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what would you do? 04 Oct 2015, 23:58
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Hi everyone,

Let me introduce my story.

Last June I applied to MSc program. As I wait too long to do my application, there were no spaces in the program so I got rejected. The person who did mi interview (responsible of the admissions office) told me that the rejection was due to the spaces in the program and not because of my profile (that as she told me "they liked so much" (Good GPA , 5 languages, international experience, 1 year work experience, University and High School prices, etc).

After that I decided to apply for 2016 intake, and here I am. My GMAT score was 570. I was aiming for a 600 but I could not achieve it. I'm currently studying GMAT again to do the test in late November, but the last week I call to the BS to "reactivate" my application and I ask if it was better to go with my actual GMAT score and apply to the first round or wait to improve my score and apply for the second round. The same person who did my interview for the 2015 intake told me that "with my profile and my actual GMAT score, she was 90% sure that the result will be positive". So I decided to apply for first round.

I know this looks like good news but that call affected my study plan because now I don't have the same pressure and I do not study as strictly as I studied before, it's like my whole plan changed with one call. I'm afraid that in November (when the feedback from the school is given) I receive another rejection because of my GMAT score and haven’t study properly for the GMAT.

So what would be your reaction guy? What would you do? Would you trust the admissions committee? Would you try to study GMAT strictly once again, returning to the study plan?
Does anybody have a similar experience?
I need some support or advice.


Thanks for reading!
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what would you do? 15 Oct 2015, 15:30
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You really do seem to have a good profile, but sad to hear what happened to you.

As far as i know and from what i have been able to glean from research, GMAT though only one of the criterias of the admission committee is a very important one. It is like the gatekeeper, if you have a GMAT above a certain level you get in and then the other parts of your profile are evaluated, but if you GMAT is below a certain average then you are done for and are rejected right away. There have been instances with people with low GMAT scores getting in, but then your profile and you application must be really very good.

Now i dont know which school you applied to and hence how stringent they are on the GMAT, for example top mim schools such as LBS and HEC are very particular about the GMAT, and are proud to maintain their so called avg gmat level of 710+. While other schools are more relaxed and accept you even though your score is below their average.

Now 570 is sadly a low score, and will make your applicant acceptance very difficult.
Maybe the ad com interviewer will stick to her word and get your through, but i have known instances where in order to get more people to apply schools encourage applications with low scores ven though they know the applicant have a strong chance to get rejected. I guess this is mostly due to the fee income they have from every applications and other such targets.

Now again i repeat i am not saying the school you applied to follows this strategy, but some schools do follow this.

I would suggest pray to god that you application gets accepted, but side by side prepare to give the GMAT again.
I know its tough to prepare for it but the dividends of a good score are really great.
You can get a very comprehensive profile evaluation done here, that would allow me to give you a much better overview of your chances https://mim-essay.com/profile-evaluation?gcf

Hope this helped.