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How good is score of 5 ?

by saurabhmahajan » Mon Sep 27, 2010 1:30 am
Hi friends,

In my last attempt on GMAT i scored 5 in AWA.So i want to know how good is this score? how much will it impact my appication to MBA school adcom ? If i score 650-680 in gmat who much my AWA score will play a role ?
i am asking this question because i came across some artricles where poeple said that one must score atleast 5.5 on AWA to impress MBA schools.
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by ashokkadam » Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:21 am
@Saurabh, AWA score of 5 is really a good score. I thing it is close to a 60 percentile. AWA scores rarely have an impact in the applications. I think it might be problematic and would be a red-flag if the adcom observes that the applicant submitted great essays and has a AWA score of <= 3.5 which signals the adcom that the applicant is not good in writing a well reasoned argument/issue. But a score >=5 is a safe score to be ignored.

Generally, AWA score does not play any role in the 3 digit number that you score on GMAT. However, my point is that an applicant with a score of ~ 680 is normally good enough to score >=5 in AWA.

AWA essays plays a negligible role to impress. MBA essays plays a much more bigger role than AWA essays to impress adcom!!
saurabhmahajan wrote:Hi friends,

In my last attempt on GMAT i scored 5 in AWA.So i want to know how good is this score? how much will it impact my appication to MBA school adcom ? If i score 650-680 in gmat who much my AWA score will play a role ?
i am asking this question because i came across some artricles where poeple said that one must score atleast 5.5 on AWA to impress MBA schools.
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