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I am Asian applicant. I am trying to get into US Top 10 schools. Yesterday I took the GMAT and the score was 570. I have taken GMAT three times in the past and the score has been devastating… My scores are as follows.

2013 Oct 570 (Q49, V20): Yesterday
2013 May 570 (Q41, V26)
2012 July 520 (Q47, V17)

I worked hard for more than a year and got finally better on quantitative section for this time but not on verbal section. Verbal section even got lower this time because I took GMAT Prep and OG13 so many times that most of CR and RC questions were in my memory. I took GMAT Prep score many times, scoring around 700. The score misinterpreted me that I improved on verbal. Actually it was completely an illusion. Now I finally recognized that I have fundamental problems on my basic grammar, vocabularies and overall reading skills are still especially low. I must work on them.

But now, I have one question; I have already taken GMAT three times with result of 500th. Does this mean, even though I get 700+ in the future, I am already in complete deadlock for Top 10 MBA in US, at this moment? I talked with other MBA holders and they told me that other factors (GPAs, work experience) are pretty good. But they also told me that taking too much GMAT with low scores will harm the applicant’s effect overall impression. I once heard some school (such as UCLA) once said that they will average applicants past GMAT grades (so even if I got 700 next time, my average will be 590 which is far below general requirement of Top 10).

I don’t have the confidence to attain 700+ in once next time. I would probably have to take one to three GMAT tests to overcome. If I am already in deadlock (or close to deadlock), I think I would re-think on my future career plan. It would be glad if someone tell me the truth. Sigh.
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Don't adjust your future plans based on your GMAT score. Do it the other way round. I know, easier said than done.

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1.) Schools consider highest scores.
2.) You need to get 650+, to be thinking about top 10. Ideally, 700+.
3.) I don't get the reasoning behind 'I need to give GMAT 3 times more to get a 700'. Book your date when you are close to your target score on practice tests. You don't need to have checkpoints to reach to 700.
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I am Asian applicant. I am trying to get into US Top 10 schools. Yesterday I took the GMAT and the score was 570. I have taken GMAT three times in the past and the score has been devastating… My scores are as follows.

2013 Oct 570 (Q49, V20): Yesterday
2013 May 570 (Q41, V26)
2012 July 520 (Q47, V17)

I worked hard for more than a year and got finally better on quantitative section for this time but not on verbal section. Verbal section even got lower this time because I took GMAT Prep and OG13 so many times that most of CR and RC questions were in my memory. I took GMAT Prep score many times, scoring around 700. The score misinterpreted me that I improved on verbal. Actually it was completely an illusion. Now I finally recognized that I have fundamental problems on my basic grammar, vocabularies and overall reading skills are still especially low. I must work on them.

But now, I have one question; I have already taken GMAT three times with result of 500th. Does this mean, even though I get 700+ in the future, I am already in complete deadlock for Top 10 MBA in US, at this moment? I talked with other MBA holders and they told me that other factors (GPAs, work experience) are pretty good. But they also told me that taking too much GMAT with low scores will harm the applicant’s effect overall impression. I once heard some school (such as UCLA) once said that they will average applicants past GMAT grades (so even if I got 700 next time, my average will be 590 which is far below general requirement of Top 10).

I don’t have the confidence to attain 700+ in once next time. I would probably have to take one to three GMAT tests to overcome. If I am already in deadlock (or close to deadlock), I think I would re-think on my future career plan. It would be glad if someone tell me the truth. Sigh.
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Schools almost all take the highest score. A few (Harvard for example will allow the applicant to designate which score it will use) and a few others (INSEAD and Tuck used to be in this category) will take the highest quant and the highest verbal.)

However if you have taken the test 3 times and gotten similar low scores, you have to make sure that you will do something differently and better in terms of test prep. And take practice tests as much as possible -- not the real thing. Please see the Law of Diminishing Returns on the GMAT.

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