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TAKING exam more than 3 times 20 Apr 2006, 01:29
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how does it look to have taken the exam more than 3 times? Do any programs explicitly prohit it or treat the applicant in a special manner? thanks
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TAKING exam more than 3 times 20 Apr 2006, 08:36
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The Haas School of Business(UC Berkley) allows applicants 2 attempts at the GMAT.
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TAKING exam more than 3 times 20 Apr 2006, 10:21
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Most schools don't have explicit policies in this regard.
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TAKING exam more than 3 times 20 Apr 2006, 11:52
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airwolf , i just cheked the site it doesnt say explicitly where did you get this info about berkely? https://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/apply_03.html#multiple
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TAKING exam more than 3 times 20 Apr 2006, 13:49
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Most don't have a limit, but it's best not to keep taking it if you're not doing something significant to GREATLY improve your scores in between takes. What's your score and prep history?
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Remember the schools will see the last three times you took the test.

It's purely subjective how they would regard it, but at a top school it could be a tie-breaker.
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Remember the schools will see the last three times you took the test.

It's purely subjective how they would regard it, but at a top school it could be a tie-breaker.
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Not anymore. Since PVue took over, their new scoring sheet lists ALL attempts within the past five years.

Additionally, the information about Haas only allowing two attempts is incorrect. Haas considers only your highest score (like most schools do) but wants to know how many times you have taken the test. It is a given that most top candidates take the GMAT 2-3 times, and some even 4-5 times.
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TAKING exam more than 3 times 22 Apr 2006, 22:09
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I don't think you should really worry about number of attempts, but one has to cover it nicely in the stories or interviews. Recently, I read arsene's post, he got into Wharton after 3 or 4 attempts.

I don't know about Haas but Anderson (UCLA) has/had unique policy ;) After 2 attempts, they start taking your average GMAT score of all attempts :? (Disclaimer: I had read this last year sometime, not sure about today's policy)
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