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Please help!!!! really concerned

by nikiten » Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:36 pm
I took gmat once scoring 3 months ago scoring 610, today I did the exam another time but I ended up cancelling the exam because I couldn't even concentrate during the whole exam because the class was too noisy. during the gmat prep exams I was scoring between 700-740
I would like to know how this will affect in my future applications for b-schools. I am targeting 700 hundred or above in order to be able to apply to LBS, which is my first objective, so I need someone to explain me if this is going to affect in my application even if in my second real attemp which would be in a month period I can get 700 or above?
Looks bad in an application to take the exam two or three time?

Thanks so much....
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by Cindy Tokumitsu » Thu Oct 07, 2010 7:15 am
Hello,

Taking the exam twice is perfectly fine. If you score well the second time, the first score won't matter - there can be lots of reasons a well qualified person can mess up the exam (distracted, tired, upset, sick, nervous, etc.), but you can't "accidentally" do well. A third retake would probably be OK, but after that it gets questionable. It also depends on context, i.e., a strong undergrad GPA can help mitigate a so-so GMAT.

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