GMAT Quant Scores for MBA
Haven't applied for MBB yet. I have a somewhat low gmat score but high quant score. Would you recommend noting this on my resume by providing a breakdown or is this something already the application asks for?
Thanks!
MBB won't care about the breakdown, they'll just want to know overall. You'll want a 690-700 or higher to be a more solid candidate. Anything lower and you'll need to be more impressive / network harder.
As Aura0505 said, the overall score matters way more. The only situation where this could be relevant, I think, is if you studied a rather "verbal" field such as English lit. or philosophy and need to show that you can perform in the other aspect.
Actaully, my situation is somewhat similar to this, as I will be coming applying as an experienced hire and I think showing that I have at least min competancy in quant would be helpful
Also, no need to put anything outside of overall on your resume. The firms will ask for either overall or broken down score on their apps when that time comes. Agree that they don't care really about the breakdown. Don't give unless they ask for it.
At M7 schools, everyone can recruit for MBB regardless of GMAT score, but under 700 might affect MBB interview invites. If you're impressive and crush recruiting it won't matter. One friend of mine had a 680 and triple MBB offers.
Outside of M7 it may be more important or more of a hard cutoff, depending on the program.
Thanks. As noted above, would your suggestion hold even if I'm applying as an experienced hire coming from a non-quant background?
I have no idea about the experienced hires process. You've got several posts out about this stuff. However, you're not really experience yet, so I am assuming you're applying entry level and so you don't have a professional track record they can evaluate yet, quant oriented or not.
Listen, you've got a referral from one partner already. Dive into that interview headfirst. The quant score, GPA etc is all for the HR screen, once you're through that its all about your case performance and fit. No partner is going to give a shit about what your gmat score was, that's just to make sure your resume qualifies in the first place. If it doesn't work out, figure out what you like about consulting and network with the other two firms. Worst case scenario, go back for your MBA in 2-3 years and apply from there.
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