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by jeffreyho » Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:26 am
Hi there,

I currently am aiming to apply to Rotman (or other 2nd tier US uni) in 2 years, but I wanted to finish the GMAT early so I took it three times in the past year.
First attempt: 620 (just testing the waters)
Second attempt:610 (Got really sick)
Third attempt: 640 (44Q: 35 V) ( Couldn't sleep the night before...)

As you can see, all three times I wasn't performing to my best ability and I've been scoring around 46-47 in practice tests in Quant.

I have taken the following Quant related courses at a top uni in Canada with the marks in brackets:
- Calculus (80%)
- Micro/Mac Econ (76%)
- Intro to Statistics (90%)

Overall average = 78.3, but first year and last year of uni I was placed on Dean's List with the last year average of 81.

Since i'm aiming to apply for admission Sept 2014, I still have quite some time to build up a lot of volunteering activities.

My questions are:

Given that the rotman (and other 2nd tier US universities) cutoff average for GMAT is 650-660, I'm slightly below average, Should I retake the GMAT for the 4th time? or focus on building extracurricular activities, and come back to GMAT before applying?

Can my undergrad courses offset this low GMAT?
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by Stacy Blackman » Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:23 am
Hi jeffreyho,

The answer on whether to retake the GMAT depends on the individual. I don't know much about your work experience, but if you believe you can improve your GMAT score by 40+ points, I recommend you take the test again. Remember that your highest score is self-reported on your application, so admissions teams will focus on your highest score.

If you decide to take the test again, here are some GMAT tips: https://www.stacyblackman.com/tag/gmat/


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by appking » Thu May 03, 2012 1:28 am
Hi Stacey,

I am in a situation where the average of the the school is 660 gmat, my gmat score is 620.

I have a total 10 years of work ex against the average of 5/6 years of the batch, out of ten years 8 years is into leadership function

Do you think i should apply to this school in the last round or should i apply in the first round of the next year intake.

I know the admission depends on the entire profile, but if rest all the qualities are average ( be it academics, EC etc ) , what would you advice me

I am an indian.
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by versatile » Fri May 18, 2012 10:42 pm
Hello,

I am also in the same boat with some difference

my gmat is 630 and my experience is 8 years.

please help
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