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Hi there,

Here is my question, I am an IT manager in France, and I have a fairly busy activity, and building solid experience. I would like to take a jump forward in my career through a top tier MBA + it would be a personal achievement to get into one of these top schools. Now, here is the problem:

I have attempted the GMAT three times (yes..) without success and mostly studying on my on not extremely consistently due to my activity (I had taken a course which was not very good, or useful). On my last try, I had booked a week to study, which didn't help..

On my first attempt, I scored 480 without prep (thought I could do without .. learnt my lesson)
On the second and third times, I scored 530 and 540 which weren't good scores at all. I am targeting 660-690. I believe that my biggest issue is quant where I do very bad usually (43% on the last score..)

I have two questions:

1. Is it worth trying again? (3 scores as bad in over a year.. should I give another shot? Can we achieve a jump like this to the desired score?)
2. If I DO try, will the school penalize me for these bad scores?

Thanks for your help and advice.

Rob