So here's my story. I targeted and scheduled Sep 20 as the date when I thought I would be ready to take the GMAT, but then scheduled Aug 20 as well to kind of get a feel of how it would be and give myself two tries at it. So I took it yesterday and was somewhat surprised to see that I got a 740 (49Q,41V). I'm wondering, should I sit for the Sep 20 date now? Or stand on 740?
Target School: Stanford
Background: 4 years at a regional CPA firm, CPA license, some but not a lot nor very high quality extracurriculars. 3.7 undergrad from USC.
Arguments for:
-I could get a higher score and use that to offset other weaknesses in my resume- which might be necessary given that it's Stanford
-I already paid for it
Arguments against:
-740 is higher than the Stanford mean and is pretty favorably situated in the mid 80%
-I could get a lower score... I know people say they only look at your highest, but it probably doesn't look good to have a downward trend, right?
-Continuing to study will take time away from writing essays and helping the people writing my letters of reference
-I can get $80 back by canceling
Thanks in advance to the many people offering excellent advice on this site
Target School: Stanford
Background: 4 years at a regional CPA firm, CPA license, some but not a lot nor very high quality extracurriculars. 3.7 undergrad from USC.
Arguments for:
-I could get a higher score and use that to offset other weaknesses in my resume- which might be necessary given that it's Stanford
-I already paid for it
Arguments against:
-740 is higher than the Stanford mean and is pretty favorably situated in the mid 80%
-I could get a lower score... I know people say they only look at your highest, but it probably doesn't look good to have a downward trend, right?
-Continuing to study will take time away from writing essays and helping the people writing my letters of reference
-I can get $80 back by canceling
Thanks in advance to the many people offering excellent advice on this site
