My GMAT is low. And it seems to be that quite a few firms want you to fill in your GMAT score. (e.g. Mck, BCG, OCC, etc)
Lucky for you, I actually have the data on this :)
I leveraged Stern student records as well as a personally deisnged multi-year survey to determine the key factors to recruiting outcomes through Naive Bayes regression and a few other statistical methods.
The result? GMAT doesn't matter that much.
What mattered most? Networking!
Have a further read here if you're curious:
https://www.spencertom.com/2018/07/01/data-driven-recruiting-part-1-networking/
https://www.spencertom.com/2018/08/05/data-driven-recruiting-part-2-invite-only-events/
Hi,
If you are already at a target school, you may not need to mention your GMAT score in your resume. You can make up for this by highlighting your other quant-oriented achievements (whether it is your overall GPA, grades in economics/math modules, work experience as a teaching assistant, IB firm etc.).
Best,
Deniz
Dear A,
Actually GMAT doesn't matter a lot.
Insted, I would recommend you to network and apply with referral, if that possible for you.
If you need any help, feel free to reach out.
Best,
André
I agree with all of the above. But: Find the right balance in the networking. Be targeted and reach out to a few classmates that did internships or are alumns. Don't just reach out to a dozen people on LinkedIn and ask for coffee chats. They will eventually realize that you are just wasting their time and communicate this to recruiting.
Also: Prepare for the calls you get. Don't ask random questions, but targeted ones that actually help you with your application. If you are not flagged as a really strong candidate after a 20 minute call, name dropping in the cover letter won't help. So focus on quality, not quantity.
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