Question about sending scores to schools

[Asterion]

Hello

I'd like to hear some explanation about the whole "send your score to 5 schools" hullabaloo.

I'm sitting GMAT first and foremost because I plan to apply to certain management consultancies which value that in the CV. I'm not really sure about an MBA at the moment although I CAN think of 5 schools I'd like to do an MBA at some time in next 5 years. I'll put their names in.

Now my question is:

1 - How can those companies I'm interested in have a confirmation of my GMAT score?
2 - What if I think of a 6th school for an MBA in a year time. I've heard something like the request of extra scores costs money. That seems ridiculous. Can't I just fax my results to the school?

thanks for the help

[Osirus@VeritasPrep]

You can't just fax your scores because people can use photoshop to edit scores. You have to pay like 30 dollars to send your scores to a new institution. Not sure how an employer would validate your gmat score.

[money9111]

I'm trying to think of this as if I were in b-school and were to apply to certain consultancies. They still wouldn't technically know what your GMAT score was... the schools can't report it and if it's on your resume - it can't be validated. Not saying that you could/should lie, but there's no formal way for them to check your scores.

The additional cost to send your scores to a school is exactly $28/school. It definitely sucks after shelling out $250 for the exam. Honestly though, I wouldn't worry too much about the $28/school if you're looking to go to b-school a few years out.

Here's the link speaking to this point:
https://www.mba.com/mba/thegmat/gmatscor ... chools.htm