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Hi, I just received my AWA score and feel devastated. I have a work experience of 18 months in IT and I was thinking about applying for the 2009 fall in Canadian Universities.
Please guide me. Should i take the GMAT again?I think my verbal and AWA scores are too low and my chances of admission seem pretty low. |
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 11:04 am Post subject: Re: I think i am beaten..Score 700 Q49 V35 AWA 4.0 Please he |
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| jazzdtazz wrote: | Hi, I just received my AWA score and feel devastated. I have a work experience of 18 months in IT and I was thinking about applying for the 2009 fall in Canadian Universities.
Please guide me. Should i take the GMAT again?I think my verbal and AWA scores are too low and my chances of admission seem pretty low. |
I dont think you need to take the GMAT again, AWA scores are really not that important of a factor in the admission process. Are you a native English speaker, if not you would probably be asked to give TOEFL in which case a good score in TOEFL should be able to offset the 4 in AWA.
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject: Re: I think i am beaten..Score 700 Q49 V35 AWA 4.0 Please he |
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| jazzdtazz wrote: | Hi, I just received my AWA score and feel devastated. I have a work experience of 18 months in IT and I was thinking about applying for the 2009 fall in Canadian Universities.
Please guide me. Should i take the GMAT again?I think my verbal and AWA scores are too low and my chances of admission seem pretty low. |
Talk to schools.
Most schools are pretty up front about your chances to get in. Let an admissions person know about your GMAT/GPA/work experience and see what they say.
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I think it is also valuable to think about whether this is the best time for you to pursue your MBA. Just speaking for myself, I am glad that 5 years elapsed between undergrad and MBA because the case studies felt that much more concrete.
Given some more time, reading novels and taking an active approach to correcting your mistakes in English, your GMAT score may just go up on its own without GMAT specific studying
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I agree: with a 700, I don't see the value in retaking the GMAT. A 4.0 in AWA isn't bad. My opinion is that if you truly studied hard and gave it your best effort, you probably won't improve much from 700. If you didn't study, maybe with some more effort you could go higher.
Now, as Tatiana said, whether you want to wait a few more years before getting the MBA is another story...
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