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($) To Round 3 or not to Round 3?

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As we introduced recently, it’s Round 3 Debate Time! How do you make a decision on whether to try for an MBA in Round 3? Are there standing rules for who should, or should not, try at this time of the season? Are there schools that you should never try at for Round 3, or...

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($) Updating the admissions office on changes to your profile post-submit: GMAT/GRE/classes

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As we’ve been discussing, there are certain situations where an update of your new status is warranted. The admissions office will want to know about things that have changed in your life. Today is a much more straightforward situation. You retook the GMAT or GRE, and now you want to let the admissions office know...

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($) When to update the adcom after they have your app

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You got your app in. Yay! You did your best to report everything about your background thoroughly and accurately. Double yay! Now you wander back to that app to admire your amazing work and… you discover an error. OMG NO! Or: You weren’t looking for a new job, but one falls into your lap. Lickety-split,...

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($) What GMAT score do we see as “average” these days?

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Not “average” in the context of what any specific school says is their class average. Definitely not “average” in what GMAC reports as the mean of all test takers. But “average” as the most common GMAT score in our dataset from this past season — the score that many candidates with decently-competitive profiles get, and...

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($) Just In Time MBA App Prep: What if you JUST decided to apply to bschool? Like, NOW?

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Most of the advice here on the blahg is about “DON’T DO IT!!” – meaning, a last-round app to bschool is very very challenging and has much less probability of success than it does in the first two rounds of the admissions season. There are many factors and reasons for this and we discuss them...

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($) Taking the GMAT: How many times is too many? 2019 edition

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This post first went up about a year and a half ago, and has been refreshed for reposting in Fall 2019.   We wrote about this way back in 2014 but times have changed. The most important change is one that you probably haven’t given much thought to at all: The GMAT lets you cancel...

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($) Quick “Is it good enough?” GMAT score post

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We cover topics of GMAT score and GRE too in many posts, so this is just a quick-and-dirty reminder that a) there’s a lot of stuff in the ‘snarchives and b) if you’re asking “Is it good enough?” then most likely, that means you need to retest. 🙂 Because unfortunately many applicants get the disease...

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($) GMAT or GRE – or Executive Assessment???

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Yesterday we gave a breakdown of how to think about taking the GMAT or the GRE as your test of choice for the MBA applications you’re planning for. But what about the Executive Assessment? Most of you are aiming for a tippety-top full-time MBA program in the United States, and not for an Executive MBA...

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($) GMAT? or GRE? 2019 edition

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Here’s the thing: For most people, the GRE math is easier. It just is. Both the GMAT and the GRE are tough tests. But the GMAT is at least a tiny bit tougher. Plus, the GMAT has the Integrated Reasoning, which isn’t really any harder than any other part of the test (some people even...

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The shame of a low GMAT score

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We want to talk about something here today that we’re guilty of contributing to — inadvertently, yes, but we’ve done it. It’s the shame that many BSers feel about their performance on the MBA admissions test. We see this in the opposite manifestation: When someone has done well on the GMAT, they’re quick to volunteer […]

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