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overcomethegmat · 2009 August 15th, 06:38 PM

Dear friends,

This is my first ever posting to this group. Mine is a pretty strange story that you would have come across.

4 years ago i gave my first GMAT exam and scored 680. I did not apply that year and continued to work in my company for the next couple of years.
Then after 2 years i attempted to give the GMAT again, but this time in liue of applying for sure. I thought that the score of 2 years ago might be too old and i wanted to give the GMAT again to get at least 720. I knew i could get the score. I then went ahead and gave the GMAt again and got a score for 580. I was totally shocked and went ahead gave it once more. This time
again i made the same mistake and got a score of 600. After which i did not apply anywhere. This year again i have the urge of applying and prior to applying i want to prove to myself that i can crack the GMAT and get a score of over 720. I have in the past given a lot of practice tests and have scroed more than 700.

I am planning to give the exam again in the next month or so. I would just like to ask the group that if i do give the test again and get a higher score would the universities take a look at the number of attempts i have given in the past? Do the number of attempts be a major factor in your application?
Has anyone in the past faced a similar situation?

I will keep you all updated with my progress.

Thanks!

Rocky77 · 2009 August 16th, 05:55 PM

I am not an expert in this, but I think most schools will look at the highest score. In other words, let's say you get a near perfect score, no one would care about how many times you took the GMAT or what your previous scores were.

rajesh_inf · 2009 August 16th, 06:47 PM

Some of the good schools accept scores that are less than 5 yrs old. I think, you can apply for some good school (as your score is less than 5 yrs old) before giving GMAT once again.

abhishek_mumbai · 2009 August 17th, 10:49 AM

schools doesn;t look at number of attempts but very high number of attempts may be catchy..
GMAT has gone pretty hard in last five years since you scored 680.. So if you are assuming that you will score higher this time only because you scored 680 five years ago, it might not be true anymore.. The questions are much more difficult and competetion is much more stiff. i am not writing this to discourage you. you can definaltetly score high this time but only with lot more preparations than you did five years ago..
Best of luck!

overcomethegmat · 2009 August 17th, 12:40 PM

Thanks rajesh, rocky and abhishek for the input. So, here is what i am planning to do -->
1. I would be applying to someof teh schools with my past GMAT score of 680. Let's see if it works out.
2. In parallel, taking cue from Abhishek's note below, i am planning to prepare for the GMAT again.Will give it sometime latest by End Of Sep. In time for the second round applications.

@Abhishek - i have a sepcific question for you --> what would you classify as a very high number of attempts and ave you seen someone being rejected because of this?

\thanks

abhishek_mumbai · 2009 August 17th, 03:37 PM

No.. I don't know anyone who has been rejected because of high number of attempts - may be because very few people attempt so many times and schools are not obliged to disclose such reasons..
but you know that your number of attempts are visible on your score report and will put in -ve impact if there are too many and not significant improvements.. if you are improving 30-40 points consistently, it is still explainable.

2009 August 15th, 06:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
overcomethegmat I JUST got here. Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2	GMAT multiple attempts and the wrong trend Dear friends, This is my first ever posting to this group. Mine is a pretty strange story that you would have come across. 4 years ago i gave my first GMAT exam and scored 680. I did not apply that year and continued to work in my company for the next couple of years. Then after 2 years i attempted to give the GMAT again, but this time in liue of applying for sure. I thought that the score of 2 years ago might be too old and i wanted to give the GMAT again to get at least 720. I knew i could get the score. I then went ahead and gave the GMAt again and got a score for 580. I was totally shocked and went ahead gave it once more. This time again i made the same mistake and got a score of 600. After which i did not apply anywhere. This year again i have the urge of applying and prior to applying i want to prove to myself that i can crack the GMAT and get a score of over 720. I have in the past given a lot of practice tests and have scroed more than 700. I am planning to give the exam again in the next month or so. I would just like to ask the group that if i do give the test again and get a higher score would the universities take a look at the number of attempts i have given in the past? Do the number of attempts be a major factor in your application? Has anyone in the past faced a similar situation? I will keep you all updated with my progress. Thanks!

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2009 August 16th, 05:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
Rocky77 Eager! Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 42	I am not an expert in this, but I think most schools will look at the highest score. In other words, let's say you get a near perfect score, no one would care about how many times you took the GMAT or what your previous scores were.

2009 August 16th, 06:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
rajesh_inf Eager! Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 42	Some of the good schools accept scores that are less than 5 yrs old. I think, you can apply for some good school (as your score is less than 5 yrs old) before giving GMAT once again.

2009 August 17th, 10:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
abhishek_mumbai Done with GMAT - 700 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pune, India Posts: 1,182	schools doesn;t look at number of attempts but very high number of attempts may be catchy.. GMAT has gone pretty hard in last five years since you scored 680.. So if you are assuming that you will score higher this time only because you scored 680 five years ago, it might not be true anymore.. The questions are much more difficult and competetion is much more stiff. i am not writing this to discourage you. you can definaltetly score high this time but only with lot more preparations than you did five years ago.. Best of luck!

2009 August 17th, 12:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
overcomethegmat I JUST got here. Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2	Thanks rajesh, rocky and abhishek for the input. So, here is what i am planning to do --> 1. I would be applying to someof teh schools with my past GMAT score of 680. Let's see if it works out. 2. In parallel, taking cue from Abhishek's note below, i am planning to prepare for the GMAT again.Will give it sometime latest by End Of Sep. In time for the second round applications. @Abhishek - i have a sepcific question for you --> what would you classify as a very high number of attempts and ave you seen someone being rejected because of this? \thanks

2009 August 17th, 03:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
abhishek_mumbai Done with GMAT - 700 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pune, India Posts: 1,182	No.. I don't know anyone who has been rejected because of high number of attempts - may be because very few people attempt so many times and schools are not obliged to disclose such reasons.. but you know that your number of attempts are visible on your score report and will put in -ve impact if there are too many and not significant improvements.. if you are improving 30-40 points consistently, it is still explainable.

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