Aringo client with 580 at HBS - really?

Brussels

Guys,

My (third) GMAT is 580. My dream is, and has always been, HBS. I have been spending the past two years working on the GMAT, bringing it to where it (unfortunately) is. What would it take to get in? I have an undergrad degree from a top Belgian university with distinction, and I come from a large (200+ people) family business (industrial lighting) where I am now VP of Biz Dev.

First, as to HBS themselves, they do not say or declare in any way whether 580 could be relevant. Second, after two years of dealing with this, I just saw on Aringo.com site that they are claiming they put a client with 580 at Harvard. I emailed them. Is this bullshit? One-time lucky case? The lowest-GMAT person I heard of (friend of friend of friends) got into HBS with 660, but this 580 thing gave me some hope (after I kind of already gave up about HBS), if (?) it is no bullshit.

Am I hallucinating? Or - give me some hope… heard of other such cases?

Brussels to Boston

Brussels

Thanks Gabriel!

gabriel198411

It's absolutely possible, depending on the rest of your package.

hemodata

好奇怪，这是Aringo的广告贴吗？

chilli5

The problem with the IR section is that we don't know which score do we need in order to be competitive. Schools are not publishing average IR scores of admits.

Brussels

During the prep, the IR section was the hardest part for me, I can't seem to improve my score no matter how much I practice.

jupiter22

Another way to look at it is as if there is just one more factor in admission process, since the IR is a separate score. You have your GMAT score, TOEFL score, CV, essays etc. and now also IR score. That's it.

Brussels

I guess you're right. We'll just have to work harder!

jupiter22

It may be true only for this year. Starting next year they'll probably have enough data to evaluate candidates based on the IR section as well.

Brussels

I heard the same thing regarding the new IR section in the GMAT - since it is still very new, schools are ignoring it and evaluating applicants based on the quant and verbal sections as before.