Hi,
I really would appreciate anyones help with my current situation.
I'm at a cross roads as far as whether I should study 1 more month in order to retake the GMAT, or be satisfied with what I have depending on my likely hood of getting into certain b-schools. Currently I don't have a full time job and have alot of free time besides volunteering 2 days out of the week.
I spent the last 3 months following this program (https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2009/12/ ... -prep-plan) and felt I could have at least gotten a score in the mid 600s - I took the actual GMAT today and was disappointed with my score of 590.
I believe that timing had alot to do with it. I didn't start practicing pacing myself until the last few weeks and I know I had to guess randomly on the last 2 in quant for the actual GMAT. This really hurt my confidence for the remainder of the test.
Below is my profile:
Age: 23
School: University of Wisconsin-Madison (09')
Degree: Bachelor of Business Administration
Major: Finance, Investment and Banking
GPA: 3.7
GMAT: 590 (Q37, V34)
Resume highlights: Financial Rep Intern, Northwestern Mutual; Intern, General Electric - ANZ (Australia and New Zealand)
Volunteer: Currently tutoring math at a local highschool for students from families below whose income fall below the poverty line (link to the school: https://www.smdpwaukegan.org/), Big Brothers Big Sisters
Extra Curricular: Played Lacrosse throughout college, fraternity officer positions
Awards, Patents: various scholarships and awards, Dean's List 3 Semesters, created a provisional patent from an idea i developed in my marketing class
Interesting personal facts: studied/lived abroad in Sydney, Australia for 6 months (almost was killed by rogue wave!)
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I feel that except for my lack of full time work experience and my GMAT score, the rest of my application would be pretty solid.
In addition i don't think my Quant score accurately reflects my ability: I had A's in all my statistics courses, and mainly A's and A-/B+ 's in my finance/economic courses.
Where do you feel I currently stand as far as getting into MBA programs at schools such as UCLA, Michigan, Northwestern?
Would it hurt if I retake the GMAT in a month - in which I took the time to review and improve my time management/pacing with practice problems and tests?
Thank you for taking the time to look through all this - it would really help me out to get some insight on this.
Regards,
Jack
I really would appreciate anyones help with my current situation.
I'm at a cross roads as far as whether I should study 1 more month in order to retake the GMAT, or be satisfied with what I have depending on my likely hood of getting into certain b-schools. Currently I don't have a full time job and have alot of free time besides volunteering 2 days out of the week.
I spent the last 3 months following this program (https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2009/12/ ... -prep-plan) and felt I could have at least gotten a score in the mid 600s - I took the actual GMAT today and was disappointed with my score of 590.
I believe that timing had alot to do with it. I didn't start practicing pacing myself until the last few weeks and I know I had to guess randomly on the last 2 in quant for the actual GMAT. This really hurt my confidence for the remainder of the test.
Below is my profile:
Age: 23
School: University of Wisconsin-Madison (09')
Degree: Bachelor of Business Administration
Major: Finance, Investment and Banking
GPA: 3.7
GMAT: 590 (Q37, V34)
Resume highlights: Financial Rep Intern, Northwestern Mutual; Intern, General Electric - ANZ (Australia and New Zealand)
Volunteer: Currently tutoring math at a local highschool for students from families below whose income fall below the poverty line (link to the school: https://www.smdpwaukegan.org/), Big Brothers Big Sisters
Extra Curricular: Played Lacrosse throughout college, fraternity officer positions
Awards, Patents: various scholarships and awards, Dean's List 3 Semesters, created a provisional patent from an idea i developed in my marketing class
Interesting personal facts: studied/lived abroad in Sydney, Australia for 6 months (almost was killed by rogue wave!)
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----
I feel that except for my lack of full time work experience and my GMAT score, the rest of my application would be pretty solid.
In addition i don't think my Quant score accurately reflects my ability: I had A's in all my statistics courses, and mainly A's and A-/B+ 's in my finance/economic courses.
Where do you feel I currently stand as far as getting into MBA programs at schools such as UCLA, Michigan, Northwestern?
Would it hurt if I retake the GMAT in a month - in which I took the time to review and improve my time management/pacing with practice problems and tests?
Thank you for taking the time to look through all this - it would really help me out to get some insight on this.
Regards,
Jack
