GMAT retake question...

[mojomover]

I recently took the GMAT and scored 720 but I am retaking it in a couple of weeks (I think I can do better and I felt that I did not perform at the best of my capabilities on d-day).

So my question is this---hypothetically, if I score less than 720, how would it impact my applications? I know schools say that they take the highest score but in this case....?

[beny]

It depends on the school. For most schools, I'd say no impact.

[Stacey Koprince]

Just be careful. One of our instructors used to work in b-school admissions and he said when he saw that someone had re-taken the test after already scoring extremely well on it, he actually downgraded that person's application b/c he thought it showed that the person did not have his / her priorities straight. That's just one anecdote - I have no idea how many other admissions people (if any) would feel the same way.