Grockit began by testing out this theory for people taking the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT).
These same students are free to share their scores on GMAT tests with recruiters, and they often do.
He added that the School of Management accepts GRE test-takers at the same rate as it accepts GMAT-submitting applicants.
Sloan is "somewhat flexible" on GMAT scores and academic achievements, Mr. Garcia says.
Between 2005-2009, the number of examinees from India submitting their GMAT scores to business schools around the world increased 343%.
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In fact, programs in India and Singapore experienced the largest percentage increase in the number of GMAT scores reported between 2005-2009.
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In four years the school has become one of the top ten schools to which Chinese citizens send their GMAT scores.
Assistant Dean Sean Ferguson said that because there's no "prototypical" applicant, the long-used GMAT provides a standard measure of a student's ability.
A. program, the school doesn't accept GMAT substitutes for its regular M.
The number of people taking the GMAT, a requirement for getting in, is up 12%, compared with the same time last year.
If meeting the October deadline means a poorly prepared GMAT test and hurried essays that lack definition and impact, wait for the next round.
Taking the GMAT entrance exam was a wake-up call that I was about to embark on an experience that would require a lot of maths.
According to the report, Western European citizens sent 39.52 percent of their GMAT scores to U.S. MBA programs in 2008, but only 28.41 percent in 2012.
U.S. News combines a weighted mix of seven factors including starting salaries, GMAT scores, surveys of business school deans and recruiters, undergraduate GPAs, and so on.
These schools take the position that their rigorous admissions processes, which rely heavily on scores from the GMAT test, are sufficient for recruiters to judge future business capability.
Experts recommend taking the GMAT by May so you have time to retake the test in case you want to improve your score by the mid-October application deadline.
"Regardless of how high somebody's GMAT is, we have to see that career fit as part of the admission equation, " she added, referring to the Graduate Management Admission Test.
That stress on data analysis mirrors a move the Graduate Management Admission Council is making this summer, as it adds a new "integrated reasoning" section to the GMAT.
In 2008, the Graduate Management Admissions Council, which runs the GMAT entrance exam required by many business schools, tracked roughly 245, 000 people taking the test, the busiest season ever.
According to the Graduate Management Admission Council, which administers the gmat, 81% of the 3, 710 new graduate management programs introduced worldwide in the last ten years showed up outside North America.
According to the Graduate Management Admissions Council, which administers the GMAT, 81% of the 3, 710 new graduate management programs introduced worldwide in the last ten years showed up outside North America.
Admissions consulting firm Veritas Prep added a Myers-Briggs personality assessment to its application-prep and GMAT study packages this spring, after noticing that business schools were paying more attention to personality and emotional maturity.
Having crafted their essays, nailed the GMAT, tightened their resume, and cajoled their supervisors for a letter of recommendation, everything is set to meet the round 2 deadline for schools across the country.
The project he plans to join, Venture for America, was founded by Andrew Yang, the former chief executive of Manhattan GMAT, a test-preparation company acquired in 2009 by Kaplan, a Washington Post Co.
There are lots of great ingredients of course, and the top schools will have the pick of applicants with stellar grades, GMAT scores in the 90th percentile, and scads of corporate achievements and community awards.
Today more than 600 business schools world-wide, including Harvard Business School, the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and the University of California's Davis Graduate School of Management, accept GRE scores in addition to the GMAT.
Its Class of 2008 has five years average work experience, an average GMAT score of 710 out of a perfect 800 and ranks second only to Harvard in the number of GMAT score reports it received from Asian citizens in 2006.
Data compiled by GMAC in the 2012 World Geographic Trend Report indicates that the percentage of GMAT score reports sent to US business schools in 2012 has dropped from 81 to 76 percent since 2008, and those sent to schools abroad have increased proportionally.
But assuming that James Bond could ace the GMAT and provide enough non-classified information in his essays to satisfy the admissions team of his significant accomplishments, then many MBA programs would welcome his perspective on working under pressure, negotiating a better deal, and meeting tight deadlines.
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