Hello,
Thanks for taking the time to read my post. Here are a few of my credentials up front:
-Goal is a school in the 5-10 range (NYU, Columbia, MIT)
-Male Caucasian
-26 years old
-3 years full time work experience
-Electrical Engineering degree from Texas A&M University
-GPA: 3.26 (If you ignore my first year, I averaged a ~3.5)
-GMAT: 700 Q47/V38 (first attempt) 690 Q48/V36 (second attempt)
-I currently work for a large engineering company that focuses on United States defense work. My responsibilities are above and beyond the typical engineer at my level and I feel I could leverage this into a quality part of my application.
-Volunteer/extra curricular experience is average, I have led a few volunteer efforts as part of a Volunteer team within my company but I am not sure that this is above the average for people applying.
My first question relates to which program rankings might be reaches for me and which are shoe-ins. My initial guess is that 5-10 is a reach but still attainable (30% chance), 11-15 is 50/50 and 16-20 75% or greater. Am I selling myself short here or am I perhaps being overconfident?
My second question focuses on taking the GMAT multiple times. While taking the test at home, I have been able to score 720/730. Should I take the test a third time and attempt to replicate these results? Also, how many times is too many for taking the GMAT? I'm worried that taking the test 3 times would look poor but I simply want to achieve a score that is the upper most of my potential.
Thanks for your time.
-Goodbull
Thanks for taking the time to read my post. Here are a few of my credentials up front:
-Goal is a school in the 5-10 range (NYU, Columbia, MIT)
-Male Caucasian
-26 years old
-3 years full time work experience
-Electrical Engineering degree from Texas A&M University
-GPA: 3.26 (If you ignore my first year, I averaged a ~3.5)
-GMAT: 700 Q47/V38 (first attempt) 690 Q48/V36 (second attempt)
-I currently work for a large engineering company that focuses on United States defense work. My responsibilities are above and beyond the typical engineer at my level and I feel I could leverage this into a quality part of my application.
-Volunteer/extra curricular experience is average, I have led a few volunteer efforts as part of a Volunteer team within my company but I am not sure that this is above the average for people applying.
My first question relates to which program rankings might be reaches for me and which are shoe-ins. My initial guess is that 5-10 is a reach but still attainable (30% chance), 11-15 is 50/50 and 16-20 75% or greater. Am I selling myself short here or am I perhaps being overconfident?
My second question focuses on taking the GMAT multiple times. While taking the test at home, I have been able to score 720/730. Should I take the test a third time and attempt to replicate these results? Also, how many times is too many for taking the GMAT? I'm worried that taking the test 3 times would look poor but I simply want to achieve a score that is the upper most of my potential.
Thanks for your time.
-Goodbull
