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Invited to Interview at CBS/ HBS..then rejected |
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Future trends |
| Date Posted: |
05/09/2000 |
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If you have assumed leadership roles in your work and/or extracurriculars, I don't see why you must also do so in community service organizations. I believe that what Admission Committees want to see is that you've demonstrated leadership. They're not much concerned about where you've done so.
I agree that it's a pain to retake the GMAT because I've been in the same situation. However, I strongly recommend that you do so, because you don't want your GMAT score to be an issue in your candidacy. If you ask an admissions officer what she thinks, she will probably give you a politically correct answer such as "The GMAT score is only one component in the application puzzle. A high score does not guarantee admission and a low score does not disqualify a candidate". What she won't say is that the GMAT is in fact only one component, BUT a very important one. Except for Stanford, I don't think you need to score above 700 to get into a top 5. You'll be a strong candidate at Wharton, MIT, and Harvard with a 690 or 700. So study hard, take a prep course or do whatever is necessary to beef up your score.
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GMAT scores are going up, so by the time the original poster takes it, gets the score, and applies you are probably looking at over 700 in order to be safe. I believe the average GMAT score for the upcoming class is projected to be around 705 for wharton, 710 for sloan, 700+ for harvard, and stanford has always been over 700.
Even the next tier schools such as Tuck, Columbia, Chicago, and Kellogg have GMAT scores that are near or over 700.
It was a shock for me when I applied I had the average GMATs from a couple of years ago in mind. So I thought my GMAT of 720 would be safe, but then I realized from my classmates that it was nothing.
Wharton bound
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