I'm curious to know what others would do in my situation. I got a 690, which is good, but not the 710 I wanted. My questions is:
Do you think a 690 will be good enough for one of the top schools or is it worth retaking? Best case scenario would be 710-720, but also pretty likely to get 690-700. See my basic app details below:
Thank you in advance for the feedback!
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Term: Fall 2009
Target Schools: Hoping for Northwestern/Chicago (g/f is a Chicago alum who will likely get in) due to the city. Also considering UC-Berkely, UCLA, Duke
Age/GMAT: 27 y/o (by Fall 2009), Male
Nationality: US White Caucasion
GMAT: 690 (Q:44, V:40)
Undergraduate: Industrial Engineering & Manufacturing Systems, Ohio University. Overall GPA was 3.2/4.0, Major GPA was 3.9/4.0 (pretty much straight A's the last 6 quarters - will this get noticed?)
Experience:
2004 - 2 Years as an internal consultant at a major airline doing financial planning and labor management consulting. Saved about $3M in expenses through various projects. Also served as project manager for a major software package.
2006 - 1 Year as a Sr Analyst at a Las Vegas major hotel casino in internal consulting. Worked on potential private equity buy-out project for CFO. Saved about $15M in expenses through various projects.
2007 - 1 Year as Manager of operating department + ad-hoc consulting. Demonstrated development and leadership skills as direct reports were promoted to other teams, and my team won region's highest award for Team Results. Saved about $5M in expenses through various projects.
2008 - 1 additional promotion hopefully coming soon... likely more internal consulting but on a bigger scale
Recommendations:
Vice President and Director of my department (Director is current Supervisor) which I know will both write very strong letters
Extra-curricular:
Participate in a handful of charitable organizations. Also served as volunteer youth wrestling coach.
Do you think a 690 will be good enough for one of the top schools or is it worth retaking? Best case scenario would be 710-720, but also pretty likely to get 690-700. See my basic app details below:
Thank you in advance for the feedback!
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Term: Fall 2009
Target Schools: Hoping for Northwestern/Chicago (g/f is a Chicago alum who will likely get in) due to the city. Also considering UC-Berkely, UCLA, Duke
Age/GMAT: 27 y/o (by Fall 2009), Male
Nationality: US White Caucasion
GMAT: 690 (Q:44, V:40)
Undergraduate: Industrial Engineering & Manufacturing Systems, Ohio University. Overall GPA was 3.2/4.0, Major GPA was 3.9/4.0 (pretty much straight A's the last 6 quarters - will this get noticed?)
Experience:
2004 - 2 Years as an internal consultant at a major airline doing financial planning and labor management consulting. Saved about $3M in expenses through various projects. Also served as project manager for a major software package.
2006 - 1 Year as a Sr Analyst at a Las Vegas major hotel casino in internal consulting. Worked on potential private equity buy-out project for CFO. Saved about $15M in expenses through various projects.
2007 - 1 Year as Manager of operating department + ad-hoc consulting. Demonstrated development and leadership skills as direct reports were promoted to other teams, and my team won region's highest award for Team Results. Saved about $5M in expenses through various projects.
2008 - 1 additional promotion hopefully coming soon... likely more internal consulting but on a bigger scale
Recommendations:
Vice President and Director of my department (Director is current Supervisor) which I know will both write very strong letters
Extra-curricular:
Participate in a handful of charitable organizations. Also served as volunteer youth wrestling coach.
