Aringo client with 580 at HBS - really?

Brussels

Thanks.Yes, I think I'll wait until next year.

jupiter22

If you don't mind me asking, how did you study for the test? maybe you should change something in the way you study.
Did you study alone? maybe take a prep course.

Brussels

Yes, I studied alone.Can you recommend a good online prep course or good books that might help me improve my score?
Thanks in advance.

jupiter22

No, I don't know any. I hope someone else can help here, or just google it and see what you find.

danielle96

You can also ask on the GMAT section on this forum. Good luck!

mendel

George W Bush entered Yale with a below-average GPA
At the time he entered Yale, his father was already a state governor and his family already had dozens of people as Yale alumni.
If you think this can happen to you, just try.

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

-- by 会员 Brussels (2011/11/29 15:04:15)

gina2012

Think twice, 580 means you will suffer very much in HBS even if you get it.

-- by 会员 51xt (2011/11/30 15:31:57)

I would have a different opinion on this.

One with G780 does better than one with G700?

Exam is just a test. Test is needed and work as one of the criteria, but it does not represent your capabilities.

Brussels

Thank you!!I'm so glad to hear this.

Brussels

And as for George Bush, I'm not from a well known family so I have to do it on my own, I need to make my candidacy as strong as possible.

jupiter22

I wouldn't wait too much.  You should take the test soon if you want to apply for fall 2013, so you'll have time to improve if necessary.  Also keep in mind that the test will be changed on June 2012 and it will make it harder.