While there is no simple answer to your question, here are some things to keep in mind: 1) In two and a half months, you jumped 80 points from your initial score. From 410 to 490. That is actually a significant jump and to expect a definite 200-250 point jump in that period of time may have been unr...

Also, good luck on Thursday! Dont worry, no oddball questions.

Congrats! I'm all done too (HBS, Stanford, Booth, Kellogg, Sloan) with everything in for round 1. GMAT prep took more hours of actual work (studying) in my opinion but the essays took more total hours from just thinking, stressing, revising, etc. Actually I find this time now to be just as painful....

anyone have an interview this week? mine is next tuesday.

I do not have a quant job and did not talk about it in my essays. I don't think the 3% difference between 77 and 80 is going to make any impact now.

If you are able to knock that GMAT score up, Kellogg has a 1 year program that is geared towards people staying in the same industry. Additionally, they are ranked as the best, or one of the best, programs in Marketing, which you said you had an interest.

I think some of that answer depends on the other essays the school asks for. It is important to convey why you have those goals, why an MBA will help you get there, and why that school is the best fit for you. If you are able to convey all of those ideas in other essays, then you may not need to spe...

Colleges are a business like any other. They have all dealt with thousands of rejections. Even Harvard gets some.

I would not feel bad about turning down an offer; it will just go to someone else. Turn it down if and when you get accepted into a program that better suits you.