Has anyone here ever taken the GMAT?

i wish i studied %@%% i didnt care about

so i could make 140k+bonus LMAO

720? i got that and i didnt study once in my entire life for anything.


yes, im mad

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Do you guys think its too late to apply for this semesters programs? I'm assuming that most of the spots and financial aid is already filled up by now but would I still have a decent chance if I start getting apps in by the end of February-mid March?
 
ugh seeing this thread is making me feel like i should study...i bought the 8 book manhattan gmat set about 2 months ago and i haven't even opened the box yet. i was going to try and take it before they changed the format but can't get myself to start studying.
 
Originally Posted by Antidope

Originally Posted by pullupj8

Originally Posted by FlyNY

For those of you who have taken the GMAT and are in/graduated business school, what are your professions now and what is your salary? Is grad school really worth it?
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I took the GMAT in 2007 and did fairly well (720). Started b-school in 2009 (top 25 full-time MBA program), interned at a Fortune 100 firm, and graduated in May 2011. Signed with one of the top consulting firms in January 2011, right before starting my last (and most fun) semester in school. Starting salary was $130k + $40k sign-on bonus.
I used the following for my GMAT prep:

Kaplan - practice exams were more difficult than the real thing

Princeton Review - opposite of Kaplan

The Official Guide for GMAT Review - spot-on as far as level of difficulty

I studied for 3 months or so. An hour or so after work during the week, and 10-12 hours most weekends. Took practice exams once every two weeks to track my progress. I was scoring in the 700 - 740 range on the official practice exams, so I wasn't surprised with the score I ended up with. Could have been better, but plus/minus 20 points is not a big deal, IMO.
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What firm is this?
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Sorry, i'm not comfortable divulging my firm. But it's one of these firms (Vault Consulting 50 top 5): Bain, McKinsey, BCG, Deloitte Consulting, and Monitor. Post-MBA compensation at these firms and other top-ranked ones (AT Kearney, Oliver Wyman, Booz, etc.) are all in the $125-$135k (base) and $25-$40k (sign-on) range. With that said, i-banking offers were even more impressive ($170-$180k base). Thought about going that route, but i didnt have much luck landing interviews. Most likely because i had no prior finance/banking experience.
 
Yeah it was kind of a rude question now that I think about it my apologies. Do you remember around what time you applied? I'm starting to get nervous and feel like I've missed my window of opportunity to get into B-School for fall 2012
 
Originally Posted by CurbYourEnthusiasm

if you are a naturally good writer youll do fine. i took it cold turkey, bombed the math, got perfect writing and near perfect verbal.....school's dean called me all geeked about my application




they wanted me to take a year of prereqs doe


nope.
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 if your talking about b school they don't care about the writing part unless you get a VERY low score. If he was peeked about your test results you wouldn't be asked to take a YEAR of pre-reqs come on dude. They like high scores, math is the MOST important.
Im in B school right now, top 20 , 720 Gmat, 

Use MGMT and GMATCLUB. 

they are the best.
 
Originally Posted by pullupj8

Originally Posted by Antidope

Originally Posted by pullupj8


I took the GMAT in 2007 and did fairly well (720). Started b-school in 2009 (top 25 full-time MBA program), interned at a Fortune 100 firm, and graduated in May 2011. Signed with one of the top consulting firms in January 2011, right before starting my last (and most fun) semester in school. Starting salary was $130k + $40k sign-on bonus.
I used the following for my GMAT prep:

Kaplan - practice exams were more difficult than the real thing

Princeton Review - opposite of Kaplan

The Official Guide for GMAT Review - spot-on as far as level of difficulty

I studied for 3 months or so. An hour or so after work during the week, and 10-12 hours most weekends. Took practice exams once every two weeks to track my progress. I was scoring in the 700 - 740 range on the official practice exams, so I wasn't surprised with the score I ended up with. Could have been better, but plus/minus 20 points is not a big deal, IMO.
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What firm is this?
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Sorry, i'm not comfortable divulging my firm. But it's one of these firms (Vault Consulting 50 top 5): Bain, McKinsey, BCG, Deloitte Consulting, and Monitor. Post-MBA compensation at these firms and other top-ranked ones (AT Kearney, Oliver Wyman, Booz, etc.) are all in the $125-$135k (base) and $25-$40k (sign-on) range. With that said, i-banking offers were even more impressive ($170-$180k base). Thought about going that route, but i didnt have much luck landing interviews. Most likely because i had no prior finance/banking experience.
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Just sent you a message, Im looking to do this after i graduate, 1st year right now, MC recruiting starting soon, would love to chat.
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Originally Posted by FlyNY

For those of you who have taken the GMAT and are in/graduated business school, what are your professions now and what is your salary? Is grad school really worth it?
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The MBA's at my job start at 110K base and get 100% bonus, 30k sign on.

So lets say ~250 all in.

If 250k is worth it for you, then I'd go to business school
 
Originally Posted by ThrowedInDaGame

Originally Posted by FlyNY

For those of you who have taken the GMAT and are in/graduated business school, what are your professions now and what is your salary? Is grad school really worth it?
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The MBA's at my job start at 110K base and get 100% bonus, 30k sign on.

So lets say ~250 all in.

If 250k is worth it for you, then I'd go to business school
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damb...
 
This thread has a lot of great info. I'm thinking of going into business school too. Some of you guys who got 700+ are talking about it like it was nothing. I know some people who studied hard for the GMAT and barely got into the 600's. I'm in the NYC area and am thinking about applying to the local programs here. I want to get into NYU (part time MBA), but I heard their admissions reqs are insane. I've heard of people with 700+ and still not getting accepted.

Anyone have any tips?
 
didn't study.......scored horrible.........gpa so that i still got into grad school.........forget the GMAT
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Originally Posted by jordanhendrix

Originally Posted by CurbYourEnthusiasm

if you are a naturally good writer youll do fine. i took it cold turkey, bombed the math, got perfect writing and near perfect verbal.....school's dean called me all geeked about my application




they wanted me to take a year of prereqs doe


nope.
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 if your talking about b school they don't care about the writing part unless you get a VERY low score. If he was peeked about your test results you wouldn't be asked to take a YEAR of pre-reqs come on dude. They like high scores, math is the MOST important.
Im in B school right now, top 20 , 720 Gmat, 

Use MGMT and GMATCLUB. 

they are the best.
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I don't think anybody has taken either of his two post seriously. 
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I know I want to go to business school. I just don't know what to study.
Right now I'm majoring in Management Information Systems. Anyone want to help me out?
 
This thread 
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. The Youth, the ignorance, the naivete.

Reps on the back end for all who advised back then its greatly appreciated.

A lot of stuff changed, I ended up tabling the GMAT for professional certifications instead, but feel like I'm at a point where I am going to revisit taking it again. 

In terms of study materials I was thinking about going with these:

Amazon product ASIN 1941234100
Plus the supplemental guides. Anyone used these and can weigh in? Do you know of better materials?

Thanks in advance.
 
^ My mentor who got into Stanford gave me those books. Have yet to go through them, but content looks good.
 
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^ My mentor who got into Stanford gave me those books. Have yet to go through them, but content looks good.
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Good to know. I have some letters of rec lined up from mentors, but I'm gonna really need to crush the GMAT cause my undergrad GPA is garbage so I'm trying to make sure whatever I invest in is quality materials
 
Those of you that landed top B-school admissions (if any are still around 4 years later), did you have jobs in these consulting/finance fields prior to B-school?
 
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