Hi guys I need some help. I'm a senior in college and have received a great offer to join a leading technology company. I would like to work for 3 years or so and then leave to obtain an MBA at a top 10 program in General Management. My biggest problem is the GMAT, however. So, I don't know if I'm going to apply any more. Here's my profile:
Demographics:
Gender: Female
Race/ethnicity: African-American
Region of orgin: Southeast
Education:
Top 20 university
3.7 GPA -Double major in liberal arts/ foreign language; minor in business
ACT: 30
SAT: 1350 (on 1600 scale)
Work Experience:
Strong internships w/ Fortune 500 companies
Planning on working 3 years before applying
Other:
Placed in undergraduate marketing case competition at a tier2/3 business school
Studied abroad twice
Lots of community service
GMAT:
1/10-600
4/10-610
I took a Kaplan Classroom course twice (I used my higher score guarantee) , completed the Official Guide GMAC publishes from cover to cover, and nearly exhausted my Q-bank resources. I started out at a 570 on the diagnostic and logged more than 200 hours between January and April (while finishing my last semester in college) doing practice problems and CATs. I kept an error log and reviewed all questions answered correctly and incorrectly.
I typically have no issues with standardized tests as you guys can see from my ACT/SAT performance in high school( W/O expensive prep courses I'd like to add!), so my initial goal was a 700. Honestly, if I could get to a 650, I would still consider applying as a reach candidate. At this point, however, I don't want to give up my dream of obtaining a high-end MBA,but I don't know what else to do. I truly am a hardworker and really want to use an MBA to help non-profits run more efficiently one day, but it seems the GMAT is making this impossible!
Demographics:
Gender: Female
Race/ethnicity: African-American
Region of orgin: Southeast
Education:
Top 20 university
3.7 GPA -Double major in liberal arts/ foreign language; minor in business
ACT: 30
SAT: 1350 (on 1600 scale)
Work Experience:
Strong internships w/ Fortune 500 companies
Planning on working 3 years before applying
Other:
Placed in undergraduate marketing case competition at a tier2/3 business school
Studied abroad twice
Lots of community service
GMAT:
1/10-600
4/10-610
I took a Kaplan Classroom course twice (I used my higher score guarantee) , completed the Official Guide GMAC publishes from cover to cover, and nearly exhausted my Q-bank resources. I started out at a 570 on the diagnostic and logged more than 200 hours between January and April (while finishing my last semester in college) doing practice problems and CATs. I kept an error log and reviewed all questions answered correctly and incorrectly.
I typically have no issues with standardized tests as you guys can see from my ACT/SAT performance in high school( W/O expensive prep courses I'd like to add!), so my initial goal was a 700. Honestly, if I could get to a 650, I would still consider applying as a reach candidate. At this point, however, I don't want to give up my dream of obtaining a high-end MBA,but I don't know what else to do. I truly am a hardworker and really want to use an MBA to help non-profits run more efficiently one day, but it seems the GMAT is making this impossible!
