Hey, new member here. I go to a major target and am looking for some internships/experience. Some people I know have told me to include my SAT score of 2400. I feel like if I include it I'll come off as a pretentious douche. Anyone wanna shred some light on this?

I finish my MBA in a year and I'm beginning to look for possible job prospects/internships. I consider myself a very good student with a pretty decent GPA (3.68/4.0).

I would like to get into investment banking, or at least have a job as an analyst in a financial area by the time I graduate.

The problems are:
1. I go to a non-target school
2. I had an average SAT score of 1050 (on the old scale, mind you)
3. I completely bombed the GMAT so badly that I do not want to share my exact score (it is below the 50th percentile... in my defense, I was going through a lot of stress in my life at the time. Go ahead and play the world's smallest violin.)

Hi all, let me start off by saying that I didn't do things the... conventional way. I screwed around in HS, missed more days than I can count.. But, I turned things around, went to a Community College, and got into a good B-School.

PROBLEM:

I NEVER TOOK MY SAT!!

Should I take it now? Will the date I took the SAT show up on my resume? Can an employer find out?

4.0 currently with 33 hours complete (taking more this semester, of course).

Any help will be great!

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Question:
I never took the SAT and want to start my applications for the summer of 2013. I searched the forums and read a few threads. Some say it's a waste of time and just to take the GMAT. Others say to take it anyway since it'll red-flag my application. What do you think?

My Background:
I was home-schooled, graduated a bit early, and went to a community college for financial reasons. I took the ACT once, but I really didn't need to take it because the community college used a placement test. I then transferred to the state university (non-target school).

I personally don't think its a big issue whether or not you have your SAT/ACT scores on your resume, as I know people with both options that have done fine finding jobs. I was told the other day though that it cant hurt if you have good scores, especially math scores. My deal is this: I received a perfect math score on both tests, but my overall testing wasnt really anything to be impressed about (just shy of 2200 on SAT and int the lower thrities on the ACT). I took both tests only once.

Should I include my scores just for the math parts or just keep them off entirely? Personally, my vote is to keep them off because I think its kind of odd to have a test from 4+ years ago on a current resume, but I just wanted just wanted to hear your opinions on the issue.

I posted this in the IB forum also:

I currently attend a non-target, but was accepted to an Ivy as a transfer student. I have one finance-related (PWM) internship so far, but don't know how competitive that is for an SA position. Currently, I have a 3.9 GPA, and have taken many quant classes (all math-heavy), however my SAT was on the low side in HS (1210-1240/1600) and I don't know if it would be wise to retake them? Will this hinder me for SA/Intern/FT positions and stick with me, even though I have proved myself through other courses? Is this consider a bad SAT? Should I start studying for the GMAT (I don't plan on going MBA currently) just for SA/FT IB/HF/PE jobs? Thanks

I currently attend a non-target, but was accepted to an Ivy as a transfer student. I have one finance-related (PWM) internship so far, but don't know how competitive that is for an SA position. Currently, I have a 3.9 GPA, and have taken many quant classes (all math-heavy), however my SAT was on the low side in HS (1210-1240/1600) and I don't know if it would be wise to retake them? Will this hinder me for SA/FT positions and stick with me, even though I have proved myself through other courses? Is this consider a bad SAT? Should I start studying for the GMAT (I don't plan on going MBA currently) just for SA/FT IB jobs? Thanks

I am applying to firms online (in the UK now), and many places ask for standardized test scores such as SAT and GMAT.

Would it be a bad idea if I left these blank?

I was not able to get excellent scores (mid 1300s and upper 600s) and don't want to get dinged from a first round interview because of this.

Also, do banks ask for official test score reports once you get an offer?

Thanks.

A quick question about including these things when applying:

In my experience with OCR, I've still had to apply through the companies' online forms, but just through a specific website linked to my school.

They generally ask for SAT or GRE scores. My SAT scores are several years old and I wonder if they're even relevant at this point, and I don't have GRE scores. So my GPA and other things are great, but my standardized test scores are either non-existent or old.

What do you do in this situation? How important are these things? Could you get away with putting N/A in the box / is throwing an old, not-so-great SAT score in there gonna kill my chances?

Are we allowed to report the highest scores in each section on our SAT in our composite scores?

Also, can I switch SAT Math 2 with the SAT 1 Math? I think my SAT 1 Math (around 700) is unrepresentative, considering the only time I took the SATs were in my freshman year in high school.

Ridiculous how something I took in 2005 will affect my job search.

How do you guys weigh a +1500(old), +2250(new) SAT score on an analyst app resume? Does it make up at all for a lack of experience?

I'm on BCGs web site and see
"As a reminder, the following information is required in order to apply:

Resume
Cover letter
Copy of your unoffical transcript
Standardized test scores (SAT math/verbal)
Top three offices in which you would like to work"

I never sat the SATs as I'm a community college transfer who left high school early, but am now a Junior at Berkeley. I know BCG may be a long shot, but I'm guessing that other consulting agencies would like to see this too? How will this affect me? Do MBA programs also ask for SAT scores or only GMAT?

So out of high school I had pretty pathetic SAT/ACT scores, but I had almost no motivation at the time. I went to a community college and transferred to an elite university where I now have a 3.85 GPA. I'd like to get into consulting but I'm wondering if I should even bother with such low test scores...

Many community college students don't even take the SAT or ACT, so could I claim that I never took it? (I also never reported it to my current university) My friend who also transferred from a CC just got into ibanking and told them he never took the SATs. (which is the truth)

What should I do? If your wondering how low my scores are, let's just say I'm confident any firm would toss my app the second they saw them.

I'm about to start studying for the GMAT, but wanted to get a feeling for how people improved from their SAT's. If people could post their SAT and GMAT results and what test prep they used for GMAT I would be very appreciative. Thanks in advance.

Here's a question that should make you all feel like you're listening to high school kids again.

How much can good test scores offset a poor undergrad gpa? I have been a bit of a fuck-up in my non-major classes 3.2 cumulative vs 3.9 major through sophomore year. On the other hand I have decent test scores, 34 ACT, 750/750 with 760 on the Math II. Are MMs realistic out of a non-target or are local boutiques a better focus?

I'm a college junior applying for a summer internship, most/all for finance positions. Questions about the resume:

Thoughts on including SAT score? (700 verbal / 800 math) On one hand, math is good and apparently banks like it or ask for it. On the other, I'm a junior in college, thinking it may come off as scrambling for something impressive or filler. Don't know.

Cover letter... include one if not asked for?

And last, relevant coursework. Mine would be:
Intro to Econ, Macro, Micro, Accounting, Finance, Prob/Stats, Regression, MIS(relevant?). Currently planning on including this, although the list is mostly intro/basic level courses. Thoughts?

I hear putting SATs on resumes is the new cool thing to do...what is the general cutoff for putting it on? I'm not exactly looking at huge internships (yet)...I have a 740 verbal, 750 math, and 790 writing. Should I put all of that on? What about the 2280 total?

Dear Monkeys,

What documents do you you use when it comes to supporting documents on your application on the BB website to get noticed other than cover letter, transcripts the basic stuff? SAT score? GRE score? or your published paper?

How do you stand out and not get weed out on the BB's website?

So in high school I got a legitimate, single-sitting, zero-questions-wrong 2400 on the SAT. I will be a sophomore at a target this fall, and would like to be able to land an internship in trading/asset management/consulting/HF world (unrealistic but I can dream) next summer. How much will this help me? I've gotten mixed reviews so far.

SlyGuy

Hello,
I used the search function, but didn't really get an exact answer to my questions, so I figured I would ask away.
How much emphasis is placed on the SAT/ACT during recruitment for college? My friend is quite worried (he goes to my school as well, which is a non-target) because his SAT score was quite low (he wouldn't tell me exactly, just said in the 1250 or so range) but his ACT score was a 33.

In an interview, do the interviewers actually care about these scores? If so, are they willing to accept an ACT score rather than an SAT score and he can just shift the emphasis of any SAT question back to his ACT's?

Hi,

I was wondering if my complete SAT score should be included on my resume. I am a rising sophomore at a target school. I have a near perfect score for the critical reading and math portions of the SAT, but my writing section is pretty terrible. If I only list my CR and M scores on my resume will interviewers ask questions because of the recent SAT format change? Thanks in advance for your replies and help.

I have no finance experience and went to a state school (3.8, econ/math). I'm late 20's now with some consulting experience (just average firms). I have a 780 math SAT and 800 GRE quant. I'm looking for firms that won't care I don't have experience and will give me a look based on those scores. Any thoughts? Any interesting jobs outside finance would be fine too.

BTW, no excessive hours jobs.

Is it weird to take the SAT as an adult in his/her late twenties? I've seen a lot of recruiters ask for the SAT score nowadays.

As you all know, most consulting firms request that applicants include their standardized test scores on their resumes. Is it okay to mix and match section scores from different sittings?

For instance, if somebody received Math: 800, Verbal: 100 on their first try, and then received Math: 100, Verbal: 800 on the second try, would it be okay to list Math: 800, Verbal: 800 on their resume? I'm just talking about resumes, not graduate school applications.

Thanks in advance.

I'm am about to get ready to start shootin resumes out there. I have a strong GPA, 3.9+ with a major in economics and a minor in mathematics. My Math and Econ GPA is 4.0. I have a year work experience in RE PE. Only thing I'm worried about is that I graduated from a non target school, but what worries me more is my mediocre SAT scores: 690 Math and 630 Verbal. Long story short I wasn't a fourth of the student I was in college, and I recently took the lsat and scored in the 98th percentile.

I know that the competitive positions are going to ask about SAT scores. But what can I do to overshadow my mediocre score? I plan on mentioning briefly at the bottom of my resume my LSAT score and its percentile rank. But should I try and take the GMAT? is a 1320 enough to not get me dinged?

Does anyone know if HR at Barclays places an SAT cutoff on candidates they'd even consider advancing onto an interview round? I heard Lehman used to have a 1250 or 1300 cutoff. No idea if this is accurate and if Barclays adopted this policy or not. Thanks.

On my resume, I rounded up my math score from 650 to 795 (didn't want to be perfect 800 since they'd get suspicious). Will this be a problem?