DoesHarvard really have a GMAT average of 689? How reliable?

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Hi everyone,

I understand that the official MBA guide website posts averages and not medians and I know that a median is a better indicator of admission prospects, however, I wanted to ask the Beatthegmat community if this list is valid at all. If the list posed here is true, then Harvard is closer to Goergetown rather than Stanford in terms of GMAT score flexibility (in that they are willing to accept lower scoring applicants even though it lowers their average regardless of the effect on median)

https://OfficialMBAguide.org/top40.php?r ... e=20110701

What do you all think? Is this list valid at all? I just find it hard to believe that Harvard is ranked so low in terms of GMAT average. If it is true, I guess that they do adhere to a holistic admission process.Image
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by Stacy Blackman » Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:46 am
Hi Bluesurf,

I do not believe the numbers reported in that link are correct. On HBS.edu, 50% of the class of 2009 scored between a 700 and 740 on the GMAT. A number of sites have reported 730 to be the average Harvard GMAT score.

https://www.hbs.edu/mba/faq/#gmat


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by money9111 » Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:05 pm
no not correct. check HBS's website if you're unsure. If their average was that low it would have been huge huge huge news globally.
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