Fogel123
I took the gmat and got a 710. However my math is in the 60th percentile (reading carried me). I have a 3.9gpa from stanford and 2 years of IB experience. I founded a non-profit organization (501c3) in High School and was the president and finance officer for multiple organizations on campus. Should i retake the gmat to improve math or is my score as a whole good enough?
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Fogel123 I'm afraid that you will want to retake the exam. It would be sad to see all that you have here go to the sidelines because your math just isn't punching at the same weight as fellow applicants. Also, if you're going for something like consulting etc. you need to have a 700 from a top 10 school but a 720 if you come from a top 20 school. similar types of rules apply in the finance careers as well. So, it's well worth it from a career standpoint.
To be competitive at HBS you need a 49 or better. Unless you are Chinese or Indian (overrepresented candidates are best off going for round 1, esp for GSB and HBS) I would just focus on improving your GMAT and submit in Round 2 if necessary.
If you hit a brick wall with this consider other ways to demonstrate your quant abilities….modeling in your job counts for something, if you have a CFA obviously that would as well…good grades in college in math classes and then I would back that up by doing MBA math which is an online program that might take 12 to 15 hours but definitely demonstrates to them your ability to handle the work.
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