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anapplicant
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Hi,
I just took the GMAT for a second time today and came out with a decent score but not outstanding (710). However, my bigger issue is that the percentile differential is much bigger this time around than last time. Here are the stats:
1st Test: Quant: 47 (77%) / Verbal 38 (83%) = 690 (88%)
2nd Test: Quant: 43 (65%) / Verbal 44 (97%) = 710 (92%)
I've heard directly from someone in admissions at Wharton that they prefer a baseline 80th percentile in both verbal and math. Therefore, I suppose I have two questions at this point - first, for schools that I am allowed to submit only one GMAT score for, which should I use (1st test or 2nd test), and secondly, whether either of these scores might make the cut.
In terms of my other stats, they are as follows:
Work experience - 2 years at bulge bracket IBD, 2 years mid-market healthcare growth equity PE shop (interesting add-on is that it's a startup, and I was the first associate hired to the firm to help launch the fund)
Education - Columbia, graduated cum laude with 3.8 GPA
Extracurriculars - Captain of a recreational volleyball team, captain of recruiting team at bank, help with recruiting at PE shop, but not too much else along this front
Schools - Stanford, Harvard, Wharton
Thanks again for your advice!
I just took the GMAT for a second time today and came out with a decent score but not outstanding (710). However, my bigger issue is that the percentile differential is much bigger this time around than last time. Here are the stats:
1st Test: Quant: 47 (77%) / Verbal 38 (83%) = 690 (88%)
2nd Test: Quant: 43 (65%) / Verbal 44 (97%) = 710 (92%)
I've heard directly from someone in admissions at Wharton that they prefer a baseline 80th percentile in both verbal and math. Therefore, I suppose I have two questions at this point - first, for schools that I am allowed to submit only one GMAT score for, which should I use (1st test or 2nd test), and secondly, whether either of these scores might make the cut.
In terms of my other stats, they are as follows:
Work experience - 2 years at bulge bracket IBD, 2 years mid-market healthcare growth equity PE shop (interesting add-on is that it's a startup, and I was the first associate hired to the firm to help launch the fund)
Education - Columbia, graduated cum laude with 3.8 GPA
Extracurriculars - Captain of a recreational volleyball team, captain of recruiting team at bank, help with recruiting at PE shop, but not too much else along this front
Schools - Stanford, Harvard, Wharton
Thanks again for your advice!
