GMAT Scores for MSF Programs

I plan on applying to an MSF program for the Fall of 2012. I'm a double major in Accounting and Finance and I attend a top 100 university that is not really known for finance. My Overall GPA is a 3.5 (Finance GPA 3.7, Accounting GPA 3.8). I was wondering if anyone could tell me their opinions on what a "Safe" gmat score is for admission. I'm looking for thoughts and opinions on what score I need to have a good shot at the following schools: Villanova, LSE, Vanderbilt, and WUSTL. I have read all of the average GPA's for each class profile but I wanted to know if anyone has different opinions based on experience. If scores vary for each school then please specify the different score for each school.

Thanks everyone!

 

Thanks ANT. I keep hearing great things about NOVA and the renovation they made to their Business School. The Applied Finance Lab sounds amazing, especially since I am interested in Trading.

 
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Ignore the poster above. GMAT is more accepted. The GRE is softer in the math section.

The applied finance lab is pretty cool. I have seen a lot of labs and a lot of schools and Nova is one of the best. There is rumor (most likely true). That they are going to be expanding it once again. I am pushing the school to get CapIQ also. They have Bloomberg, Reuters, TraderX, Moodys, Argus, etc on there.

I would really like to see some Argus training since the school is pretty strong in the RE community. I had an interview with a REPE shop that I ended up declining. Just looked at the job site today and saw about 3 RE shops in the surrounding area looking for analyst level positions.

 

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