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Hi All -

I recently took the GMAT and was disappointed when I saw my score of 580. After analyzing my results further, I found something even more frustrating... quant is almost the sole reason for my low score. I bombed it! (580 54% - Q 28/19% V 42/96%). Had I done half decent on the quant section I would have been golden. Also, this is my 3rd attempt with this 580 being the highest score.

I have a Finance degree with a 3.2 from a small liberal arts school, 5 years experience in financial advisory (hold a Series 7, 6 and 66) and data analysis at a fortune 500 company as well as extensive international experience.

My question is what should do? I have researched many schools and my score puts me at the low end of some of my target schools 80% range. However, I have also read schools weight the Quant score more heavily. With my poor showing should I retake the test even though I have a financial background?

I would like to go to a top 50 business school (us, eu, or asia) for an international business MBA. My short term and long term career goals are to enter a leadership development program in Asia or Europe ideally with an airline. Long term goals include becoming an executive in the airline or tourism industry.

Ideally, I would like to apply in r1.


Thanks for the help!

Probably worth taking the exam one more time, but I would not try to force round 1.

Jim

Thanks for sharing your profile. I think you should re-take the GMAT. Although you have a finance background your performance on the GMAT will be a red flag even for some of the schools on the lower end of the top 50. Give yourself another shot at it but this time really focus on the quant section exclusively, if you can drag this section up with your existing verbal score you should be able to get in play at some of your target schools

Hope this helps!

Retake, but also avail yourself of more test preparation resources. Consider taking a course. An online course might be better if you are constrained by time and money. BeatTheGMAT has reviews - https://reviews.beatthegmat.com/online-gmat-courses. Also, Magoosh has a good course for only $99 - https://gmat.magoosh.com/plans

Best of luck,