Please help! I'm appying to a top MBA program, but I have to make a decision ASAP if I should hold off and resubmit in the final stage. I apologize for the venting session below, but I'm feelling pretty pinched...
I was finalizing my app and getting ready to take the GMAT, when I got an email from Pearson Vue telling me that due to a flooding at the test center, my GMAT had to be rescheduled. I called customer service and was told the earliest I could get rescheduled was two days after my original appointment. I freaked and asked the rep to please reschedule me on the same day. I also asked to no avail why Pearson couldn't create additional slots for the same day at a different location. GMAT has been a big monster under my bed. This was my third retake, after oscilating between 500 and 550 (practice scores of 560 and 620). I thought the last six months of preparation was finally paying off, as I was able to up my confidence and bring my practice scores to the promising range of 680 and 700. I asked the rep to speak to a manager and was warned that the manager would not be able to do anything else for me. He was correct, but I tried anyways. I asked the manager the same thing, and she basically said that she didn't create the weather or the flooding and there was nothing she could do. I was miffed at her tone and said that I wasn't trying to make her GOD, but that in a way she (read: the system / institution) was messing with my future here...I thought about all the forums and articles that say how half the battle is all about the mental, emotional, and psychological preparation. I was prepared, or at least I thought I was, until they messed with my date!! Why did it have to flood?!
I contacted the school and was kindly advised to go ahead with my online app and email the admissions office with my offical score as soon as I have completed the test. Walked into the test feeling good - not overly confident, but I was definitely not as frigthened as I had been. Walked out with a 520 and a splitting headache.
I emailed the school and asked if I could resubmit another score in about 30 days, when I think is the next time I can take the test again. I was advised to either move forward with my score or resubmit the entire app in the final stage. I think I have a solid app package, but I wanted it to be more competitive with a better GMAT score. If I resubmit in the final stage, I basically forego my chances for a scholarship, which could cover up to 50% of the $100K cost. What do I do? Can I honestly get into a top 10 MBA with a 550 (my second test score)? Do I just eat the cost and go for the final stage?
I was finalizing my app and getting ready to take the GMAT, when I got an email from Pearson Vue telling me that due to a flooding at the test center, my GMAT had to be rescheduled. I called customer service and was told the earliest I could get rescheduled was two days after my original appointment. I freaked and asked the rep to please reschedule me on the same day. I also asked to no avail why Pearson couldn't create additional slots for the same day at a different location. GMAT has been a big monster under my bed. This was my third retake, after oscilating between 500 and 550 (practice scores of 560 and 620). I thought the last six months of preparation was finally paying off, as I was able to up my confidence and bring my practice scores to the promising range of 680 and 700. I asked the rep to speak to a manager and was warned that the manager would not be able to do anything else for me. He was correct, but I tried anyways. I asked the manager the same thing, and she basically said that she didn't create the weather or the flooding and there was nothing she could do. I was miffed at her tone and said that I wasn't trying to make her GOD, but that in a way she (read: the system / institution) was messing with my future here...I thought about all the forums and articles that say how half the battle is all about the mental, emotional, and psychological preparation. I was prepared, or at least I thought I was, until they messed with my date!! Why did it have to flood?!
I contacted the school and was kindly advised to go ahead with my online app and email the admissions office with my offical score as soon as I have completed the test. Walked into the test feeling good - not overly confident, but I was definitely not as frigthened as I had been. Walked out with a 520 and a splitting headache.
I emailed the school and asked if I could resubmit another score in about 30 days, when I think is the next time I can take the test again. I was advised to either move forward with my score or resubmit the entire app in the final stage. I think I have a solid app package, but I wanted it to be more competitive with a better GMAT score. If I resubmit in the final stage, I basically forego my chances for a scholarship, which could cover up to 50% of the $100K cost. What do I do? Can I honestly get into a top 10 MBA with a 550 (my second test score)? Do I just eat the cost and go for the final stage?
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