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Importance of GMAT

by merwin11 » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:27 am
How important is the GMAT for a career in Consulting? I have heard people saying that a high GMAT is extremely important in landing a Consulting job? Is this true?

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by CriticalSquareMBA » Mon Aug 26, 2013 1:03 pm
Hi there,

Generally speaking, yes. Most of the ranked firms use the GMAT as a cut off in recruiting and, even if they don't use it to draw a line, they may still look at it to assess ability.

The line for most firms is a score that starts with a "7" so the higher your score, the better!

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by merwin11 » Mon Aug 26, 2013 6:55 pm
Thanks for your quick response! I just wanted to know If there is a cut off? especially for the Quantitative section. My scores are Q 48/V 40 - 720 (Indian IT male). Will the Q 48 hurt my chances in a top 20 school ?

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by CriticalSquareMBA » Tue Aug 27, 2013 5:53 am
Hah - I think you just angered a ton of people on this forum. A 48 is an amazing score mate! It won't hold you back in any of it. With your GMAT score, you're in good shape for recruiting.

On a side note, you have 48 out of a possible 51. If a firm does have a cut off on the raw score, it's well below what you scored :)

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by merwin11 » Sun Sep 01, 2013 11:40 am
:) No intention of doing that. Din't have an idea about this. I dint know consulting firms use GMAT until sometime ago.

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by basso25@ » Sat Sep 07, 2013 2:19 pm
grrrrr :)