[Sorry if this is in the wrong forum - newbie!]
I took the GMAT today. I was aiming for 700-710 but didn't quite get there:
Q: 42 (63rd percentile)
V: 42 (95th percentile)
T: 690 (88th percentile)
Though I'm happy with the verbal and total scores, I was really disappointed by the quantitative score. I always felt that maths was my strong point, and in GMATPrep tests I was repeatedly hitting the 90th percentile... what happened in the test room today, I don't quite know!
I'm now in a position where I don't know what to do with my GMAT results.
I'm not applying for an MBA right now, rather, I'm applying for MSc Finance courses at British universities / business schools, and so far I've not submitted a GMAT report to any of them. The majority of courses I've looked at (e.g. LSE, Cambridge / JBS, Bristol) state that submitting a GMAT score is helpful, but crucially is not required. I'm worried that by submitting my GMAT score, I would be contradicting my CV/resume which suggests I'm good with numbers - something that I believe is more valuable than verbal skills in finance courses!
I'm about to begin my third and final year of a computer science (includes an elective module in finance) undergraduate degree at a top 5 UK university. The amount of quantitative content is very high, and my module "options" particularly reflect that. My exam results last year put me at the top of a class of about 88 students. It's stuff like this that I'm really trying to plug in my applications, and I'm thinking the GMAT could contradict it.
What do you folks think I should do? Would a GMAT score benefit my applications, or would it be better to leave it out on the basis of the Q score? Maybe I could list the total score and percentile only on my applications (but no doubt some of the schools would ask for a copy of the official report).
I hope I'm not coming across as immodest or anything... I just want to paint the full picture in the hope that somebody can give some advice. Thanks a lot if you do!
- C
