Should I report my GMAT scores if they weren't requested?

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What happens if I am applying to programs not usually used to seeing gmat scores? I keep reading everywhere that 680/690+ is what is needed to get into the top 10 business schools - this is true because business schools have experience with the GMAT, and they know what high scores are.

I'm worried because I am applying to a couple of programs that are not even business schools, but instead businessy programs at advertising schools. One of the schools hasn't even asked for a standardized test score, and the other requires GMAT or GRE, but I took the GMAT because my other applicatons needed it.

What worries me is that these advertising programs were not even on the list of possible schools to which I could send my scores! I'm worried that these programs do not have enough experience with the GMAT to automatically know that 690 is a good score!

To someone who doesn't know much about the GMAT, wouldn't 690/800 sound bad? If you convert it to a percentage, it's about 86% - it's a B! But in reality it's an A!

First, I need someone to assure me that a 690 is in reality an "A" - please, someone tell me that I scored an A!

If this is true, if a 690 is a top mark, then how can I convey that to the admissions committees? Should I even send the scores to the school that hasn't even asked for scores? And for the school that asked for the GMAT or GRE, should I just trust them to know what good and bad scores are?
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by Cindy Tokumitsu » Sun May 10, 2009 9:12 am
Hello,

A 690 is overall very good, though it would not be considered standout for the top-tier MBA programs such as Columbia, Stanford, Insead, etc., which usually seek -- and see many -- scores over 700. For these programs a 690 isn't necessarily bad, it just isn't great. However, for programs other than the top-15 level MBA programs, a 690 is indeed very good.

One way you can show how good it is to the programs you mention is to write a short paragraph in an optional essay giving the percentage -- it will very a bit depending on the testing day but overall it should be high.

Good luck!

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690 in GMAT is very good and definetely an A. Wonder why you are even bothering to talk to B-grade schools. Most good schools wil recognise your merits.
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mixpanda wrote:What happens if I am applying to programs not usually used to seeing gmat scores? I keep reading everywhere that 680/690+ is what is needed to get into the top 10 business schools - this is true because business schools have experience with the GMAT, and they know what high scores are.

I'm worried because I am applying to a couple of programs that are not even business schools, but instead businessy programs at advertising schools. One of the schools hasn't even asked for a standardized test score, and the other requires GMAT or GRE, but I took the GMAT because my other applicatons needed it.

What worries me is that these advertising programs were not even on the list of possible schools to which I could send my scores! I'm worried that these programs do not have enough experience with the GMAT to automatically know that 690 is a good score!

To someone who doesn't know much about the GMAT, wouldn't 690/800 sound bad? If you convert it to a percentage, it's about 86% - it's a B! But in reality it's an A!

First, I need someone to assure me that a 690 is in reality an "A" - please, someone tell me that I scored an A!

If this is true, if a 690 is a top mark, then how can I convey that to the admissions committees? Should I even send the scores to the school that hasn't even asked for scores? And for the school that asked for the GMAT or GRE, should I just trust them to know what good and bad scores are?