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Admission application weighted importance

by rdjtexas » Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:06 am
This question has probably already been addressed and is a bit touchy, but I would love to hear an opinion. I am fully aware that a response to this question deserves a politically correct answer such as "all schools view each of these compenents with equal importance and it is a package application."

In your opinion, taking the average of all top 50 b schools, what type of weighted percentage of importance would you assign to each compenent of the application when adcoms review your applicaton. My personal top-line assessment is below. I would love to hear opinions.

i.e.

GMAT- 30%
Work Experience- 20%
GPA- 20%
Essays- 15%
Resume/CV- 10%
Interviews - 5%
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by 3gmater » Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:07 pm
I would say GMAT is 35-40% ......unless the packet is really exceptional (and this happens in 1 in 50 apps)

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by VP_MBA_Guru » Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:23 pm
RD,
I would favor your earlier assessment - that AdCom's look at all factors with equal weight, esp this year - as its widely expected to be ultra competitive for admissions into a top MBA program. You need to be on point with all aspects of your application.

However, if I had to rank, I would say:
Essays, WE, GPA, LORs, GMAT, Interview

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