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 Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:43 pm Post subject: Don't Stress on the GMAT, 640 is enough for Stanford! |
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Just found out a friend of mine was accepted at Stanford with a 640 GMAT. He was on the wait-list for a while but has now been accepted. He was also accepted first round into LBS.
His background is not extraordinary - worked for six years at a top 100 company (mining sector) in Australia, progression rate normal, but had fantastic references. He's also a great writer, so I'm guessing his essays were good.
I also heard (not sure whether this is true) that six people with an 800 GMAT score applied to Stanford last year, and all were rejected. |
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:56 am Post subject: gmat |
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| it seems that b-school applications are really not about numbers---like law school. i mean it definitely helps to have a high GMAT and a high GPA...but really there are so many people applying, that it doesn't matter. it sounds like you just have to show the admissions people why you want to go there and why you would be a good fit. |
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good to hear this even more relax i am now.  |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:33 am Post subject: Re: Don't Stress on the GMAT, 640 is enough for Stanford! |
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| Leonard C wrote: |
I also heard (not sure whether this is true) that six people with an 800 GMAT score applied to Stanford last year, and all were rejected. |
For class of 2009? A member on another forum mentioned this in a post-- The Director opened his speech with the words "This year, we rejected every student with a 800 GMAT score"
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:14 am Post subject: Re: Don't Stress on the GMAT, 640 is enough for Stanford! |
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| Neo2000 wrote: | | Leonard C wrote: |
I also heard (not sure whether this is true) that six people with an 800 GMAT score applied to Stanford last year, and all were rejected. |
For class of 2009? A member on another forum mentioned this in a post-- The Director opened his speech with the words "This year, we rejected every student with a 800 GMAT score" |
the stanford story is two years old. but rumours still pass-on. it was in 2005/06 (admission process) they rejected all 800-guys
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| If anyone has pointers to the speech transcript, I would be interested in reading it. |
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