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My fellow GMAT clubbers,
Now that round 1 is all but done (congratulations to those who have received interviews so far), I just thought i'd raise an interesting topic for us to discuss to help take your minds off the painful and agonizing process of waiting to hear back from your top choice schools.
Stanford's GMAT range (class of 2010) was from 530 - 790 and Harvard's was from I think 550 - 800. I also read in forums that Wharton admitted students with a GMAT score of 590. This makes me wonder what type of candidate with a mid 500 GMAT score would be attractive to an ultra elite school such as H/S/W.
What do you guys think will be the typical profile of someone in the 500 range accepted at these ultra elite schools. Does one have to for example be the future heir to the throne of his town/country in the developing/developed world?
Does one have to have rescued victims in a bomb blast or rescued an orphan and provided her/him with an opportunity to succeed in life?
Does one have to have helped (played a key role e.g. led/jointly led) secure a $500m + deal.
or does one have to have won some sort of Olympic medal or sold over a 10 million records/books ??
Found a cure for HIV?
Climbed the CN Tower bare hands?
I'm really intrigued to know what the typical profile for a GMAT 500 candidate at these ultra elite schools is.
Any thoughts?
Now that round 1 is all but done (congratulations to those who have received interviews so far), I just thought i'd raise an interesting topic for us to discuss to help take your minds off the painful and agonizing process of waiting to hear back from your top choice schools.
Stanford's GMAT range (class of 2010) was from 530 - 790 and Harvard's was from I think 550 - 800. I also read in forums that Wharton admitted students with a GMAT score of 590. This makes me wonder what type of candidate with a mid 500 GMAT score would be attractive to an ultra elite school such as H/S/W.
What do you guys think will be the typical profile of someone in the 500 range accepted at these ultra elite schools. Does one have to for example be the future heir to the throne of his town/country in the developing/developed world?
Does one have to have rescued victims in a bomb blast or rescued an orphan and provided her/him with an opportunity to succeed in life?
Does one have to have helped (played a key role e.g. led/jointly led) secure a $500m + deal.
or does one have to have won some sort of Olympic medal or sold over a 10 million records/books ??
Found a cure for HIV?
Climbed the CN Tower bare hands?
I'm really intrigued to know what the typical profile for a GMAT 500 candidate at these ultra elite schools is.
Any thoughts?
30 Oct 2008, 09:54
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I think there is no typical profile since this is not a typical admit to these schools!
That said, I think you would need a profile so incredible that it would be downright bizarre that you would want to get an MBA. The sort of profile that you would have no reason ever to leave your villa in Nice.
That said, I think you would need a profile so incredible that it would be downright bizarre that you would want to get an MBA. The sort of profile that you would have no reason ever to leave your villa in Nice.
30 Oct 2008, 09:58
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To answer your question, yes to all of the above.
I would bet if you took the 500-something GMAT matriculants at Stanford, they have all started and sold companies, won some sort of world championship, or saved at the minimum a small village, preferably in the 3rd world. I'm not kidding either.
I would bet if you took the 500-something GMAT matriculants at Stanford, they have all started and sold companies, won some sort of world championship, or saved at the minimum a small village, preferably in the 3rd world. I'm not kidding either.
) that Harvard started accepting the GMAT in the early 90s - I recall it being 93 or 94. The article mentioned that Harvard one was of the last schools to use the GMAT as a guage for incoming students. Their resistance was based on the fact that they felt the exam (and a test takers performance) would not be indicative of their performance in Bschool. It was one of the last Ivy's to adopt the GMAT as a standard test for incoming busniess students.
He was a pretty good/okay senator too, I liked his speech back in the days. He was sharp and a glib talker. 
