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How much score is needed

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by nb2010 » Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:23 pm
I am a female with 12 years of experience in IT industry. I wanted to find out how much GMAT score is needed to get into one of the top 10 schools.

Background: I have founded couple of consulting companies running fine. I am also the founder of a charitable organization working towards helping orphan kids.
GPA: 3.0
Job Experience: 12 years
Couple of professional certifications including project management.
I got 420 in my first attempt without any preparation.

Material that I have put together.

MGMAT guides
PR crack the GMAT
All 3 OG guides.
Powerscore CR
I am also planning to buy tests from mba.com

My question is how much score I would need to get into one of the top 10 school? It has to be > 700? And how much time it usually takes to get that score.

Thanks for your help in advance!
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by rishi raj » Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:23 pm
There's no lower limit set to get into a top 10 business school. GMAT is but one component of your application and the schools are going to evaluate your candidature based on other certain other parameters. A high GMAT score is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition to get admitted to a top 10 school.
Having said that, getting through the top 10 is an ultra competitive task and the average GMAT scores at the top 10 hover around 710, which can go as high as 730-the average GMAT score in the current batches at Stanford. Similarly at Harvard,the average is somewhere around 720,but the interesting thing is that the lowest GMAT score in the current class is a 540. I am sure that this 540 candidate would have had an exceptional profile or might have been the son/daughter of a corporate mogul.
You seem to have a pretty impressive profile and I think if you're able to sail past the 650 mark, you should be in a comfortable zone. However, higher, the better. :)

Regarding the time required to prepare for the GMAT,it depends from individual to individual . For me, it took around 2.5 months; some get fabulous scores by studying just for one month while some don't landup their desired scores even after preparing for more than 6 months. Broadly speaking, 100 days is supposed to be the ideal time to get a good GMAT score provided you have the right strategy from the beginning and you maintain discipline throughout your preparation.
Hope that helps!
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