Need HELP- GMAT Score drop for 680 to 650

Question

Hi,

I just gave the GMAT yesterday and sadly my score dropped from 680 to 650.

My question is 
What GMAT score does the ADCOM consider and during the interviews will they have access to both my scores?

I am considering Kellogg, Columbia, Duke and Cornell.

Thanks

mikemcgarry · Answer

Dear qwerty12321 , I'm am happy to respond. :-)

As you may know, on the SAT, typically colleges will look at only the highest score. That is because high school students are teenagers, i.e. children, and the adults on college adcoms find it helpful to give children a break. Teenagers going to college are responsible essentially for nothing other than their own education, and colleges recognize that young people of that level can fail a few times and still wind up successful. You have taken the GMAT. You are applying to business school. This is grown-up world. When you get an MBA and start working as a manager of a business, you will be trusted to manage some aspect of a business. You will be responsible for a lot more than just yourself. There is no tolerance for error --- if you make big mistakes and lose the company a lot of money, that's no longer analogous to the innocent mistakes a teenager makes. You will in every way be held accountable for your mistakes. Much in the same way, business school adcom is not about to coddle you. You are an adult now, and you are being held up to real-world, uncompromising adult standards. Adcom will have access to every official GMAT you have taken, and most likely, like all good business people, they will take full account of entire range of information available to them. Some people get mid-600s on a first GMAT, and then go up 100+ on a retake. You will be compared to those people. In fact, from this point forward, you will be compared to the most successful in any endeavor, and that will determine your relative professional value. There is no place for excuses or justifications in the business world --- it's all about results. On the GMAT, the results are the scores. If you plan to retake the GMAT a third time, you absolutely cannot afford to score anywhere in the 600 realm. You have to be sure to break the 700-ceiling, preferably by a substantial margin. They will still see all of your scores, but at least a sequence such as 680-650-730 would make the powerful statement: I finally figured it out ! That would be a very positive message. By contrast, the sequence 680-650-670 would scream of mediocrity. BTW, I will point out that Magoosh offers a score guarantee, https://gmat.magoosh.com/score-guarantee and, unlike adcom, we will look at your highest score. Since we are guaranteeing a 50 point increase, for you, that would be a score of 730 or your money back. Again, that's a score that would turn your currently unimpressive score trajectory into a considerably more palatable story. Does all this make sense? Mike :-)

qwerty12321 · Answer

Thank you Mike. Can I get details about your GMAT courses? Thanks

mikemcgarry · Answer

Dear qwerty12321 Sure! Here's our main GMAT page: https://gmat.magoosh.com/?utm_source=mag ... n=homepage and here's our testimonial page: https://gmat.magoosh.com/testimonials That should answer the majority of your questions. Let me know if you would like to know anything else. Mike :-)

qwerty12321 · Answer

Hi Mike

I want to inquire about the moneyback guarantee.

On the site it is mentioned 3 points or higher.

So, is that applicable to my GMAT 1 score (V34) or my GMAT 2 score (V29)?

Thanks

mikemcgarry · Answer

Dear qwerty12321 , As I indicated in a previous response, Magoosh gives you more of a break than does adcom. We will look at your highest score, 34, and round up from there. Mike :-)

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