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should i go for another retake?

by vertigo05 » Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:17 am
hi,
I am an indian male. I am a engineer. 1st time I took gmat in october last year and I scored 560. This time i was not well prepared. I studied hard for the retake. I used to get gmat prep and powerprep practice test scores in the range of 650 to 720. I was confident about getting a good score this time. Unfortunately I got a rediculous 500(Q 40, V19)last week. I could not believe on my score. The test was not so bad. I just cant beieve, i got such a low score.
I dont want to give up now because of my practice test scores. but yesterday I read on manhattan gmat site that most of the bschools consider the best gmat score and taking the test up to 4 times has no detrimental effect. but they also take a look at the gmat history. Will taking gmat again and getting a good score with a bad gmat history ruin my chances of getting into good bschools? My target b schools are UBC sauder, univ of pitts. katz bschool, HKUST, NUS etc.
Is it worth taking the test again? I hv a work ex. of 4 yrs in a top automobile company. I am in a big dilemma. any suggestion?
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by Paxton Helms - Kaplan » Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:32 am
Hello and thanks for your question. That is a bit of a tough one since, as you say, you are getting some asymmetrical scores.

I don't think that a good score after a bad score would ruin your chances. Some folks have a bad day, don't take it seriously enough (a good score shows that you have learned from your mistakes!), etc., etc.

Remember, too, that there is almost always a section on the application that says something like, "Is there anything else that you would like to mention?" That would be a good place to explain what might have gone wrong on your first attempt at the GMAT.

All that said, another path to consider is investigating which programs take GRE scores (none that I know of, it's usually graduate schools in econ, etc., that accept the GMAT) but it may be worth looking into.

Cheers and Good Luck--

Paxton
Keep me in the loop about your thinking and let me know if you have any more questions.

Paxton



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