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by AppReview » Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:26 pm
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.

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by vishalogy » Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:30 pm
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??
wish
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