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Beat the Gmat for International Students?

by anaigles » Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:45 pm
Hi,

I just want to ask if there is any difference on scale of results from consider a good GMAT score for international students applications.

I got 540 (46 Math / 19 Verbal) on the first official test after studying like 3 month an taking a course. But the problem was verbal since is not my native language.

Anyway i will retake the test probably on the next month

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by Bryant@VeritasPrep » Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:04 pm
Short answer: yes, schools take into account if your native language is not english. Tip: when writing your essays, get help from a professional consultant.
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by DanaJ » Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:07 am
I do believe that your nationality/ethnic background count when applying to bschool. Fact is: if you're from an underrepresented minority/a really exotic location (i.e. Kenya or Bolivia), you stand a higher chance when applying because the adcom will go easy on you - the reason for this is that they need diversity in the classroom and you will certainly be a class "diversifier". However, note that if you are part of the overrepresented applicant pool, you might have to do stuff to distinguish yourself from the pack (i.e. if you're from the Indian IT Male group - even if India is "exotic" to me, there are a lot of people applying with this background)
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by 2010gmat » Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:35 am
I never knew that MIT -- Male Indian Techie group is so popular...
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by DanaJ » Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:48 am
I'm not discussing popularity here, I'm just talking about the applicant pool. I have been browsing the Consultants section for quite some time now and I always see posts referring to this: every year, schools in the US receive a large number of applications from this demographic. Actually, I think ClearAdmit or Accepted.com (not sure which one) once did an article about this...
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by Bryant@VeritasPrep » Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:11 pm
I completely agree with DanaJ. Additionally, you should know that international applications are down somewhat this year, so perhaps your timing will be better than in years past when there were record international applicants to US b-schools.
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