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Jul. 22nd, 2008 03:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alicebentleyIn May I posted musings about new career paths, and possibly going back to school. In exploration of that, I learned that people applying to the better MBA schools need to take an entrance exam, the GMAT. I bought a study guide for it (Peterson's) and found to no great surprise that this test was going to be pretty hard, and that I wasn't doing very well self-studying for it.
So I signed up for a four session class ($385) at Seattle U about taking the GMAT. Worth every penny, as the instructor not only helped familiarize the oddities of this test [Data Sufficiency?!?] and identify which sections each student needed to work on, but was hilarious the whole time.
I took the test Monday afternoon - complete and official results won't be sent for a couple of weeks, but I unofficially got a 600 overall. So, better than average, but not amazingly so. Most of the points lost were in the Quantitative section. It's been far too long since I regularly factored quadratics.
So I signed up for a four session class ($385) at Seattle U about taking the GMAT. Worth every penny, as the instructor not only helped familiarize the oddities of this test [Data Sufficiency?!?] and identify which sections each student needed to work on, but was hilarious the whole time.
I took the test Monday afternoon - complete and official results won't be sent for a couple of weeks, but I unofficially got a 600 overall. So, better than average, but not amazingly so. Most of the points lost were in the Quantitative section. It's been far too long since I regularly factored quadratics.
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Date: 2008-07-22 04:10 pm (UTC)There are really only two schools I'm interested in: Seattle U and UW. The two programs are astonishingly different, with points in favor of either. Neither school goes into specifics on their requirements, but a 600 sounds like enough to at least get them looking. The other major factor is my GPA which, I was surprised to realize, I can't remember. I know it wasn't fabulous, and I have some dim memory of 2.7 maybe - but was that out of 4 or out of 5? Can't remember, and the U of I's website says the school was switching from one to another in that time frame. I've ordered a copy of my transcript, it will arrive in another few weeks.
I know the UW mentioned that the lowest scoring applicant they accepted last year got a 550, but the UW uses your GPA, GMAT, work experience, recommendations and personal essay combined to determine admission.
Seattle U relies more on the GPA and GMAT and doesn't even ask for an essay.
I guess I'll know more if I apply and are refused! Both schools say it's fine to apply again afterward.