So you two are in cohoots
Maybe this is true afterall?
Maybe Numi didn’t want to rip bgayasschad with his numi handle so he used his alter ego Blake to do the job for him?
Bump! Oh, snap, Ohai, you big attention whore you what with your mortgage and all.
^ CT delights in stirring up trouble lol
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Bump…
Very recently, a person asked me how to succeed where BS failed. He wants to get one of them Top-2 type scores. I told him I couldn’t help him. I mean, after you’ve gotten into UTSA, I’m not sure why you’d settle for Harvard or Wharton.
How do you get a top score on the GMAT?
I have a 780 GMAT, which is hacksaw given not 800, I know. Just read the books and take every instruction very seriously, no matter how stupid or trivial it seems. That’s really all you can do.
Also take into account that I did not actually apply to business school. Someone who is more motivated could probably score higher, all else equal.
780 GMAT? nice.
Some chick I banged in college scored a 510 - maybe even lower. I traded her in for a 580
My advice: be Asian. I only scored a 700, though, so my advice is useless.
My scores were fine at 760. It was the background and experience that got me.
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Everyone hates you BS.
Waav Ohai - any reason why you did not apply for an MBA inspite of such fine score?
Asian candidates need to add 50 points more to whatever score you think you need up until 750.
Galli and BS, congrats, those are really good scores, they def made a mistake and did you dirty. where’d u guys end up going, if u dont mind me asking? howd you guys get such a bangin score? prep work material mgmat, magoosh, veritas? how much did you study in hours collectively and over what span of time? what could you have done to improve background and exp? lastly if you could redo your entire app, what would you fix? thx much
Maybe, but being Asian already gives you a 100 point advantage, so you come out ahead in the end.
Neryblop,
I ended up not going back for an MBA. I only applied to Harvard, Stanford and Chicago as I already had an MS in Finance from Villanova. I interviewed at Chicago and that didn’t work out either, so I just decided to stay working. I honestly don’t think Harvard or Stanford made a mistake, my background was good, but not on par with many of those students. Booth I felt like I had a good shot at, but it’s just very competitive out there, so it is what it is. Plus at 29-30 I was old for the process. Prospective students always put WAAAAAY too much emphasis on GMAT from what people I know that have worked with admissions at those schools have told me. The majority of it is really going to come down to your experience (work and otherwise) and background (academic performance, achievements, etc) and I agree with their view.
I used Manhattan GMAT prep and it definitely helped that I’d just finished doing Calc 1-3 in evening classes that didn’t allow calculators, so I got good at reducing and solving by hand quickly. I didn’t necessarily study a crazy amount, although I studied hard. I really don’t know what number of hours I studied but it was probably over a 2-3 month period.
I was happy with my application, if I could change something it would be my background and experience (obviously), but that’s not really a possible thing to do. I don’t think you can materially alter your background or experience in a 1 year period or just by doing some volunteer work (they see right through that). But if you had a few years you could maybe do something impressive if you were so dead set on it.
Great attitude…But I would guess you would have performed as well or better than most of your classmates. Do you think you just would not have added as much to the learning environment and network as those that were accepted? Apparently, that is why diverse backgrounds are stressed…
I haven’t taken the GMAT yet but a 780 is almost unachievable for me IMO.