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16 Aug 2011, 14:10
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A bit of background:
I had no idea what is GMAT except that it has three parts. I just took GMAT Prep and received 300.
Is this considered to be normal? Or I shall forget and not even try studying.
I haven't used maths for a long time like 5 years and everything is done by Excel.
Please give me some advises if I shall go ahead with GMAT or it's just a waste of time with my current score.
Thus I would assume by proper studying the score can be increased, but as I read somewhere in forum on average 100/150.
Thanks for reply!
I had no idea what is GMAT except that it has three parts. I just took GMAT Prep and received 300.
Is this considered to be normal? Or I shall forget and not even try studying.I haven't used maths for a long time like 5 years and everything is done by Excel.
Please give me some advises if I shall go ahead with GMAT or it's just a waste of time with my current score.
Thus I would assume by proper studying the score can be increased, but as I read somewhere in forum on average 100/150.
Thanks for reply!
16 Aug 2011, 17:11
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At this point, it will depend on your own objective in this process. What are you trying to get out of this GMAT? Attending a top-tier business school? Attending a business school? Use the GMAT score to attract opposite sex in the bar? All kiddings aside, think about what you're aiming for. A 300 is not a great score, but you're looking at a glass half empty. Think about the great improvement that you can have if you decide to aim for a 800.
Now, GMAT is, as you mentioned, divided into 3 sections - Essay writing (on a grading scale of 1 to 6), Quantitative section, and Verbal section. The really important parts of the GMAT are the quantiative and verbal sections, as these sections provide you with a raw score in each and these raw scores are then translated into a 800 score (this 800 score doesn't include the essay writing score, which comes separately in the official score report). To give you a quick idea, for top schools (the top 15 schools provided by US News), you want to be aiming for a 700 on GMAT (at least), which is roughly 90 percentile. For schools within the top 16-25, you can shoot for a little bit lower GMAT score and still be okay, but no less than 630 to be safe. Of course, the higher the ranking, the higher the average GMAT score. Keep in mind that GMAT is only one criteria that schools use to "judge" your application and there are numerous other factors that go into an acceptance pile.
So think about what you're looking for. And first, really consider this question: why do you want an MBA?
Now, GMAT is, as you mentioned, divided into 3 sections - Essay writing (on a grading scale of 1 to 6), Quantitative section, and Verbal section. The really important parts of the GMAT are the quantiative and verbal sections, as these sections provide you with a raw score in each and these raw scores are then translated into a 800 score (this 800 score doesn't include the essay writing score, which comes separately in the official score report). To give you a quick idea, for top schools (the top 15 schools provided by US News), you want to be aiming for a 700 on GMAT (at least), which is roughly 90 percentile. For schools within the top 16-25, you can shoot for a little bit lower GMAT score and still be okay, but no less than 630 to be safe. Of course, the higher the ranking, the higher the average GMAT score. Keep in mind that GMAT is only one criteria that schools use to "judge" your application and there are numerous other factors that go into an acceptance pile.
So think about what you're looking for. And first, really consider this question: why do you want an MBA?
17 Aug 2011, 02:23
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I have been employed only for a year thus I do not think MBA is the right time for me. I will do it later, however, I want to take GMAT thus I do not have to worry about it later as it's valid for five years. I would be aiming for 700, as in school and uni I did well of course was studying a lot. It happened that I have some extra time thus utilizing by studying GMAT would be most efficient way to use it.
I still think even 300 is a pure result it can be improved to 700 with hard work. As taking any exam without previous knowledge of course is difficult and improving my grammar, refreshing maths skills definitely is a good think.
Would like to hear some more opinions about this.
I still think even 300 is a pure result it can be improved to 700 with hard work. As taking any exam without previous knowledge of course is difficult and improving my grammar, refreshing maths skills definitely is a good think.
Would like to hear some more opinions about this.
