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winegirl12
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I wanted to share my admissions success story in hopes that it will be encouraging to others.
I took the GMAT twice, and got a 660 on both tries. I was pretty frustrated after my second attempt as the schools I was most excited about had average GMAT scores that were quite a bit higher (though I was in the bottom of the 80% range for 3 out of 5 choices). Anyways, I accepted my 660, and spent my energy on the rest of my application. I began drafting my essays in July (I had 19 to write after all) and found that they got better and better with the more time I had to marinate on them. I talked to students and alumni from all five schools that I was interested in to understand why they had chosen the programs and to gain useful anecdotes for my essays and interviews. I also made sure that through my application and essays, I had made the case why I was uniquely interested in each school.
I made the conscious decision NOT to apply to a safety school (go big or go home, right??), so when I submitted my applications to my five schools-- Columbia, Kellogg, Haas, Ross, and Fuqua-- I really had no idea what to expect, but I've been pleasantly surprised! So far, I've gotten interview invitations from all of them, and I got into Columbia a few weeks ago.
Moral of the story, do your best on the GMAT, but accept that its NOT the only indicator of application success.
Best of luck to everyone!
I took the GMAT twice, and got a 660 on both tries. I was pretty frustrated after my second attempt as the schools I was most excited about had average GMAT scores that were quite a bit higher (though I was in the bottom of the 80% range for 3 out of 5 choices). Anyways, I accepted my 660, and spent my energy on the rest of my application. I began drafting my essays in July (I had 19 to write after all) and found that they got better and better with the more time I had to marinate on them. I talked to students and alumni from all five schools that I was interested in to understand why they had chosen the programs and to gain useful anecdotes for my essays and interviews. I also made sure that through my application and essays, I had made the case why I was uniquely interested in each school.
I made the conscious decision NOT to apply to a safety school (go big or go home, right??), so when I submitted my applications to my five schools-- Columbia, Kellogg, Haas, Ross, and Fuqua-- I really had no idea what to expect, but I've been pleasantly surprised! So far, I've gotten interview invitations from all of them, and I got into Columbia a few weeks ago.
Moral of the story, do your best on the GMAT, but accept that its NOT the only indicator of application success.
Best of luck to everyone!
