 1 college - Absolute GPA - 7.8 / 10 (95%ile).

Should I work on Application / Retake GMAT after 21 days & parallely work on application / Retake after 1.5 months and apply in Round 3 / Postpone MBA by one year.

ALSO If not from the target schools, would these scores be good for McDonough / Emory

Thanks for all the help

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Re: Should Work on Application / Retake (Round 3) / Postpone by 1 year [#permalink]

07 Dec 2015, 23:15

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Have scored low on GMAT (680-Q50,V31), inspite of scoring 710 & 740 on GMAT Prep & between 690 & 730 on MGMAT.

For all MOCK CATs - Quant was between 48 & 50 - Verbal was between 36 & 40. [ Last mock given 2 weeks before GMAT].

Target Schools - Booth, Fuqua, Kellogg & LBS. (Second Round Deadline date - 5th January 2016).

Profile - Male /Indian / Engineer (IT). Total exp - 5+ yrs. 1 year in Business Consulting (worked on inhouse SaaS product steering product roadmap and analytics), 4+ yrs in setting up own venture (Entrepreneur - Boot Strapped - in Human Resource - Helping tier 1 technical companies in hiring process).

Extra curricular / Accolades - Multiple in school and college. Heading various Clubs / Groups in College. Prior to college actively involved in Theater & represented state in Cricket. Multiple certificates (20+ from college & school for winning & participating in various inter & intra institution events and fests).

Education - B.E. (IT) in 2010 - Tier 1 college - Absolute GPA - 7.8 / 10 (95%ile).

Should I work on Application / Retake GMAT after 21 days & parallely work on application / Retake after 1.5 months and apply in Round 3 / Postpone MBA by one year.

ALSO If not from the target schools, would these scores be good for McDonough / Emory

Thanks for all the help

Overall, if you believe you can get at least 20 points higher, my advice would be for you to retake the GMAT and apply with the best score possible (next year and NOT R3).

Here's an article about Indians retaking the GMAT which may be of help to you: https://bit.ly/B613Mgc

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Re: Should Work on Application / Retake (Round 3) / Postpone by 1 year [#permalink]

08 Dec 2015, 07:35

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vishalsaxena wrote:

Have scored low on GMAT (680-Q50,V31), inspite of scoring 710 & 740 on GMAT Prep & between 690 & 730 on MGMAT.

For all MOCK CATs - Quant was between 48 & 50 - Verbal was between 36 & 40. [ Last mock given 2 weeks before GMAT].

Target Schools - Booth, Fuqua, Kellogg & LBS. (Second Round Deadline date - 5th January 2016).

Profile - Male /Indian / Engineer (IT). Total exp - 5+ yrs. 1 year in Business Consulting (worked on inhouse SaaS product steering product roadmap and analytics), 4+ yrs in setting up own venture (Entrepreneur - Boot Strapped - in Human Resource - Helping tier 1 technical companies in hiring process).

Extra curricular / Accolades - Multiple in school and college. Heading various Clubs / Groups in College. Prior to college actively involved in Theater & represented state in Cricket. Multiple certificates (20+ from college & school for winning & participating in various inter & intra institution events and fests).

Education - B.E. (IT) in 2010 - Tier 1 college - Absolute GPA - 7.8 / 10 (95%ile).

Should I work on Application / Retake GMAT after 21 days & parallely work on application / Retake after 1.5 months and apply in Round 3 / Postpone MBA by one year.

ALSO If not from the target schools, would these scores be good for McDonough / Emory

Thanks for all the help

While you should definitely retake the GMAT for your target schools, if you scored as high as 740 on practice tests you may be able to get a higher score this year (in a few weeks). If you have time to put together some applications it wouldn't be a bad idea. I agree not to go for round three with your profile though.

Good luck!

Best,
Scott

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