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Is my GMAT Score Enough?

Abhijit — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 10:50:39 +0000

Whether you score more or less than 700, this is the first question that comes to your mind. GMAT is an important part of your application because although a great GMAT score doesn’t guarantee an admission, a lower GMAT score can definitely keep you out of reckoning.

Lets start with the short answer : Most B-schools publish their average GMAT score and the 80% range. This usually gives a pretty good picture picture of where your GMAT score lies. If your score is within the 80% range, you have good chance, however realistically speaking, the further below its from the average, the lower your chances of getting in. Lets look at an example of an imaginary B-school – “Jane Doe School of Business”

Average GMAT: 705
80% range : 640-750

if you are from the India / China applicant pool, your chances may be severely hampered

If your score is 700, you are safe in terms of your GMAT, now you can work on your applications. But if you score closer to 650 or lower, your chances gets bleaker and a lot depends on how you can compensate for this GMAT score in your profile.

However the above is just a thumb rule, there are some other factors in the play:

- GMAT Score and Academic performance
- Industry and experience (Resume)
- Application pool

These are a lot of permutations and combinations to consider and since most schools don’t publish a minimum GMAT score, the situation gets murkier.

- Academic performance:
If you had a stellar academic performance, a lower GMAT score can be compensated. This can really help if you are still on the lower side of the 80% percentile range of the previous years GMAT score. But if it has been more than 5 years since you graduated, your academic performance may not matter much, as is shown by a recent study for GMAC : “When are Grades No longer Valid”

- Industry, experience and Application pool:
What is your industry? Some industries like IT, Finance are too heavily represented in MBA applications. As a result, if you belong to any of these industries, your low GMAT score may be detrimental to your acceptance probability. On the other hand, if you belong to non-profit sector, your GMAT score may not be as bad.

- Application pool:
Similarly, as schools press for diversity, if you belong to an international pool with lesser number of applicants, your chances of getting away with a low GMAT score are pretty good, however, if you are from the India / China applicant pool, your chances may be severely hampered.

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5000 Master GRE Word List (Free download)

Gaurav — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:09:46 +0000

There is another free download of GRE wordlist. Everyone has their barrons, then why this another book. The main significance of this book is that its very concise and you should read a single page everyday. Reading a single page sounds better than 2-3 pages of barrons. It’s like purchasing a product worth Rs. 99 than the product worth Rs.100. Though number of words are same but the feel of one page and 2-3 page is different. So if you also feel the same then click the title of the file in order to download the file directly from SCRIBD. Make your target of single page and you will be able to complete this list in approx 3.5 months. Also there is no harm in downloading it for your future purpose.

5000 GRE Word List

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Download GMAT Guides (FREE)

Gaurav — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:48:40 +0000

I find one esnips link where you can find some GMAT guides to download. Some of the guides are:

1) OG

2) Manhattan

3) Kaplan etc

So you have to click this link in order to go to the site where the documents are hosted.

Disclaimer: Sharing and downloading of GMAT material without permission is piracy. So please be aware of this. Also if the above link is not giving the right file, then you should infer that they have been removed due to copyright violation.Similar Posts:

A Template Approach to the GMAT Essay

Gaurav — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:34:32 +0000

I am going to give my GMAT on 19th of March this year and my bogeyman in GMAT is AWA (Analytical Writing Assessment). So I have found an easier way to tackle this part of test i.e go by template way. I am sharing with you one template which will help you in forming the essay in right manner. This thing helps you in organizing your essay, which is the most important part on which you get scored. So if you too are doing it then download the undermentioned file and please please please do practice different essay topics using this scheme. I hope this will be helpful.

Awa GMAT Analytical Writing Assessment Template

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Master the GMAT. Free ebook

Gaurav — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:36:00 +0000

Here is one free ebook on how to master the GMAT. It’s the 696 page ebook which has covered all the section asked in GMAT i.e RC, SC, CR, Quant, DS, AWA (analytical writing analysis). If this file take too much time to open then click the title of the embedded file and go to scribd and download the file.

Master.the.GMAT

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The Most Important ETS Essay Formatting Rules

Gaurav — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:57:34 +0000

This list was compiled by Erin with the help of all the visitors to the TestMagic forums.

Hit “Enter” twice at the end of every paragraph. Doing this will create a space between your paragraphs and will make your essay much, much easier to read. Remember, the real ETS essay scorer reads hundreds of essays every week and really, really appreciates nice formatting.

Or, indent the paragraphs in your essay. “indentation” refers to the number of blank spaces at the beginning of a paragraph. The “standard,” or most traditional formatting, requires using five blank spaces at the beginning of every paragraph. There are, however, two other common ways. The second very common way is to use two spaces instead of five; the third way way is not to use any spaces at all, but to separate the paragraphs with a space.

Hit the space bar after almost EVERY punctuation mark. Specifically, this includes periods, commas, and colons. Conversely, do NOT hit the space bar before almost EVERY punctuation mark.
- Good: Because I was sleepy, I went to bed a bit early.
- Bad: Because I was sleepy,I went to bed a bit early.
- Bad: Because I was sleepy ,I went to bed a bit early .

CAPITALIZE the first letter of every sentence, the pronoun “I,” and other proper nouns.
- Good: Because I was sleepy, I went to bed a bit early.
- Bad: because I was sleepy, I went to bed a bit early.

Do not use only uppercase letters or only lowercase letters.
- Good: Because I was sleepy, I went to bed a bit early.
- Bad: BECAUSE I WAS SLEEPY, I WENT TO BED A BIT EARLY.
- Bad: because I was sleepy, I went to bed a bit early.

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What is GMAT? A Brief Description.

Gaurav — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:09:34 +0000

If you are preparing for CAT and simultaneously thinking of giving GMAT this year but don’t know the difference between GMAT and Indian MBA entrance examination, then I have found one PPT giving a succinct description of GMAT.

Gmat Ppt

If you still want to know more about it, then I have an e-book which will a whole gamut of information regarding GMAT, including the strategy one should follow while preparing and while giving the test. Click for downloading the GMAT SECRECTS GUIDE.

Note: All copyright of the presentation rests with vidyacenter.com. I am just sharing it with the users of mbatutes.

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Free Reading Material of MBA

Gaurav — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:43:58 +0000

Reading Material

Are you a GMAT aspirant? If yes, then you come have to the right place. Today while surfing I came across a forum which has lots and lots of reading material free to download. It has Official guide, MANHATTAN, Princeton Practice Test, Powerhouse Logical Reasoning, TOEFL GMAT Tips and lot many other e-books on logical reasoning, data sufficiency, sentence correction, problem solving etc which CAT aspirants should also download.

Just click on the image beside this text and you will reach to the forum. All you have to do is register a free account and then you will get the rapidshare download links for respective material.

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OG-11 Review of GMAT (Sentence Correction)

Gaurav — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:17:11 +0000

Official Guide-11, Review

So if you think you are not good in sentence correction and need some good quality exercise then nothing is better than OG-11 (Official Guide-11) Review. It has 138 questions of Sentence Correction. Answer key is very descriptive. After all you can never doubt their grammar skills as every person who prepare for GMAT purchase it. I don’t have the full version but the day I will get it, I will share it with you guys.

It has 98 pages ( I am still on 40th page). File size : 35 MB.

Click here to download: Official Guide-11 (SC)

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