Native English speaker's score vs non native's.

[Giorgio]

Hi folks , I have heard that Business schools normally evaluate the same score of native versus non native speaker differently , like 700 from non native weights more than 700 for native.

Is this true ?

[shadowsjc]

i have never heard this, and i highly doubt it this is the case. schools generally look to the GMAT as an indicator of how well you would fare in your b-school academics. they don't care if you are a native speaker or non native speaker - as long as you prove you can do the work.

[cbenk121]

Hi folks , I have heard that Business schools normally evaluate the same score of native versus non native speaker differently , like 700 from non native weights more than 700 for native.

Is this true ?

Well, as much as this may indicate a higher level of achievement, I agree with shadow that this is probably not the case. By deciding to go to an American business school, you (or other non-native speakers) decided to take on the extra work of improving your English.

To give non-native speakers extra consideration is unfair. For example, using the same reasoning, I could argue that my grammar background sucked, so my V score should be weighted more than some other applicant who had an excellent grammar educational background yet achieved the same V score as I did. Furthermore, I was an engineer, and my courses pretty much involved zero critical reasoning, so my V score should be weighted more than a liberal arts applicant who had more practice with critical reasoning in his or her coursework and got the same V score as me. Likewise, someone could argue he or she was a liberal arts major, and thus didn't get the math practice I did, so his or her GMAT Q score should be weighted more than mine if we scored the same.

That's why it's a standardized test - a way to compare all candidates in the most fair way possible. If a candidate wishes to improve his or her GMAT score, it's up to him or her to work on those areas in which he or she is weak .