Hi Vishal,

Generally, schools look at 80 percentile in each section and overall as a decent benchmark. Your overall score is 88 percentile, which means it is 690 (?) and if you have 73 percentile in Verbal, then you must have a good percentile in Quant (Are you an Indian student per chance? )I would suggest you try and improvise on your score, ONLY if you are looking at the top 10 schools. A lot of other factors - Work Ex., Education etc. - need to be considered before you should do this, as they contribute in equal weightage to your overall candidacy at a B School.

However, for the top 10, 80 percentile in each section (maybe 78-79 as well) is the least benchmark you should set to be safely considered.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Ankit
Founder - AppReview

Ankit,

Thanks a lot for your reply. I am glad to finally get a reply.

Yes, I am an Indian and my background is in mining/metallurgy.

GMAT: 690 (Q49 V35)

Education:
MS from University of Utah - GPA 4.0/4.0
B.Tech from Indian School of Mines GPA - 4.42/5.0 (2nd in class, missed the gold by 0.02 GPA)

Work Ex:
Working in the US for a global mining company since the last 3 years . Have assumed several roles during this period from plant operations to process/project engineering to supervision over ~ 20 union hourly employees.

Because I have a background in Operations management, I am considering Sloan, Kellogg, Ross, Columbia and Duke.

This is my second attempt a GMAT. I was/am very disappointed at my score as I was consistently scoring between 710-730 in GMAT prep and MGMAT tests. However, I am not sure if I should take it the third time.
You think I might stand a chance for the above mentioned universities or am I being too ambitious??

Do you have a website??