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24 Aug 2010, 17:08
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Hello,
I think you have the makings of a strong application. Love your leadership experiences and ECs.
Two main thoughts for you:
Here's how I look at your GMAT score. It's one of the few things (along with your essays, your interview, and sort of your recommendations) that you can still impact in your application. Everything else -- your work history, your undergrad transcripts, and most of your ECs -- are set in stone at this point. While a 690 certainly isn't so bad that it would definitely keep you out of those schools, why not take another shot at improving your chances if you can. You still have a lot of time before the Round 1 deadlines, so if i were you I'd consider taking one more shot.
Even better would be for you to NOT work on the GMAT and your essays at the same time, and to push back your apps till Round 2. Applicants usually sigh when they hear that, but there's no real advantage to applying in R1, and even if you believe there is, wouldn't you rather apply in R2 with a 720 than R1 with a 690? I'd rather than you did that. Yes, 30 points isn't a lot, and adcomms will tell you it doesn't matter, etc., etc.... But what if you don't get in with that 690? Do you really want to be wondering in five months, "Maybe I should have taken the GMAT again."
Applying to FIVE programs in January will be tough, but it can certainly be done. Assuming you take the GMAT again around October 1, that gives you a TON of time to work on those five apps.
Also, re: your target schools, why PT for Kellogg and Booth? I'd say go FT for all or PT for all... To split it seems odd to me.
Good luck!
Scott
I think you have the makings of a strong application. Love your leadership experiences and ECs.
Two main thoughts for you:
Here's how I look at your GMAT score. It's one of the few things (along with your essays, your interview, and sort of your recommendations) that you can still impact in your application. Everything else -- your work history, your undergrad transcripts, and most of your ECs -- are set in stone at this point. While a 690 certainly isn't so bad that it would definitely keep you out of those schools, why not take another shot at improving your chances if you can. You still have a lot of time before the Round 1 deadlines, so if i were you I'd consider taking one more shot.
Even better would be for you to NOT work on the GMAT and your essays at the same time, and to push back your apps till Round 2. Applicants usually sigh when they hear that, but there's no real advantage to applying in R1, and even if you believe there is, wouldn't you rather apply in R2 with a 720 than R1 with a 690? I'd rather than you did that. Yes, 30 points isn't a lot, and adcomms will tell you it doesn't matter, etc., etc.... But what if you don't get in with that 690? Do you really want to be wondering in five months, "Maybe I should have taken the GMAT again."
Applying to FIVE programs in January will be tough, but it can certainly be done. Assuming you take the GMAT again around October 1, that gives you a TON of time to work on those five apps.
Also, re: your target schools, why PT for Kellogg and Booth? I'd say go FT for all or PT for all... To split it seems odd to me.
Good luck!
Scott
24 Aug 2010, 17:44
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Thanks for your feedback. I certainly have a lot to think about. I think it is a significant effort to get my GMAT up 30 pts and definitely a huge risk to retake.
The 2 Chicago schools are the only ones on my list that offer PT. I'm already in Chicago and I earn a decent salary right now. My desire is to go full-time in NY or Philly because those are the cities with the 2 schools I want. I can't see quitting my FT job, staying in Chicago and then shelling over the $120k to go to Booth or Kellogg when I already have access to those programs right now. The PT GMAT/GPA avg at Chicago is 680/3.4 so I feel I'm at least a solid competitive candidate for the program. At the end of the day, I don't think I'm too excited about Kellogg either way, it is a lot less flexible but a good backup.
And at the end of the day there is always next year. I could retake the GMAT, retake the classes I C'ed in undergrad, pass CFA Level I, learn spanish, travel around the world, start an orphanage, and all the other things those HBS kids do, haha.
The 2 Chicago schools are the only ones on my list that offer PT. I'm already in Chicago and I earn a decent salary right now. My desire is to go full-time in NY or Philly because those are the cities with the 2 schools I want. I can't see quitting my FT job, staying in Chicago and then shelling over the $120k to go to Booth or Kellogg when I already have access to those programs right now. The PT GMAT/GPA avg at Chicago is 680/3.4 so I feel I'm at least a solid competitive candidate for the program. At the end of the day, I don't think I'm too excited about Kellogg either way, it is a lot less flexible but a good backup.
And at the end of the day there is always next year. I could retake the GMAT, retake the classes I C'ed in undergrad, pass CFA Level I, learn spanish, travel around the world, start an orphanage, and all the other things those HBS kids do, haha.
