bschooltalk – GMAT as an Indicator

Judith asks her panel of business School Admissions experts about the GMAT. Your GMAT score will help determine which business schools you may be accepted into, but what does the score really mean? To what extent is your GMAT performance an indicator of success in business school? How much does it “make or break” your application?

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16 Comments

martinheideggershutAugust 30th, 2009 at 10:14 am

For those whose …
For those whose native language is English the GMAT is an IQ test. It should be the ONLY criterion.

waheed510August 30th, 2009 at 10:14 am

LMAO, Keller …
LMAO, Keller Graduate School is BULLSHIT, you might as well have went to Devry College for undergrad too loollll!

mk18831August 30th, 2009 at 10:14 am

These admissions …
These admissions people are such doozies!!! They make like $25,000 a year, yet they’re so smug about their power and judgements.

styleboy321August 30th, 2009 at 10:14 am

Gmat is only a part …
Gmat is only a part of the whole admission process…..which includes ur wrk ex,gpa,gmat,recommendation letters,essays ….phew!
the process is indeed scary

styleboy321August 30th, 2009 at 10:14 am

one of my friends …
one of my friends got 770 in gmat, he’s a grad from top technical intitute…with decent gpa…still he is getting rejections…..
he got rejected from
U-penn
U-Michigan
Columbia
Cornell and few more
I guess he has to settle for 2nd tier schools
the problem might be not great work experience as he’s working for an animation company despite being a textile engineer

maclancerAugust 30th, 2009 at 10:14 am

I am in Keller …
I am in Keller Graduated School Of Management and I did not need the GMAT to enter into the program and I am doing pretty well, I think the GMAT is just a stupid thing to make student spend more money in an useless test just to enter into the MBA, ridiculous.

SouljaSlashAugust 30th, 2009 at 10:14 am

I am scared of …
I am scared of taking the GMAT , oh my god

arunbitAugust 30th, 2009 at 10:14 am

Is this series …
Is this series still on? It might be useful to have this as a separate channel that we can subscribe.

Arron413August 30th, 2009 at 10:14 am

I believe he had …
I believe he had misspoken. I believe he meant to say that the further you are away from undergrad the less valid your GPA is, considering that the GMAT will likely be the new determent for access into Business School.

giub99August 30th, 2009 at 10:14 am

gmat seems so …
gmat seems so indimidating, but I hear its the sat revisited

mattlvsrAugust 30th, 2009 at 10:14 am

agree. GMAT is like …
agree. GMAT is like the SAT, just a number. In fact, in abstract I don’t think it means much

JudithodaraAugust 30th, 2009 at 10:14 am

Thanks for watching …
Thanks for watching BSCHOOLTALK!
I am the host of the show, Judith Hodara.
The GMAT is important as one indicator of ability, but it by no means should be taken into consideration without knowing other parts of the candidate’s profile. I think that the score in isolation only gives a part of the story.
Stay tuned!
Judith

mercator79August 30th, 2009 at 10:14 am

It was a surprising …
It was a surprising response. As someone who is applying to B-School some 15 years after graduating with my undergrad, I realize it is probably going to be an important evaluation of whether “I have it” or not. It being my ability to study for examinations. Is my study ethic still there?

nniugcmAugust 30th, 2009 at 10:14 am

i think that guy …
i think that guy either mis-spoke or is a complete idiot.

LockeDC77August 30th, 2009 at 10:14 am

I didn’t quite …
I didn’t quite understand that as well.

1stPlaceDirectorAugust 30th, 2009 at 10:14 am

What is the …
What is the rationale that the further you are away from undergrad, the less valid the GMAT is? I would think that this would not be the case. I don’t think the GMAT should be weighted too heavily, but its interesting to have that info. Good business people do not need to be top on the GMAT, because there is so much more that is important.

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