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Concentration: Marketing, Strategy
Schools: Johnson '15 (M) Tuck '15 (D) Duke '15 (WL)
GMAT 1: 660 Q44 V37
GMAT 2: 680 Q45 V38
GMAT 3: 710 Q45 V42
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10 Dec 2011, 20:06
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680 45q 38v
I will add to this debrief tomorrow, a few pieces of advice for now,
- if you get a bad migraine a day before debate rescheduling the exam... even if it means you'll be out some money...
- Do not schedule the exam for noon... go for an 8am or 9am exam, noon is just an awkward time.
- Taking a GMAT exam with a migraine is almost impossible...
Debating re-taking it... I've been scoring 720-770 on practice exams for over a month, I know if I were in full health I would have cracked 700... but is taking the test 3 times looked down on?
I went to a sub-par undergrad with a 3.3 gpa, decent work experience with a fortune 500 and a fortune 100, but no MBA farm companies.
Applying for fall 2013 targets are Stern, Kellogg, Fuqua, Darden, going for Marketing, white male US. I've taken booth and Columbia off the list, doubt theres a point to apply with a 680 and a weak undergrad to those.
bleh
I will add to this debrief tomorrow, a few pieces of advice for now,
- if you get a bad migraine a day before debate rescheduling the exam... even if it means you'll be out some money...
- Do not schedule the exam for noon... go for an 8am or 9am exam, noon is just an awkward time.
- Taking a GMAT exam with a migraine is almost impossible...
Debating re-taking it... I've been scoring 720-770 on practice exams for over a month, I know if I were in full health I would have cracked 700... but is taking the test 3 times looked down on?
I went to a sub-par undergrad with a 3.3 gpa, decent work experience with a fortune 500 and a fortune 100, but no MBA farm companies.
Applying for fall 2013 targets are Stern, Kellogg, Fuqua, Darden, going for Marketing, white male US. I've taken booth and Columbia off the list, doubt theres a point to apply with a 680 and a weak undergrad to those.
bleh
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GMAT 1: 640 Q43 V34
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Sorry to hear,
but I don't think the business schools care so much about what company you work for and those you previously worked at as much as what things you picked up in those jobs.
As for test taking times, that's up to personal preference to be honest, and most exams are at 8 AM and I think the later times go away that much quicker. I took my 1st GMAT at 4 PM and will take my 2nd one at 2 PM, but that's because I want an afternoon test and prefer a later exam time. If you wake up consistently at 6 in the morning, then go for the 8 AM exam. If it was me, I may bomb it because I don't like waking up that early, and I start work at 10 AM. For me, the nearest test center is 40 miles away, so it would require me to be up at least three hours before the exam, or in other words, I have to wake up at 5 AM or so to eat, get ready, and commute there.
I think the migraine may have been a bigger factor than what time you took the exam, but if you take it at noon, depending on what time you wake up, you want to make sure you eat a couple hours before the exam, so you won't feel hungry during most of the test, and also make sure that you don't have to take a piss every 15 minutes if you drink a lot of coffee on most mornings.
Most schools don't care how many times you take the exam, especially considering that you aren't applying for Fall 2012. However, if they see that you're getting several scores in the same range and always score there, they will think you maxed out at a certain point, and if your essays and other parts of your application are worse, then that won't look good either.
good luck with the next exam
but I don't think the business schools care so much about what company you work for and those you previously worked at as much as what things you picked up in those jobs.
As for test taking times, that's up to personal preference to be honest, and most exams are at 8 AM and I think the later times go away that much quicker. I took my 1st GMAT at 4 PM and will take my 2nd one at 2 PM, but that's because I want an afternoon test and prefer a later exam time. If you wake up consistently at 6 in the morning, then go for the 8 AM exam. If it was me, I may bomb it because I don't like waking up that early, and I start work at 10 AM. For me, the nearest test center is 40 miles away, so it would require me to be up at least three hours before the exam, or in other words, I have to wake up at 5 AM or so to eat, get ready, and commute there.
I think the migraine may have been a bigger factor than what time you took the exam, but if you take it at noon, depending on what time you wake up, you want to make sure you eat a couple hours before the exam, so you won't feel hungry during most of the test, and also make sure that you don't have to take a piss every 15 minutes if you drink a lot of coffee on most mornings.
Most schools don't care how many times you take the exam, especially considering that you aren't applying for Fall 2012. However, if they see that you're getting several scores in the same range and always score there, they will think you maxed out at a certain point, and if your essays and other parts of your application are worse, then that won't look good either.
good luck with the next exam
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680 is a good score but yeah not very competitive for good B schools
Please don't be disheartened. I am just out of college and still preparing for my first GMAT attempt but I must tell you that when I attended the GMAT fair organized by GMAC, I sat for discussions with various schools and there were many who raised questions about the impression that giving more than 2 attempts creates on the minds of the people on the selection board. You would be surprised to know that some of experts mentioned that it is not necessarily something that would weaken your application, especially if your scores have risen with each attempt.It shows that you have the patience, perseverance and endurance,it puts the impression out that you have the will and strength to achieve what you had set out to do.
