Ok I'm going to take a contrarian stand here. I sincerely believe that you should consider re-taking the GMAT. As I have stated on numerous occasions in the past, I'm highly averse to some of these admission consultants trolling these forums (peddling their useless advice). These consultants love to prey on folks with either average GMAT scores or average GPAs by selling them some snake oil. It is true that schools look at the entire package besides the GMAT score, but off late, the GMAT score has assumed a new importance. When the times were good, schools were swayed by highly embellished essays of applicants (ghost written by these admission consultants). But things have changed dramatically recently. Ivy League schools like Wharton and Columbia weren't able to place 20-25% of their students even 3 months after graduating. In reality the stats are far worse because a lot of companies have pushed back the start date for new recruits to Dec/Jan and schools are counting this in their recruitment stats (whether they materialize or not). The situation is comparatively dire in Europe.
Employers are looking at the entire package of potential b-school recruits and applying filters based upon GMAT score, GPA and Institution they graduated from (and these companies can be extremely choosy in this environment). So say, even with your GMAT score you were to secure an admit to an institute of your choice, you'd face tremendous hurdles during the campus recruitment.
You need to be proud of yourself for getting a 51 in Math. You just need to apply yourself a little bit to propel your verbal score into the 40s. Don't forget that the GMAT score speaks volumes to a potential recruiter. A high Quant score underscores your potential ability to handle math oriented tasks (I-Banking, etc.) and a decent Verbal score gives comfort to a Consulting company that you would be able to write industry reports without serious grammatical errors. After all, business school doesn't teach the basics!!
You are young and still have some time. Unlike some of the other applicants, you can afford to miss the current app cycle (if need be) and re-apply the following year with a significantly higher GMAT score. Don't take my words for it, check out the various articles on businessweek.com pertaining to this discussion.
I am shattered.... 690(Q-51, V-31)
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vaibhav.iit2002
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Thanks reachsb,
This post is really different from the other ones. But are u sure that potential recruiters go for GMAT score?
I think they should rather focus on ur grades in univ. similar to graduation level colleges. Isn't it?
This post is really different from the other ones. But are u sure that potential recruiters go for GMAT score?
I think they should rather focus on ur grades in univ. similar to graduation level colleges. Isn't it?
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Andrei
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maihuna wrote:hi maihuna,Andrei wrote:hi vaibhav.iit2002,
Congratz for the score!
I cant really hear more stupidness (sorry for being harsh) than this one that gmat doesn't matter beyond a point, particularly 680-710 are very uncomptetive for INDIAN business schools...and they do look for gmat score as that is one criterion to show where they stand in business community compared to other schools...for ex, ISB will be very proud to show that they have median of 715 which is more than harvard, I am not saying that they do not admit 680/90 they do admit a few 540 even, but those candidates will be having something very brilliant, I dont think a 30 year odd guy having 4-5 year work exx is really having those hidden gems to compete successfully with 540is who are some sort of very exp people( already holding significant posts) or known sportsman or something similar...
i hate hearing this... in short...
Well, you may be right if you compare an Indian IT guy with 3.5y experience with another Indian IT guy with 3.5 y experience ... nothing else special about them ... maybe a score of 710 or 750 would help better than 690 ...
But I do really think that most schools are more interested about you as a person (what experience you have? what kind of management/leadership style you have? how well do you communicate with others? are you able to handle pressure? to solve conflicts? to adapt to new situations, environments?) than JUST A SCORE.
And I also think that most MBA rankings are based on other criteria then GMAT scores: post-MBA wages, ability to find a job in 3 months, diversity and no. of years of experience, alumni effectiveness, and so on. Thus, an MBA program that want to get higher on the ladder is more interested in what are the abilities of the candidate to achieve something AFTER the MBA than how well can the candidate sustain a simple math & verbal test.
Or think about this: when you choose a car, are you interested more or only about how fast a car can get from 0 to 100/h? Or are you looking also for the materials, efficiency of consumption, brand, look, comfort of the interior and so on?
I'm personally interested to go to a program which can add value to me both in knowledge but also as a person, where I can learn from various experiences and different way of thinking of the other colleagues. I'm really not interested to be in a class with great scorers who can provide great marks at different standard test but can't really manage themselves in the real life, no offence.
I am tempted to reply after reading the post.bryantmichaels wrote:Don't be shattered--a 690 is an outstanding score. You do not have to score over 700 to be considered at top b-schools and many with 700+ get rejected over candidates with lower scores because of their application/essays/recommendations/experience. The GMAT essentially lets the committee know how well you might handle the academics of the curriculum. It's widely considered that essays are the most important factor in your admission decision. I would move on into focused preparation of the admissions package and congratulate myself on a job well done--you actually did beat the GMAT!
this is my first post.
I took GMAT yesterday.Got 690(Q50, V34 )( Like others I expected 720+ )
Now I have this fear of not touching 700.
I am an Indian girl, will have a 4 yrs of experience by the time I join a B-school next year.
I have worked with a 5000+ people company) and currently working with a start-up( a 20 people company)
I have been been involved with an NGO as a volunteer for almost two years(long before I thought about GMAT)
are UCLA, Duke, ISB, Georgia, Chicago reachable?
